Cody Rudkowsky

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| position = Goaltender

| catches = Left

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 1

| weight_lb = 200

| played_for = St. Louis Blues
Edinburgh Capitals

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|7|21|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Willingdon, Alberta, Canada

| draft = Undrafted

| career_start = 1999

| career_end = 2010

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Cody Rudkowsky (born July 21, 1978) is a Canadian retired ice hockey goaltender. He played one game in the National Hockey League, with the St. Louis Blues during the 2002–03 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1999 to 2010, was mainly spent in the minor leagues. Prior to turning professional he played in the Western Hockey League, and won the Four Broncos Memorial Trophy as the league's most valuable player in 1998–99.

AHL and ECHL

Rudkowsky was born in Willingdon, Alberta. He spent most of his career in the ECHL. His one NHL game game during the 2002–03 season with the St. Louis Blues, when he played on October 24, 2002 against the Edmonton Oilers, winning the game.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/player/cody-rudkowsky-8467830|title=Cody Rudkowsky NHL player page|publisher=NHL.com|accessdate=October 29, 2023}}

In the ECHL, he backstopped the Reading Royals to a career high 46 games played in 2003–04 and led the Royals to the Kelly Cup semi-finals that season. On December 31, 2005, Rudkowsky was named starting goaltender for the American Conference in the 14th annual ECHL All-Star Game[http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-17145013_ITM Access My Library] {{dead link|date=October 2023}}

Rudkowsky was signed to a professional tryout contract (PTO) by the Grand Rapids Griffins on October 26, 2007.{{Cite web |title=Official site of the Grand Rapids Griffins: News Releases |url=http://www.griffinshockey.com/news/releases/index.html?article_id=887 |access-date=April 4, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110617113123/http://www.griffinshockey.com/news/releases/index.html?article_id=887 |archive-date=June 17, 2011 |url-status=dead }} On October 28, he would come in relief for starting goaltender Adam Berkhoel and stop 8 of 9 shots that night. The Griffins lost that game 7–1. On February 15, 2008, he was signed again to a PTO[http://comment-blog.advance.net/cgi-bin/mte/mt-search.cgi?tag=Cody%20Rudkowsky&blog_id=1557 Cody Rudkowsky blog] {{Dead link|date=July 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} by Grand Rapids and made a brief appearance (3m 21sec) against the Milwaukee Admirals.{{Cite web | url=http://www.hockeygoalies.org/bio/rudkowsky.html |title = Cody Rudkowsky}}

Other leagues

It was announced on August 27, 2009 that Rudkowsky signed a contract to play for the Edinburgh Capitals in the British Elite Ice Hockey League for the 09/10 Season.{{Cite web |url=http://edinburgh-capitals.com/news/detail.php?id=1027 |title = Edinburgh Capitals| date=22 May 2023 }} This was the first time Rudkowsky played for a team outside North America.

Rudkowsky also briefly played for the Bentley Generals in amateur Allan Cup play during the 2008–09 season and was first star of the final game of the 2008-09 Allan Cup Finals.[http://www.2010allancup.ca/bentley-generals-win-2009-allan-cup 2010 AllanCup.ca: Bentley Generals Win 2009 Allan Cup] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110902213006/http://www.2010allancup.ca/bentley-generals-win-2009-allan-cup |date=September 2, 2011}}

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"\| ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff"\| ! colspan="10" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"\|Regular season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff"\| ! colspan="8" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"\|Playoffs
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP !! W !! L !! T !! OTL !! MIN !! GA !! SO !! GAA !! SV% ! GP !! W !! L !! MIN !! GA !! SO !! GAA !! SV%
1995–96 \| Langley Thunder \| BCJHL \| 24	15	15	0	—	1172	73	1	3.73	.893 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1995–96 \| Seattle Thunderbirds \| WHL \| 2	0	0	0	—	21	3	0	8.57	.813 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1996–97 \| Seattle Thunderbirds \| WHL \| 40	19	14	2	—	2163	124	0	3.44	.901 \| 1	1	0	30	0	0	0.00	1.000
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1997–98 \| Seattle Thunderbirds \| WHL \| 53	20	22	3	—	2805	175	1	3.74	.896 \| 5	1	4	278	18	0	3.88	.922
1998–99 \| Seattle Thunderbirds \| WHL \| 64	34	16	1	—	3670	177	7	2.89	.920 \| 11	5	6	637	31	1	2.92	.933
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1999–00 \| Peoria Rivermen \| ECHL \| 10	6	4	0	—	599	32	0	3.20	.875 \| 2	1	1	119	6	0	3.02	.860
1999–00 \| Worcester IceCats \| AHL \| 28	9	7	6	—	1405	75	0	3.20	.895 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2000–01 \| Worcester IceCats \| AHL \| 25	13	8	3	—	1477	66	3	2.68	.915 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2001–02 \| Peoria Rivermen \| ECHL \| 12	5	2	4	—	709	24	3	2.03	.919 \| 2	0	1	78	4	0	3.08	.902
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2001–02 \| Worcester IceCats \| AHL \| 21	6	10	2	—	1108	50	1	2.71	.907 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002–03 \| St. Louis Blues \| NHL \| 1	1	0	0	—	31	0	0	0.00	1.000 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2002–03 \| Trenton Titans \| ECHL \| 31	17	9	5	—	1867	85	2	2.73	.911 \| 3	0	3	178	14	0	4.72	.833
2002–03 \| Worcester IceCats \| AHL \| 10	1	5	3	—	577	28	0	2.91	.897 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2003–04 \| Worcester IceCats \| AHL \| 1	0	0	0	—	49	3	0	3.67	.842 \| 1	0	1	58	2	0	2.07	.933
2003–04 \| Reading Royals \| ECHL \| 46	24	18	4	—	2728	108	1	2.38	.926 \| 14	8	6	834	28	1	2.02	.937
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2004–05 \| Reading Royals \| ECHL \| 20	8	11	1	—	1163	42	3	2.17	.919 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2004–05 \| Providence Bruins \| AHL \| 14	4	7	2	—	730	39	0	3.20	.898 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2005–06 \| Reading Royals \| ECHL \| 38	24	11	—	3	2292	96	2	2.51	.916 \| 1	0	0	5	0	0	0.00	1.000
2005–06 \| Bridgeport Sound Tigers \| AHL \| 9	5	2	—	1	494	17	0	2.07	.938 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2006–07 \| Phoenix Roadrunners \| ECHL \| 38	10	22	—	2	2062	120	1	3.49	.905 \| 4	0	4	249	16	0	3.86	.911
2007–08 \| Phoenix Roadrunners \| ECHL \| 33	9	20	—	3	1867	121	1	3.89	.897 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2007–08 \| Grand Rapids Griffins \| AHL \| 2	0	1	—	0	14	2	0	8.40	.818 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007–08 \| Cincinnati Cyclones \| ECHL \| 13	8	2	—	2	765	35	1	2.75	.899 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2008–09 \| Stony Plain Eagles \| ChHL \| 13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.35	.923 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009–10 \| Edinburgh Capitals \| EIHL \| 55	—	—	—	—	—	206	0	3.62	.900 \| 2	—	—	—	—	—	4.50	.873
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2010–11 \| Stony Plain Eagles \| ChHL \| 17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4.27	.890 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3"\| NHL totals ! 1 !! 489 !! 392 !! 33 !! 91 !! 59,879 !! 2,515 !! 77 !! 2.52 !! .919 ! — !! — !! — !! — !! — !! — !! — !! —