Brett Ritchie
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Born | Orangeville, Ontario, Canada |
July 1, 1993 ||
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 |
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NHL Draft | 44th overall, 2011 Dallas Stars |
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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.
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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]
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 | |||||||||||||
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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 | ||
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Representing Canada | ||
Men's ice hockey | ||
World U-17 Hockey Challenge | ||
2010 Ontario |
International
Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
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2010 | Canada Ontario | U17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | ||
2011 | Canada | U18 | 4th | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | |
2011 | Canada | IH18 | 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 | |
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World U-17 Hockey Challenge silver medal | 2010 | [17] |
Calder Cup champion | 2014 |
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External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or ESPN.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
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- 1993 births
- Living people
- Boston Bruins players
- Calgary Flames players
- Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States
- Canadian ice hockey right wingers
- Dallas Stars draft picks
- Dallas Stars players
- Ice hockey people from Ontario
- Niagara IceDogs players
- People from Orangeville, Ontario
- Providence Bruins players
- Sarnia Sting players
- Texas Stars players