| Stories | Awards | History | Scout Comments | Strengths | Weaknesses | Projection | Statistics |
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| STORIES |
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| AWARDS |
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| HISTORY |
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2004-05:
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2005-06:
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2006-07:
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2007-08:
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| SCOUT COMMENTS |
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| "Our scouts just kind of liked his potential — he's raw, he's a good skater, he moves the puck well and he competes hard. Skating and moving the puck are his best assets. Like everybody, he's got to get stronger." — Red Wings assistant general manager Jim Nill (June 2007) ... "He's got very good hockey sense and vision and he’s real smart with the puck. He's going to school for four years and you're hoping you'll end up with another Dan Boyle down the road." — Nill (July 2007). |
| STRENGTHS |
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| Lists Paul Coffey as his favorite player and loves rushing the puck ... Likes to go end-to-end ... Excellent skater ... A smart power-play quarterback ... Good vision with the man advantage and capable of making good plays ... Above-average slap shot with a good release ... A hard worker with competitive fire. |
| WEAKNESSES |
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| Still raw and needs to show he can continue to produce offense at a higher level ... Prone to defensive lapses and poor reads as far as knowing when to pinch ... Needs to get stronger ... Has below average size for a defenseman, although it's not the issue it once was. |
| PROJECTION |
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| The Red Wings see Rufenach as a potential No. 3 to 5 defenseman, and are monitoring him closely as he develops at Clarkson. Rufenach should see a bigger role as a sophomore at Clarkson in 2008-09, and should see a noticeable jump in production, especially with more power-play time. |
| STATISTICS | ||||||||||||
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| REGULAR SEASON | PLAYOFFS | |||||||||||
| SEASON | TEAM | LEAGUE | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
| 2005-06 | Lindsay | Ont. Jr. A | 48 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 50 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 2006-07 | Lindsay | Ont. Jr. A | 31 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 2007-08 | Clarkson | NCAA | 35 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
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