Mike Rucinski (ice hockey, born 1963)

{{short description|American ice hockey player}}

{{other people||Mike Rucinski (disambiguation){{!}}Mike Rucinski}}

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{{Infobox ice hockey player

| name=Mike Rucinski

| image=Mike Rucinski 1988.JPG

| caption=Rucinski in 1988

| image_size=

| position =Center

| shoots = Left

| height_ft = 5

| height_in =10

| weight_lb = 180

| played_for=Chicago Blackhawks

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1963|12|12}}

| birth_place =Wheeling, Illinois, U.S.

| death_date =

| death_place =

| career_start = 1983

| career_end = 1990

}}

Michael S. Rucinski (born December 12, 1963){{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/player/mike-rucinski-8451041|title=Mike Rucinski Stats and News|work=nhl.com|accessdate=13 December 2016}} is an American retired professional ice hockey center who played in the National Hockey League for the Chicago Blackhawks.{{cite web|url=http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=4696|title=Mike Rucinski (b.1963) hockey statistics and profile at hockeydb.com|work=hockeydb.com|accessdate=13 December 2016}}

Career

Rucinski played one regular season and two post season games for the Chicago Blackhawks.{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130204/sports/702049676/|title=Rucinski gets his due from Illinois Hockey Hall of Fame|first=Ross|last=Forman|date=4 February 2013|work=dailyherald.com|accessdate=13 December 2016}} He was also a member of the Salt Lake Golden Eagles, Saginaw Hawks, and Indianapolis Ice of the International Hockey League.

Career statistics

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! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! colspan="5" | Regular season

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! colspan="5" | Playoffs

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! Season

! Team

! League

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

1982–83

| Chicago Jets

| CJHL

| 37

827315526

| 13

211536
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| 1983–84

| University of Illinois at Chicago

| NCAA

| 33

17264312

| —

1984–85

| University of Illinois at Chicago

| NCAA

| 40

29326128

| —

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| 1985–86

| University of Illinois at Chicago

| NCAA

| 37

16314718

| —

1986–87

| Salt Lake Golden Eagles

| IHL

| 28

16254119

| 17

9182728
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1986–87

| Moncton Golden Flames

| AHL

| 42

591414

| —

1987–88

| Saginaw Hawks

| IHL

| 44

19315032

| 10

191010
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| 1987–88

| Chicago Blackhawks

| NHL

| —

| 2

0000
1988–89

| Chicago Blackhawks

| NHL

| 1

0000

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1988–89

| Saginaw Hawks

| IHL

| 81

357210740

| 6

24614
1989–90

| Indianapolis Ice

| IHL

| 80

28416927

| 13

38118
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! colspan="3" | NHL totals

! ALIGN="center" | 1

! ALIGN="center" | 0

! ALIGN="center" | 0

! ALIGN="center" | 0

! ALIGN="center" | 0

! ALIGN="center" | 2

! ALIGN="center" | 0

! ALIGN="center" | 0

! ALIGN="center" | 0

! ALIGN="center" | 0

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! colspan="3" | IHL totals

! ALIGN="center" | 233

! ALIGN="center" | 98

! ALIGN="center" | 169

! ALIGN="center" | 267

! ALIGN="center" | 118

! ALIGN="center" | 46

! ALIGN="center" | 15

! ALIGN="center" | 39

! ALIGN="center" | 54

! ALIGN="center" | 60

References

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