Bryan Rust

United States Bryan Rust


Date of birth	May 11, 1992
place of birth	Pontiac , Michigan , USA
size	180 cm
Weight	87 kg

position	Right wing
number	# 17
Shot hand	Right

Draft

NHL Entry Draft	2010 , 3rd round, 80th position Pittsburgh Penguins

Career stations

2004-2008	Detroit Honeybaked
2008-2010	USA Hockey National Team Development Program
2010-2014	University of Notre Dame
2014-2015	Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins
since 2015	Pittsburgh Penguins

Bryan Peter Rust (born May 11, 1992 in Pontiac , Michigan ) is an American ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League since 2014 . With the team, the right winger won the Stanley Cup in the 2016 and 2017 playoffs .

Career

Rust in the jersey of the Penguins (2017)

Bryan Rust played in the Detroit Honeybaked youth program in Michigan from 2004 to 2008 . He then moved to the USA Hockey National Team Development Program for two years . There he played in the North American Hockey League and the United States Hockey League and scored 40 scorer points in 78 games. In other games outside of the league, Rust was able to score 59 points in 91 games. In the 2010 NHL Entry Draft , he was selected in the third round in 80th place by the Pittsburgh Penguins . From 2010 to 2014 he played for the University of Notre Dame in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association and won the championship there in 2013.

On April 1, 2014, Rust signed an entry level contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins and made his professional debut with the Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins in the American Hockey League at the end of the 2013/14 season . He spent the next season mainly in the AHL, but made his debut in the National Hockey League for Pittsburgh on December 13, 2014 and played 14 games in the NHL. Rust started the 2015/16 season again in the AHL, but later managed to earn a regular place in the NHL. In March 2016, the Penguins extended his contract by two years. In the 2016 Stanley Cup playoffs , he played in a row with Yevgeny Malkin and Chris Kunitz . In the Eastern Conference final, he scored two goals in a seventh game as only the eighth rookie in NHL history. He then scored the first goal in the final series of the Stanley Cup , which he eventually won with Pittsburgh. The attacker was able to repeat the title win the following year with the Penguins.

Rust then signed a new four-year contract in Pittsburgh in June 2018 that should earn him an average annual salary of $ 3.5 million.

International

Rust played for the US national team at the 2010 U18 World Junior Championship and won the gold medal.

Achievements and Awards

2010 gold medal at the U18 Junior World Championship
2013 CCHA championship with the University of Notre Dame
2016 Stanley Cup win with the Pittsburgh Penguins
2017 Stanley Cup win with the Pittsburgh Penguins

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2018/19 season

			Regular season						Playoffs
season	team	league	Sp	T	V	Pt	SM	+/-	Sp	T	V	Pt	SM	+/-
2005/06	Detroit Honeybaked	Bantam	28	11	19th	30th	8th
2006/07	Detroit Honeybaked	Bantam	29	15th	28	43	6th
2007/08	Detroit Honeybaked	Midget	37	27	20th	47
2007/08	Detroit Honeybaked	MWEHL	31	17th	28	45	6th
2008/09	USA Hockey NTDP	NEAR	42	6th	9	15th	18th	-5	9	0	2	2	4th	-1
2009/10	USA Hockey NTDP	USHL	27	10	13	23	6th	+15	-	-	-	-	-	-
2010/11	University of Notre Dame	CCHA	40	6th	13	19th	4th	+12
2011/12	University of Notre Dame	CCHA	40	5	6th	11	14th	-2
2012/13	University of Notre Dame	CCHA	41	15th	19th	34	4th	+25
2013/14	University of Notre Dame	CCHA	40	17th	16	33	12	+13
2013/14	Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins	AHL	2	0	0	0	0	± 0	1	0	0	0	0	± 0
2014/15	Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins	AHL	45	13	14th	27	14th	+6	3	2	0	2	0	-1
2014/15	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	14th	1	1	2	4th	-3	-	-	-	-	-	-
2015/16	Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins	AHL	16	3	3	6th	2	-5	-	-	-	-	-	-
2015/16	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	41	4th	7th	11	12	+1	23	6th	3	9	6th	+7
2016/17	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	57	15th	13	28	8th	+4	23	7th	2	9	10	+5
2017/18	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	69	13	25th	38	26th	+11	12	3	0	3	4th	+2
2018/19	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	72	18th	17th	35	24	+10	4th	0	0	0	2	-4
CCHA total			161	43	54	97	34	+48
AHL total			63	16	17th	33	16	+1	4th	2	0	2	0	-1
NHL overall			253	51	63	114	74	+23	62	16	5	21st	22nd	+10

International

Represented the USA at:

U18 Junior World Championship 2010

year	team	event	result		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM	+/-
2010	United States	U18 World Cup			7th	4th	2	6th	4th	+4
Juniors overall					7th	4th	2	6th	4th	+4

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; ¹ play-downs / relegation )

Web links

Commons : Bryan Rust - collection of images, videos and audio files

Player biography on the Pittsburgh Penguins website
Bryan Rust at eliteprospects.com (English)
Bryan Rust at legendsofhockey.net (English)

Individual evidence

^ Penguins Re-Sign Forward Bryan Rust to a Four-Year Contract. nhl.com, June 26, 2018, accessed June 26, 2018 .

Squad of the Pittsburgh Penguins in the season 2019/20

personal data
SURNAME	Rust, Bryan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Rust, Bryan Peter (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH	May 11, 1992
PLACE OF BIRTH	Pontiac (Michigan) , Michigan , United States

[1] Penguins Re-Sign Forward Bryan Rust to a Four-Year Contract. nhl.com, June 26, 2018, accessed June 26, 2018 .