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Terry Ruskowski

Position: C
Shoots: Left
Height: 5-10    Weight: 178 lbs.
Born: December 31, 1954 in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan

Drafted by the Chicago Blackhawks in the 4th round (70th overall) of the 1974 NHL Amateur Draft.

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 11, 2012, 10:04AM
All-Time NHL Skater Rank: #557. Dirk Graham… #558. Mark Johnson… #559. TERRY RUSKOWSKI… #560. Richard Zednik… #561. Keith Crowder… #561. Todd Marchant… #561. Jim Morrison… 

NHL/WHA Standard

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1974-75 20 HSA WHA 71 10 36 46 15 30 134 7 3 0 105 9.5
1975-76 21 HSA WHA 65 14 35 49 17 18 100 11 3 0 2 105 13.3
1976-77 22 HSA WHA 80 24 60 84 29 31 146 17 7 0 5 162 14.8
1977-78 23 HSA WHA 78 15 57 72 23 13 170 11 3 1 144 10.4
1978-79 24 WNJ WHA 75 20 66 86 29 13 211 13 6 1 138 14.5
1979-80 25 CBH NHL 74 15 55 70 23 7 252 8 6 1 3 90 16.7
1980-81 26 CBH NHL 72 8 51 59 18 -19 225 6 2 0 2 88 9.1
1981-82 27 CBH NHL 60 7 30 37 12 -13 120 5 2 0 0 69 10.1
1982-83 28 TOT NHL 76 14 32 46 16 -16 139 9 4 1 2 75 18.7
1982-83 28 CBH NHL 5 0 2 2 1 0 12 0 0 0 0 4 0.0
1982-83 28 LAK NHL 71 14 30 44 16 -16 127 9 4 1 2 71 19.7
1983-84 29 LAK NHL 77 7 25 32 11 -24 89 5 0 2 1 51 13.7
1984-85 30 LAK NHL 78 16 33 49 18 2 144 14 2 0 2 74 21.6
1985-86 31 PIT NHL 73 26 37 63 24 10 162 15 11 0 7 91 28.6
1986-87 32 PIT NHL 70 14 37 51 18 8 145 9 5 0 2 71 19.7
1987-88 33 MNS NHL 47 5 12 17 6 -15 76 3 2 0 0 33 15.2
1988-89 34 MNS NHL 3 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 50.0
Career NHL 630 113 313 426 146 -59 1354 75 34 4 19 644 17.5
Career WHA 369 83 254 337 115 105 761 59 22 2 7 654 12.7

NHL/WHA Miscellaneous

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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
1974-75 20 HSA WHA 71 0.14 0.51 0.65 0.22 1.89 1.48 30
1975-76 21 HSA WHA 65 0.22 0.54 0.75 0.27 1.54 1.62 18
1976-77 22 HSA WHA 80 0.30 0.75 1.05 0.37 1.83 2.03 31
1977-78 23 HSA WHA 78 0.19 0.73 0.92 0.30 2.18 1.85 13
1978-79 24 WNJ WHA 75 0.27 0.88 1.15 0.39 2.81 1.84 13
1979-80 25 CBH NHL 74 0.20 0.74 0.95 0.31 3.41 1.22 12 47 59 19 94 33 82 28 7 3.4 1.5 5.0
1980-81 26 CBH NHL 72 0.11 0.71 0.82 0.25 3.13 1.22 6 40 46 14 80 22 103 26 -19 1.8 0.4 2.2
1981-82 27 CBH NHL 60 0.12 0.50 0.62 0.20 2.00 1.15 5 22 27 9 62 19 67 11 -13 0.5 0.4 0.9
1982-83 28 TOT NHL 76 0.18 0.42 0.61 0.22 1.83 0.99 11 26 37 13 66 11 96 25 -16 1.3 0.5 1.8
1982-83 28 CBH NHL 5 0.00 0.40 0.40 0.11 2.40 0.80 0 2 2 1 2 0 2 0 0 -0.1 0.1 0.0
1982-83 28 LAK NHL 71 0.20 0.42 0.62 0.22 1.79 1.00 11 24 35 13 64 11 94 25 -16 1.3 0.5 1.8
1983-84 29 LAK NHL 77 0.09 0.32 0.42 0.14 1.16 0.66 5 20 25 8 43 4 83 20 -24 -0.3 0.4 0.1
1984-85 30 LAK NHL 78 0.21 0.42 0.63 0.22 1.85 0.95 13 26 39 14 79 11 82 16 2 1.5 1.1 2.6
1985-86 31 PIT NHL 73 0.36 0.51 0.86 0.33 2.22 1.25 20 29 49 19 115 56 50 1 10 3.3 1.3 4.6
1986-87 32 PIT NHL 70 0.20 0.53 0.73 0.25 2.07 1.01 12 31 43 15 89 38 43 0 8 2.1 1.1 3.2
1987-88 33 MNS NHL 47 0.11 0.26 0.36 0.13 1.62 0.70 4 10 14 5 25 6 43 9 -15 -0.2 0.3 0.1
1988-89 34 MNS NHL 3 0.33 0.33 0.67 0.27 0.67 0.67 1 1 2 1 2 0 1 0 1 0.1 0.1 0.2
Career NHL 630 0.18 0.50 0.68 0.23 2.15 1.02 89 252 341 117 655 200 650 136 -59 13.4 7.1 20.6
Career WHA 369 0.22 0.69 0.91 0.31 2.06 1.77 105

