Dylan Wruck

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Dylan Wruck
Born (1992-09-23) September 23, 1992 (age 31)
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Height 5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight 175 lb (79 kg; 12 st 7 lb)
Position Forward
Shoots Left
Oberliga team
Former teams		 Hannover Scorpions
Ontario Reign
Iserlohn Roosters
Kölner Haie
Straubing Tigers
Löwen Frankfurt
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 2013–present

Dylan Wruck (born September 23, 1992) is a Canadian-German professional ice hockey forward. Wruck is currently playing under contract with the Hannover Scorpions of the Oberliga.

Playing career[edit]

Dylan Wruck was SMHAAAL leading scorer in 2008–09 while playing for the Beardy's Blackhawks, where he was named league's Most Valuable Player. While playing for Beardy's, he attended the Mac's Tournament and was a Mac's Tournament Allstar. Wruck participated in the 2009 U17 World Tournament in Port Alberni, BC, with Team West for the tournament he had 2 goals and 2 assists.[1] Team West which placed fourth, losing to Team USA in the bronze medal game, also behind Team Ontario and Team Pacific who won Gold and Silver consecutively. Wruck named Player of the Game and of the Day against Slovakia in the 2009 U-17 World Tournament. Wruck also won a Saskatchewan Pee Wee Provincial AA Championship in 2003–04.

Wruck spent four years with the Edmonton Oil Kings of the WHL, seeing action in a total of 259 games, in which he tallied 87 goals and 169 assists. A consistent two-way player, he put up 80 plus points in each of his last three seasons with the Oil Kings and was a plus 83 during this time. His team was the best team in 2011–12 winning the Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy with 107 points for the year, during the regular season.[2] Wruck was able to confirm his good performance from the previous year and scored 80 plus points. Wruck helped the Oilkings to win the 2011-2012 WHL Championship, the Ed Chynoweth Cup, and went on to the Memorial Cup. A year later, the Oil Kings again reached the finals, but they lost to the Portland Winterhawks. In 2012–13, he won the Brad Hornung Award as the WHL Most Sportsmanlike Player of the Year.[3] Wruck scored 104 points in 90 games in his last junior season with the Oil Kings.[4]

In his second game as a professional, Wruck scored a hat trick during the 2013–14 season with ECHL's Ontario Reign,[5] but his season was cut short by a shoulder injury. Wruck played only three games for the Ontario team in which he contributed 4 goals and 2 assists.[6] On 16 January 2015, while playing for the Iserlohn Rooster of the DEL he recorded six points in the game against Düsseldorfer EG.[7]

He took up an offer from the Iserlohn Roosters of the German elite league Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL) in 2014 and had 14 goals as well as 23 assists in 51 games of the 2014–15 campaign. Which was tops for a rookie that year. Wruck was named DEL Rookie of the Year in the 2013-14 Season.[8] In March 2015, he put pen to paper on a new two-year deal with the Roosters.[9] In October 2015, Wruck sustained a shoulder injury which kept him out for months.[10] He spent parts of his rehab in his native Canada, before returning to Iserlohn.[11] In the 2016–17 season, Wruck tallied eight goals and 16 assists in 52 DEL contests. He left Iserlohn after the conclusion of the season and inked a deal with fellow DEL side Kölner Haie on May 23, 2017.[12]

After recording just 2 assists in 35 regular season games in the 2017–18 season, Wruck left Kölner Haie and agreed to a one-year contract with his third DEL club, the Straubing Tigers, on May 2, 2018.[13] In the 2018–19 season, Wruck compiled just 10 points in 39 games for the Tigers before leaving as a free agent at the conclusion of the season.[14]

On June 14, 2019, Wruck continued in Germany, securing a one-year contract with DEL2 club, Heilbronner Falken.[15] Wruck became the 2019–20 DEL2 regular season top scorer with 24 goals and 64 assists.[16]

In his return to the DEL in 2022–23 season, after helping Löwen Frankfurt gain promotion from the DEL2 in his first season with the club, Wruck posted 6 goals and 28 points through 54 regular season games. Following their defeat in the playoff qualifiers to Düsseldorfer EG, Wruck left Frankfurt at the conclusion of his contract on March 19, 2023.[17]

On June 24, 2023, Wruck extended his professional career in Germany by agreeing to a one-year contract with third tier club, Hannover Scorpions of the Oberliga.[18]

Career statistics[edit]

Regular season and playoffs[edit]

