Cody Rudkowsky

Cody Rudkowsky
Born (1978-07-21) July 21, 1978 (age 46)
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 1999–2010

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 GP W L T OTL MIN GA SO GAA SV% GP W L MIN GA SO GAA SV%
1995–96 Langley Thunder BCJHL 24 15 15 0 — 1172 73 1 3.73 .893 — — — — — — — —
1995–96 Seattle Thunderbirds WHL 2 0 0 0 — 21 3 0 8.57 .813 — — — — — — — —
1996–97 Seattle Thunderbirds WHL 40 19 14 2 — 2163 124 0 3.44 .901 1 1 0 30 0 0 0.00 1.000
1997–98 Seattle Thunderbirds WHL 53 20 22 3 — 2805 175 1 3.74 .896 5 1 4 278 18 0 3.88 .922
1998–99 Seattle Thunderbirds WHL 64 34 16 1 — 3670 177 7 2.89 .920 11 5 6 637 31 1 2.92 .933
1999–00 Peoria Rivermen ECHL 10 6 4 0 — 599 32 0 3.20 .875 2 1 1 119 6 0 3.02 .860
1999–00 Worcester IceCats AHL 28 9 7 6 — 1405 75 0 3.20 .895 — — — — — — — —
2000–01 Worcester IceCats AHL 25 13 8 3 — 1477 66 3 2.68 .915 — — — — — — — —
2001–02 Peoria Rivermen ECHL 12 5 2 4 — 709 24 3 2.03 .919 2 0 1 78 4 0 3.08 .902
2001–02 Worcester IceCats AHL 21 6 10 2 — 1108 50 1 2.71 .907 — — — — — — — —
2002–03 St. Louis Blues NHL 1 1 0 0 — 31 0 0 0.00 1.000 — — — — — — — —
2002–03 Trenton Titans ECHL 31 17 9 5 — 1867 85 2 2.73 .911 3 0 3 178 14 0 4.72 .833
2002–03 Worcester IceCats AHL 10 1 5 3 — 577 28 0 2.91 .897 — — — — — — — —
2003–04 Worcester IceCats AHL 1 0 0 0 — 49 3 0 3.67 .842 1 0 1 58 2 0 2.07 .933
2003–04 Reading Royals ECHL 46 24 18 4 — 2728 108 1 2.38 .926 14 8 6 834 28 1 2.02 .937
2004–05 Reading Royals ECHL 20 8 11 1 — 1163 42 3 2.17 .919 — — — — — — — —
2004–05 Providence Bruins AHL 14 4 7 2 — 730 39 0 3.20 .898 — — — — — — — —
2005–06 Reading Royals ECHL 38 24 11 — 3 2292 96 2 2.51 .916 1 0 0 5 0 0 0.00 1.000
2005–06 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 9 5 2 — 1 494 17 0 2.07 .938 — — — — — — — —
2006–07 Phoenix Roadrunners ECHL 38 10 22 — 2 2062 120 1 3.49 .905 4 0 4 249 16 0 3.86 .911
2007–08 Phoenix Roadrunners ECHL 33 9 20 — 3 1867 121 1 3.89 .897 — — — — — — — —
2007–08 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 2 0 1 — 0 14 2 0 8.40 .818 — — — — — — — —
2007–08 Cincinnati Cyclones ECHL 13 8 2 — 2 765 35 1 2.75 .899 — — — — — — — —
2008–09 Stony Plain Eagles ChHL 13 — — — — — — — 2.35 .923 — — — — — — — —
2009–10 Edinburgh Capitals EIHL 55 — — — — — 206 0 3.62 .900 2 — — — — — 4.50 .873
2010–11 Stony Plain Eagles ChHL 17 — — — — — — — 4.27 .890 — — — — — — — —
NHL totals 1 489 392 33 91 59,879 2,515 77 2.52 .919 — — — — — — — —

Awards and achievements

References

  1. ^ "Cody Rudkowsky NHL player page". NHL.com. Retrieved October 29, 2023.
  2. ^ Access My Library [dead link‍]
  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 [permanent dead link‍]
  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
Preceded by Winner of the WHL Four Broncos Memorial Trophy
1999 		Succeeded by