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Chad Ruhwedel

D · Unassigned · USA
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Status
Free Agent
Age / YOB
36 (1990)
Contract
N/A (prev. $800k)
Expires
UFA
Waivers
Eligible
Acquired
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Drafted
Undrafted
Vitals
5'11" · 189 lb
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Ratings

Percentile vs 258 d-men
CK 70 37th
FG 67 76th
DI 76 21st
SK 77 64th
ST 67 9th
EN 67 26th
DU 71 33rd
PH 53 14th
FO 25 98th
PA 46 16th
SC 41 12th
DF 65 13th
PS 39 81st
EX 68 54th
LD 70 54th
OV 62 17th

Stats

OTHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2013-14 DET 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0
2014-15 DET 5 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0
2015-16 NYR 80 2 16 18 0.23 -12 23 0 1 0 30 6.7% 60
2016-17 NYR 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0
2017-18 NYR 65 6 16 22 0.34 +9 10 0 2 0 44 13.6% 46
2019-20 BUF 43 0 2 2 0.05 -1 8 0 0 0 12 0.0% 19
2020-21 NYR 40 0 9 9 0.23 -11 8 0 0 0 17 0.0% 35
2021-22 NYR 79 8 14 22 0.28 -28 78 1 6 0 73 11.0% 197
2022-23 NYR 68 2 15 17 0.25 -24 32 0 1 0 66 3.0% 119
2023-24 BUF 77 5 15 20 0.26 +20 50 1 0 0 65 7.7% 135
2024-25 BUF 80 5 20 25 0.31 +23 60 0 0 0 57 8.8% 115
CAREER 11 yrs 541 28 107 135 0.25 -24 269 2 10 0 -- 7.7% 726
OTHL Playoffs
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2017-18 NYR 9 0 2 2 0.22 0 2 0 0 0 2 0.0% 3
2019-20 BUF 3 0 1 1 0.33 +3 0 0 0 0 0 - 4
2023-24 BUF 22 0 4 4 0.18 -1 12 0 0 0 8 0.0% 38
2024-25 BUF 12 1 1 2 0.17 +7 4 1 0 0 12 8.3% 4
CAREER 4 app. 46 1 8 9 0.20 +9 18 1 0 0 -- 4.5% 49
2026-27 Regular Season
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Season Team GP G A P +/- PiM GW PPG PPP S TOI
2024-25 5 0 1 1 +2 0 0 0 0 1 14:06
On Pace - 82 0 16 16 +33 0 0 0 0 16 -
NHL Career Stats
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG PPP S% TOI
2012-13 BUF 7 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% 14:12
2013-14 BUF 21 0 1 1 0.05 -3 2 0 0 1 0.0% 17:53
2014-15 BUF 4 0 1 1 0.25 +3 0 0 0 0 0.0% 12:28
2015-16 BUF 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 2 0 0 0 0.0% 15:30
2016-17 PIT 34 2 8 10 0.29 +9 8 0 0 3 4.4% 17:20
2017-18 PIT 44 2 3 5 0.11 -8 16 0 0 0 3.0% 15:44
2018-19 PIT 18 1 1 2 0.11 -9 4 1 0 0 4.5% 16:17
2019-20 PIT 41 2 4 6 0.15 +4 12 0 0 0 4.5% 14:46
2020-21 PIT 17 0 2 2 0.12 +3 14 0 0 0 0.0% 14:42
2021-22 PIT 78 4 9 13 0.17 +2 14 0 0 0 4.9% 15:20
2022-23 PIT 47 1 4 5 0.11 -4 18 0 0 0 2.8% 14:34
2023-24 PIT 47 1 3 4 0.09 -4 4 0 0 0 2.9% 12:33
2023-24 NYR 5 0 0 0 0.00 -2 0 0 0 0 0.0% 14:08
2024-25 NYR 5 0 1 1 0.20 +2 0 0 0 0 0.0% 14:06
Career NHL 369 13 37 50 0.14 -7 94 1 0 4 3.3% -

History

Overall, season by season

Above the band is elite. Inside it, above average. Below it, below average.

