Shoots Left Height 1.78 m Position Centerman Role Ice hockey player Spouse Maria Johansson | Name Byron Ritchie Career start 1993 Playing career Weight 88 kg | |
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Born April 24, 1977 (age 47)
Burnaby, BC, CAN ( 1977-04-24 ) SHL team
Former teams Modo Hockey
Carolina Hurricanes
Florida Panthers
Calgary Flames
Vancouver Canucks
Geneve-Servette HC
HC Dinamo Minsk
SC Bern NHL Draft 165th overall, 1995
Hartford Whalers Similar People Eric Staal, Henrik Sedin, Willie Mitchell, Mark Giordano, Jim Playfair | ||
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Byron Ritchie (born April 24, 1977) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey forward. He was born in Burnaby, British Columbia, and grew up in North Delta, British Columbia. Ritchie saw action in a total of 332 games in the NHL and also played in Sweden, Switzerland and Belarus.
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- Gshc scb byron ritchie comme d habitude 03 01 14
- Byron ritchie vs kevin bieksa 2005
- Playing career
- Controversy
- Awards
- Records
- References
Byron ritchie vs kevin bieksa 2005
Playing career
Ritchie was drafted in the 7th round (165th overall) by the Hartford Whalers in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft. His rights transferred to the Carolina Hurricanes when the Whalers franchise relocated in 1997. On December 21, 1998, Ritchie made his NHL debut with the Hurricanes against the Buffalo Sabres. On January 16, 2002, he was traded to the Florida Panthers with Sandis Ozolinsh for Bret Hedican, Tomas Malec, Kevyn Adams and a conditional 2nd round selection in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft. On July 4, 2004, he was signed as an unrestricted free agent by the Calgary Flames. On July 2, 2007, Ritchie signed with the Vancouver Canucks, where he played for one season.
After the Canucks chose not to re-sign him, he signed as a free agent to play in Europe for Geneve-Servette HC of the NLA and signed a one-year contract. After a very good season in Switzerland during which he earned 60 points and took the fifth place of the overall top-scorer rankings, Ritchie, again a free agent, decided to sign with the Dinamo Minsk of the Russian KHL. In the 2009–10 season, Bryon was hampered by injury and played in just 12 games posting 3 goals for Minsk.
On June 14, 2010, Ritchie remained in Europe and signed a one-year contract to return to Sweden with Modo of the SEL. After a single season in Sweden, Ritchie signed to return to the Swiss NLA with SC Bern for the 2011–12 season. He won the Swiss championship with Bern in 2013.
After four seasons with Bern, finished the 2014–15 season as team captain, Ritchie left the NLA and signed for a second spell with Modo Hockey of the SHL on May 10, 2015. He announced his retirement in March 2017.
Controversy
On May 13, 1997, after a major junior game in the Memorial Cup refereed by a Francophone from Quebec he was caught by an RDS (the French version of TSN) camera yelling: "Fuck you, you fucking Frogs! Fuck them all!"" He apologized the next day at practice stating "Whether the camera was on me or not doesn't make it right." For the remainder of the tournament, he was booed mercilessly by the fans in Hull, Quebec, where the tournament was taking place.