Riley Thompson

Collegiate Career

Selected an alternate captain for 2025-26
2025 Honorable Mention All-Big Ten
Two-time B1G Star of the Week in 2024-25 (Third Star, Nov. 4, 2024, First Star Nov. 19, 2024)
Played one year at Alaska-Anchorage before transferring to Ohio State
Ohio State Scholar-Athlete in 2024-25 and 2025-26
2026 Academic All-Big Ten
Saw action in 111 games in collegiate games, with 94 points on 39 goals (23 on the power play) and 45 assists, along with 633 faceoff wins and 81 shot blocks
Skated in 77 games as a Buckeye and had 60 points (30g, 30a, 14 ppg), 64 shot blocks and 519 faceoff wins

Professional

Signed a one-year entry-level contract beginning with the 2026-27 season with the Philadlephia Flyers following Buckeyes' 2025-26 season; Reported to the Flyers' American Hockey League affiliate, the Lehigh Valley Phantoms, on a professional tryout

2025-26 (Junior Season at Ohio State)

Alternate captain
Played in all 37 games, with 13 goals and 14 assists for 27 points, along with 30 shot blocks and 192 faceoff wins
Eighth in the NCAA and fourth in the Big Ten with eight power play goals
Three points, with a power play goal and two assists, in Big Ten Tournament quarterfinal win at Wisconsin March 11
Two assists Nov. 15 at WIsconsin and Feb. 20 at Penn State
Goal and an assist Feb. 6 at Minnesota
Scored gamewinner at UConn Oct. 18
Opened season on four-game point streak (3g, 1a, 4p)
Six-game point streak Feb. 14-March 5 (2g, 5a, 7p) and had point in eight of last 10 games
Talled in Big Ten Tournament semifinal win at Michigan State
Ohio State Scholar-Athlete selection and Academic All-Big Ten honoree

2024-25 (Sophomore Season at Ohio State)

Honorable Mention All-Big Ten selection
Played in all 40 games; shared team lead with 17 goals and six power play tallies, tying for second with 33 points and ranking fifth with 16 assists; led forwards with 34 shot blocks and had team-high 327 faceoff wins
Named B1G Third Star of the Week after six points in series vs. Lake Superior State Nov. 1-2; had five assists, a +6 mark, four shot blocks and 25 faceoff wins in the series sweep; two assists in game one and goal and three helpers in game two
Earned B1G First Star of the Week accolades after five-point series at Lindenwood; three points, with two goals and an assist, in game one and had two assists in game two; +3 in the series with 19 faceoff victories
Scored the gametying and gamewinning goals late in the third period vs. Michigan at Wrigley Field Jan. 3
Three points with two goals and an assist, vs. Michigan State Jan. 30
Tallied twice against Wisconsin Feb. 14
Scored overtime winner in game two victory vs. Wisconsin in B1G Tournament quarterfinal series; had primary assist on overtime gamewinner in semifinal vs. Penn State March 15 and posted a helper in final at Michigan State March 22
Two points, with a goal and an assist, vs. AIC Oct. 12 for first points as a Buckeye
Goal in each game at Penn State Jan. 24-25 and in both games at Notre Dame Feb. 7-8
Named an Ohio State Scholar-Athlete

Prior to Ohio State
at Alaska Anchorage

Skated in all 34 games and had 24 points, with nine goals and 15 assists, for the Seawolves

Junior Hockey

Started 2021-22 with the Pembroke Lumber Kings in the CCHL, notching nine points in 24 games, before finishing year with Smiths Falls Bears, recording 14-14-28 line in 29 regular season games
Alternate captain for Smiths Falls in 2022-23 and had 67 points, on 33 goals and 34 assists, in 49 regular season games; had 12-5-17 line in 17 postseason contests
Part of Gloucester Rangers from U14-U18; also played for CP Canadians and Carleton Place Jr. Canadians in CCHL2 and EOJHL
Also played soccer, basketball and volleyball
Graduated from St. Matthew High School in 2020

Personal

Parents are Allanah Shields-Thompson, a national marketing manager, and Jason Thompson, a sales manager
Has an older sibling, Brianna
Sport industry major