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Lindy Ruff

Defense
Born Feb 17 1960 -- Edmonton, ALTA
Height 6.02 -- Weight 190 -- Shoots L
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Selected by Buffalo Sabres round 2 #32 overall 1979 NHL Entry Draft
Regular Season Playoffs
Season Team Lge GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1976-77 Taber Golden Suns AJHL 60 13 33 46 112
1976-77 Lethbridge Broncos WCHL 2 0 2 2 0 ----------
1977-78 Lethbridge Broncos WCHL 66 9 24 33 219 8 2 8 10 4
1978-79 Lethbridge Broncos WHL 24 9 18 27 108 6 0 1 1 0
1979-80 Buffalo Sabres NHL 63 5 14 19 38 8 1 1 2 19
1980-81 Buffalo Sabres NHL 65 8 18 26 121 6 3 1 4 23
1981-82 Buffalo Sabres NHL 79 16 32 48 194 4 0 0 0 28
1982-83 Buffalo Sabres NHL 60 12 17 29 130 10 4 2 6 47
1983-84 Buffalo Sabres NHL 58 14 31 45 101 3 1 0 1 9
1984-85 Buffalo Sabres NHL 39 13 11 24 45 5 2 4 6 15
1985-86 Buffalo Sabres NHL 54 20 12 32 158 ----------
1986-87 Buffalo Sabres NHL 50 6 14 20 74 ----------
1987-88 Buffalo Sabres NHL 77 2 23 25 179 6 0 2 2 23
1988-89 Buffalo Sabres NHL 63 6 11 17 86 ----------
1988-89 New York Rangers NHL 13 0 5 5 31 2 0 0 0 17
1989-90 New York Rangers NHL 56 3 6 9 80 8 0 3 3 12
1990-91 New York Rangers NHL 14 0 1 1 27 ----------
1991-92 Rochester Americans AHL 62 10 24 34 110 13 0 4 4 16
1992-93 San Diego Gulls IHL 81 10 32 42 100 14 1 6 7 26
NHL Totals 691 105 195 300 1264 52 11 13 24 193

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Coaching [notes]
Season Team Lge Type GP W L T OTL Pct Result
1993-94Florida PanthersNHLAssistant            
1994-95Florida PanthersNHLAssistant            
1995-96Florida PanthersNHLAssistant            
1996-97Florida PanthersNHLAssistant            
1997-98Buffalo SabresNHLHead82 36 29 17 0 0.543 Lost in round 3
1998-99Buffalo SabresNHLHead82 37 28 17 0 0.555 Lost in Finals
1999-00Buffalo SabresNHLHead82 35 32 11 4 0.518 Lost in round 1
2000-01Buffalo SabresNHLHead82 46 30 5 1 0.598 Lost in round 2
2001-02Buffalo SabresNHLHead82 35 35 11 1 0.500 Out of Playoffs
2002-03Buffalo SabresNHLHead82 27 37 10 8 0.439 Out of Playoffs
2003-04Buffalo SabresNHLHead82 37 34 7 4 0.518 Out of Playoffs
2005-06Buffalo SabresNHLHead82 52 24 0 6 0.671 Lost in round 3
2006-07Buffalo SabresNHLHead82 53 22 0 7 0.689 Lost in round 3
2007-08Buffalo SabresNHLHead82 39 31 0 12 0.549 Out of Playoffs
2008-09Buffalo SabresNHLHead82 41 32 0 9 0.555 Out of Playoffs

Awards
Year League Award
2005-06 NHL Jack Adams Award