OV Defensemen, average to top 10%

Attributes

Season Age Pos Team CK FG DI SK ST EN DU PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD OV
2013-14 23 D DET 55 36 86 63 64 45 40 45 30 37 40 65 47 58 43 52
2014-15 24 D DET 51 35 82 67 64 57 48 49 30 46 44 74 49 60 45 58
2015-16 25 D NYR 48 35 80 69 64 50 50 53 30 47 48 71 51 62 47 58
2016-17 26 D NYR 76 66 99 66 66 75 81 48 25 56 44 60 42 46 46 60
2017-18 27 D NYR 76 43 91 72 66 72 76 65 25 59 48 73 25 50 50 64
2018-19 28 D NYR 80 44 88 72 66 69 70 59 25 47 48 67 25 56 56 62
2019-20 29 D BUF 87 45 92 72 69 70 55 61 25 46 48 76 25 60 61 64
2020-21 30 D NYR 83 44 90 72 69 65 54 60 25 49 48 70 25 59 60 62
2021-22 31 D NYR 84 45 77 72 69 65 55 63 25 50 47 80 36 60 61 65
2022-23 32 D NYR 84 45 93 82 69 67 73 59 25 50 48 81 36 64 64 67
2023-24 33 D BUF 84 45 88 82 69 65 80 56 25 48 47 82 36 65 66 68
2024-25 34 D BUF 82 44 97 82 69 60 67 62 25 45 47 86 36 67 68 68
2026-27 36 D - 70 67 76 77 67 67 71 53 25 46 41 65 39 68 70 62
Season Age Pos Team CK FG DI SK ST EN DU PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD OV
2013-14 23 D DET 55 36 86 63 64 45 40 45 30 37 40 65 47 58 43 52
2014-15 24 D DET −4 −1 −4 +4 · +12 +8 +4 · +9 +4 +9 +2 +2 +2 +6
2015-16 25 D NYR −3 · −2 +2 · −7 +2 +4 · +1 +4 −3 +2 +2 +2 ·
2016-17 26 D NYR +28 +31 +19 −3 +2 +25 +31 −5 −5 +9 −4 −11 −9 −16 −1 +2
2017-18 27 D NYR · −23 −8 +6 · −3 −5 +17 · +3 +4 +13 −17 +4 +4 +4
2018-19 28 D NYR +4 +1 −3 · · −3 −6 −6 · −12 · −6 · +6 +6 −2
2019-20 29 D BUF +7 +1 +4 · +3 +1 −15 +2 · −1 · +9 · +4 +5 +2
2020-21 30 D NYR −4 −1 −2 · · −5 −1 −1 · +3 · −6 · −1 −1 −2
2021-22 31 D NYR +1 +1 −13 · · · +1 +3 · +1 −1 +10 +11 +1 +1 +3
2022-23 32 D NYR · · +16 +10 · +2 +18 −4 · · +1 +1 · +4 +3 +2
2023-24 33 D BUF · · −5 · · −2 +7 −3 · −2 −1 +1 · +1 +2 +1
2024-25 34 D BUF −2 −1 +9 · · −5 −13 +6 · −3 · +4 · +2 +2 ·
2026-27 36 D - −12 +23 −21 −5 −2 +7 +4 −9 · +1 −6 −21 +3 +1 +2 −6
Starting Team Salary Length Cap % Age Signed as
2013-14 DET $1,750,000 2 yr 2.7% 23 RFA Rookie
2015-16 NYR $1,000,000 3 yr 1.4% 25 RFA
2018-19 NYR $0 0 yr - 28 -
2019-20 BUF $700,000 4 yr 0.9% 29 UFA
2021-22 NYR $750,000 2 yr 0.9% 31 UFA
2023-24 BUF $800,000 2 yr 1.0% 33 UFA
2020-21
Sep 28 2020
2020-21
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