Jason Ruff

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Jason Ruff
Born (1970-01-27) 27 January 1970 (age 54)
Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
Height 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight 205 lb (93 kg; 14 st 9 lb)
Position Left wing
Shot Left
Played for St. Louis Blues
Tampa Bay Lightning
NHL draft 96th overall, 1990
St. Louis Blues
Playing career 19912007

Jason C. Ruff (born 27 January 1970) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. [1]

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Career

Ruff was the third pick, 96th overall selection of the St. Louis Blues in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft. The following year, he was part of the WHL East First All-Star Team.

Ruff is a graduate of the Western Hockey League, where he spent four seasons as a member of the Lethbridge Hurricanes before joining the NHL with St. Louis Blues and later Tampa Bay Lightning.

Ruff has played for the Belfast Giants since the 2001–2002 season, with one year sojourns to Ingolstadt in the DEL (2002–2003) and Kansas City Outlaws (2004–2005). He was captain of the Giants in 2003–2004 and in the 2006–2007 season he was a Player/Assistant Coach.

Ruff retired from professional ice hockey and returned to Canada in 2007 to become assistant coach of the Lethbridge Hurricanes in the Western Hockey League.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
1987–88 Lethbridge Hurricanes WHL 69252247109
1988–89 Lethbridge HurricanesWHL69423880127723528
1989–90 Lethbridge HurricanesWHL725564119114199101918
1990–91 Lethbridge HurricanesWHL6661751361541612172918
1990–91 Peoria Rivermen IHL 50002
1991–92 Peoria RivermenIHL6727457214810771419
1992–93 Peoria RivermenIHL4022214381
1992–93 St. Louis Blues NHL 72138
1992–93 Atlanta Knights IHL2611142590721326
1992–93 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL10000
1993–94 Atlanta KnightsIHL71242549122146172341
1993–94 Tampa Bay LightningNHL61232
1994–95 Atlanta KnightsIHL64423476161331410
1995–96 Atlanta KnightsIHL59393372135200016
1996–97 Quebec Rafales IHL80355085939851310
1997–98 Quebec RafalesIHL5421244577
1997–98 Cleveland Lumberjacks IHL623591066124
1998–99 Cleveland LumberjacksIHL4413274057
1998–99 Houston Aeros IHL1000019551012
1999–00 Frankfurt Lions DEL 471924437141012
2000–01 Frankfurt LionsDEL4912243661
2001–02 Belfast Giants BISL 4217314848615638
2002–03 ERC Ingolstadt DEL2308832
2003–04 Belfast Giants EIHL 5335518613451344
2004–05 Kansas City Outlaws UHL 6629518081
2005–06 Belfast GiantsEIHL2510172739
2006–07 Belfast GiantsEIHL543035655231012
NHL totals1433610

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References

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