Cody Rudkowsky
Born (1978-07-21) July 21, 1978
Willingdon, Alberta, Canada
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb)
Position Goaltender
Caught Left
Played for St. Louis Blues
Edinburgh Capitals
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 19992010

Cody Rudkowsky (born July 21, 1978) is a Canadian retired ice hockey goaltender. He played one game in the National Hockey League, with the St. Louis Blues during the 2002–03 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1999 to 2010, was mainly spent in the minor leagues. Prior to turning professional he played in the Western Hockey League, and won the Four Broncos Memorial Trophy as the league's most valuable player in 1998–99.

AHL and ECHL

Rudkowsky was born in Willingdon, Alberta. He spent most of his career in the ECHL. His one NHL game game during the 2002–03 season with the St. Louis Blues, when he played on October 24, 2002 against the Edmonton Oilers, winning the game.[1]

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[2]

Rudkowsky was signed to a professional tryout contract (PTO) by the Grand Rapids Griffins on October 26, 2007.[3] On October 28, he would come in relief for starting goaltender Adam Berkhoel and stop 8 of 9 shots that night. The Griffins lost that game 7–1. On February 15, 2008, he was signed again to a PTO[4] by Grand Rapids and made a brief appearance (3m 21sec) against the Milwaukee Admirals.[5]

Other leagues

It was announced on August 27, 2009 that Rudkowsky signed a contract to play for the Edinburgh Capitals in the British Elite Ice Hockey League for the 09/10 Season.[6] 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.[7]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GPWLTOTLMINGASOGAASV% GPWLMINGASOGAASV%
1995–96 Langley Thunder BCJHL 241515011727313.73.893
1995–96 Seattle Thunderbirds WHL 200021308.57.813
1996–97 Seattle Thunderbirds WHL 4019142216312403.44.901 11030000.001.000
1997–98 Seattle Thunderbirds WHL 5320223280517513.74.896 5142781803.88.922
1998–99 Seattle Thunderbirds WHL 6434161367017772.89.920 11566373112.92.933
1999–00 Peoria Rivermen ECHL 106405993203.20.875 211119603.02.860
1999–00 Worcester IceCats AHL 2897614057503.20.895
2000–01 Worcester IceCats AHL 25138314776632.68.915
2001–02 Peoria Rivermen ECHL 125247092432.03.919 20178403.08.902
2001–02 Worcester IceCats AHL 21610211085012.71.907
2002–03 St. Louis Blues NHL 110031000.001.000
2002–03 Trenton Titans ECHL 31179518678522.73.911 3031781404.72.833
2002–03 Worcester IceCats AHL 101535772802.91.897
2003–04 Worcester IceCats AHL 100049303.67.842 10158202.07.933
2003–04 Reading Royals ECHL 4624184272810812.38.926 14868342812.02.937
2004–05 Reading Royals ECHL 20811111634232.17.919
2004–05 Providence Bruins AHL 144727303903.20.898
2005–06 Reading Royals ECHL 382411322929622.51.916 1005000.001.000
2005–06 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 95214941702.07.938
2006–07 Phoenix Roadrunners ECHL 3810222206212013.49.905 4042491603.86.911
2007–08 Phoenix Roadrunners ECHL 339203186712113.89.897
2007–08 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 201014208.40.818
2007–08 Cincinnati Cyclones ECHL 138227653512.75.899
2008–09 Stony Plain Eagles ChHL 132.35.923
2009–10 Edinburgh Capitals EIHL 5520603.62.900 24.50.873
2010–11 Stony Plain Eagles ChHL 174.27.890
NHL totals 1489392339159,8792,515772.52.919

Awards and achievements

References

  1. "Cody Rudkowsky NHL player page". NHL.com. Retrieved October 29, 2023.
  2. Access My Library
  3. "Official site of the Grand Rapids Griffins: News Releases". Archived from the original on June 17, 2011. Retrieved April 4, 2009.
  4. Cody Rudkowsky blog
  5. "Cody Rudkowsky".
  6. "Edinburgh Capitals". May 22, 2023.
  7. 2010 AllanCup.ca: Bentley Generals Win 2009 Allan Cup Archived September 2, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
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