2018-19 Men's Ice Hockey Roster
Ryan Kuffner
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 195
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Ottawa, Ont.
- High School:
- Glebe College Institute
Professional: Signed with Detroit Red Wings on March 12, 2019 and made his NHL debut on March 16 vs New York Islanders. He played in 10 games and averaged 10:56 minutes of ice time while also playing on the power play.
Records:
Record holder goals/career (75)
Record holder goals/season (29); 8th (22 in 2018-19)
Record holder games played (132)
2nd points/career (152)
4th points/season (52 in 2017-18); 8th (44 in 2018-19)
6th assists/career (77)
18th freshman points (20)
Senior Year (2018-19): Led the team in scoring with 44 points in 31 games, scoring 22 goals and 22 assists ... took a team-high 146 shots and blocked 23 ... drew four penalties ... finished second in the nation in scoring with 1.42 points per game and second in the nation in goals per game (0.71) ... had 13 multiple-point games including three four-point games ... scored twice, including the game-winning goal, and one assist in a 7-1 win at Dartmouth on Nov. 2 ... scored twice and added an assist in a 4-4 draw at Harvard on Nov. 3 ... tallied a goal and an assist in a 4-3 overtime win versus No. 12 Union on Nov. 9 ... had a hand in every goal in a 4-1 win over Rensselaer on Dec. 10 with two goals and two assists ... had an assist at No.17 Cornell and at No. 4 UMass ... notched a goal and an assist against No. 8 Quinnipiac on Dec. 1 ... scored on No. 19 Arizona State on Dec. 8 ... had a hand in all four goals in a 4-4 draw with No. 9 Penn State at the Wells Fargo Center scoring one goal and assisting on three ... scored the game-winning goal on Maine on Dec. 28 and scored again in a 7-3 Game 2 ... had two assists versus Colgate on Jan. 5 ... scored in a 4-2 win over Harvard on Jan. 11 ... net a goal and an assist at St. Lawrence on Feb. 1 and scored the next night on No. 10 Clarkson ... earned an assist versus Brown on Feb. 8 and scored twice, including the game winner, over Yale the next night ... chipped in an assist at Rensselaer and had a goal and an assist at No. 20 Union ... earned an assist versus No. 13 Clarkson on Feb. 22 and had two goals and an assist versus St. Lawrence ... had the game-winning assist at Brown on March 2 ... scored twice and added two assists in a triple overtime Game 2 at Brown during the ECAC playoffs.
Awards
• Hobey Baker nominee
• First-Team All-America
• ECAC Player of the Year finalist
• First-Team All-ECAC
• First-Team All-Ivy League
• ECAC Player of the Month (February)
• ECAC Player of the Week (Nov. 5, Nov. 12, Feb. 25)
• Second-Team All-College Hockey News
• Second-Team All-USCHO
• Richard Vaughan Cup (team award)
Junior Year (2017-18): Second on the team in scoring with a team-best 29 goals and 23 assists for 52 points ... had a + 24 on-ice rating with two hat tricks and four game-winning goals ... second in the nation in goals per game (0.81) and fifth in the nation in points per game ... had a 13-game point scoring streak of 18 goals, 13 assists and 31 points in those 13 games, which included a seven-game goal scoring streak with 10 goals in those seven games ... scored a goal and assist in a 5-4 loss to No. 18 Cornell ... had a hand in all three goals ina 4-3 OT loss at Union on Nov. 10 with two goals and one assists ... followed up with a goal and an assist in a 6-2 win at Rensselaer ... net an assist in a 5-4 win over Yale on Nov. 17 ... had an goal and assisted on the game winner in a 4-1 decision over Bemidji on Nov. 22 ... scored a goal and an assist in a 9-2 win over Dartmouth ... net a goal and an assist in a 4-0 shutout at Arizona State and scored twice the next day in an OT loss ... had three points in two ties with No. 1 St. Cloud, with a goal and assist in Game 1 and a goal in Game 2 ... scored twice and had one assist in a 6-3 win at Dartmouth ... tallied two goals, including the game winner and added one assist in a 5-3 win at Quinnipiac ... collected his first career hat trick and had one assist in a 5-4 OT win against St. Lawrence on Feb. 2 ... had a goal and set up the game winner in a 4-3 win over No. 3 Clarkson the next night ... had assists at both Brown and Yale on Feb. 9 & 10 ... had a hat trick in a 7-2 win over Rensselaer on Feb. 16 and scored again the next day against Union ... had a goal in a 3-3 draw with No. 10 Clarkson Feb. 23 ... scored one goal and had two assists, including on the game winner in a 4-3 decision against St. Lawrence the next night ... had two goals and two assists in an 8-2 win over Brown in Game 1 of the ECAC first round series and then added a goal and two assists in Game 2 ... tallied a goal and an assist in a 5-3 win at No. 16 Union in Game 1 of the ECAC quarterfinals ... had an assist in a 4-1 win over No. 2 Cornell in the ECAC semifinal and in a 2-1 OT win over No. 10 Clarkson in the ECAC championship.
