Ryan officially became a citizen of Switzerland in 2008, and was then able to play for the National Swiss team. As a member of that team, he brought home a silver medal at the 2013 Ice Hockey World Championships. When speaking about the tournament Ryan recalls:
“The tournament was incredible. We started off 3-0 beating the host team Sweden, Canada and the Czech Republic. Then we ran the table going into the final without losing a game. The support we had from the whole country was amazing, my only concern was that by making it to the finals I was worried about missing the birth of our second child. Luckily he was a couple days late and I made it home in time.”
