David Rutherford (ice hockey)

David Rutherford (born April 30, 1987) is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who last played for Diables Rouges de Briançon in the Ligue Magnus. Rutherford was previously with the Belfast Giants of the Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL).

David Rutherford
Born (1987-04-30) April 30, 1987
Ladner, BC, Canada
Height 5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Weight 179 lb (81 kg; 12 st 11 lb)
Position Forward
Shoots Right
Played for Charlotte Checkers
Phoenix RoadRunners
Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs
Florida Everblades
Charlotte Checkers
Orlando Solar Bears
Arizona Sundogs
Missouri Mavericks
Ontario Reign
Edinburgh Capitals
Belfast Giants
DEAC
Diables Rouges de Briançon
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 2008–present

Playing career

Rutherford played Junior Hockey in the PJHL, BCHL, and WHL.[1][2] He played for the Abbotsford Pilots in the PJHL, the Penticton Panthers, Chilliwack Chiefs, and Surrey Eagles in the BCHL, and the Vancouver Giants and Spokane Chiefs in the WHL.[1][2]

Rutherford began his professional ice hockey career with the Charlotte Checkers of the ECHL during the 2008–09 season and Phoenix RoadRunners, before being traded to the Phoenix RoadRunners on March 13, 2009, along with Peter-James Corsi and Brian Deeth in exchange for Steve Ward and future considerations.[2]

On December 7, 2009, Rutherford signed with the Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs of the Central Hockey League, for which he would play for the 2009–10 season and 2010–11 season.[3][4] Rutherford won the Ray Miron President's Cup championship with the Mudbugs for the 2010–11 season.[4] On July 26, 2011, Rutherford returned to the ECHL by signing with the Florida Everblades.[5]

On August 6, 2012, Rutherford signed a two-way AHL/ECHL contract with the Charlotte Checkers of the American Hockey League, which coincidentally was affiliated with Rutherford's prior team, the Florida Everblades.[6] Rutherford split the 2012–13 season between the Checkers and Everblades, accumulating 38 points on 16 goals and 22 assists in 36 games with the Everblades, while accumulating 7 points with 1 goal and 6 assists in 18 games with the Checkers.[7]

On August 19, 2013, Rutherford left the Everblades and signed with the Orlando Solar Bears of the ECHL.[7]

On December 28, 2013, Rutherford was traded to the Fort Wayne Komets in exchange for Mickey Lang.[8] He refused to report, however, and then signed with the Arizona Sundogs of the CHL.[4][9]

On June 18, 2014, Rutherford signed with Visby/Roma HK of Hockeyettan, but was released by the team on September 14, 2014.[10][11] On October 9, 2014, Rutherford signed with the Missouri Mavericks of the ECHL.[12] On January 22, 2014, Rutherford was traded to the Ontario Reign of the ECHL in exchange for Right Wing Geoff Walker.[13]

On August 17, 2015, Rutherford signed his first contract abroad agreeing to a one-year contract with Scottish club Edinburgh Capitals of the Elite Ice Hockey League.[14]

Rutherford left Edinburgh in January 2016, signing for Belfast Giants. Rutherford later agreed an extension to remain with the team for the 2016–17 season.[15]

In July 2017, Rutherford announced his retirement from hockey.[16] However, in November 2017, Rutherford reversed his decision and re-signed with Belfast until the end of the 2017/18 season.[17] Rutherford remained in Belfast until the end of the 2018/19 season, before signing for Hungarian side DEAC of the Erste Liga in October 2019.[18]

For the 2020/21 season, Rutherford moved to France to sign for Ligue Magnus side Diables Rouges de Briançon.[19]

