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Ryan Rucinski
#56 Ohio State Univ. / NCAA - 26/27
- Date of Birth
- Dec 01, 2006
- Age
- 19
- Place of Birth
- Broadview Heights, OH, USA
- Nation
- USA
- Youth Team
- Strongsville Mustangs
- Position
- C/RW
- Height
- 178 cm / 5'10"
- Weight
- 84 kg / 185 lbs
- Shoots
- R
- Contract
- -
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- NHL Rights
Buffalo Sabres / Unsigned- Agency
- Premium
A detailed, versatile forward with an edge, Rucinski creates through puck protection, net-front skill, and winning battles. His preferred scoring tools: An instant inside leg wrister off the rush and quick hands in tight on the power play. And when neither of those is an option, he crashes the net and whacks away until he finds an opening. -EliteProspects 2025 NHL Draft Guide
Father: Jeff Rucinski
Brother: Kyle Rucinski
Uncle: Steve Duke
Cousins: Dylan Duke, Tyler Duke
Father: Jeff Rucinski
Brother: Kyle Rucinski
Uncle: Steve Duke
Cousins: Dylan Duke, Tyler Duke
| S | Team | League | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | +/- | Post | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 |  Cleveland Barons 14U AAA | T1EHL 14U | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |||||||
| 2021-2022 | Cleveland Barons 15U AAA | T1EHL 15U | 17 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 8 | - | |||||||
| 2022-2023 | Cleveland Barons 16U AAA | T1EHL 16U | 12 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 8 | - | Playoffs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - |
| 2022-2023 | Cleveland Barons 16U AAA | 16U AAA | 59 | 24 | 29 | 53 | 46 | - | |||||||
| 2023-2024 | Youngstown Phantoms | USHL | 53 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 40 | 14 | Playoffs | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | -1 |
| 2024-2025 | Youngstown Phantoms | USHL | 49 | 19 | 23 | 42 | 48 | 9 | Playoffs | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025-2026 | Youngstown Phantoms "C" | USHL | 59 | 27 | 35 | 62 | 88 | 11 | Playoffs | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| 2026-2027 | Ohio State Univ. | NCAA | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| S | Team | League | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | +/- | Post | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | Team Gold | USA-S16 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | - | |||||||
| 2022-2023 | Cleveland Barons 16U AAA | Steel Icebreaker U16 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | - | |||||||
| 2022-2023 | Cleveland Barons 16U AAA | US 16U Nationals | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | - | |||||||
| 2023-2024 | Mid-American District | USA-S17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | - | |||||||
| 2024-2025 | USA U19 | WJAC-19 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | - |
| League | Seasons | GP | G | A | TP | PPG | PIM | +/- | Seasons | GP | G | A | TP | PPG | PIM | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16U AAA | 1 | 59 | 24 | 29 | 53 | 0.90 | 46 | - | 0 | |||||||
| NCAA | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Steel Icebreaker U16 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1.00 | 6 | - | 0 | |||||||
| T1EHL 14U | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | |||||||
| T1EHL 15U | 1 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 0.82 | 8 | - | 0 | |||||||
| T1EHL 16U | 1 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 1.17 | 8 | - | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.20 | 0 | - |
| US 16U Nationals | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1.33 | 2 | - | 0 | |||||||
| USA-S16 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1.40 | 0 | - | 0 | |||||||
| USA-S17 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.67 | 4 | - | 0 | |||||||
| USHL | 3 | 161 | 52 | 66 | 118 | 0.73 | 176 | 34 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 0.57 | 10 | 3 |
 WJAC-19 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1.00 | 8 | - | 0 |