Byron Ritchie

Byron Ritchie (born April 24, 1977) is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward playing for Modo Hockey of the Swedish Elitserien.
==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 5th 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.
Byron is now playing in the Elite League in Berne, Switzerland.(2011)
==Awards==
* Named to the WHL - East Second All-Star Team in 1996
* Named to the WHL - East Second All-Star Team in 1997
* Named the American Hockey League Player of the Week on October 29, 2001
==Records==
* Set Lowell Lock Monsters franchise record for points in a game with 6 points (2 goals, 4 assists) on October 26, 2001 against the Portland Pirates
==Controversial remarks==
On Tuesday May 13, 1997 after a 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.
==Career statistics==
  	  	  	 	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	 	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs
Season 	Team 	League 	 	GP 	G 	A 	Pts 	PIM 	 	GP 	G 	A 	Pts 	PIM
1993–94 	Lethbridge Hurricanes	WHL 	 	44 	4 	11 	15 	44 	 	6 	0 	0 	0 	14
1994–95 	Lethbridge Hurricanes	WHL 	 	58 	22 	28 	50 	132 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1995–96 	Lethbridge Hurricanes	WHL 	 	66 	55 	51 	106 	163 	 	4 	0 	2 	2 	4
1995–96 	Springfield Falcons 	AHL 	 	6 	2 	1 	3 	4 	 	8 	0 	3 	3 	0
1996–97 	Lethbridge Hurricanes	WHL 	 	63 	50 	76 	126 	115 	 	18 	16 	12 	28 	28
1997–98 	New-Haven Beast 	AHL 	 	65 	13 	18 	31 	97 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1998–99 	Carolina Hurricanes 	NHL 	 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1998–99 	New-Haven Beast 	AHL 	 	66 	24 	33 	57 	139 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1999–00 	Cincinnati Cyclones 	IHL 	 	34 	8 	13 	21 	81 	 	10 	1 	6 	7 	32
1999–00 	Carolina Hurricanes 	NHL 	 	26 	0 	2 	2 	17 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2000–01 	Cincinnati Cyclones 	IHL 	 	77 	31 	35 	66 	166 	 	5 	3 	2 	5 	10
2001–02 	Carolina Hurricanes 	NHL 	 	4 	0 	0 	0 	2 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2001–02 	Lowell Lock Monsters 	AHL 	 	43 	25 	30 	55 	38 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2001–02 	Florida Panthers 	NHL 	 	31 	5 	6 	11 	34 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2002–03 	San Antonio Rampage 	AHL 	 	26 	3 	14 	17 	68 	 	3 	1 	0 	1 	0
2002–03 	Florida Panthers 	NHL 	 	30 	0 	3 	3 	19 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2003–04 	Florida Panthers 	NHL 	 	50 	5 	6 	11 	84 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2004–05 	Rögle BK 	Swe-1 	 	30 	17 	16 	33 	111 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2005–06 	Calgary Flames 	NHL 	 	45 	4 	2 	6 	69 	 	7 	0 	0 	0 	0
2006–07 	Calgary Flames 	NHL 	 	64 	8 	6 	14 	68 	 	1 	0 	0 	0 	10
2007–08 	Vancouver Canucks 	NHL 	 	71 	3 	8 	11 	80 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2008–09 	Geneve-Servette HC 	NLA 	 	45 	22 	38 	60 	64 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2009–10 	Dinamo Minsk 	KHL 	 	12 	3 	2 	5 	8 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2010–11 	Modo Hockey 	SEL 	 	53 	23 	21 	44 	72 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
NHL totals	NHL totals 	NHL totals	 	324 	25 	33 	58 	373 	 	8 	0 	0 	0 	10
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
==References==
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