Kent Ruhnke

Kent Stuart Ruhnke (born September 18, 1952) is a Canadian former ice hockey player who played two games in the National Hockey League, with the Boston Bruins, and 72 games in the World Hockey Association, with the Winnipeg Jets, between 1976 and 1978. He later spent several years playing in the Swiss National League A. He later worked as a coach at Dalhousie University and in Switzerland.

As a youth, he played in the 1965 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with the Scarboro Lions minor ice hockey team. In university, he played for the University of Toronto Varsity Blues from 1971–72 to 1975–76; the Blues won the national CIAU University Cup championship in 1972, 1973 and 1976, with Ruhnke winning the Major W.J. "Danny" McLeod Award in 1976, as Most Valuable Player of the national championship tournament.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1971–72 University of Toronto CIAU 20 9 6 15 10 — — — — — 1972–73 University of Toronto CIAU 20 22 13 35 6 — — — — — 1973–74 University of Toronto CIAU 20 27 13 40 8 — — — — — 1973–74 Barrie Flyers OHA 1 1 0 1 0 — — — — — 1974–75 University of Toronto CIAU 20 10 5 15 10 — — — — — 1975–76 University of Toronto CIAU 20 29 15 44 6 — — — — — 1975–76 Boston Bruins NHL 2 0 1 1 0 — — — — — 1976–77 Winnipeg Jets WHA 51 11 11 22 2 — — — — — 1977–78 Winnipeg Jets WHA 21 8 9 17 2 5 2 0 2 0 1977–78 Binghamton Dusters AHL 47 14 20 34 2 — — — — — 1978–79 SC Riessersee GER 49 42 37 79 4 — — — — — 1980–81 Zürcher SC NLB — — — — — — — — — — 1981–82 Zürcher SC NLA 19 10 12 22 — — — — — — 1981–82 EHC Biel NLA — — — — — — — — — — 1982–83 EHC Biel NLA — — — — — — — — — — 1985–86 HC Fribourg-Gottéron NLA 2 3 1 4 0 — — — — — 1987–88 EHC Olten NLB 2 2 1 3 0 — — — — — 1988–89 EHC Olten NLB 2 1 1 2 0 — — — — — 1989–90 EHC Olten NLA 1 0 1 1 2 — — — — — WHA totals 72 19 20 39 4 5 2 0 2 0 NHL totals 2 0 1 1 0 — — — — —