Career statistics
Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2003–04 Penticton Panthers BCHL 6 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
2003–04 Chilliwack Chiefs BCHL 6 2 2 4 2 — — — — —
2004–05 Surrey Eagles BCHL 48 25 30 55 98 26 10 7 17 54
2004–05 Vancouver Giants WHL 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
2005–06 Vancouver Giants WHL 41 4 6 10 44 — — — — —
2006–07 Spokane Chiefs WHL 69 31 27 58 133 6 2 0 2 13
2007–08 Spokane Chiefs WHL 52 22 21 43 65 21 9 9 18 12
2008–09 Charlotte Checkers ECHL 52 13 13 26 89 — — — — —
2008–09 Phoenix RoadRunners ECHL 12 6 4 10 22 — — — — —
2009–10 Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs CHL 41 18 20 38 62 11 2 4 6 8
2010–11 Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs CHL 58 35 32 67 70 20 12 10 22 29
2011–12 Florida Everblades ECHL 57 25 30 55 65 17 5 7 12 16
2012–13 Florida Everblades ECHL 35 16 22 38 58 13 5 6 11 22
2012–13 Charlotte Checkers AHL 18 1 6 7 12 — — — — —
2013–14 Orlando Solar Bears ECHL 21 6 3 9 32 — — — — —
2013–14 Arizona Sundogs CHL 27 14 20 34 41 11 2 11 13 18
2014–15 Missouri Mavericks ECHL 35 6 14 20 49 — — — — —
2014–15 Ontario Reign ECHL 22 8 15 23 10 15 4 7 11 10
2015–16 Edinburgh Capitals EIHL 25 14 12 26 51 — — — — —
2015–16 Belfast Giants EIHL 15 3 9 12 20 2 0 0 0 0
2016–17 Belfast Giants EIHL 41 19 24 43 58 2 0 2 2 0
2017–18 Belfast Giants EIHL 31 17 23 40 18 2 1 1 2 0
2018–19 Belfast Giants EIHL 54 18 39 57 57 — — — — —
2019–20 DEAC Erste Liga 10 7 5 12 6 1 0 0 0 0
2020–21 Diables Rouges de Briançon Ligue Magnus 3 1 0 1 27 — — — — —
AHL totals 18 1 6 7 12 — — — — —
ECHL totals 234 80 101 181 325 45 14 20 34 48
EIHL totals 166 71 107 178 204 6 1 3 4 0

References
  1. "Recruiting". Abbotsford Pilots. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  2. "RoadRunners Acquire Rutherford, Corsi and Deeth From Charlotte". OurSportsCentral.com. 13 March 2009. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  3. "Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs". PointStreak.com. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  4. "Sundogs Sign Proven Goal Scorer David Rutherford". OurSportsCentral.com. 31 December 2013. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  5. "Everblades Add Rutherford". ECHL. 26 July 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  6. "Pro hockey: Blades' David Rutherford Signs Two-Way Contract with Charlotte of AHL". Naples Daily News. 6 August 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  7. "Solar Bears Bring In High Scoring Forward". OurSportsCentral.com. 19 August 2013. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  8. "Komets Acquire Veteran Center David Rutherford; Trade with Solar Bears Deals Mickey Lang to Orlando". OurSportsCentral.com. 28 December 2013. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  9. Sebring, Blake (31 December 2013). "Rutherford Turns Down Komets for CHL". The News-Sentinel. Archived from the original on 25 October 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  10. "Rutherford till Visby" (in Swedish). Visby/Roma HK. 18 June 2014. Archived from the original on 25 October 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  11. "Rutherford lämnar VR" (in Swedish). Visby/Roma HK. 14 September 2014. Archived from the original on 18 October 2014. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  12. "ECHL Transactions - Oct. 9". ECHL. 9 October 2014. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  13. "Mavericks Acquire Right Wing Geoff Walker from Reign". ECHL. 22 January 2015. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  14. "Capitals sign David Rutherford to complete their roster". Edinburgh Capitals. 17 August 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  15. "Nickerson and Rutherford Make in Two In-A-Row". 9 May 2016.
  16. @BelfastGiants (11 July 2017). "UPDATE: David Rutherford has announced his retirement from hockey😢Thank you for everything @DjRutherford91 & we wis…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  17. "David Rutherford Returns to Belfast". 20 November 2017.
  18. "DEAC - Hírek". Archived from the original on 9 November 2019.
  19. @DiablesRouges05 (3 October 2020). "Le staff a déjà engagé un attaquant expérimenté et fort d'esprit pour l'équipe des Diables. David Rutherford, un at…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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