Chad Ruhwedel
D
#2
- DOB: 5/7/1990
- Ht: 5-11
- Wt: 189
- Hometown: San Diego, CA
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Career Notes: 2023-24: Scored four points (1 g, 3 a) in 47 GP w/ PIT. Scored on 1/8/24 @ PHI. Traded to NYR on 3/8/24. Skated in five games w/ NYR (0 points). Fired a season-high four shots on 1/13/24 @ CAR & 2/29/24 @ SEA (both w/ PIT)…2022-23: Scored five points (1 g, 4 a) in 47 GP w/ PIT. Scored lone goal of the season on 3/25/23 Vs. WSH. Notched two assists on 2/17/23 @ NYI. Finished a season-high +3 on 2/10/23 @ ANA (recorded an assist in the game)…2021-22: Scored a career-high four goals, nine assists, and 13 points in a career-high 78 GP w/ PIT. Recorded points in back-to-back games on 2/13/22 @ NJD (1 a) and 2/15/22 Vs. PHI (1 g). Scored two points (1 g, 1 a) on 4/23/22 @ DET. Recorded a season-high four shots on 2/24/22 Vs. NJD & 2/27/22 @ CBJ. Recorded a +3 +/- on 4/23/22 @ DET. Skated a season-high 20:34 on 12/6/21 @ SEA. Skated in all seven games of PIT’s First Round Stanley Cup Playoff series Vs. NYR (0 points)...2020-21: Scored two assists in 17 GP w/ PIT. Recorded an assist on 2/1/21 @ NYR & 2/14/21 Vs. WSH...2019-20: Dressed in 41 GP w/ PIT, scoring six points (2 g, 4 a). Recorded a goal and an assist on 12/7/19 @ DET. Scored a goal on 12/20/19 @ EDM. Finished with a +3 +/- rating on 12/27/19 @ NSH (assist in game)…2018-19: Appeared in 18 NHL GP w/ PIT, scoring two points (1 g, 1 a). Scored goal on 2/19/19 @ NJD. Recorded an assist on 2/26/19 @ CBJ in final NHL GP of the season. Scored five points (1 g, 4 a) in 5 AHL GP w/ Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. Scored a goal and an assist on 12/29/19 @ LV. Finished +3 on 12/31/18 @ BNG. Finished stint with a four-game point streak (1 g, 4 a).…2017-18: Scored five points (2 g, 3 a) in 44 GP w/ PIT. Recorded two points (1 g, 1 a) on 12/18/17 @ COL. Scored on 3/5/18 Vs. CGY. Posted a +2 +/- rating on 3/14/18 @ NYR. Played a season-high 22:09 on 11/4/17 @ VAN…2016-17: Scored ten points (2 g, 8 a) in 34 GP w/ PIT. Scored on 12/23/16 Vs. NJD & 2/25/17 Vs. PHI. Recorded a career-high three assists on 3/8/17 @ WPG. Recorded three power play assists on the season. Scored 16 points (4 g, 12 a) in 28 GP w/ AHL WBS. Scored a goal in back-to-back games on 10/23/16 @ HER & 10/26/16 Vs. ALB. Scored two assists on 11/4/16 Vs. BNG. Recorded a three-game assist streak from 11/4/16 – 11/6/16 (4 a). Recorded a four-game point streak from 11/26/16 – 12/9/16 (1 g, 3 a, 4 pts). Scored two points (1 g ,1 a) on 1/3/17 Vs. HFD…2015-16: Scored 26 points (10 g, 16 a) in 59 GP w/ AHL Rochester. Scored a goal in back-to-back games on 11/25/15 Vs. SYR & 11/27/15 Vs. STJ. Recorded a four-game assist streak from 2/14/16 – 2/21/16 (5 a). Scored twice on 3/4/16 Vs. SPR. Dressed in one game w/ NHL BUF on 3/18/16 (Vs. OTT, 2 PIM)….2014-15: Scored a career-high ten goals, 26 assists, and 36 points w/ AHL ROC. Scored three points (1 g, 2 a) in season opener on 10/10/14 Vs. ADK. Opened season with a seven-game point streak from 10/10/14 – 10/29/14 (2 g, 7 a, 9 pts). Scored in back-to-back games on 11/15/14 – 11/16/14 & 12/13/14 – 12/17/14. Recorded two assists on 1/18/15 @ OKC, 2/24/15 @ LE, and 2/27/15 Vs. TOR. Scored a goal and an assist on 3/6/15 @ HAM. Scored twice on 3/29/15 Vs. TOR. Scored a career-high three GWG’s. Scored one assist in four GP w/ NHL BUF. Recorded assist on 3/16/15 Vs. WSH…2013-14: Scored one assist in 21 GP w/ NHL BUF. Recorded first NHL point on 4/14/14 @ DET. Scored 28 points (4 g, 24 a) in 47 games w/ AHL ROC. Made AHL debut on 10/4/13 Vs. GR. Scored first AHL assist on 10/11/13 Vs. UTC. Recorded a three-game assist streak from 10/18/13 – 10/25/13 (3 a). Scored first two AHL goals on 11/6/13 Vs. HAM. Recorded a four-game point streak from 12/4/13 – 12/11/13 (1 g, 4 a, 5 pts). Scored five points (2 g, 3 a) in 5 Calder Cup Playoff games. Recorded a goal and an assist in his Calder Cup Playoff debut on 4/25/14 Vs. CHI….2012-13: Appeared in seven GP w/ BUF (0 points). Made NHL debut on 4/13/13 Vs. PHI…Misc.: Wore “A” for Rochester Americans in 2014-15. Wore “A” for UMass-Lowell (NCAA) in 2012-13. Captain on USHL Sioux Falls in 2009-10. 15 g, 48 a, 63 pts in 110 NCAA GP w/ UML…Transactions: UDFA w/ BUF 4/13/13. Signed w/ PIT as UFA 7/1/16. Traded by PIT to NYR 3/8/24 in exchange for a 2027 fourth-round draft choice. Re-signed w/ NYR on 7/12/24 (One-year deal).