| 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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2008-09:
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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) ... "He can move the puck and shoot the puck and jumps into holes and he creates scoring chances. Those things just come naturally to him (but) we feel he needs to really improve his defensive game and play more controlled on the back end." — Red Wings scout Mark Leach (February 2009). |
| 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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| Rufenach has a good potential as an offensive defenseman, and the Red Wings are monitoring him closely as he develops at Clarkson. His production jumped in 2008-09, but he needs to spend his junior season at Clarkson solidifying his defensive game and becoming more well-rounded. |
| 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 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2008-09 | Clarkson | NCAA | 34 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 32 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
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