| Position: | Goaltender |
| Catches: | Left |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 0 |
| Weight Lb: | 170 |
| Played For: | Boston Bruins |
| Birth Date: | January 12, 1922 |
| Birth Place: | New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Columbus, Ohio, U.S. |
| Career Start: | 1943 |
| Career End: | 1955 1961–1963 |
Richard John Bittner (January 12, 1922 – March 24, 2002) was an American professional ice hockey goaltender who played in one National Hockey League game during the 1949–50 season. His lone game was with the Boston Bruins on February 12, 1950 against the Montreal Canadiens as a replacement for the injured Jack Gelineau.[1] The rest of his career, which lasted from 1943 to 1955, was mainly spent in the amateur Eastern Amateur Hockey League. Internationally, Bittner played for the American national team at the 1949 World Championships.
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | W | L | T | Min | GA | GAA | GP | W | L | T | Min | GA | SO | GAA | |||
| 1943–44 | New Haven Eagles | EAHL | 12 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 700 | 68 | 0 | 5.83 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1943–44 | Brooklyn Crescents | EAHL | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 240 | 28 | 0 | 7.25 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 660 | 87 | 0 | 7.91 | ||
| 1944–45 | Washington Lions | EAHL | 12 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 720 | 53 | 0 | 4.42 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 240 | 29 | 0 | 7.11 | ||
| 1945–46 | Washington Lions | EAHL | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 540 | 46 | 0 | 5.11 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 360 | 26 | 0 | 4.33 | ||
| 1946–47 | San Francisco Shamrocks | PCHL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 60 | 7 | 0 | 7.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1947–48 | Washington Lions | AHL | 6 | — | — | — | 360 | 37 | 0 | 6.17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1947–48 | Atlantic City Seagulls | EAHL | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 16 | 0 | 5.33 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1949–50 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 60 | 3 | 0 | 3.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1949–50 | Boston Olympics | EAHL | 36 | 14 | 17 | 5 | — | — | 1 | 4.03 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 300 | 14 | 0 | 2.80 | ||
| 1951–52 | Boston Olympics | EAHL | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 120 | 9 | 0 | 4.50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1951–52 | Atlantic City Seagulls | EAHL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 120 | 9 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | ||
| 1952–53 | Springfield Indians | EAHL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 120 | 10 | 0 | 5.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1952–53 | Troy Uncle Sam Trojans | EAHL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 4 | 0 | 4.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1954–55 | New Haven Blades | EAHL | 45 | 22 | 21 | 2 | 2700 | 196 | 1 | 4.36 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 240 | 27 | 0 | 6.75 | ||
| 1961–62 | Minneapolis Millers | IHL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1962–63 | St. Paul Saints | IHL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 60 | 12 | 0 | 12.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 60 | 3 | 0 | 3.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||