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Canada Brent Ruff
#11 Swift Current Broncos / WHL - 86/87
Date of Birth
Feb 17, 1970
Position
LW
Age
Height
6'0" / 183 cm
Place of Birth
Warburg, AB, CAN
Weight
174 lbs / 79 kg
Nation
Canada
Shoots
L
Youth Team
-
Contract
-

Ruff, 16, died on December 30, 1986, in a team bus crash, near Swift Current, Sask.
Brothers: Lindy Ruff, Marty Ruff & Randy Ruff
Nephew: Brian Ruff

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Brent Ruff Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
1985-86 Leduc Knights U15 AAA U15 AAA 60* 125* 80* 205* 100* -* |
1986-87 Swift Current Broncos WHL 33* 3* 3* 6* 2* -* |

Brent Ruff Career Totals

League Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/- | Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/-
U15 AAA 1 60* 125* 80* 205* 3.42* 100* -* | 0 * * * * * *
WHL 1 33* 3* 3* 6* 0.18* 2* -* | 0 * * * * * *
Player Biography and Trivia

Number 11 retired by Swift Current Broncos

Ruff was one of four victims who lost their lives when the Swift Current Broncos team bus crashed on its way to a WHL game in Regina on December 30, 1986. Three of his teammates, Trent Kresse, Scott Kruger and Chris Mantyka, were also killed in the accident. The WHL named its Player of the Year award the Four Broncos Memorial Trophy in honour of the four Broncos players who were killed in the bus crash. The Swift Current Broncos retired the player jersey numbers and the numbers were included on a shoulder patch that can be seen on the Broncos' jerseys.