2023-24 Men's Ice Hockey Roster
Biography
HONORS & AWARDS:
Team Captain (2023-24)
Assistant Captain (2022-23)
Preseason All-Atlantic Hockey (2023-24)
All-Atlantic Hockey Second Team (2022-23, 2023-24)
Atlantic Hockey Player of the Week (2/6/23, 10/9/23, 10/16/23, 1/29/24)
Atlantic Hockey All-Academic Team (2021, 2022, 2024)
Crusader of the Week (1/31/22, 1/30/23, 11/28/23)
2023-2024 (Senior):
- Played in all 39 games.
- Served as team captain.
- Recorded a career-high 35 points on 19 goals and 16 assists.
- Netted game winning goals against UConn (10/13), Brown (11/24), UMass Lowell (12/9), and Mercyhurst (1/27).
- Scored first collegiate hat trick at Mercyhurst (1/27), and became the third Crusader to score a hat trick in a single period.
- Blocked 25 shots.
- Went 272-217 on faceoffs.
- Three-time Atlantic Hockey Player of the Week honoree (10/9, 10/16, 1/29).
- Named to the All-Atlantic Hockey Preseason Team.
- Earned a spot on the All-Atlantic Hockey Second Team.
- Named to the Atlantic Hockey All-Academic Team.
2022-2023 (Junior):
- Played in all 41Â games.
- Served as an assistant captain.
- Recorded a career high 16 goals and 16 assists for 32 points.
- Led team in points and tied for first in assists.
- 16 goals tied for tenth all-time in goals scored in a single season.
- Tallied 37 blocked shots, the most for a forward this season.
- Eight game point streak from Jan. 27 - Feb. 17 tied for the fourth-longest all-time in program history.
- All-Atlantic Hockey Second Team selection.
- Named Atlantic Hockey Player of the Week on Feb. 6.
- Named Crusader of the Week on Jan. 30.
2021-2022 (Sophomore):
- Played in 35 games.
- Scored 10 goals and recorded eight assists for 18 total points.
- Tied for team lead in goals during the season with 10.
- Led the team in power-play goals with five on the season.
- Named to the Atlantic Hockey All-Academic Team.
- Named Crusader of the Week on Jan. 31.
2020-2021 (Freshman):
- Played in five games.
- Scored one goal and picked up one assist for two points.
- Scored first collegiate goal in first collegiate game on first collegiate shot in 3-2 loss to Army (Jan. 22).
- Named to the Atlantic Hockey All-Academic Team.
- Season shortened due to COVID-19.
BEFORE HOLY CROSS:
- Played for the Oakville Blades (OJHL) for four seasons.
- Ranked sixth in scoring in the OJHL for the 2019-20 season, with 70 points in 51 games (29-41-70).
- Captained the team for three seasons.
- Named the team's Unsung Hero (2018).
- Led his team to the OJHL Buckland Cup championship, Dudley Hewitt Cup championship, and a National Jr. A Championship appearance in the 2018-19 season.
- Played in 207 career games for the Blades and tallied 73 goals and 93 assists for 166 points.
PERSONAL:
- Son of John and Shelley Ricketts .
- Father, John, played hockey for the University of Guelph.
- Has two sisters, Emily and Brooke.
- Emily played varsity rugby at MacMaster University, while Brooke played rugby at University of Western Ontario.
- Majoring in Accounting.
Statistics
Season Statistics
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Historical Player Information
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2020-21Freshman
Forward
6'1"
195 lbs
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2021-22Sophomore
Forward
6'1"
195 lbs
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2022-23Junior
Forward
6'1"
195 lbs
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2023-24Senior
Forward
6'1"
195 lbs