Todd Strueby Explained

Position:Centre
Played For:Edmonton Oilers
Height Ft:6
Height In:2
Weight Lb:189
Shoots:Left
Birth Date:June 15, 1963
Birth Place:Lanigan, Saskatchewan, Canada
Draft:29th overall
Draft Year:1981
Draft Team:Edmonton Oilers
Career Start:1983
Career End:1993

Todd Kenneth Strueby (born June 15, 1963) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre[1] who played most of his career in the minor leagues.

Strueby was born in Lanigan, Saskatchewan and raised in Humboldt, Saskatchewan. He played junior hockey for the Regina Pats and Saskatoon Blades of the Western Hockey League (WHL). He played for the Canada national junior hockey team at the 1982 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, where Canada won the gold medal.

Strueby was selected in the second round of the 1981 NHL Entry Draft by the Edmonton Oilers. He made his National Hockey League debut in the 1981–82 season, appearing in three games before returning to the Blades. He was also called up for one game in the 1982–83 season, his last in the WHL. Strueby turned professional for the 1983–84 season but spent almost that entire season playing for the minor league Moncton Alpines. His single game played for the Oilers that season would be his last in the NHL.

Strueby spent the next four seasons playing for the Nova Scotia Oilers in the American Hockey League and for the Muskegon Lumberjacks and Fort Wayne Komets of the International Hockey League. He spent the next three seasons (1988–91) playing for the Canadian national team and for EHC Freiburg in the German ice hockey Bundesliga. He returned to the IHL for the 1991–92 season, playing for the Salt Lake Golden Eagles, and he retired in 1993.

Career statistics

Team League GP GPG A Pts PIM
1979–80Notre Dame Hounds Midget AAASMHL58 44 61 105 112
1980–81Regina PatsWHL71 18 27 45 9911 3 6 9 19
1981–82Saskatoon BladesWHL61 60 58 118 1605 2 2 4 6
1981–82Edmonton OilersNHL3 0 0 0 0
1982–83Saskatoon BladesWHL65 40 70 110 1196 3 3 6 19
1982–83Edmonton OilersNHL1 0 0 0 0
1983–84Edmonton OilersNHL1 0 1 1 0
1983–84Moncton AlpinesAHL72 17 25 42 38
1984–85Nova Scotia OilersAHL38 2 3 5 29
1984–85Muskegon LumberjacksIHL27 19 12 31 5517 4 10 14 27
1985–86Muskegon LumberjacksIHL58 25 40 65 19114 7 5 12 51
1986–87Muskegon LumberjacksIHL82 28 41 69 20813 4 6 10 53
1987–88Fort Wayne KometsIHL68 29 27 56 2114 0 0 0 14
1989–90EHC FreiburgGermany25 13 12 25 76
1990–91EHC FreiburgGermany7 0 3 3 10
1991–92Salt Lake Golden EaglesIHL61 15 16 31 713 1 0 1 6
NHL totals50112
AHL totals11019284767
IHL totals29611613625273651162137151

Awards

Notes and References

  1. https://www.nhl.com/player/todd-strueby-8451765