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| birth_place = [[Warburg, Alberta|Warburg]], [[Alberta]], [[Canada]]
| birth_place = [[Warburg, Alberta|Warburg]], [[Alberta]], [[Canada]]
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Ruff was again nominated for the [[Jack Adams Award]] in 2006-07. His nomination is the second time he has been a finalist for coach of the year. Michel Therrien of the Pittsburgh Penguins and Alain Vigneault of the Vancouver Canucks are also up for the honor. <sup class="noprint">[http://www.wgr550.com/fullstory.php?id=2363]</sup>{{#if:{{NAMESPACE}}|<!--null string-->|}}
Ruff was again nominated for the [[Jack Adams Award]] in 2006-07. His nomination is the second time he has been a finalist for coach of the year. Michel Therrien of the Pittsburgh Penguins and Alain Vigneault of the Vancouver Canucks are also up for the honor. <sup class="noprint">[http://www.wgr550.com/fullstory.php?id=2363]</sup>{{#if:{{NAMESPACE}}|<!--null string-->|}}


In [[February 2007]] Ruff was fined US$10,000 by the NHL after a brawl with the [[Ottawa Senators]]. The league said that Ruff precipitated the brawl following a questionable hit on [[Chris Drury]] by [[Chris Neil]]. [http://www.nhl.com/nhl/app?articleid=289522&page=NewsPage&service=page] Because the hit to Drury did not result in a penalty, Ruff sent out [[Andrew Peters]], [[Patrick Kaleta]], and [[Adam Mair]]; the team's "enforcers". What followed was one of the '06-'07 season's most memorable hockey brawls. Adam Mair began the brawl, punching Ottawa's [[Jason Spezza]] as soon as the puck was dropped. Andrew Peters tried to start a fight with [[Dany Heatley]], who didn't want to fight. Even the goaltenders got into the fight, with [[Martin Biron]] challenging [[Ray Emery]]. After a second round playoff match against the [[New York Rangers]] on April 27th, 2007, Ruff would be fined again by the league after harshly criticizing officials for an obvious missed too-many-men call against the Rangers, giving New York a chance to tie the match in the closing minute. [http://www.nhl.com/nhl/app?articleid=300629&page=NewsPage&service=page]
'''In [[February 2007]] Ruff was fined US$10,000 by the NHL after a brawl with the [[Ottawa Senators]].''' The league said that Ruff precipitated the brawl following a questionable hit on [[Chris Drury]] by [[Chris Neil]]. [http://www.nhl.com/nhl/app?articleid=289522&page=NewsPage&service=page] Because the hit to Drury did not result in a penalty, Ruff sent out [[Andrew Peters]], [[Patrick Kaleta]], and [[Adam Mair]]; the team's "enforcers". What followed was one of the '06-'07 season's most memorable hockey brawls. Adam Mair began the brawl, punching Ottawa's [[Jason Spezza]] as soon as the puck was dropped. Andrew Peters tried to start a fight with [[Dany Heatley]], who didn't want to fight. Even the goaltenders got into the fight, with [[Martin Biron]] challenging [[Ray Emery]]. After a second round playoff match against the [[New York Rangers]] on April 27th, 2007, Ruff would be fined again by the league after harshly criticizing officials for an obvious missed too-many-men call against the Rangers, giving New York a chance to tie the match in the closing minute. [http://www.nhl.com/nhl/app?articleid=300629&page=NewsPage&service=page]


In the 2006-07 season he became the first Sabres coach to lead the team to back-to-back 50 win seasons, boasting the 5th best win percentage in terms of points captured vs. points available from 1979-present for the entire league.
In the 2006-07 season he became the first Sabres coach to lead the team to back-to-back 50 win seasons, boasting the 5th best win percentage in terms of points captured vs. points available from 1979-present for the entire league.
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Ruff ranks 30th in the history of the NHL with 358 regular season coaching wins. His 51 career playoff wins are good for 15th place on the all-time list. Among coaches with 40 or more playoff wins, Ruff is in the top 5 in terms of career winning percentage.
Ruff ranks 30th in the history of the NHL with 358 regular season coaching wins. His 51 career playoff wins are good for 15th place on the all-time list. Among coaches with 40 or more playoff wins, Ruff is in the top 5 in terms of career winning percentage.



