Steve Rucchin

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Steven Andrew Rucchin (/rutn/; born July 4, 1971 in Thunder Bay, Ontario) is a retired ice hockey centre who played for three teams in the National Hockey League, most notably for the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim.

Steve Rucchin
Born July 4, 1971 Thunder Bay, ON, CAN 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 215 lb (98 kg; 15 st 5 lb) Centre

Height Weight Position

Playing career

Rucchin played high school hockey for Sir Shot Left Frederick Banting Secondary School in London, Ontario. His coach happened to also be an assistant Played for Atlanta Thrashers with the University of Western Ontario and New York Rangers recruited him. He was an Ontario University AllMighty Ducks of Anaheim Star in three of his four seasons there, and was named Player of the Year and First-team AllNational team Canada Canadian in his senior season. He was drafted 2nd NHL Draft 1994 NHL Supplemental Draft overall in the 1994 NHL Supplemental Draft by the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Mighty Ducks of Anaheim. He soon centered Anaheim's top line with Paul Kariya and Teemu Playing career 19942007 Selnne. Rucchin was an alternate captain from 20002003, and captain in 200305. In the 2003 Stanley Cup Playoffs, Rucchin earned his spot in Mighty Ducks immortality when he helped the Ducks upset the Detroit Red Wings in a sweep of four games by scoring the game-winning and series-clinching overtime goal in Game 4. At the World Championship 1998 in Switzerland he and his older brother Larry made history when they face each other when Steve used to play for Canada while Larry played for Italy. In August 2005, he was traded to the New York Rangers for minor-league enforcer Trevor Gillies and a conditional 2007 draft pick in a move to dump salary. He ranks third in Ducks history in assists (279), goals (153), points (432), and game-winning goals (23). Known as a great locker-room teammate, he provided veteran leadership in 200506, as an alternate captain (along with Jaromir Jagr and Darius Kasparaitis) on a young Rangers team. On July 3, 2006, Rucchin signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Thrashers. On March 6, 2007, he suffered a concussion on a hit by Ben Guite of the Colorado Avalanche. This injury ended his career.

Career statistics
Season 199495 199495 199596 199697 199798 199899 Regular season Team League GP G A Pts PIM San Diego Gulls IHL 41 11 15 26 14 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 43 6 11 17 23 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 64 19 25 44 12 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 79 19 48 67 24 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 72 17 36 53 13 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 69 23 39 62 22 Playoffs GP G A Pts PIM 8 1 2 3 10 4 0 3 3 0

199900 200001 200102 200203 200304 200506 200607

Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Mighty Ducks of Anaheim New York Rangers Atlanta Thrashers NHL totals

NHL NHL NHL NHL NHL NHL NHL

71 16 38 82 82 72 47 735

19 3 7 20 20 13 5 171

38 5 16 38 23 23 16 318

57 8 23 58 43 36 21 489

16 0 6 12 12 10 14 164

21 4 37

7 3 1 0 9 8

10 1 17

2 0 12

External links
Steve Rucchin's career statistics (http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php? pid=00014931) at The Internet Hockey Database (http://www.hockeydb.com/) Ducks aren't quite as tough as Mustangs (uwo.ca) (http://www.gazette.uwo.ca/1999/March/31/Sports2.htm) Veterans Rucchin and Leclerc are traded to free cap room (ocregister.com) (http://www.ocregister.com/ocr/2005/08/24/sections/sports/sports/article_646510.php)
Preceded by Paul Kariya Mighty Ducks of Anaheim captain 200304 Succeeded by Scott Niedermayer

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