Ronnie Rüeger

#66 Kloten Flyers / NLA - 12/13

Date of Birth: Feb 26, 1973
Age: 53
Place of Birth: Kloten, SUI
Nation: Switzerland / Scotland
Youth Team: EHC Kloten
Position: G
Height: 186 cm / 6'1"
Weight: 88 kg / 194 lbs
Catches: L
Status: Retired

Ronnie Rüeger Facts

Agency: Premium

Brother: Brian Rüeger

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Ronnie Rüeger Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	GAA	SV%	SO	W-L-T	Post	GP	GAA	SV%	SO	W-L-T
1986-1987	EHC Kloten II U20	Junioren A	-	-	-	-	-
1988-1989	Kloten U17		-	-	-	-	-
1988-1989	Switzerland U16 (all)	International-Jr	-	-	-	-	-
1989-1990	EHC Kloten U20	Elite Jr. A	-	-	-	-	-
1989-1990	Switzerland U18	EJC-18	3	4.43	.857	-	-
1989-1990	Switzerland U18 (all)	International-Jr	-	-	-	-	-
1990-1991	EHC Kloten U20	Elite Jr. A	-	-	-	-	-
1990-1991	EHC Kloten	NLA	1	2.26	-	0	0-0-0	Playoffs	0	-	-	-	-
1990-1991	Switzerland U18	EJC-18 B	2	1.00	.933	-	-
1991-1992	EHC Kloten U20	Elite Jr. A	-	-	-	-	-
1991-1992	EHC Kloten	NLA	1	1.00	-	0	1-0-0	Playoffs	0	-	-	-	-
1991-1992	Switzerland U20	WJC-20	-	-	-	-	-
1991-1992	Switzerland U20 (all)	International-Jr	-	-	-	-	-
1992-1993	HC Davos U20	Elite Jr. A	-	-	-	-	-
1992-1993	HC Davos	NLB	13	3.15	-	1	-	Playoffs	0	-	-	-	-
1992-1993	Switzerland U20	WJC-20 B	2	0.50	.941	-	-
1992-1993	Switzerland U20 (all)	International-Jr	-	-	-	-	-
1993-1994	EHC Bülach	NLB	30	4.19	-	0	-	Relegation	4	3.75	-	0	-
1994-1995	HC Ambrì-Piotta	NLA	8	3.70	-	0	2-2-1	Playoffs	0	-	-	-	-
1995-1996	SC Herisau	NLB	33	2.84	-	3	-	Playoffs	5	3.00	-	0	-
1996-1997	EV Zug	NLA	14	3.29	-	0	6-2-4	Playoffs	0	-	-	-	-
1996-1997	Lausanne HC Loan	NLB	5	2.52	-	0	-
1997-1998	EV Zug	NLA	20	2.84	.923	0	13-4-3	Playoffs	16	2.68	-	2	11-5-0
1997-1998	Switzerland	WC	0	-	-	-	-
1997-1998	Team Switzerland	International	-	-	-	-	-
1997-1998	Switzerland (all)	International	0	-	-	-	-
1998-1999	EV Zug	NLA	27	2.79	-	2	11-13-3	Playoffs	4	3.65	-	0	1-3-0
1998-1999	Switzerland (all)	International	2	2.02	-	0	1-1-0
1999-2000	EV Zug	NLA	30	3.18	.911	2	19-10-0	Playoffs	3	4.59	.881	0	0-1-0
1999-2000	Team Switzerland	International	3	1.64	-	0	1-2-0
2000-2001	EV Zug	NLA	14	3.68	.884	0	5-6-1
2000-2001	AIK Loan	Elitserien	4	3.27	.893	0	-
2001-2002	EV Zug	NLA	14	2.86	-	0	5-6-2
2001-2002	HC Lugano	NLA	4	1.71	-	1	3-0-1	Playoffs	12	2.49	-	1	6-6-0
2002-2003	HC Lugano	NLA	43	2.87	-	3	24-15-4	Playoffs	16	2.06	-	2	12-4-0
2003-2004	HC Lugano	NLA	43	2.58	-	2	30-8-3	Playoffs	16	2.15	-	1	10-6-0
2003-2004	Switzerland	WC	0	-	-	-	-
2003-2004	Switzerland (all)	International	6	2.78	-	0	2-2-2
2004-2005	HC Lugano	NLA	29	2.03	-	2	17-6-4	Playoffs	1	4.53	-	0	0-1-0
2004-2005	Switzerland Olympics	OGQ	0	-	-	-	-
2004-2005	Switzerland (all)	International	2	1.32	.952	0	1-0-1
2005-2006	HC Lugano	NLA	42	2.57	-	3	24-11-6	Playoffs	17	2.27	-	3	12-5-0
2006-2007	Kloten Flyers	NLA	44	2.84	-	2	28-14-2	Playoffs	11	3.65	-	0	5-6-0
2006-2007	Switzerland (all)	International	2	2.46	.839	-	-
2007-2008	Kloten Flyers	NLA	50	2.57	-	0	26-16-7	Playoffs	5	3.40	-	0	1-4-0
2007-2008	Switzerland	WC	0	-	-	-	-
2007-2008	Switzerland (all)	International	12	-	-	-	-
2008-2009	Kloten Flyers	NLA	50	2.52	-	4	33-14-3	Playoffs	15	1.71	-	4	11-3-1
2008-2009	Switzerland	WC	0	-	-	-	-
2008-2009	Switzerland (all)	International	13	-	-	-	-
2009-2010	Kloten Flyers	NLA	47	2.63	-	1	29-15-3	Playoffs	10	2.77	-	0	4-4-1
2009-2010	Switzerland Olympics	OG	0	-	-	-	-
2009-2010	Switzerland (all)	International	2	1.50	.939	-	-
2010-2011	Kloten Flyers	NLA	43	2.09	.915	2	31-9-3	Playoffs	18	2.18	-	2	10-8-0
2011-2012	Kloten Flyers	NLA	48	2.17	.913	8	26-13-6	Playoffs	5	3.21	.881	1	1-4-0
2012-2013	Kloten Flyers	NLA	37	2.51	.910	4	16-17-4	Relegation	5	1.76	.938	0	4-0-1

