2023-24
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Atlantic Hockey All-Academic Team
2022-23
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Atlantic Hockey All-Academic Team
• Totaled nine points on two goals and seven assists during 29 appearances.
• Finished fifth on the team with 32 blocked shots
• Assisted two goals and blocked two shots in 8-5 win over Union (Oct. 15).
• Blocked three shots in 5-2 win over Holy Cross (Oct. 28).
• Scored the GWG with 8.6 seconds left in regulation in 3-2 victory at Canisius (Feb. 3).
• Blocked a career-high five shots in 3-2 setback vs. Canisius (Feb. 4).
• Logged what proved to be the GWG in 5-2 victory over Air Force (Feb. 25).
• Assisted the game-tying goal and blocked three shots in 5-3 Atlantic Hockey Quarterfinal victory over Mercyhurst (Mar. 3).
2021-22
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AHCA All-American Scholar
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Atlantic Hockey All-Academic Team
• Totaled four assists in 36 appearances
• Finishes sixth on the team with 30 blocked shots
• Blocked three shots in 2-1 win over St. Lawrence (Oct. 16)
• Assisted two goals in 5-1 win over Sacred Heart (Feb. 1)
• Tallied an assist and blocked two shots in RIT's 3-1 victory over Sacred Heart (Mar. 13) in Atlantic Hockey Quarterfinal series-clinching Game 3 victory
2020-21
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Atlantic Hockey All-Academic Team
• Dean's List honoree (Fall 2020, Spring 2021)
• Made 12 appearances, totaling two goals and an assist
• Scored a goal in the 5-4 win at Niagara (Dec. 22)
• Notched an assist in the 6-1 win over No. 19 Robert Morris (Feb. 20) before scoring a goal in the following day’s 4-3 win (Feb. 21)
2019-20
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AHA All-Academic Team
• Finished with nine points on a goal and eight assists
• Assisted a goal for his first collegiate point in the 7-4 win at Holy Cross (Nov. 1)
• Notched his first collegiate goal along with an assist in the 4-1 win over Robert Morris (Feb. 7)
• Added all three tallies the following day in a 3-3 draw opposite the Colonials (Feb. 8)
BEFORE RIT:
• Played the 2018-19 season for the Oakville Blades (OJHL) under former RIT standout Mike Tarantino
• Helped Oakville to the 2019 Buckland Cup as OJHL Champions, setting regular season OJHL records with 44 wins and 94 points
• Also led team to the Dudley-Hewitt Cup semifinals, landing Top-Defenceman and 1st-Team All-Star recognition
• Second among Oakville defensemen with 34 points (8G, 26 A) in 52 regular season games, including five power-play goals and three game-winners, before adding eight points in 19 OJHL postseason games
• Previously played for the Stratford Warriors (GOJHL), recording 83 points in 98 games from 2016-18
• 2018 GOJHL Mid-West Conference R.J. Noble Memorial Trophy (2018), 2017 Rookie of the Year
PERSONAL
• Ryan "Richie" Nicholson was born in Mississauga, Ontario
• Son of Bill and Sherrie Nicholson, has one sister, Andrea
• Hobbies include playing golf, chess and darts, reading and listening to music
• Started playing hockey at six years-old with his dad
• Acknowledges his father for being a big inspiration and role model
• Wears the same number his dad wore when he played
• Attended Iona Catholic Secondary School
• Fan of the Toronto Maple Leafs, Jake Muzzin and former NBA star Michael Jordan
• Advertising and public relations major with a minor in psychology
