Tuomo Ruutu
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Ruutu in 2014 as a member of the New Jersey Devils
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| Born |
February 16, 1983 Vantaa, FIN |
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| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||
| Weight | 200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb) | ||
| Position | Left wing | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
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NLA team Former teams |
HC Davos Helsingin IFK Jokerit Chicago Blackhawks Carolina Hurricanes New Jersey Devils |
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| National team |
 Finland
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| NHL Draft | 9th overall, 2001 Chicago Blackhawks |
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| Playing career | 1999–present | ||
Tuomo Iisakki Ruutu (born February 16, 1983) is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward who is currently playing for HC Davos in the National League A (NLA). Drafted in the first round, ninth overall, at the 2001 NHL Entry Draft by the Chicago Blackhawks, the team he spent the first four seasons of his NHL career with, Ruutu has also played in the NHL for the Carolina Hurricanes and New Jersey Devils.
Ruutu is the younger brother of Jarkko Ruutu, a former ice hockey player, as well as Ottawa Senators European scout Mikko Ruutu.
Ruutu started out playing for HIFK in the Finnish SM-liiga in the 1999–2000 season, and moved to Jokerit for the next two seasons. In 2002, he returned to HIFK for one more season. He was drafted by the Chicago Blackhawks in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft, as their first-round pick, ninth overall. He then moved to North America in 2003, playing a full 82 games with the Blackhawks in the 2003–04 season.
Ruutu did not play during the 2004–05 NHL lockout, opting to take the time to recover from injuries, but provided commentary on Finnish television during the 2005 IIHF World Championship, along with fellow Finnish NHLer Ville Nieminen. Ruutu returned to the NHL after the lockout but his 2005–06 season was cut short, first by a back injury that kept him out of the game for most of the fall, then by an ankle injury sustained in January that required season-ending surgery.
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