| Mike Rucinski | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born | March 30, 1975 Trenton, Michigan, U.S. | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||
| Weight | 180 lb (82 kg; 12 st 12 lb) | ||
| Position | Defense | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for | Carolina Hurricanes | ||
| National team |  United States | ||
| NHL Draft | 217th overall, 1995 Hartford Whalers | ||
| Playing career | 1996–2002 | ||
Michael Jason Rucinski (born March 30, 1975) is an American former professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League for the Carolina Hurricanes.
Rucinski was born in Trenton, Michigan. As a youth, he played in the 1989 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with the Detroit Little Caesars minor ice hockey team. [1]
Rucinski was drafted 217th by the Hartford Whalers (now Carolina Hurricanes) in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft and played 26 regular season games for the Hurricanes scoring two assists and collecting ten penalty minutes.[ citation needed ] In March 2002, Rucinski was traded to the New Jersey Devils for Ted Drury, but never played a game for the Devils, spending his time in the AHL for the Albany River Rats and retired shortly afterwards.[ citation needed ]
He spent several years as the director of hockey operations at Suburban Ice Arena in East Lansing.[ citation needed ] He is currently a senior firefighter in Metro Detroit.[ citation needed ]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1991–92 | Detroit Little Caesars | MNHL | 29 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1992–93 | Detroit Junior Red Wings | OHL | 66 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 59 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 | ||
| 1993–94 | Detroit Junior Red Wings | OHL | 66 | 2 | 26 | 28 | 58 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 15 | ||
| 1994–95 | Detroit Junior Red Wings | OHL | 64 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 61 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | ||
| 1995–96 | Detroit Whalers | OHL | 51 | 10 | 25 | 35 | 65 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | ||
| 1996–97 | Richmond Renegades | ECHL | 61 | 20 | 23 | 43 | 85 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 18 | ||
| 1996–97 | Springfield Falcons | AHL | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997–98 | Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997–98 | Beast of New Haven | AHL | 65 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1997–98 | Cleveland Lumberjacks | IHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1998–99 | Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1998–99 | Beast of New Haven | AHL | 23 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1999–2000 | Cincinnati Cyclones | IHL | 66 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 34 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | ||
| 2000–01 | Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2000–01 | Cincinnati Cyclones | IHL | 79 | 1 | 22 | 23 | 46 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2001–02 | Lowell Lock Monsters | AHL | 63 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | Albany River Rats | AHL | 19 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| AHL totals | 176 | 12 | 37 | 49 | 114 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| NHL totals | 26 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| IHL totals | 147 | 4 | 32 | 36 | 84 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||
| Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | United States | WC Q | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 | |
| Senior totals | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 | |||
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