Defenceman River Rymsha is another new face for the Cardiff Devils in 2023-24.

The smooth skating defender comes to Cardiff from the Heilbronner Falken of the German DEL2 where he scored 4 goals and 16 assists in 34 games last season.

Before playing in Germany, Rymsha played a season in the Czech Republic and two seasons in Slovakia.  He spent the 2020-21 season in HC Detva where he played with Trevor Cox, scoring 7 goals and 21 assists in 48 games. 

The following season, he teamed up with Jamie Arniel (who recently signed with the Devils) in Poprad, Slovakia where he scored 6 goals and 19 assists in 47 games. 

The 27 year old American played his university hockey with Dartmouth for 4 years before turning pro in 2019-20 with the Norfolk Admirals of the ECHL.