For home games during the 2018-19 season, the Carleton Place Canadians will be profiling one player from the team. This time, the profile is on Ryland Mosley.
Quick Bio
Birthdate: Feb. 15, 2000
Hometown: Arnprior, Ont.
Height: 5’10”
Weight: 170 lbs
Shoots: L
Position: F
Mosley is entering his first season on the Jr. A team, but has been part of the Canadians organization since the 2015-16 season
Mosley is one of two players in the Canadians system who has been a part of each of the three levels Carleton Place has, spending two seasons on the Under-18 team before moving to the CCHL2 as a member of the inaugural Carleton Place Jr. Canadians team last season.
“That really helped (my development), I learned the systems right away and I’ve been working on them for four years now, so I’ve got the really down pat now,” he said.
Offence has always been part of Mosley’s success and an integral part of that is his speed allowing him to make plays all over the ice.
“I use my speed with the puck and without the puck,” Mosley said. “I fore-check hard to get the puck back. I score and make plays in the ‘O’-zone and I’m good in the ‘D’-zone too.”
His scoring ability has been showcased at each stage of his development as a Carleton Place Canadian. In his two seasons with the U-18 team, he averaged more than a point-per-game – getting a combined 94 points in 90 regular season games. The 2017-18 season was extremely successful for Mosley and for the Jr. Canadians as he had 39 goals and 49 assists (88 points) in 51 games during the regular season before adding 30 points – 17 goals and 13 assists – during a playoff run that had the first-year team make a run all the way to the CCHL2 finals.
“We had a good team, we had a really good coach and we played really well,” Mosley said of the season where he was named a first-team all-star as well as receiving Top Rookie and Top Prospect honours of the league. “We had a young team, we were really fast and we dominated.”
Mosley was another one of the members of the Canadians who were part of the CCHL’s team that went to Russia to participate in the Junior Club World Cup. He played a key role in the bronze-medal success of the Ottawa Capitals as he scored the winning goal in the bronze-medal game.
“It was an honour, it was really good and lots of fun. Seeing all these players that were so good in Jr. A and I hadn’t even been in the league yet and playing with them. And playing against all these teams that have NHL draft picks really boosted my confidence and really helps as a player,” said Mosley.
Mosley’s strong play last season not only helped him make the team for Russia, but also helped earn him a scholarship to the University of Alabama-Huntsville where the list of Carleton Place alumni continues to grow.
“It’s a great program, they’re up-and-coming, they’re getting better and better. (Peyton) Francis was just talking to me and we want to go down there and play a lot and make the team a lot better,” he said.
In nine games played to start the season, Mosley has had to adjust to a different role on the team – not playing his usual top-6 forward role – and has two goals so far this year.
