Lindy Ruff

Position: D/LW ▪ Shoots: Left
Height: 6-2 ▪ Weight: 201 lbs.
Born: February 17, 1960 in Warburg, Alberta
Draft: Buffalo, 2nd round (32nd overall), 1979 NHL Entry
As Coach: 15 Yrs, 571-432-162, 1304 Pts (Full Record)

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					Scoring Stats						Goals				Assists					Ice Time
Season	Age	Tm	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	SH	PP	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1979-80	19	BUF	NHL	63	5	14	19	7	-2	38	4	1	0	0	8	0	6	77	6.5
1980-81	20	BUF	NHL	65	8	18	26	9	3	121	7	1	0	2	14	0	4	97	8.2
1981-82	21	BUF	NHL	79	16	32	48	18	1	194	13	3	0	6	19	1	12	183	8.7
1982-83	22	BUF	NHL	60	12	17	29	11	15	130	10	2	0	1	14	0	3	110	10.9
1983-84	23	BUF	NHL	58	14	31	45	16	15	101	11	3	0	4	27	0	4	126	11.1
1984-85	24	BUF	NHL	39	13	11	24	10	-1	45	11	2	0	2	9	0	2	71	18.3
1985-86	25	BUF	NHL	54	20	12	32	14	8	158	14	5	1	4	9	0	3	131	15.3
1986-87	26	BUF	NHL	50	6	14	20	7	-12	74	5	0	1	1	10	0	4	95	6.3
1987-88	27	BUF	NHL	77	2	23	25	7	-9	179	2	0	0	0	16	2	5	106	1.9
1988-89	28	TOT	NHL	76	6	16	22	8	-23	117	6	0	0	0	14	0	2	88	6.8
1988-89	28	BUF	NHL	63	6	11	17	6	-17	86	6	0	0	0	10	0	1	69	8.7
1988-89	28	NYR	NHL	13	0	5	5	1	-6	31	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	19	0.0
1989-90	29	NYR	NHL	56	3	6	9	3	-10	80	3	0	0	2	6	0	0	59	5.1
1990-91	30	NYR	NHL	14	0	1	1	0	-2	27	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	10	0.0
Career			NHL	691	105	195	300	111	-17	1264	86	17	2	22	147	3	45	1153	9.1

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					Per Game						Adjusted				Plus/Minus					Point Shares
Season	Age	Tm	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	PIM	S	G	A	PTS	GC	TGF	PGF	TGA	PGA	+/-	OPS	DPS	PS
1979-80	19	BUF	NHL	63	0.08	0.22	0.30	0.11	0.60	1.22	4	12	16	5	56	18	40	0	-2	0.6	3.4	3.9
1980-81	20	BUF	NHL	65	0.12	0.28	0.40	0.14	1.86	1.49	6	14	20	7	70	14	54	1	3	-0.3	1.0	0.7
1981-82	21	BUF	NHL	79	0.20	0.41	0.61	0.22	2.46	2.32	12	23	35	13	101	25	87	12	1	2.8	4.7	7.4
1982-83	22	BUF	NHL	60	0.20	0.28	0.48	0.19	2.17	1.83	10	14	24	9	60	9	43	7	15	0.6	1.2	1.8
1983-84	23	BUF	NHL	58	0.24	0.53	0.78	0.28	1.74	2.17	11	25	36	13	72	14	50	7	15	1.9	1.2	3.1
1984-85	24	BUF	NHL	39	0.33	0.28	0.62	0.26	1.15	1.82	10	9	19	8	36	6	33	2	-1	1.1	0.6	1.7
1985-86	25	BUF	NHL	54	0.37	0.22	0.59	0.27	2.93	2.43	16	9	25	11	58	13	44	7	8	1.5	1.0	2.5
1986-87	26	BUF	NHL	50	0.12	0.28	0.40	0.14	1.48	1.90	5	12	17	6	43	7	67	19	-12	0.0	0.3	0.3
1987-88	27	BUF	NHL	77	0.03	0.30	0.32	0.10	2.32	1.38	2	19	21	6	47	5	86	35	-9	0.4	3.1	3.5
1988-89	28	TOT	NHL	76	0.08	0.21	0.29	0.10	1.54	1.16	5	13	18	6	54	7	97	27	-23	-0.9	0.4	-0.6
1988-89	28	BUF	NHL	63	0.10	0.17	0.27	0.10	1.37	1.10	5	9	14	5	41	3	78	23	-17	-0.8	0.4	-0.4
1988-89	28	NYR	NHL	13	0.00	0.38	0.38	0.10	2.38	1.46	0	4	4	1	13	4	19	4	-6	-0.1	0.0	-0.2
1989-90	29	NYR	NHL	56	0.05	0.11	0.16	0.06	1.43	1.05	3	5	8	3	24	3	38	7	-10	-1.3	0.6	-0.6
1990-91	30	NYR	NHL	14	0.00	0.07	0.07	0.02	1.93	0.71	0	1	1	0	2	0	4	0	-2	-0.2	0.6	0.3
Career			NHL	691	0.15	0.28	0.43	0.16	1.83	1.67	84	156	240	88	623	121	643	124	-17	6.1	18.0	24.1

