| Position: | Right Wing |
| Played For: | Boston Bruins Winnipeg Jets |
| Shoots: | Right |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 1 |
| Weight Lb: | 185 |
| Birth Date: | 18 September 1952 |
| Birth Place: | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Draft: | Undrafted |
| Career Start: | 1976 |
| Career End: | 1982 1985–1990 |
Kent Stuart Ruhnke (born September 18, 1952) is a Canadian former ice hockey player who played two games in the National Hockey League, with the Boston Bruins, and 72 games in the World Hockey Association, with the Winnipeg Jets, between 1976 and 1978. He later spent several years playing in the Swiss National League A. He later worked as a coach in Switzerland.
As a youth, he played in the 1965 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with the Scarboro Lions minor ice hockey team.[1] In university, he played for the University of Toronto Varsity Blues from 1971–72 to 1975–76; the Blues won the national CIAU University Cup championship in 1972, 1973 and 1976,[2] with Ruhnke winning the Major W.J. "Danny" McLeod Award in 1976, as Most Valuable Player of the national championship tournament.[3]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |||||
| 1971–72 | University of Toronto | CIAU | 20 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1972–73 | University of Toronto | CIAU | 20 | 22 | 13 | 35 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1973–74 | University of Toronto | CIAU | 20 | 27 | 13 | 40 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1973–74 | Barrie Flyers | OHA | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1974–75 | University of Toronto | CIAU | 20 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1975–76 | University of Toronto | CIAU | 20 | 29 | 15 | 44 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1975–76 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1976–77 | Winnipeg Jets | WHA | 51 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1977–78 | Winnipeg Jets | WHA | 21 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 1977–78 | Binghamton Dusters | AHL | 47 | 14 | 20 | 34 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1978–79 | SC Riessersee | GER | 49 | 42 | 37 | 79 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1980–81 | Zürcher SC | NLB | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1981–82 | Zürcher SC | NLA | 19 | 10 | 12 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1981–82 | EHC Biel | NLA | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1982–83 | EHC Biel | NLA | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1985–86 | HC Fribourg-Gottéron | NLA | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1987–88 | EHC Olten | NLB | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1988–89 | EHC Olten | NLB | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1989–90 | EHC Olten | NLA | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| WHA totals | 72 | 19 | 20 | 39 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| NHL totals | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||