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Reijo Ruotsalainen

Position: D
Shoots: Right
Height: 5-8    Weight: 170 lbs.
Born: April 1, 1960 in Oulu, Finland

Drafted by the New York Rangers in the 6th round (119th overall) of the 1980 NHL Entry Draft.

* Sweater numbers are available 1951-1970, 1972-1994, and 1999-2008.
29
New York Rangers
1982-1986		 29
Edmonton Oilers
1987		 29
New Jersey Devils
1990		 26
Edmonton Oilers
1990

NHL/WHA Regular Season

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1981-82 21 New York Rangers NHL 78 18 38 56 0.72 20 0.26 128 43 72 5 18 27 11 7 0 3 247 3.17 7.3
1982-83 22 New York Rangers NHL 77 16 53 69 0.90 23 0.30 141 44 77 7 27 22 11 5 0 4 230 2.99 7.0
1983-84 23 New York Rangers NHL 74 20 39 59 0.80 21 0.29 130 40 79 6 17 26 15 5 0 4 287 3.88 7.0
1984-85 24 New York Rangers NHL 80 28 45 73 0.91 27 0.34 123 53 99 2 -27 32 18 10 0 2 255 3.19 11.0
1985-86 25 New York Rangers NHL 80 17 42 59 0.74 21 0.27 130 49 62 3 22 47 11 6 0 2 228 2.85 7.5
1986-87 26 Edmonton Oilers NHL 16 5 8 13 0.81 5 0.31 33 10 17 2 8 6 2 3 0 1 52 3.25 9.6
1989-90 29 2 Teams NHL 41 3 12 15 0.37 5 0.12 43 18 35 5 -5 20 2 1 0 0 80 1.95 3.8
1989-90 29 New Jersey Devils NHL 31 2 5 7 0.23 2 0.08 27 10 24 3 -4 14 1 1 0 0 52 1.68 3.8
1989-90 29 Edmonton Oilers NHL 10 1 7 8 0.80 3 0.26 16 8 11 2 -1 6 1 0 0 0 28 2.80 3.6
Career NHL 446 107 237 344 0.77 124 0.28 728 257 441 30 60 180 70 37 0 16 1379 3.09 7.8

NHL/WHA Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1981-82 21 New York Rangers NHL 10 4 5 9 0.90 2 2 2 0 1
1982-83 22 New York Rangers NHL 9 4 2 6 0.67 6 3 1 0 1
1983-84 23 New York Rangers NHL 5 1 1 2 0.40 1 2 0 1 0 1 17 3.40 5.9
1984-85 24 New York Rangers NHL 3 2 0 2 0.67 -2 6 1 1 0 0 13 4.33 15.4
1985-86 25 New York Rangers NHL 16 0 8 8 0.50 -1 6 0 0 0 0 29 1.81 0.0
1986-87 26 Edmonton Oilers NHL SC 21 2 5 7 0.33 8 10 1 1 0 1 46 2.19 4.3
1989-90 29 Edmonton Oilers NHL SC 22 2 11 13 0.59 13 12 1 1 0 0 55 2.50 3.6
Career NHL 2 86 15 32 47 0.55 19 44 8 7 0 4 160 2.39 4.4

