Brett Ritchie

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Brett Ritchie
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Ritchie with the Texas Stars in 2014
Born (1993-07-01) July 1, 1993 (age 30)
Orangeville, Ontario, Canada
Height 6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
Weight 220 lb (100 kg; 15 st 10 lb)
Position Right wing
Shoots Right
NHL team
Former teams		 Arizona Coyotes
Dallas Stars
Boston Bruins
Calgary Flames
NHL Draft 44th overall, 2011
Dallas Stars
Playing career 2013–present

Brett Ritchie (born July 1, 1993) is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward for the Arizona Coyotes of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected by the Dallas Stars, 44th overall, in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft.

Playing career

Ritchie attended The Hill Academy.[1]

Junior

In 2009–10 Ritchie scored 13 goals and 16 assists in 65 games for the Sarnia Sting during his first season in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL). During his second season he missed approximately a month of the season due to mononucleosis, but despite playing just 49 games, his scoring improved to 21 goals and 20 assists during the 2010–11 season. Unfortunately, due to his illness during the mid-season, Ritchie missed his opportunity to play in the 2011 CHL Top Prospects Game.[2]

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Ritchie with the Dallas Stars in 2015

On January 5, 2012 Ritchie was traded to the Niagara Icedogs for Guelph's 2012 2nd round pick, Peterborough's 2014 2nd round pick, and Niagara's own 2013 2nd and 5th round picks – all of which Sarnia immediately traded to Mississauga to acquire goalie JP Anderson.[3][4]

Professional

On July 11, 2012, Ritchie signed a three-year entry-level contract with the Dallas Stars. Ritchie began his professional career April 5, 2013 with the Texas Stars against the Oklahoma City Barons, where he scored his first professional goal. Ritchie achieved a hat trick after scoring his third goal of the night on an empty net in the Stars' game against the Charlotte Checkers on December 27, 2014.[5]

After seven seasons within the Stars organization, on June 25, 2019, Ritchie was not tendered a qualifying offer enabling him to become an unrestricted free agent on July 1.[6] Marking his 26th birthday on the opening day of free agency, Ritchie was signed to a one-year, $1 million contract with the Boston Bruins.[7]

In Ritchie's first game with the Bruins, he scored the first goal of the 2019–20 season against his former team, the Dallas Stars.[8]

As a free agent from the Bruins, Ritchie was left unsigned entering training camp to the delayed 2020–21 season. On January 9, 2021, Ritchie was invited to join the Calgary Flames training camp on a professional tryout basis.[9] Remaining with the club through the start of the season, Ritchie was later signed to a one-year, two-way contract with the Calgary Flames on January 17, 2021.[10]

After concluding his second season with the Flames, Ritchie was left to explore free agency before re-signing with the Flames approaching training camp to a one-year, $750,000 contract on September 22, 2022.[11] In the following 2022–23 season, Ritchie added six goals through 34 regular season games before he was dealt at the NHL trade deadline along with Connor Mackey to the Arizona Coyotes in exchange for Nick Ritchie and Troy Stecher on March 3, 2023.[12] The trade marked the first time in NHL history that brothers had been traded for each other,[13] but the second time overall in North American professional sports, following a 2008 National Basketball Association (NBA) trade that saw Pau Gasol and Marc Gasol traded for each other.[citation needed]

Early life

Ritchie was born on July 1, 1993, in Orangeville, Ontario, Canada[14] to parents Paul and Tammy. Ritchie comes from an athletic family with both his parents and younger brother engaging in various sports throughout their lifetime. His mother was a three-sport athlete while attending Brock University and his father played in the Ontario Hockey League.[15] Before his brother Nick was drafted in the 2014 NHL Entry Draft, they competed in lacrosse together.[16] Brett's younger brother, Nick Ritchie, plays in the NHL for the Arizona Coyotes. Nick was drafted 10th overall by the Anaheim Ducks at the NHL Entry Draft. During the 2012–13 season, Ritchie played with Team Canada to win gold medals at both the 2012 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament and the 2013 IIHF World U18 Championships.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2009–10 Sarnia Sting OHL 65 13 16 29 35 — — — — —
2010–11 Sarnia Sting OHL 49 21 20 41 47 — — — — —
2011–12 Sarnia Sting OHL 23 8 7 15 30 — — — — —
2011–12 Niagara IceDogs OHL 30 16 14 30 24 19 3 8 11 14
2012–13 Niagara IceDogs OHL 53 41 35 76 40 4 1 3 4 9
2012–13 Texas Stars AHL 5 3 1 4 0 9 2 0 2 2
2013–14 Texas Stars AHL 68 22 26 48 53 13 7 4 11 10
2014–15 Texas Stars AHL 33 14 7 21 40 3 1 1 2 2
2014–15 Dallas Stars NHL 31 6 3 9 12 — — — — —
2015–16 Dallas Stars NHL 8 0 1 1 7 2 0 0 0 0
2015–16 Texas Stars AHL 35 14 14 28 26 3 1 1 2 0
2016–17 Dallas Stars NHL 78 16 8 24 38 — — — — —
2017–18 Dallas Stars NHL 71 7 7 14 42 — — — — —
2018–19 Dallas Stars NHL 53 4 2 6 57 1 0 0 0 2
2019–20 Boston Bruins NHL 27 2 4 6 21 — — — — —
2019–20 Providence Bruins AHL 12 2 2 4 6 — — — — —
2020–21 Calgary Flames NHL 32 4 4 8 24 — — — — —
2021–22 Calgary Flames NHL 41 3 1 4 29 7 2 0 2 4
2022–23 Calgary Flames NHL 34 6 2 8 23 — — — — —
NHL totals 375 48 32 80 253 10 2 0 2 6
Medal record
Representing  Canada
Men's ice hockey
World U-17 Hockey Challenge
Silver medal – second place 2010 Ontario

International

Year Team Event Result   GP G A Pts PIM
2010 Canada Ontario U17 1st 6 2 1 3 6
2011 Canada U18 4th 7 4 3 7 6
2011 Canada IH18 1st 5 4 0 4 2
2013 Canada WJC 4th 6 1 3 4 2
Junior totals 24 11 7 18 16

Awards and honours

Honours Year
World U-17 Hockey Challenge silver medal 2010 [17]
Calder Cup champion 2014

References

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