Ryan Cruthers
American ice hockey player and coach / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ryan Cruthers (born July 4, 1984, in Farmingdale, New York) is a former professional ice hockey player and current head coach of the Sioux Falls Stampede of the United States Hockey League.
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Born |
(1984-07-04) July 4, 1984 (age 40) Farmingdale, New York, USA | ||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||
Weight | 192 lb (87 kg; 13 st 10 lb) | ||
Position | Center | ||
Shot | Right | ||
Played for |
Lake Erie Monsters Albany River Rats Norfolk Admirals Manitoba Moose Hershey Bears | ||
NHL draft | Undrafted | ||
Playing career | 2008–2015 |
Biographical details | |
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Alma mater | Robert Morris University |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
2013–2014 | Alvernia (assistant) |
2014–2015 | Reading Royals (assistant) |
2015–2018 | Charlotte Rush |
2017 | Reading Royals (assistant) |
2017–2018 | Chicago Steel |
2018–2019 | Corpus Christi IceRays |
2019–2020 | Robert Morris (assistant) |
During Cruthers' pre-collegiate career he won an Eastern Junior Hockey League championship with the New York Apple Core and a New York State Championship with St. Mary's High School. Cruthers then attended West Point, the United States Military Academy, before transferring to Robert Morris University (RMU), where he sat out his first year due to NCAA transfer restrictions before Cruthers became a top collegiate player in his senior year. Cruthers graduated from RMU with degree in Sports Management.[1] In 2019, he became the assistant coach of the NCAA Robert Morris of Atlantic Hockey.