Nick Ritchie has been a pleasant surprise for the Boston Bruins so far this season.
Through 23 games, Ritchie has tallied 15 points (eight goals, seven assists). But those impressive numbers aren't the only surprising thing about the B's winger.
Glenn & Moose, aka NBC Sports Boston's "The Camera Guys", caught up with Ritchie and learned plenty about what the 25-year-old is like off the ice. For instance, Ritchie had some pretty wild hair as a kid playing lacrosse in Orangeville, Ontario. Just check out the video above to see for yourself.
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"That's funny. ... I was playing lacrosse as a kid, I don't know how old I would've been," Ritchie said of the photo. "I was pretty young by the look of it. It was picture day, I guess."
Ritchie didn't just play regular lacrosse, he played box lacrosse. It's an indoor version of lacrosse that originated in Canada and usually is played on an ice hockey rink once the ice has been removed or covered.
"Box lacrosse was kind of my favorite," Ritchie said. "That's kind of what Orangeville -- it's a small town so it'd be known for that. It'd be probably one of the best lacrosse towns in Ontario I would say."
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While Ritchie may have had the boy-band hair, he revealed he's more of a country kind of guy when it comes to his music tastes.
"If I had to pick, probably country," he said. "I'd go to concerts when they were going. Obviously I haven't this past year with the pandemic, but in the offseason I'd like to get to country concerts."
As for on the ice, Ritchie recently gained a teammate he has some history with. When the Bruins signed Jarred Tinordi, it gave Ritchie flashbacks of his bout with the defenseman back in 2016.
"That's funny, I thought about that when we picked him up," Ritchie said. "That was a few years ago now, but it's funny, in hockey it's like you can play with guys that you fought or played hard against all the time and it's not really talked about. Even if it was talked about, it'd be all good. It's just part of the game and both guys battling that particular day or that night. There's no hard feelings between the two of us."
Watch The Camera Guys' full interview with Ritchie, which includes info about his horse farm, below: