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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 Black Hawks in the 4th round (70th overall) of the 1974 NHL Amateur Draft.

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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
1974-75 20 Houston Aeros WHA 71 10 36 46 0.65 16 0.23 30 134 7 3 0 105 1.48 9.5
1975-76 21 Houston Aeros WHA 65 14 35 49 0.75 18 0.28 18 100 11 3 0 2 105 1.62 13.3
1976-77 22 Houston Aeros WHA 80 24 60 84 1.05 30 0.38 31 146 17 7 0 5 162 2.03 14.8
1977-78 23 Houston Aeros WHA 78 15 57 72 0.92 24 0.31 13 170 11 3 1 144 1.85 10.4
1978-79 24 Winnipeg Jets WHA 75 20 66 86 1.15 30 0.40 13 211 13 6 1 138 1.84 14.5
1979-80 25 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 74 15 55 70 0.95 23 0.32 94 33 82 28 7 252 8 6 1 3 90 1.22 16.7
1980-81 26 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 72 8 51 59 0.82 19 0.27 80 22 103 26 -19 225 6 2 0 2 88 1.22 9.1
1981-82 27 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 60 7 30 37 0.62 13 0.21 62 19 67 11 -13 120 5 2 0 0 69 1.15 10.1
1982-83 28 2 Teams NHL 76 14 32 46 0.61 17 0.22 66 11 96 25 -16 139 9 4 1 2 75 0.99 18.7
1982-83 28 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 5 0 2 2 0.40 1 0.12 2 0 2 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 4 0.80 0.0
1982-83 28 Los Angeles Kings NHL 71 14 30 44 0.62 16 0.23 64 11 94 25 -16 127 9 4 1 2 71 1.00 19.7
1983-84 29 Los Angeles Kings NHL 77 7 25 32 0.42 11 0.14 43 4 83 20 -24 89 5 0 2 1 51 0.66 13.7
1984-85 30 Los Angeles Kings NHL 78 16 33 49 0.63 18 0.23 79 11 82 16 2 144 14 2 0 2 74 0.95 21.6
1985-86 31 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 73 26 37 63 0.86 24 0.33 115 56 50 1 10 162 15 11 0 7 91 1.25 28.6
1986-87 32 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 70 14 37 51 0.73 18 0.26 89 38 43 0 8 145 9 5 0 2 71 1.01 19.7
1987-88 33 Minnesota North Stars NHL 47 5 12 17 0.36 6 0.13 25 6 43 9 -15 76 3 2 0 0 33 0.70 15.2
1988-89 34 Minnesota North Stars NHL 3 1 1 2 0.67 1 0.27 2 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 0.67 50.0
Career 10 Seasons NHL 630 113 313 426 0.68 149 0.24 655 200 650 136 -59 1354 75 34 4 19 644 1.02 17.5
Career 5 Seasons WHA 369 83 254 337 0.91 118 0.32 105 761 59 22 2 7 654 1.77 12.7

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
1974-75 20 Houston Aeros WHA 13 4 2 6 0.46 15 1
1975-76 21 Houston Aeros WHA 16 6 10 16 1.00 8 64
1976-77 22 Houston Aeros WHA 11 6 11 17 1.55 8 67 0
1977-78 23 Houston Aeros WHA 4 1 1 2 0.50 -1 5 0
1978-79 24 Winnipeg Jets WHA 8 1 12 13 1.63 10 23 1
1979-80 25 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 4 0 0 0 0.00 22 0 0 0 0
1980-81 26 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 3 0 2 2 0.67 11 0 0 0 0
1981-82 27 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 11 1 2 3 0.27 53 1 0 0 0
1984-85 30 Los Angeles Kings NHL 3 0 2 2 0.67 -1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.00 0.0
Career 4 Seasons NHL 21 1 6 7 0.33 -1 86 1 0 0 0 3 1.00 0.0
Career 5 Seasons WHA 52 18 36 54 1.04 25 174 2

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
1971-72 17 Swift Current Broncos WCJHL 67 13 38 51 0.76 177
1972-73 18 Swift Current Broncos WCJHL 53 25 64 89 1.68 136
1973-74 19 Swift Current Broncos WCJHL 68 40 93 133 1.96 243
Career 3 Seasons WCJHL 188 78 195 273 1.45 556

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
1973-74 19 Swift Current Broncos WCJHL 13 5 23 28 2.15 23
Career 1 Season WCJHL 13 5 23 28 2.15 23

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

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)

Assists Per Game

1978-79 WHA 0.88 (2)

Points

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

Points Per Game

1978-79 WHA 1.15 (10)

Goals Created

Career WHA 118.0 (38)

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)
    

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.