Ronnie Rüeger Tournament Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	GAA	SV%	SO	W-L-T	Post	GP	GAA	SV%	SO	W-L-T
1990-1991	EHC Kloten	Spengler Cup	-	-	-	-	-
1997-1998	EV Zug	Euro HL	5	2.20	.949	-	-	Playoffs	1	6.00	.882	-	-
1998-1999	EV Zug	Euro HL	2	4.00	.914	-	-
2007-2008	Switzerland	Deutschland Cup	2	1.44	.932	0	2-0-0
2011-2012	Kloten Flyers	Spengler Cup	2	7.00	-	0	0-2-0

Ronnie Rüeger Career Totals by League

League	Seasons	GP	GAA	SV%	SO	W-L-T	Seasons	GP	GAA	SV%	SO	W-L-T
Deutschland Cup	1	2	1.44	.932	0	2-0-0	0
EJC-18	1	3	4.43	.857	-	-	0
EJC-18 B	1	2	1.00	.933	-	-	0
Elite Jr. A (Swiss U21-Elit)	4	-	-	-	-	-	0
Elitserien (SHL)	1	4	3.27	.893	0	-	0
Euro HL	2	7	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-
International	9	42*	2.22*	-	0	5-5-3	0
International-Jr	4	-	-	-	-	-	0
Junioren A	1	-	-	-	-	-	0
NLA (NL)	20	609	2.61	.912*	36	349-181-60	19	154	2.46	.912*	16	88-60-3
NLB (SL)	4	81	3.36	-	4	-	3	9	3.33	-	0	-
OG	1	0	-	-	-	-	0
OGQ	1	0	-	-	-	-	0
Spengler Cup	2	2*	7.00	-	0	0-2-0	0
WC	4	0	-	-	-	-	0
WJC-20	1	-	-	-	-	-	0
WJC-20 B	1	2	0.50	.941	-	-	0

* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

Ronnie Rüeger Career Totals by Team

Team	Seasons	GP	GAA	SV%	SO	W-L-T	Seasons	GP	GAA	SV%	SO	W-L-T
AIK	1	4	3.27	.893	0	-	0
EHC Bülach	1	30	4.19	-	0	-	1	4	3.75	-	0	-
EHC Kloten	9	323*	2.50	.912*	21	190-100-28	9	69	2.51	.912*	7	36-29-3
EHC Kloten II U20	1	-	-	-	-	-	0
EHC Kloten U20	3	-	-	-	-	-	0
EV Zug	6	126	3.06*	-	4*	59-41-13	4	25	3.01*	-	2*	12-9-0
HC Ambrì-Piotta	1	8	3.70	-	0	2-2-1	1	0	-	-	-	-
HC Davos	1	13	3.15	-	1	-	1	0	-	-	-	-
HC Davos U20	1	-	-	-	-	-	0
HC Lugano	5	161	2.53	-	11	98-40-18	5	62	2.22	-	7	40-22-0
Lausanne HC	1	5	2.52	-	0	-	0
SC Herisau	1	33	2.84	-	3	-	1	5	3.00	-	0	-
Switzerland	4	0	-	-	-	-	0
Switzerland (Cup)	1	2	1.44	.932	0	2-0-0	0
Switzerland (all)	8	39	2.34*	-	0	4-3-3	0
Switzerland Olympics	2	0	-	-	-	-	0
Switzerland U16 (all)	1	-	-	-	-	-	0
Switzerland U18	2	5	1.00*	.933*	-	-	0
Switzerland U18 (all)	1	-	-	-	-	-	0
Switzerland U20	2	2*	0.50	.941	-	-	0
Switzerland U20 (all)	2	-	-	-	-	-	0
Team Switzerland	2	3*	1.64	-	0	1-2-0	0

* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

Ronnie Rüeger Career Highlights

Season	Awards
	Swiss Hockey Hall of Fame
1990-1991	Elite Jr. A Champion (Kloten U20)
1992-1993	NLB Champion (Davos) NLB To NLA Promotion (Davos)
1997-1998	NLA Champion (Zug) NL Most Shutouts Playoffs (2)
2002-2003	NLA Champion (Lugano)
2003-2004	NL Most Shutouts Playoffs (1)
2004-2005	NLA Best GAA (2.03)
2005-2006	NLA Champion (Lugano) NL Most Shutouts Playoffs (3)
2006-2007	NL Most Minutes Played (2662) NL Most Wins (28)
2007-2008	NL Most Minutes Played (3008)
2008-2009	NLA Goalie of the Year (Jacques Plante Trophy) NL Media All-Star Team (Kloten) NL Media Best Goalie NL Media Swiss All-Star Team (Kloten) NL Most Minutes Played (3018) NL Most Shutouts Playoffs (4) NL Most Wins (33) NL Most Wins Playoffs (11)
2010-2011	NL Most Minutes Played Playoffs (1104) NL Most Shutouts Playoffs (2)
2011-2012	NL Most Shutouts (8)

Transactions

Date	Status	From	To
01/19/2013	Confirmed	Kloten Flyers	Retired
10/25/2011	Extension	Kloten Flyers	Kloten Flyers
11/10/2008	Extension	Kloten Flyers	Kloten Flyers

Ronnie Rüeger Biography and Trivia

Cult/Star player for EHC Kloten
Cult/Star player for EV Zug
Cult/Star player for HC Lugano

Milestones
- 2011-12-07 • Dresses in his 1000. Professional Hockey Game (Regular Season & Playoffs combined), as the 1st Goaltender to ever reach that Milestone.