BSM alum Troy Riddle returns for his second season and third with the Red Knight Staff. After a brief hiatus to return to the professional playing ranks, Riddle also served on the BSM staff in 2010-11.
Riddle left BSM after leading the Red Knights to their first state title in 1999 with a 54-goal, 99-point season. He spent one season with Des Moines in the United States Hockey League and was subsequently drafted in the fourth round, 129th overall, of the 2000 NHL Entry Draft by the St. Louis Blues.
He then spent four seasons at the University of Minnesota. His career as a Golden Gopher saw him finish tied for 10th on the school’s career goal-scoring list (82) and tied for 13th in career points (178). Riddle represented the USA during his freshman season at the World Junior Championship and was named to the Western Collegiate Hockey Association’s all-rookie team at the end of the 2000-01 season.
The next two seasons, Riddle helped lead the Gophers to NCAA championships. He was named third team All-WCHA as a junior in 2003 and was a team captain in 2003-04, earning the team’s Tom Mohr Playoff MVP Award at the conclusion of his senior season.
Riddle then went onto play six seasons of professional hockey, winning an East Coast Hockey League title with the Alaska Aces in 2005. He played 359 games in those six seasons, scoring 95 goals and 216 points, before joining the Red Knights as an assistant coach in 2010-11.
Last season, he accepted an offer to play professionally for the Tohoku Free Blades of the Asia League.
He is employed at Innovative Asset Solutions as an account executive in addition to working towards completion of his bachelor’s degree in business management. He and his wife, Stephanie, were married this summer and the couple resides in Champlin Park.
