Petes Star Player Nick Ritchie Has Been Traded To Soo Greyhounds

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Nick Ritchie, star player of the Peterborough Petes, has been traded away. Ritchie, fresh off winning a Gold Medal with the Canadian World Junior team over Russia, was dealt along with Petes captain Connor Boland to the Soo Greyhounds—a deep team who are making a Memorial Cup run this year. Ritchie, a prospect of the Anaheim Ducks, has 32 points in 25 games with the Petes this year. In exchange, the Petes will receive defenceman Kyle Jenkins, Plymouth’s 2nd round pick in the 2015 OHL Priority Selection, Sault Ste. Marie’s 3rd round pick in 2017, and the Greyounds’ 2nd round pick in both 2019 and 2020. With the Petes in last place in the East Division and showing no signs of making a playoff run, they appear to be in rebuilding mode again.

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Video Of Nick Ritchie Getting Hit By Slapshot Shows How Vital Wearing A Visor Is

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During last Thursday's home win against the Belleville Bulls, Peterborough Petes star forward Nick Ritchie took a slapshot to his face, knocking the visor off his helmet. He got up uninjured, but the TV Cogeco Peterborough video—which has already had almost 10,000 views on YouTube—shows just how vital the visor was in protecting Ritchie (Anaheim Ducks first-round pick) from serious injury. Watch for yourself..

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Watch "The Goal"

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The Peterborough Petes have totally won us over. They were down 3-0 down in their first round playoff series against Kingston. Then, against all odds, then won 3 straight to force a deciding Game 7 in Kingston last night (April 1st). It was a game for the ages: end to end action, lots of close chances at both ends, pure drama. It was 1-1 heading into OT. Andrew D'Agostini was brilliant in net—he stood on his head and then some—and then... "The Goal" by Nick Ritchie. And for only the 4th time in OHL history, a team had come from 3-0 down in a series to win it. Oshawa, you're next. But in the meantime, watch this over and over and over again...

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