David Rutherford

Canada David Rutherford


Date of birth	April 30, 1987
place of birth	Ladner , British Columbia , Canada
size	176 cm
Weight	81 kg

position	Right wing
Shot hand	Right

Career stations

2003-2004	Chilliwack Chiefs
2004-2005	Surrey Eagles
2005-2006	Vancouver Giants
2006-2008	Spokane Chiefs
2008-2009	Charlotte Checkers
2009	Phoenix Roadrunners
2009-2011	Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs
2011-2013	Charlotte Checkers Florida Everblades
2013	Orlando Solar Bears
2013-2014	Arizona Sundogs
2014-2015	Missouri Mavericks
2015	Ontario Reign
2015-2016	Edinburgh Capitals
2016-2017	Belfast Giants

David Rutherford (born April 30, 1987 in Ladner , British Columbia ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player who last played for the Belfast Giants in the Elite Ice Hockey League .

Career

David Rutherford began his career as a hockey player in the Canadian Junior League British Columbia Hockey League , in which he was active from 2003 to 2005 for the Chilliwack Chiefs and Surrey Eagles. For the 2005/06 season , the winger moved to the top junior division Western Hockey League , where he immediately won the Ed Chynoweth Cup , the WHL championship title, with the Vancouver Giants . From 2006 to 2008 he played for their league rivals Spokane Chiefs , with whom he also won the Ed Chynoweth Cup in the 2007/08 season . He also prevailed with his team in the final tournament for the championship of the Canadian Hockey League , the Memorial Cup .

The 2008/09 season began Rutherford with the Charlotte Checkers in the ECHL and ended it with their league rivals Phoenix Roadrunners . He then played for two years for the Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs , with whom he won the Miron Cup in the 2010/11 season . In the same season he took part in the All-Star Game of the Central Hockey League. For the 2011/12 season , the Canadian was signed by the Florida Everblades from the ECHL, but in the 2013 season he was also used by their cooperation partner Charlotte Checkers in the higher-class American Hockey League . From 2013 to 2015 he played for various clubs of the ECHL and the CHL before moving to the United Kingdom. There he initially played with the Edinburgh Capitals in the Elite Ice Hockey League , but switched to league rivals Belfast Giants in January 2016 .

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
CHL regular season	3	126	67	72	139	173
CHL playoffs	3	42	16	25th	41	55
ECHL regular season	5	234	80	101	181	325
ECHL playoffs	3	45	14th	20th	34	48
AHL regular season	1	18th	1	6th	7th	12
AHL playoffs	-	-	-	-	-	-
EIHL regular season	2	81	36	45	81	129
EIHL playoffs	2	5	3	4th	7th	0

(Status: end of the 2016/17 season)

personal data
SURNAME	Rutherford, David
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH	April 30, 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ladner , British Columbia , Canada