As one of the biggest hockey personalities out of Alberta, David Riitich, provides the 2020-21 Calgary Flames with one of the team’s greatest goaltender tandems in recent history. Backing up fellow European, Jacob Markstrom, it’ll be interesting to see if Rittich can give his goalie counterpart a run for the number one role.
How he got here
Hailing from Jihlava, Czech Republic, Rittich was first brought to the attention of Flames brass when scout Derek MacKinnon was scouting forward Daniel Pribyl, with Sparta Prague playing host to Mida Boleslav BK. While Pribyl ended up signing with Calgary, the real catch was when the team also nabbed then 23-year old David Rittich.