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2008–09 Beardy's Blackhawks SMHL 44 31 63 94 42 — — — — —
2008–09 Edmonton Oil Kings WHL 1 1 0 1 0 — — — — —
2009–10 Edmonton Oil Kings WHL 53 5 7 12 14 — — — — —
2010–11 Edmonton Oil Kings WHL 71 38 40 78 44 4 0 2 2 2
2011–12 Edmonton Oil Kings WHL 66 21 59 80 17 8 1 3 4 0
2012–13 Edmonton Oil Kings WHL 68 22 63 85 14 22 2 17 19 2
2013–14 Ontario Reign ECHL 3 4 2 6 0 — — — — —
2014–15 Iserlohn Roosters DEL 51 14 23 37 39 7 1 4 5 0
2015–16 Iserlohn Roosters DEL 9 2 7 9 2 — — — — —
2016–17 Iserlohn Roosters DEL 52 8 16 24 16 — — — — —
2017–18 Kölner Haie DEL 35 0 2 2 0 5 0 0 0 0
2018–19 Straubing Tigers DEL 38 1 9 10 8 1 0 0 0 0
2019–20 Heilbronner Falken DEL2 51 24 64 88 12 — — — — —
2020–21 Heilbronner Falken DEL2 49 23 55 78 24 3 3 3 6 2
2021–22 Löwen Frankfurt DEL2 52 20 40 60 18 12 4 13 17 6
2022–23 Löwen Frankfurt DEL 54 6 22 28 14 2 1 0 1 0
DEL totals 239 31 79 110 79 15 2 4 6 0

International[edit]

Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
2009 Canada West U17 4th 5 2 2 4 0
Junior totals 5 2 2 4 0

Awards and honours[edit]

Award Year
SMHL
MVP 2009
WHL
Brad Hornung Trophy 2013 [3]
DEL
Rookie of the Year 2015
DEL2
Regular Season Top Scorer 2020 [16]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Clash With Kelowna – Edmonton Oil Kings". oilkings.ca. Retrieved March 16, 2017.
  2. ^ "Oil Kings Extend Streak to Six – Edmonton Oil Kings". oilkings.ca. Retrieved October 5, 2017.
  3. ^ a b "WHL ANNOUNCES 2012-13 AWARD WINNERS – Kelowna Rockets". kelownarockets.com. Retrieved October 5, 2017.
  4. ^ "Iserlohn Roosters". Retrieved March 4, 2016.
  5. ^ "Player - The ECHL - Premier 'AA' Hockey League". www.echl.com. Retrieved March 17, 2017.
  6. ^ "Dylan Wruck unterzeichnet Vertragsverlängerung am Seilersee |". rhein-neckar-sport.de (in German). Retrieved October 5, 2017.
  7. ^ "Roosters sind der erste "Wintergamesieger-Besieger 2015" - 8:1 Gala gegen die DEG! - Eishockey-Magazin". eishockey-magazin.de (in German). January 16, 2015. Retrieved April 25, 2017.
  8. ^ gmbh, aliaz werbeagentur. "Iserlohn Roosters". Retrieved March 16, 2017.
  9. ^ GmbH, SPOX Media (March 6, 2015). "Iserlohn verlängert mit Wruck – Sport – Spox.com". Spox.com. Retrieved March 4, 2016.
  10. ^ "Dylan Wruck droht das Saison-Aus". Hockeyweb. Retrieved March 4, 2016.
  11. ^ KG, Westdeutsche Verlags- und Werbegesellschaft mbH & Co. "Nach seiner schweren Schulterverletzung befindet sich Roostersstürmer Dylan Wruck auf dem Weg der Besserung". lokalkompass.de (in German). Retrieved March 17, 2017.
  12. ^ "Haie verpflichten Dylan Wruck | Kölner Haie". www.haie.de (in German). May 23, 2017. Retrieved May 23, 2017.
  13. ^ "Dylan Wruck moves to Straubing". Straubing Tigers. May 2, 2018. Retrieved May 2, 2018.
  14. ^ "Wruck, Brandl and Seigo further departures". Straubing Tigers (in German). March 18, 2019. Retrieved March 18, 2019.
  15. ^ "Wruck strengthens Hawks attack". Heilbronner Falken (in German). June 14, 2019. Retrieved June 14, 2019.
  16. ^ a b "GEWINNER DER HAUPTRUNDE DIE LOEWEN FRANKFURT". www.del-2.org (in German). Retrieved March 22, 2020.
  17. ^ "Six more Lions remain, Head coach and 13 players depart" (in German). Löwen Frankfurt. March 19, 2023. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
  18. ^ "Dylan Wruck signs with Hannover" (in German). Hannover Scorpions. June 24, 2023. Retrieved June 24, 2023.

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