Mattias Ritola

Mattias Kenneth Ritola (born March 14, 1987) is a Swedish professional ice hockey forward who is currently playing for Leksands IF in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL).

Mattias Ritola
Born (1987-03-14) March 14, 1987
Borlänge, Sweden
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 192 lb (87 kg; 13 st 10 lb)
Position Right Wing
Shoots Left
SHL team
Former teams		 Leksands IF
Detroit Red Wings
Tampa Bay Lightning
Modo Hockey
Skellefteå AIK
HC Fribourg-Gottéron
National team  Sweden
NHL Draft 103rd overall, 2005
Detroit Red Wings
Playing career 2007–present

Playing career

Ritola made his debut in Sweden's top-tier SHL with Leksands IF during the 2005-06 season, after being drafted 103rd overall in the fourth round of the 2005 NHL Entry Draft by the Detroit Red Wings. Ritola joined the Red Wings for the 2007-08 season and played his first NHL game on March 15, 2008 against the Nashville Predators. Ritola did not qualify to be engraved on the cup because he did not play in a post-season game, but he was awarded a Stanley Cup ring, and he was included on the 2008 Detroit Red Wings Stanley Cup picture. Ritola played in his first post-season game on May 6, 2010 in a 7-1 win over the San Jose Sharks.

On Tuesday October 6, 2010, Ritola was claimed off waivers by the Tampa Bay Lightning.[1] He scored his first NHL goal on October 30, 2010 against Ilya Bryzgalov of the Phoenix Coyotes. In late 2010, he was diagnosed with the Meniere's disease.[2] Early in November 2011, Ritola cleared regular waivers and was assigned to Norfolk Admirals of the American Hockey League, however Ritola refused to report to the AHL club. On November 9, 2011, Ritola cleared unconditional waivers and his contract with Tampa Bay was terminated so he would be free to pursue playing opportunities in Europe.[3] On November 10, 2011, Modo Hockey announced that he signed a contract to play until the 2012–13 season of Elitserien.[4] His contract was extended to the 2015–16 season on January 4, 2013.[5]

During the 2014–15 season, after 10 games with Modo, Ritola transferred to return to his original and fellow SHL club, Leksands IF on October 13, 2014.[6] After spending the 2014-15 season with Leksands, he moved on to another SHL side, Skellefteå AIK. He was a regular on a Skellefteå squad that progressed to the SHL finals, where they were beaten by Frölunda HC.

On May 31, 2016, he signed a two-year deal with HC Fribourg-Gottéron of the Swiss National League A (NLA)[7] and left the club on January 18, 2017 due to personal reasons.[8] He returned to Leksands IF shortly after parting ways with Fribourg.[9]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs
Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2005–06 Leksands IF SEL 3003310 —————
2006–07 Leksands IF Allsv 231454 —————
2006–07 Arboga IFK Allsv 31012 —————
2007–08 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 727152262 —————
2007–08 Detroit Red Wings NHL 20110 —————
2008–09 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 6615274232 80220
2009–10 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 7319234250 —————
2009–10 Detroit Red Wings NHL 50000 10000
2010–11 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 3144811 10000
2010–11 Norfolk Admirals AHL 17918278 41450
2011–12 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 50006 —————
2011–12 Modo Hockey SEL 357132030 61128
2012–13 Modo Hockey SEL 5011132412 52134
2013–14 Modo Hockey SHL 387111826 21010
2014–15 Modo Hockey SHL 1022412 —————
2014–15 Leksands IF SHL 4210223218 —————
2015–16 Skellefteå AIK SHL 339233216 16581310
2016–17 HC Fribourg-Gottéron NLA 274131722 —————
2016–17 Leksands IF SHL 161676 —————
2017–18 Leksands IF Allsv 4716173330 101344
2018–19 Leksands IF Allsv 112790 10381114
SHL totals 2544793140130 299101922
NHL totals 4345917 20000

International
Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
2005 Sweden WJC18 7 1 3 4 8
2006 Sweden WJC 5th 6 2 2 4 2
2016 Sweden WC 6th 8 0 1 1 2
Junior totals 13 3 5 8 10
Senior totals 8 0 1 1 2
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References
  1. "Mattias Ritola - player profile and career stats". redwings.nhl.com. Archived from the original on March 5, 2008. Retrieved March 17, 2008.
  2. "Tampa Bay Lightning's Mattias Ritola to get injection for Meniere's disease". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
  3. "Lightning notes: Ritola and team part ways". TBO.com. 2011-11-09. Retrieved 2011-11-09.
  4. "Modo signs Ritola for two years". Modo Hockey. 2011-11-10. Retrieved 2011-11-10.
  5. http://www.modohockey.se/artikel/32095/
  6. "Mattias Ritola returns to Leksands". Leksands IF (in Swedish). 2014-10-13. Retrieved 2014-10-13.
  7. "Mattias Ritola (SWE) pour 2 saisons avec Fribourg-Gottéron | HC Fribourg-Gottéron". www.gotteron.ch. Archived from the original on 2016-06-11. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
  8. "Actualité - Mattias Ritola quitte subitement FR-Gottéron | Planète Hockey". Planète Hockey (in French). Retrieved 2017-01-18.
  9. "Ritola flyttar hem - Leksands IF". www.leksandsif.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2017-01-27. Retrieved 2017-01-20.


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