2026-27 Men's Ice Hockey Roster
Jersey Number 56
Ryan Rucinski
- Year:
- Freshman
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 185
- Hometown:
- Broadview Heights, Ohio
- Junior Team:
- Youngstown Phantoms (USHL)
- NHL:
- Buffalo (2025, Seventh Round, No. 219)
NHL
- Selected by Buffalo in the seventh round of the 2025 NHL Draft (No. 219)
- Won gold medal with Team USA at World Junior A Challenge
- Played three full seasons in the USHL with the Youngstown Phantoms
- Team captain in 2025-26 and had 62 points, with 27 goals and 35 assists, in 59 regular season games; played in four postseason contests (1g, 1a)
- Saw action in 49 regular season games and notched a 19-23-42 line in 2024-25; scored three goals in three playoff games
- Played 53 games in first USHL campaign in 2023-24 and had 14 points with six goals and eight assists; notched three goals in seven playoff outings
- Skated with Cleveland Barons AAA program
- Played lacrosse through sophomore year of high school
- Parents are Jeff, who played hockey at Western Michigan and with the Cleveland Lumberjacks, and Brandi, who attended Bowling Green
- Three siblings - Raini, who attends Miami (Ohio), Kyle and Ella
- Uncle also played with the Broncos and cousins Dylan and Tyler both played at Michigan and are playing professionally
- Plans to major in business
- Enjoys fishing, wake surfing and being on the boat
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