Moose Sign Ryan Cruthers to PTO
January 7, 2011 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Manitoba Moose News Release
The Manitoba Moose today announced they have signed forward Ryan Cruthers to a professional tryout contract.
Cruthers, 26, joins the Moose after playing 28 games this season with the ECHL's Reading Royals where he's scored 28 points (13g, 15a) and collected 26 penalty minutes. The Farmingdale, NY native was serving as captain of the Royals before being signed by the Moose. Cruthers was Reading's leading regular season (71 pts) and playoff scorer (24 pts) in 2009-10. He had previously played five professional seasons in the ECHL and the AHL. In 18 career games in the AHL with Lake Erie, Albany, and Norfolk, he's scored three points (0g, 3a) and recorded 12 penalty minutes.
Cruthers was also a Hobey Baker Award nominee as the top player in U.S. college hockey in 2007 while at Robert Morris University.
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