Kent Ruhnke
 Kent Ruhnke 
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| Date of birth | September 18, 1952 |
| place of birth | Toronto , Ontario , Canada |
| size | 185 cm |
| Weight | 86 kg |
| position | Right wing |
| Shot hand | Right |
| Career stations | |
| 1971-1976 | University of Toronto |
| 1976-1988 | Winnipeg Jets |
| 1978-1979 | SC Riessersee |
| 1980-1982 | Zurich SC |
| 1989-1991 | EHC Olten |
Kent Stuart Ruhnke (born September 18, 1952 in Toronto , Ontario ) is a former Swiss - Canadian ice hockey player ( right wing ) and current coach . Most recently he coached EHC Olten in the National League B . His daughter Laura is also a former ice hockey player and was part of the Swiss women's national team. His son Corey is also a professional ice hockey player.
Career
player
Ruhnke began his career at the University of Toronto , while doing a game for the Barrie Flyers from the OHA. In addition, at the end of his college days he was twice in the National Hockey League for the Boston Bruins . This was followed by two years in the Winnipeg Jets franchise from the World Hockey Association , where he also went on the ice 47 times for the Jets' farm team, the Binghamton Dusters , in the American Hockey League .
His first club in Europe was the SC Riessersee from Garmisch-Partenkirchen in the 1978/79 season . He later moved to Zürcher SC , where Ruhnke worked as a player- coach.
Trainer
His first coaching station was EHC Biel, where he worked between 1981 and 1984 and became Swiss champion with the club in 1983 . He then returned to North America and coached the Dalhousie University ice hockey team .
Between 1985 and 1987 he was in charge of Friborg-Gottéron . This was followed by four seasons at EHC Olten , with whom he made promotion to the National League A in 1988 . In the seasons 1988/89 and 1989/90 he returned to the ice for two games each time. Further coaching stations in the National League A were the EV Zug , again the EHC Olten, the ZSC Lions , the SC Bern , the EHC Basel and the HC Lugano . He won other Swiss championship titles in 2000 and 2004. From 2009 he was back as a coach at his first club, EHC Biel, on the gang. From December 2011 until the end of the 2011/12 season he was a coach at the NLB club EHC Olten.
Achievements and Awards
- 1978 Avco World Trophy win with the Winnipeg Jets
- 1983 Swiss champion with the EHC Biel (as head coach)
- 2000 Swiss champions with the ZSC Lions (as head coach)
- 2004 Swiss champions with SC Bern (as head coach)
- 2005 Promotion to the NLA with the EHC Basel (as head coach)
Career statistics
| Regular season | Play-offs | |||||||||||||
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| season | team | league | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | ||
| 1971-1972 | University of Toronto | CIAU | 20th | 9 | 6th | 15th | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1972-1973 | University of Toronto | CIAU | 20th | 22nd | 13 | 35 | 6th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1973-1974 | University of Toronto | CIAU | 20th | 27 | 13 | 40 | 8th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Barrie Flyers | OHA | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 1974-1975 | University of Toronto | CIAU | 20th | 10 | 5 | 15th | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1975-1976 | University of Toronto | CIAU | 20th | 29 | 15th | 44 | 6th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Boston Bruins | NHL | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 1976-1977 | Winnipeg Jets | WHA | 51 | 11 | 11 | 22nd | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1977-1988 | Winnipeg Jets | WHA | 21st | 8th | 9 | 17th | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Binghamton Dusters | AHL | 47 | 14th | 20th | 34 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 1978-1979 | SC Riessersee | Bundesliga | 49 | 42 | 37 | 79 | 4th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1980-1981 | ZSC | NLB | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1981-1982 | ZSC | NLA | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Biel | NLA | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 1982-1983 | Biel | NLA | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1983-1984 | Biel | NLA | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1984-1985 | Dalhousie University | CIAU | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1985-1986 | Gottéron | NLA | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4th | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1987-1988 | Olten | NLB | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1988-1989 | Olten | NLA | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1989-1990 | Olten | NLA | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
( 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 )
Individual evidence
- ↑ swissinfo.ch, Kent Ruhnke new SCB trainer
- ↑ nzz.ch, Kent Ruhnke should fix it
Web links
- Kent Ruhnke at hockeydb.com (English)
- Kent Ruhnke at eurohockey.com
- Kent Ruhnke at eliteprospects.com (English)
- Kent Ruhnke at hockeyfans.ch
- Kent Ruhnke at legendsofhockey.net (English)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Ruhnke, Kent |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ruhnke, Kent Stuart |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss-Canadian ice hockey player and coach |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 18, 1952 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Toronto , Ontario, Canada |