Ritzer Named Assistant Hockey Coach at UW-River Falls
 
        Bob Ritzer has been named assistant hockey coach at UW-River Falls according to
Men's Athletic Director Rick Bowen.
        Ritzer was the assistant hockey coach at the College of St. Scholastica in
1993-94. He has been the coordinator for the Wisconsin Amateur Hockey
Association Bantam Elite Camp in 1992, 1994 and 1996, and has been the coaching
coordinator of the Wisconsin Selects AAA Hockey program since 1992. He has also
been a USA Hockey Coaching Assistant Director. Ritzer has been the Superior Ice
Arena manager since 1989.
        He was the head coach of the St. Mary's Springs High School hockey team in
19988-89 and was an assistant coach there in 1987-88. Ritzer was also an
assistant coach at Superior High School in 1986-87. He worked for nine years at
the Eagle River Hockey School.
        Ritzer had a stellar hockey career at UW-Superior where he earned his
undergraduate degree in 1986. He was named UW-Superior's Male Athlete of the
Year and earned all-NCHA honors in 1985. He was his team's Most Valuable Player
in 1985 and was named to the NAIA District 14 and WSUC all-conference teams. He
was a 1985 co-captain at UW-Superior and he was also the captain of the Green
Bay Bobcats Junior team in 1981-82. At Eagle River High School he was twice the
team captain and was named to the first all-conference team in 1978.
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