NHL/WHA Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1974-75 20 HSA WHA 13 4 2 6 15 1
1975-76 21 HSA WHA 16 6 10 16 8 64
1976-77 22 HSA WHA 11 6 11 17 8 67 0
1977-78 23 HSA WHA 4 1 1 2 -1 5 0
1978-79 24 WNJ WHA 8 1 12 13 10 23 1
1979-80 25 CBH NHL 4 0 0 0 22 0 0 0 0
1980-81 26 CBH NHL 3 0 2 2 11 0 0 0 0
1981-82 27 CBH NHL 11 1 2 3 53 1 0 0 0
1984-85 30 LAK NHL 3 0 2 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.0
Career NHL 21 1 6 7 -1 86 1 0 0 0 3 0.0
Career WHA 52 18 36 54 25 174 2

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1971-72 17 Swift Current Broncos WCJHL 67 13 38 51 177
1972-73 18 Swift Current Broncos WCJHL 53 25 64 89 136
1973-74 19 Swift Current Broncos WCJHL 68 40 93 133 243
Career 3 Seasons WCJHL 188 78 195 273 556

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1973-74 19 Swift Current Broncos WCJHL 13 5 23 28 23
Career 1 Season WCJHL 13 5 23 28 23

Similarity Scores

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Thru 10 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Terry Ruskowski 5.0 4.6 3.2 2.6 2.2 1.8 0.9 0.2 0.1 0.1
Aleksey Morozov 90.2 5.2 4.3 3.0 2.8 1.9 1.7 0.6
Darryl Sutter 90.2 5.0 4.8 2.9 2.8 2.3 1.2 0.3 0.1
Matt Stajan 89.7 5.2 4.5 3.4 2.6 2.4 2.1 1.8 0.2
Raffi Torres 88.6 5.0 4.7 3.7 3.1 3.0 2.1 0.6 0.3 0.0
Don Marshall 87.9 4.3 4.2 3.1 2.4 2.2 2.1 1.4 0.4 0.0 -0.6
Colby Armstrong 87.3 4.3 4.3 3.2 2.7 2.2 2.0
Eddie Joyal 87.2 5.4 4.8 3.5 3.2 1.6 1.1 0.7 0.0 -0.2
Miroslav Frycer 86.5 4.9 4.2 4.1 2.6 2.5 1.6 0.7 0.6
Tommy Williams 86.0 4.9 4.9 3.1 3.0 2.2 2.1 1.7 1.7 0.5 0.5
Peter Schaefer 85.4 5.0 4.7 3.5 3.2 2.9 2.3 1.6 0.7 -0.1
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Terry Ruskowski 5.0 4.6 3.2 2.6 2.2 1.8 0.9 0.2 0.1 0.1
Aleksey Morozov 90.2 5.2 4.3 3.0 2.8 1.9 1.7 0.6
Darryl Sutter 90.2 5.0 4.8 2.9 2.8 2.3 1.2 0.3 0.1
Matt Stajan 89.7 5.2 4.5 3.4 2.6 2.4 2.1 1.8 0.2
Raffi Torres 88.6 5.0 4.7 3.7 3.1 3.0 2.1 0.6 0.3 0.0
Orland Kurtenbach 87.4 5.5 4.8 2.7 2.6 2.3 1.4 0.8 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 -0.1 -0.3
Colby Armstrong 87.3 4.3 4.3 3.2 2.7 2.2 2.0
Eddie Joyal 87.2 5.4 4.8 3.5 3.2 1.6 1.1 0.7 0.0 -0.2
Miroslav Frycer 86.5 4.9 4.2 4.1 2.6 2.5 1.6 0.7 0.6
Peter Schaefer 85.4 5.0 4.7 3.5 3.2 2.9 2.3 1.6 0.7 -0.1
Oleg Kvasha 85.2 5.0 3.6 2.9 2.6 2.6 1.6 1.2

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary ▪ Rate Statistic Requirements

Championships

(Minimum 1 playoff game)

1975 Houston Aeros (WHA)
1979 Winnipeg Jets (WHA)

Games Played

Career WHA 369 (60)

Goals

Career WHA 83 (88)

Assists

1976-77 WHA 60 (8)
1977-78 WHA 57 (10)
1978-79 WHA 66 (3)
Career WHA 254 (16)

Points

1978-79 WHA 86 (9)
Career WHA 337 (29)

Goals Created

Career WHA 114.8 (41)

Penalties in Minutes

1977-78 WHA 170 (10)
1978-79 WHA 211 (6)
1979-80 NHL 252 (5)
Career WHA 761 (11)

Game-Winning Goals

1985-86 NHL 7 (9)

Shooting Percentage

1985-86 NHL 28.6 (2)

Assists Per Game

1978-79 WHA 0.88 (2)

Points Per Game

1978-79 WHA 1.15 (10)
  

Transactions

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May, 1974: Selected by Houston (WHA) in 1974 WHA Amateur Draft, May, 1974.

July, 1978: Traded to Winnipeg (WHA) by Houston (WHA) for cash, July 1978.

June 9, 1979: Reclaimed by Chicago from Winnipeg prior to Expansion Draft, June 9, 1979.

October 24, 1982: Traded to Los Angeles by Chicago for Larry Goodenough and Los Angeles's 3rd round choice (Trent Yawney) in 1984 Entry Draft, October 24, 1982.

October 3, 1985: Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh, October 3, 1985.

July, 1987: Signed as a free agent by Minnesota, July 1987.

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