Awards
• Second-Team All-America
• Second-Team All-ECAC Hockey
• Honorable Mention All-Ivy League
• ECAC Player of the Month (Feb.)
• ECAC Player of the Week (Feb. 6, Mar. 6)
• GPT Athlete of the Week (Feb. 6)
• NCAA First Star of the Week (Feb. 6)
• ECAC All-Academic Team
• Richard Vaughan Cup (team award)
Sophomore Year (2016-17): Led the team in scoring with 36 points in 34 games, scoring a team-high 19 goals and adding 17 assists … took 116 shots on goal, blocked 13 shots, took just a single penalty and had 11 power-play points … tallied two assists in the season opener at Michigan State … scored his first goal of the year at Clarkson on Nov. 5 … chipped in a helper at Colgate on Nov. 18 … scored twice in a 4-1 win at No. 10 Bemidji on Nov. 25 … had a goal against No. 18 Union at Dec. 2 and had a goal and two assists the next night in a win over Rensselaer … scored a scored and one assist in a 5-3 win against No. 7 Quinnipiac in game 1 and had a the game winner in game 2 … notched a goal and an assist in a 6-1 win over No. 19 Minnesota and tallied two goals in game 2 with the Mavericks … had an assist in four straight games beginning at No. 4 Harvard on Jan. 6, then versus No. 19 Cornell, Colgate and No. 4 Penn State … continued the point scoring streak for another five games to stretch it to nine games of 11 points with two goals in a 4-2 win at Yale … added a goal in a 3-3 tie at Brown ... chipped in two assists, including one on the game winner in a 3-1 win over No. 18 St. Lawrence … scored in a 3-2 OT win with Clarkson … notched a goal at Rensselaer on Feb. 17 … tallied a goal and an assist in a 7-2 win over Brown on Feb. 24 and added an assist in a win over Yale the next night … tallied a goal and an assist in a 4-3 OT win over Colgate in Game 2 of the ECAC first-round series … net the game winner over the Raiders in Game 3 to advance the Tigers to the quarterfinals … picked up a goal and an assist in a 4-3 OT loss to No. 6 Union in Game 2 of the ECAC quarterfinals.
Awards
• Third-Team All-Ivy League
• 2017 ECAC All-Academic Team
• Richard Vaughan Cup (team award)
Freshman Year (2015-16): Led the team in scoring with 20 points on 15 assists and five goals ... ECAC Hockey All-Rookie Team ... tied for 17th all-time in freshman scoring ... took 83 shots and just two penalties ... won 58.3 percent of his face offs (21-15) ... earned his first career point at Cornell on Nov. 6 with an assist on the team's second goal ... scored in a 3-2 loss to Dartmouth on Nov. 13 ... assisted on the team's lone goal in a loss to No. 14 St. Lawrence on Nov. 20 ... had a goal and an assist in both games in a two-game set at Maine on Nov. 27-28 ... scored in a 4-2 win at Brown on Dec. 4 ... chipped in one assist at N. 16 Penn State on Dec. 11 and at No. 3 Quinnipiac on Dec. 30 ... tallied two assists in a 3-3 tie with Rensselaer on Jan. 7 and added another the next night against Union in a 4-4 draw ... picked up a helper in a 5-4 loss to Colgate on Feb. 5 ... scored a power-play goal and had one assist at No. 20 Clarkson on Feb. 12 and tallied an assist in the next day at St. Lawrence ... assisted on the team's only goal in a one-goal loss at Union on Feb. 19 ... had an assist in a 3-2 loss to Clarkson in Game 2 of the ECAC playoffs on March 5.
Awards
• ECAC All-Rookie Team
• ECAC All-Academic Team
Before Princeton: A 2014 graduate of Glebe College Institute ... played the last two seasons with the Gloucester Rangers (CCHL) ... assistant captainin 2014-15 when the team made its first CCHL playoff appearance and finished third in its division ... CCHL Player of the Month and was one of the All-Canada Three Stars during the month of October in 2014 ... earned a spot on the 2015 WJAC Team Canada East and the CCHL Yzerman All-Star Team ... a two-time member of the CCHL All-Academic Team ... spent four years with the Ottawa Jr. 67s organization .... won the 2013 Eric Leighton Memorial Cup as the league’s leading scorer ... ranked as the sixth-best midget player in Canada with 63 points in 28 games ... named team MVP as 67s won the 2013 Ontario Provincial Championship as the OEMHL league and playoff champions ... team went on to earn the silver medial at the Telus Cup national championship .... named the Team Canada East at the 2015 World Junior A Challenge ... lettered in tennis and golf letterwinner at Glebe ... a three-time Golfer of the Year and three-time doubles champion.
Personal: Full name is Ryan Patrick Kuffner ... born June 12, 1996 ... parents are Joe (Carleton '81) and Deborah (Ottawa '79) Kuffner ... Joe is a retired Canadian government project director and Deborah is retired from the Carleton School District as principal ... has a younger brother Brendan (Queen's '19) ... great uncle Edwin Gorman played for the Senators in the 1920s and won the Stanley Cup in 1926-27.