===Coaching Record===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2"|Team !! rowspan="2"|Year !! colspan="7"|Regular Season !! colspan="4"|Post Season
|-
! G !! W !! L !! T !! OTL !! Pts !!Finish !! W !! L !! Win % !! Result
|- ! style="background:#FF7518;"
![[Buffalo Sabres|BUF]]||[[1997-98 NHL season|1997-98]]
|82||36||29||17|| - ||89||3<SUP>rd</SUP> in [[Northeast Division (NHL)|Northeast]]||10||5||.667||Conference Finalist
|- ! style="background:#FF7518;"
!BUF||[[1998-99 NHL season|1998-99]]
|82||37||28||17|| - ||93||4<SUP>th</SUP> in Northeast||14||7||.667||Runner-up
|- ! style="background:#FF7518;"
!BUF||[[1999-00 NHL season|1999-00]]
|82||35||32||11||4||85||3<SUP>rd</SUP> in Northeast||1||4||.200||Conference Quarter-Finalist
|- ! style="background:#FF7518;"
!BUF||[[2000-01 NHL season|2000-01]]
|82||46||30||5||1||98||2<SUP>nd</SUP> in Northeast||7||6||.538||Conference Semi-Finalist
|-
!BUF||[[2001-02 NHL season|2001-02]]
|82||35||35||11||1||82||5<SUP>th</SUP> in Northeast|| - || - || - ||
|-
!BUF||[[2002-03 NHL season|2002-03]]
|82||27||37||10||8||72||5<SUP>th</SUP> in Northeast|| - || - || - ||
|-
!BUF||[[2003-04 NHL season|2003-04]]
|82||37||34||7||4||85||5<SUP>th</SUP> in Northeast|| - || - || - ||
|- ! style="background:#FF7518;"
!BUF||[[2005-06 NHL season|2005-06]]
|82||52||24|| - ||6||110||2<SUP>nd</SUP> in Northeast||11||7||.611||Conference Finalist
|- ! style="background:#FF7518;"
!BUF||[[2006-07 NHL season|2006-07]]
|82||53||22|| - ||7||113||1<SUP>st</SUP> in Northeast||9||7||.563||Conference Finalist
|-
! colspan="2"|Total ||738||358||271||78||31||822|| ||52||36||.591||
|}
|}


Revision as of 14:18, 12 June 2007

Lindy Ruff
Born (1960-02-17) February 17, 1960 (age 64)
Warburg, Alberta, Canada
Height 2 ft 02 in (66 cm)
Weight 3,000 lb (1,361 kg; 214 st 4 lb)
Position Forward/Defence
Shot really bad
Played for Buffalo Sabres
New York Rangers
NHL draft 32nd overall, 1979
Buffalo Sabres
Playing career 1979–1979

Lindy Cameron Ruff (Born: February 17, 1960 in Warburg, Alberta, Canada) is head coach of the Buffalo Sabres and former left winger in the National Hockey League.

Playing career

Lindy was chosen in the second round, 32nd overall of the 1979 NHL Entry Draft. He played for the Buffalo Sabres and New York Rangers. Ruff gained a reputation as a player for his toughness, character and hard work on the ice. An illustration of this came in a May 10, 1980 playoff game against the New York Islanders where opposing goaltender Billy Smith struck Ruff with his stick as he passed in front of his net. Ruff got up, skated back to the goaltender and tackled him.

Ruff played most of his NHL career for the Sabres, serving as captain of the team for nearly three years, but he was traded to the Rangers at the 1989 NHL trade deadline in exchange for a draft pick. The Sabres would use that pick to select Richard Smehlik, who would later play for several years under Ruff.

Ruff played in 691 NHL games, scoring 105 goals and adding 195 assists for an even total of 300 points. He also recorded 1,264 penalty minutes. In 52 playoff games, Ruff recorded 11 goals and 13 assists while accumulating 193 penalty minutes. [1]

Coaching career

He became assistant coach of the Florida Panthers for the 1993-94 NHL season until the 1996-97 NHL season. His best success then was with the 1996 Florida Panthers, who made the Stanley Cup Finals. He then became head coach of the Buffalo Sabres before the 1997-98 NHL season where he has been since. In Ruff's second season as coach, the Sabres reached the 1999 Stanley Cup Finals before finally losing to the Dallas Stars in six games. Ruff is currently the longest-tenured coach in the NHL.

Ruff is known for being blunt with the media. One well-known example of his bluntness is his comments on Toronto Maple Leafs player Darcy Tucker. In his postgame comments following a questionable hit on Jochen Hecht that knocked the Sabres centre out of the lineup for two weeks with a sprained ACL in the 2005-06 season, Ruff said, "I want him [Tucker] suspended." He also said, "I have not called the NHL office all year and I will call them ten times tomorrow." He called Tucker's hit "a definition of a joke."[2]

On April 5, 2006, Ruff became the 31st coach in NHL history to win 300 games, and just the 16th to do it with only one team. Ruff led the Sabres to their most successful regular season ever in 2005-2006, with a 52-24-6 record for a total of 110 points.

