Bucks' Ruskowski To Receive Paul Harris Award
Published on April 28, 2010 under Central Hockey League (CHL)
Laredo Bucks News Release
LAREDO, TX- The Laredo Bucks, in conjunction with the Laredo Rotary Club, announced Wednesday that team President/General Manager and Head Coach Terry Ruskowski will receive the Paul Harris Fellow Award on Thursday June 3rd at the TAMIU Center for the Fine and Performing Arts Recital Hall.
The Paul Harris Fellow is the Rotary Club's highest honor, which is exemplified by a medallion and certificate. Ruskowski was selected by Laredo Rotary as a Paul Harris Fellow because of his contributions over the years to the youth of Laredo.
Ruskowski, in his eight years in Laredo, has encouraged students to complete their education. He has achieved this goal by having the Bucks players go to over 150 schools per year to meet personally with the students, acting as roll models. Ruskowski has also promoted youth Hockey in Laredo, bringing a new sporting opportunity for the youth and citizens of Laredo.
Ruskowski, along with Bucks players, front office staff and Bucks, have attended over 150 community events in 2010 and have donated over $70,000 to local charities since April of 2007
Ruskowski will be honored with this year's Paul Harris Award along with Doctor David E. Garza D.O and Samuel N. Johnson Jr.
For further information contact Royle Wright at 956-334-0947, or e-mail at appraisal@wrchomes.com, or contact Rebecca Garcia at 956-693-8700.
In September of 2003 Ruskowski received his first Paul Harris Fellow award from the Laredo Under Seven Flags Rotary Club.
The 56-year-old Ruskowski just completed his eighth season with the Bucks in 2009-10. Ruskowski signed a lifetime contract to coach the Bucks on September 5th, 2007. In December 2008 Ruskowski was named team President, where he is now in charge of overseeing the business side of the organization.
Ruskowski, arguably the most popular sports figure ever in Laredo, begins the 2010-11 campaign with a 533-356-86 mark, including a 319-142-47 record in eight seasons in Laredo.
The Bucks have qualified for the CHL post-season in each of their eight seasons as a franchise, winning two CHL President's Cup Championships (2004, 2006), one CHL Governor's Cup Regular Season Championship (2003-04), four straight Southern Conference Championships from 2004-2007, and five straight Southeast Division Championships from 2004-2008. Ruskowski was named CHL coach of the year in 2005-06 and has coached in four CHL all-star games.
Ruskowski has been the first head coach for four expansion teams.
Ruskowski played fifteen years in the National Hockey League and the World Hockey Association. In ten of those fifteen seasons, "Rosco" wore the "C" as captain. Among his teammates were legends Gordie Howe, Stan Mikita and Mario Lemieux. In the WHA, Ruskowski won AVCO Cup championships with Houston and Winnipeg. In the NHL, he played in Chicago, Los Angeles, Pittsburgh and Minnesota, finishing with 426 points and 1,356 penalty minutes in 630 NHL games.
Ruskowski played junior hockey in his native Saskatchewan, and in the summer of 2003 was inducted into the Swift Current Broncos Hall of Fame.
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