NHL Playoffs

					Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
Season	Age	Tm	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1979-80	19	BUF	NHL	8	1	1	2	1		19	1	0	0	0
1980-81	20	BUF	NHL	6	3	1	4	2		23	2	1	0	1
1981-82	21	BUF	NHL	4	0	0	0	0		28	0	0	0	0
1982-83	22	BUF	NHL	10	4	2	6	3		47	4	0	0	0
1983-84	23	BUF	NHL	3	1	0	1	1	-2	9	1	0	0	0	3	33.3
1984-85	24	BUF	NHL	5	2	4	6	2	2	15	1	1	0	0	15	13.3
1987-88	27	BUF	NHL	6	0	2	2	1	-1	23	0	0	0	0	10	0.0
1988-89	28	NYR	NHL	2	0	0	0	0	-2	17	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
1989-90	29	NYR	NHL	8	0	3	3	1	-3	12	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Career			NHL	52	11	13	24	10	-6	193	9	2	0	1	33	9.1

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					Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
Season	Age	Team	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1976-77	16	Taber Golden Suns	AJHL	60	13	33	46			112
1976-77	16	Lethbridge Broncos	WCJHL	2	0	2	2			0
1977-78	17	Lethbridge Broncos	WCJHL	66	9	24	33			219
1978-79	18	Lethbridge Broncos	WHL	24	9	18	27			108
1991-92	31	Rochester Americans	AHL	62	10	24	34			110
1992-93	32	San Diego Gulls	IHL	81	10	32	42			100
Career		1 Season	AHL	62	10	24	34			110
Career		1 Season	AJHL	60	13	33	46			112
Career		1 Season	IHL	81	10	32	42			100
Career		2 Seasons	WCJHL	68	9	26	35			219
Career		1 Season	WHL	24	9	18	27			108

Other Playoffs

					Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
Season	Age	Team	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1977-78	17	Lethbridge Broncos	WCJHL	8	2	8	10			4
1978-79	18	Lethbridge Broncos	WHL	6	0	1	1			0
1991-92	31	Rochester Americans	AHL	13	0	4	4			18
1992-93	32	San Diego Gulls	IHL	14	1	6	7			26
Career		1 Season	AHL	13	0	4	4			18
Career		1 Season	IHL	14	1	6	7			26
Career		1 Season	WCJHL	8	2	8	10			4
Career		1 Season	WHL	6	0	1	1			0

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2012-13)

Thru 12 Years		Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Lindy Ruff		7.4	3.9	3.5	3.1	2.5	1.8	1.7	0.7	0.3	0.3	-0.6	-0.6
Pete Goegan	84.7	6.1	3.8	3.3	3.1	1.7	1.6	1.4	0.8	0.7	0.4	0.4
Georges Mantha	84.2	5.5	3.5	2.7	2.5	1.5	1.3	0.6	0.5	0.1	-0.1	-0.4	-0.8
Noel Price	84.0	6.4	3.8	3.4	3.1	2.5	1.4	1.3	1.2	0.7	0.1	0.0	0.0
Drake Berehowsky	83.4	6.5	5.3	3.6	3.0	2.5	2.4	1.6	0.5	0.5	0.1	0.0	-0.1
Noel Picard	82.3	7.2	4.4	4.3	3.1	2.3	1.4	1.2
Dave Pichette	82.0	6.8	4.5	3.1	3.1	2.6	2.0	0.4
Russ Anderson	81.5	5.7	4.3	3.9	3.7	3.1	1.8	1.4	0.5	0.4
Tom Reid	80.9	7.1	4.9	4.1	3.8	2.7	2.5	2.0	2.0	0.8	0.7	0.3
David Tanabe	80.7	5.3	3.7	3.5	3.2	2.4	1.5	1.1	0.7
Brian Pothier	80.6	6.8	3.5	3.0	2.6	2.2	2.0	0.5	0.4	0.4

Career		Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Lindy Ruff		7.4	3.9	3.5	3.1	2.5	1.8	1.7	0.7	0.3	0.3	-0.6	-0.6
Pete Goegan	84.7	6.1	3.8	3.3	3.1	1.7	1.6	1.4	0.8	0.7	0.4	0.4
Noel Picard	82.3	7.2	4.4	4.3	3.1	2.3	1.4	1.2
Georges Mantha	82.2	5.5	3.5	2.7	2.5	1.5	1.3	0.6	0.5	0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.4	-0.8
Dave Pichette	82.0	6.8	4.5	3.1	3.1	2.6	2.0	0.4
Russ Anderson	81.5	5.7	4.3	3.9	3.7	3.1	1.8	1.4	0.5	0.4
Tom Reid	80.9	7.1	4.9	4.1	3.8	2.7	2.5	2.0	2.0	0.8	0.7	0.3
David Tanabe	80.7	5.3	3.7	3.5	3.2	2.4	1.5	1.1	0.7
Brian Pothier	80.6	6.8	3.5	3.0	2.6	2.2	2.0	0.5	0.4	0.4
Ron Harris	79.3	5.4	4.3	4.1	2.8	2.5	1.7	1.7	0.7	0.1	0.1	0.1
Gilbert Delorme	79.0	6.3	3.8	3.8	3.7	3.0	2.7	2.4	1.9	0.7

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Game-Winning Goals 1981-82 NHL 6 (7)

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1981-82 NHL 6 (7)

Transactions

Transaction information may be incomplete.

March 7, 1989: Traded to NY Rangers by Buffalo for NY Rangers' 5th round choice (Richard Smehlik) in 1990 Entry Draft, March 7, 1989.

August 24, 1992: Signed as a free agent by San Diego (IHL), August 24, 1992.

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