Other Regular Season

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1975-76 15 Karpat Oulu Finland-2 34 9 15 24 0.71 12
1975-76 15 Finland EJC-A 3 1 0 1 0.33 0
1976-77 16 Karpat Oulu Finland-2 42 25 41 66 1.57 14
1976-77 16 Finland WJC-A 7 2 4 6 0.86 6
1976-77 16 Finland EJC-A 2 0 2 2 1.00 0
1977-78 17 Karpat Oulu Finland 30 9 14 23 0.77 4
1977-78 17 Finland WJC-A 6 3 3 6 1.00 2
1977-78 17 Finland WEC-A 10 2 0 2 0.20 2
1978-79 18 Karpat Oulu Finland 36 14 8 22 0.61 47
1978-79 18 Finland WJC-A 6 0 3 3 0.50 0
1978-79 18 Finland WEC-A 6 2 0 2 0.33 2
1979-80 19 Karpat Oulu Finland 30 15 13 28 0.93 31
1979-80 19 Finland WJC-A 5 4 3 7 1.40 2
1980-81 20 Karpat Oulu Finland 34 28 23 51 1.50 28
1980-81 20 Finland WEC-A 8 3 2 5 0.63 4
1981-82 21 Finland Can-Cup 5 0 1 1 0.20 2
1981-82 21 New York Rangers DN-Cup 4 1 6 7 1.75
1984-85 24 Finland WEC-A 10 0 4 4 0.40 6
1986-87 26 SC Bern Swiss 35 26 27 53 1.51 27
1987-88 27 Finland Can-Cup 4 0 0 0 0.00 2
1987-88 27 HV 71 Jonkoping Sweden 40 10 22 32 0.80 26
1987-88 27 Finland Olympics 8 4 2 6 0.75 0
1988-89 28 SC Bern Swiss 36 17 29 46 1.28 46
1988-89 28 Finland WEC-A 10 2 4 6 0.60 6
1990-91 30 SC Bern Swiss 36 13 25 38 1.06 20
1991-92 31 SC Bern Swiss 35 7 16 23 0.66 24
1992-93 32 SC Bern Swiss 31 7 15 22 0.71 42
1993-94 33 Karpat Oulu Finland-2 4 1 5 6 1.50 6
1993-94 33 Tappara Tampere Finland 6 2 4 6 1.00 2
1994-95 34 SC Bern Swiss 19 3 7 10 0.53 20
1995-96 35 KalPa Kuopio Finland 16 3 5 8 0.50 4
1995-96 35 Zurcher SC Swiss 18 4 11 15 0.83 4
1996-97 36 Karpat Oulu Finland-2 17 1 5 6 0.35 14
1997-98 37 Karpat Oulu Finland-2 44 8 23 31 0.70 42
Career Can-Cup 9 0 1 1 0.11 4
Career DN-Cup 4 1 6 7 1.75
Career EJC-A 5 1 2 3 0.60 0
Career Finland 152 71 67 138 0.91 116
Career Finland-2 141 44 89 133 0.94 88
Career Olympics 8 4 2 6 0.75 0
Career Sweden 40 10 22 32 0.80 26
Career Swiss 210 77 130 207 0.99 183
Career WEC-A 44 9 10 19 0.43 20
Career WJC-A 24 9 13 22 0.92 10

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1979-80 19 Karpat Oulu Finland 6 5 2 7 1.17 0 0 0 0.00
1980-81 20 Karpat Oulu Finland 12 7 4 11 0.92 0 6 0 0.00
1987-88 27 HV 71 Jonkoping Sweden 2 0 1 1 0.50 0 2 0 0.00
1988-89 28 SC Bern Swiss 11 4 7 11 1.00 0 22 0 0.00
1990-91 30 SC Bern Swiss 10 5 8 13 1.30 0 10 0 0.00
1991-92 31 SC Bern Swiss 11 4 6 10 0.91 0 4 0 0.00
1992-93 32 SC Bern Swiss 5 0 3 3 0.60 0 29 0 0.00
1993-94 33 Tappara Tampere Finland 9 1 2 3 0.33 0 6 0 0.00
1994-95 34 SC Bern Swiss 6 1 5 6 1.00 0 4 0 0.00
1996-97 36 Karpat Oulu Finland-2 9 0 4 4 0.44 0 0 0 0.00
1997-98 37 Karpat Oulu Finland-2 14 2 6 8 0.57 0 10 0 0.00
Career Finland 27 13 8 21 0.78 0 12 0 0.00
Career Finland-2 23 2 10 12 0.52 0 10 0 0.00
Career Sweden 2 0 1 1 0.50 0 2 0 0.00
Career Swiss 43 14 29 43 1.00 0 69 0 0.00

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

All-Star Games

1986 NHL

Games Played

1984-85 NHL 80 (1)
 1985-86 NHL 80 (3)

Shots on Goal

1983-84 NHL 287 (4)

Transactions

Glossary / Transaction information may be incomplete.

March 10, 1987: Traded to Edmonton by NY Rangers with Clark Donatelli, Ville Kentala and Jim Wiemer for Mike Golden, Don Jackson, Miloslav Horava and future considerations (Stu Kulak, March 10, 1987), October 23, 1986.

October 5, 1987: Claimed by New Jersey from Edmonton in Waiver Draft, October 5, 1987.

March 6, 1990: Traded to Edmonton by New Jersey for Jeff Sharples, March 6, 1990.