Duane Rupp
{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| image = Duane Rupp 1974.JPG
| image_size = 230px
| caption = Rupp in 1974
| position = Defence
| shoots = Left
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 1
| weight_lb = 195
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1938|3|29|mf=y}}
| birth_place = MacNutt, Saskatchewan, Canada
| career_start = 1958
| career_end = 1977
| played_for = New York Rangers
Toronto Maple Leafs
Minnesota North Stars
Pittsburgh Penguins
Vancouver Blazers
Calgary Cowboys
}}
Duane Edward Franklin Rupp (born March 29, 1938) is a Canadian retired ice hockey defenceman. He played in the National Hockey League from 1963 to 1973 and then in the World Hockey Association from 1974 to 1976.
Playing career
Rupp started his National Hockey League career with the New York Rangers. He would also play with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Minnesota North Stars, and the Pittsburgh Penguins. His NHL career would last from 1963 to 1973.
After playing the 1973–74 season with the Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League (AHL), Rupp played for two seasons with the Vancouver Blazers and Calgary Cowboys in the World Hockey Association before concluding his career in 1977 with the Rochester Americans of the AHL.
Post-playing career
After his retirement as a player, Rupp owned a sporting goods shop in Pittsburgh.
Career statistics
=Regular season and playoffs=
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! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Regular season ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Playoffs | ||||||||
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! Season ! Team ! League ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM | ||||||||
| 1955–56
| SJHL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0
| — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1956–57 | SJHL | 55 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 20
| 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 1956–57
| Flin Flon Bombers | M-Cup | — | — | — | — | —
| 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
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| 1957–58 | Flin Flon Bombers | SJHL | 55 | 9 | 25 | 34 | 27
| 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1958–59
| IHL | 56 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 22
| 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1959–60 | Fort Wayne Komets | IHL | 67 | 10 | 44 | 54 | 22
| 13 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| 1960–6
| EPHL | 69 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 26
| 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1961–62 | AHL | 27 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 10
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1961–62
| WHL | 35 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 14
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1962–63 | NHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1962–63
| AHL | 71 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 42
| 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1963–64 | Baltimore Clippers | AHL | 61 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 65
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1963–64
| AHL | 15 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 16
| 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1964–65 | NHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1964–65
| Rochester Americans | AHL | 71 | 4 | 30 | 34 | 50
| 10 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 18 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1965–66 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1965–66
| Rochester Americans | AHL | 70 | 7 | 34 | 41 | 86
| 12 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 30 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1966–67 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1966–67
| Rochester Americans | AHL | 59 | 7 | 35 | 42 | 84
| 13 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 13 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1967–68 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 71 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 42
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1968–69
| NHL | 29 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1968–69 | NHL | 30 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 24
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1968–69
| AHL | 13 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 38
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1969–70 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 64 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 18
| 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| 1970–71
| Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 59 | 5 | 28 | 33 | 34
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1971–72 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 34 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 32
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 1971–72
| AHL | 38 | 2 | 21 | 23 | 36
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1972–73 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 78 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 62
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1973–74
| Hershey Bears | AHL | 67 | 7 | 27 | 34 | 32
| 14 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 8 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1974–75 | WHA | 72 | 3 | 26 | 29 | 45
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1975–76
| WHA | 42 | 0 | 16 | 16 | 33
| 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1975–76 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1976–77
| Rochester Americans | AHL | 41 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 12
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | WHA totals ! 114 !! 3 !! 42 !! 45 !! 78 ! 7 !! 0 !! 2 !! 2 !! 8 | ||||||||
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! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 374 !! 24 !! 93 !! 117 !! 220 ! 10 !! 2 !! 2 !! 4 !! 8 |
Awards and achievements
- Memorial Cup Championship (1957)
- AHL Second All-Star Team (1966, 1967, 1974)
- Played in NHL All-Star Game (1968)
- First defenceman to score a hat trick in Pittsburgh Penguin team history.
- Calder Cup (AHL) Championship (1974)
- Honoured Member of the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame
References
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External links
- {{icehockeystats}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120311112943/http://www.mbhockeyhalloffame.ca/honoured/players.html?category=9&id=168 Duane Rupp's biography] at [https://web.archive.org/web/20141004060054/http://www.mbhockeyhalloffame.ca/index.html Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame]
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