Ruff was the winner of the 2005-06 Jack Adams Award for coach of the year in the National Hockey League. Tom Renney of the New York Rangers and Peter Laviolette of the Carolina Hurricanes were also nominated.

Ruff was again nominated for the Jack Adams Award in 2006-07. His nomination is the second time he has been a finalist for coach of the year. Michel Therrien of the Pittsburgh Penguins and Alain Vigneault of the Vancouver Canucks are also up for the honor. [3]

In February 2007 Ruff was fined US$10,000 by the NHL after a brawl with the Ottawa Senators. The league said that Ruff precipitated the brawl following a questionable hit on Chris Drury by Chris Neil. [4] Because the hit to Drury did not result in a penalty, Ruff sent out Andrew Peters, Patrick Kaleta, and Adam Mair; the team's "enforcers". What followed was one of the '06-'07 season's most memorable hockey brawls. Adam Mair began the brawl, punching Ottawa's Jason Spezza as soon as the puck was dropped. Andrew Peters tried to start a fight with Dany Heatley, who didn't want to fight. Even the goaltenders got into the fight, with Martin Biron challenging Ray Emery. After a second round playoff match against the New York Rangers on April 27th, 2007, Ruff would be fined again by the league after harshly criticizing officials for an obvious missed too-many-men call against the Rangers, giving New York a chance to tie the match in the closing minute. [5]

In the 2006-07 season he became the first Sabres coach to lead the team to back-to-back 50 win seasons, boasting the 5th best win percentage in terms of points captured vs. points available from 1979-present for the entire league.

Ruff ranks 30th in the history of the NHL with 358 regular season coaching wins. His 51 career playoff wins are good for 15th place on the all-time list. Among coaches with 40 or more playoff wins, Ruff is in the top 5 in terms of career winning percentage.


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Personal

Ruff's younger brother, 16-year-old Brent Ruff, was one of four teammates killed in a bus crash while playing for the Swift Current Broncos in 1986.

Another younger brother, Marty Ruff, was a first round draft pick of the St. Louis Blues, but never appeared in an NHL game.

An older brother, Randy Ruff, played and coached in junior hockey.

Lindy and his wife Gaye have four children, Brett, Eryn and twins Madeleine and Bryan. Madeleine was in the news in 2006, as she had a brain tumor removed.

Updated November 7, 2024[1][2]

No. Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
96 Canada Nicolas Aube-Kubel RW R 28 2024 Slave Lake, Alberta
9 Canada Zach Benson LW L 19 2023 Langley, British Columbia
78 Canada Jacob Bryson D L 26 2017 London, Ontario
4 Canada Bowen Byram D L 23 2024 Cranbrook, British Columbia
75 United States Connor Clifton D R 29 2023 Long Branch, New Jersey
24 Canada Dylan Cozens (A) C R 23 2019 Whitehorse, Yukon
26 Sweden Rasmus Dahlin (C) D L 24 2018 Trollhättan, Sweden
8 United States Dennis Gilbert D L 28 2024 Buffalo, New York
12 United States Jordan Greenway LW L 27 2023 Canton, New York
10 Finland Henri Jokiharju D R 25 2019 Oulu, Finland
19 Canada Peyton Krebs C L 23 2021 Okotoks, Alberta
81 United States Sam Lafferty C R 29 2024 Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania
27 Canada Devon Levi G L 22 2021 Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Quebec
1 Finland Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen G L 25 2017 Espoo, Finland
29 Canada Beck Malenstyn LW L 26 2024 Delta, British Columbia
71 Canada Ryan McLeod C L 25 2024 Mississauga, Ontario
77 Germany JJ Peterka LW L 22 2020 Munich, Germany
25 Canada Owen Power D L 21 2021 Mississauga, Ontario
22 Canada Jack Quinn RW R 23 2020 Ottawa, Ontario
23 United States Mattias Samuelsson (A) D L 24 2018 Voorhees, New Jersey
72 United States Tage Thompson (A) C R 27 2018 Phoenix, Arizona
89 United States Alex Tuch (A) RW R 28 2021 Syracuse, New York
17 United States Jason Zucker LW L 32 2024 Newport Beach, California
Preceded by Head Coaches of the Buffalo Sabres
1997- 		Succeeded by
incumbent
Preceded by Buffalo Sabres captains
1986-89 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Jack Adams Award Winners
2006 		Succeeded by
most recent

See also

Reference

http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php3?pid=00004701

  1. ^ "Buffalo Sabres Roster". National Hockey League. Retrieved November 7, 2024.
  2. ^ "Buffalo Sabres Hockey Transactions". The Sports Network. Retrieved November 7, 2024.
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