Cody Rudkowsky
Cody Rudkowsky (born July 21, 1978) is a Canadian retired ice hockey goaltender who played eight seasons in the American Hockey League and ECHL, and played in a single game for the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League in 2002–03. He was the Most Valuable Player of the Western Hockey League in 1999.
Cody Rudkowsky | |||
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Born |
Willingdon, Alberta, Canada | July 21, 1978||
Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | ||
Weight | 200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb) | ||
Position | Goaltender | ||
Caught | Left | ||
Played for |
Seattle Thunderbirds Cincinnati Cyclones Phoenix RoadRunners Bridgeport Sound Tigers Reading Royals Providence Bruins Worcester IceCats St. Louis Blues Trenton Titans Peoria Rivermen Edinburgh Capitals Stony Plain Eagles | ||
NHL Draft | Undrafted | ||
Playing career | 1995–2010 |
AHL and ECHL
Born in Willingdon, Alberta, Rudkowsky spent most of his career in the ECHL. He backstopped the Reading Royals to a career high 46 games played in 2003-04 and led the Royals to the Kelly Cup semi-finals that season. On December 31, 2005, Rudkowsky was named starting goaltender for the American Conference in the 14th annual ECHL All-Star Game[1]
Rudkowsky was signed to a professional tryout contract (PTO) by the Grand Rapids Griffins on October 26, 2007.[2] On October 28, he would come in relief for starting goaltender Adam Berkhoel and stop 8 of 9 shots that night. The Griffins would lose that game 7-1. On February 15, 2008, he was signed again to a PTO[3] by Grand Rapids and made a brief appearance (3m 21sec) against the Milwaukee Admirals.[4]
Other leagues
It was announced on 27 August 2009 that Rudkowsky signed a contract to play for the Edinburgh Capitals in the British Elite Ice Hockey League for the 09/10 Season.[5] This was the first time Rudkowsky played for a team outside North America.
Rudkowsky also briefly played for the Bentley Generals in amateur Allan Cup play during the 2008-09 season and was first star of the final game of the 2008-09 Allan Cup Finals.[6]
References
- http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-17145013_ITM
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-06-17. Retrieved 2009-04-04.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- http://comment-blog.advance.net/cgi-bin/mte/mt-search.cgi?tag=Cody%20Rudkowsky&blog_id=1557%5B%5D
- "Cody Rudkowsky".
- "Edinburgh Capitals".
- 2010 AllanCup.ca: Bentley Generals Win 2009 Allan Cup Archived 2011-09-02 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
Preceded by Sergei Varlamov |
Winner of the WHL Four Broncos Memorial Trophy 1999 |
Succeeded by Brad Moran |