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PRONUNCIATION: MAIR-it  oh-SET-ko

2021-22
• Made seven appearances
• Made season debut in 3-2 OT upset victory at No. 13 Notre Dame (Oct. 21)
• Blocked three shots in 1-0 setback at Air Force (Feb. 26)

2020-21
• Atlantic Hockey All-Academic Team
• Dean's List Fall 2020
• Made 13 appearances
 
2019-20
• Played four games
• Notched an assist in 4-2 win over Holy Cross (Feb. 1) for his first collegiate point
• Added an assist in 3-3 tie with Robert Morris (Feb. 8)
 
2018-19
• Atlantic Hockey All-Academic Team

BEFORE RIT: Played in the Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL) from 2015-18 … played with the Sherwood Park Crusaders from 2015-17 before being dealt to the Fort McMurray Oil Barons for the remainder of the 2017-18 season … recorded 57 points on 24 goals and 33 assists in 56 games between Sherwood Park and Fort McMurray in 2017-18 … had five power-play goals, five game-winning goals and two shorthanded tallies in 2017-18 ... recorded 18 multiple-point efforts … added five points in nine postseason contests … recorded 47 goals, 69 assists and 116 points over 152 games in three AJHL seasons … had 10 power-play goals and five shorthanded tallies in his AJHL career.
 
PERSONAL: Merritt Ryley Thomas Oszytko was born in Edmonton, Alberta … son of Stan and Nadine Oszytko … has two brothers, Jesse and Grayson … attended Vimy Ridge Academy ... would want Ryan Gosling to play him in a movie ... favorite movie is "That’s My Boy" … favorite hockey movie is "Slap Shot" … last show he binge watched was "Last Chance U" … favorite actress is Margot Robbie … favorite music performer is Wiz Khalifa … favorite NHL team is the Edmonton Oilers … favorite NHL player is Eugeny Kuznetsov of the Washington Capitals … vacation spot he would most like to visit is Mexico … a super power he would like to have is the ability to teleport because he could go wherever he wanted … historical figure he would most like to meet is Wayne Gretzky … dream job is to be a doctor … four people he would like to invite to dinner are Alex Ovechkin, Liam Neeson, Lebron James and Tiger Woods ... management major.