Ryder Ritchie

[4] He suffered a hematoma in his quadriceps following a knee-on-knee collision in a December 15, 2023 game against the Kelowna Rockets and missed ten weeks of play, returning in February.

[7] Prince Albert qualified to the WHL playoffs, claiming the final available berth, but lost to the Saskatoon Blades in five games in the first round.

[6] On August 26, 2024, before the start of the 2024–25 season, his WHL rights were traded to the Medicine Hat Tigers in exchange for Tomas Mrsic and draft picks.

In the summer of 2023, he joined the national under-18 team for the first time at the 2023 Hlinka Gretzky Cup, where he scored three goals and nine points en route to a gold medal.

Midway through the third period, American forward Trevor Connelly was assessed a five-minute major penalty for delivering an illegal hit to Ritchie's head.