Riley Patterson – Barrie Colts – Player Profile

HT	WT	DOB	POS	SH	OHL DRAFT	NHLCS	NAT
6’	194	Mar 22, 2006	C	R	57th 2022	61st N.A.	CAN

SEASON	LEAGUE	TEAM	GP	G	A	PTS
2019-2020	SCTA U14	Burlington Eagles	32	35	13	48
2021-2022	GTHL U16	Mississauga Senators	28	18	12	30
2022-2023	OJHL	North York Rangers	52	30	43	73
2023-2024	OHL	Barrie Colts	68	29	33	62

Riley Patterson has consistently produced at a high level throughout his career. Though he started slowly in his first OHL season, Patterson improved significantly halfway through the year, finishing with nearly a point-per-game.

Patterson is an adept skater with decent speed, but he needs to build more strength on his skates, as opponents can too easily knock him off the puck. His agility allows him to weave through traffic and elude defenses to find open ice. He has the ability to navigate through the neutral zone and gain the blue line on the rush.

Defensively, Patterson is solid but can still grow. He has demonstrated an aptitude for disrupting plays in the neutral zone and grasping his responsibilities in his own end. However, like the Colts as a whole, Patterson’s performance was uneven at times this season, so he must focus on playing more consistently.

Patterson may be better utilized as a winger since he profiles more as a complementary player on a line that can provide strong defense and secondary scoring, rather than as the primary play driver.