Mike Rucinski

Michael Jason Rucinski (born March 30, 1975) is an American former professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League for the Carolina Hurricanes.

Early life Rucinski was born in Trenton, Michigan. As a youth, he played in the 1989 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with the Detroit Little Caesars minor ice hockey team.

Career Rucinski was drafted 217th by the Hartford Whalers (now Carolina Hurricanes) in the 1995 NHL entry draft and played 26 regular season games for the Hurricanes scoring two assists and collecting ten penalty minutes. In March 2002, Rucinski was traded to the New Jersey Devils for Ted Drury, but never played a game for the Devils, spending his time in the AHL for the Albany River Rats and retired shortly afterwards.

He spent several years as the director of hockey operations at Suburban Ice Arena in East Lansing. He is currently a senior firefighter in Metro Detroit.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1991–92 Detroit Little Caesars MNHL 29 4 15 19 38 — — — — — 1992–93 Detroit Junior Red Wings OHL 66 6 13 19 59 15 0 4 4 12 1993–94 Detroit Junior Red Wings OHL 66 2 26 28 58 17 0 7 7 15 1994–95 Detroit Junior Red Wings OHL 64 9 18 27 61 21 3 3 6 8 1995–96 Detroit Whalers OHL 51 10 25 35 65 11 2 4 6 14 1996–97 Richmond Renegades ECHL 61 20 23 43 85 8 2 6 8 18 1996–97 Springfield Falcons AHL 6 0 1 1 0 — — — — — 1997–98 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 9 0 1 1 2 — — — — — 1997–98 Beast of New Haven AHL 65 5 17 22 50 1 0 0 0 0 1997–98 Cleveland Lumberjacks IHL 2 0 0 0 4 — — — — — 1998–99 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 15 0 1 1 8 — — — — — 1998–99 Beast of New Haven AHL 23 2 6 8 27 — — — — — 1999–2000 Cincinnati Cyclones IHL 66 3 10 13 34 11 0 0 0 28 2000–01 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 2 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 2000–01 Cincinnati Cyclones IHL 79 1 22 23 46 5 0 0 0 2 2001–02 Lowell Lock Monsters AHL 63 5 11 16 33 — — — — — 2001–02 Albany River Rats AHL 19 0 2 2 4 — — — — — AHL totals 176 12 37 49 114 1 0 0 0 0 NHL totals 26 0 2 2 10 — — — — — IHL totals 147 4 32 36 84 16 0 0 0 30

International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 1998 United States WC Q 3 1 1 2 14 Senior totals 3 1 1 2 14