Paul Kruse
Paul Kruse | |||
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Born |
Merritt, British Columbia, Canada | March 15, 1970||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||
Weight | 202 lb (92 kg; 14 st 6 lb) | ||
Position | Left Wing | ||
Shot | Left | ||
Played for |
Calgary Flames New York Islanders Buffalo Sabres San Jose Sharks | ||
NHL Draft |
83rd overall, 1990 Calgary Flames | ||
Playing career | 1990–2004 |
Paul Johannes Kruse (born March 15, 1970) is a former National Hockey League left wing. He was drafted in the fourth round, 83rd overall, by the Calgary Flames in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft.
After playing three seasons in the Western Hockey League with the Moose Jaw Warriors and Kamloops Blazers, Kruse joined the International Hockey League's Salt Lake Golden Eagles. After splitting three seasons between the Golden Eagles and the Flames, he joined the Flames full-time in the 1993–94 season.
During the 1996–97 season, Kruse was acquired by the New York Islanders. At the trade deadline of the 1997–98 season, he was traded, along with Jason Holland, to the Buffalo Sabres for Jason Dawe. Kruse was a member of the Buffalo Sabres team which went to the Stanley Cup Finals in the 1998–99 season, appearing in ten playoff games during the run.
Kruse's last NHL appearance came when he dressed for one game for the 2000–01 San Jose Sharks. He went to Europe after the season, playing two years in the United Kingdom's British Ice Hockey Superleague for the Sheffield Steelers and the Belfast Giants and one more year playing in Austria playing for EHC Black Wings Linz before retiring.
Kruse and his wife Laurie-Anne have two daughters.
External links[]
- Biographical information and career statistics from Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- 1970 births
- Living people
- Belfast Giants players
- Buffalo Sabres players
- Calgary Flames draft picks
- Calgary Flames players
- Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Austria
- Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in England
- Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States
- Canadian ice hockey left wingers
- Chicago Wolves (IHL) players
- Ice hockey people from British Columbia
- Ice Hockey Superleague players
- Kamloops Blazers players
- Merritt Centennials players
- Moose Jaw Warriors players
- New York Islanders players
- People from the Thompson-Nicola Regional District
- Salt Lake Golden Eagles (IHL) players
- San Jose Sharks players
- Sheffield Steelers players
- Utah Grizzlies (IHL) players
- Canadian ice hockey winger, 1970s births stubs