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 had been the Superior Ice Arena manager since 1989.

He was the head coach of the St. Mary’s Springs High School hockey team in 1988-89 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.

Ritzer lives in River Falls with his wife, Liz, and stepson, Matthew.

Frank played hockey at Colorado College for four seasons and helped the Tigers win WCHA championships in 1994 and 1995. He was named to the WCHA All-Academic team. Before going to CC, he played for the Madison Capitals in the USHL and was named to the league's All-Star game roster. He also played high school hockey at Spring Lake Park, Minn.

He coached defensemen and goalies for the Colorado Thunderbirds AAA Midget hockey team and was an assistant coach at UW-Stout where he coached defensemen, goalies and also recruited. Frank has coached at youth levels in Colorado, Wisconsin and Minnesota.

His wife's name is Meagan and he has three children; Nate, Haley and Kiana. They live in Woodbury and Frank is an operations manager for Rocky Mountain Festivals, Inc.

Coach, mentor, friend and inspiration.

A truly valued contributor to the history of Falcon hockey.

Mickey's passing leaves a void in our program, but his spirit remains.

He is deeply missed.