2023-24 Men's Ice Hockey Roster
Hughes, Riley
Jersey Number 9
Riley Hughes
- Year:
- Graduate Student
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 200
- Hometown:
- Westwood, Mass.
- Junior Team:
- Victoria Grizzlies (BCHL)
- Prev School:
- Northeastern (Hockey East)
- NHL:
- New York Rangers (2018, 7th Round)
Bio
Ohio State and Collegiate Career
at Northeastern
- Earned finance degree from Northeastern in Spring 2023
- Ended collegiate career with 140 games played, posting 37 points on 12 goals and 25 assists
- Skated in 118 games over four seasons at Northeastern, with 32 points on 11 goals and 21 assists; three goals were on the power play and notched one shorthanded tally
- 2023-24 Ohio State Scholar-Athlete
- 2020 Hockey East All-Academic Team selection
- Signed one-year, two-way AHL contract with Charlotte in May 2024
- Began pro career with the ECHL Iowa Heartlanders in 2023-24, posting four points, with three goals and an assist in 12 games
- Selected by the New York Rangers in the seventh round of the 2018 NHL Entry Draft (No. 216)
- Played in 23 games, with a goal and four assists for five points; missed time with an injury
- Helper in Big Ten Tournament game-one win at Wisconsin March 8
- Tallied vs. Bowling Green Jan. 5 and had an assist vs. the Falcons the next night
- Also had assists vs. Lindenwood Oct. 13 and Michigan State Nov. 4Â
- Named an Ohio State Scholar-Athlete
at Northeastern
- Received team's Unsung Hero award in 2022 and Most Improved honor in 2021
- Assistant captain as both a junior and a seniorÂ
- Season statistics: 2022-23 (32 gp, 2g, 4a, 6p); 2021-22 (32 gp, 2g, 10a, 12p); 2020-21 (21 gp, 6g, 4a, 10p); 2019-20 (34 gp, 1g, 3a, 4p)
- Huskies won two Beanpot trophies during his career
- Spent 2018-19 with Victoria in the BCHL, notching 58 points on 24 goals and 34 assists, in 68 games; four goals and 17 assists for 21 points in 15 playoff contests
- Played three years for St. Sebastian's School
- Appeared in two USHL games with Sioux Falls in 2017-18
- Skated with Boston Jr. Eagles AAAÂ
- Graduated from St. Sebastian's in 2019
- Played lacrosse growing up
- Son of Kent, who played hockey at Middlebury and is the general manager of the Montreal Canadians, and Deena
- Has two siblings, Morgan and Jack; Jack plays hockey at BU after two years at Northeastern
- Uncle Ryan played hockey at Cornell
- Enjoys golfing
- Started playing hockey at age 3
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