Lindy Ruff is one of the most popular and richest Ice Hockey Player who was born on February 17, 1960 in Warburg, Alberta, Canada. Lindy Cameron Ruff, a Canadian assistant coach with the New York Rangers (NHL), was born February 17, 1960. Ruff was the former head coach for the Dallas Stars (NHL) and the Buffalo Sabres (NHL) from 1997 to 2013. He won the Jack Adams Award in 2006 as Coach of Year. Ruff was a player in the NHL, where he played for the Rangers and the Sabres.
From the 1993-1994 season, Ruff was the assistant coach for the Florida Panthers. He remained there until 1996-1997. As an assistant coach, his greatest success was with the 1995-96 Florida Panthers. They reached the Stanley Cup Finals but were defeated by the Colorado Avalanche.
Buffalo missed the playoffs in the three seasons preceding the 2004–05 NHL lockout amidst the team’s bankruptcy and financial problems caused by the Adelphia Communications corporate scandal. After the lockout, Ruff lead the Sabres to back-to-back Eastern Conference Finals appearances only to lose to the Carolina Hurricanes in 2006 and the Ottawa Senators in 2007. Ruff was the longest-tenured coach in the NHL and was rewarded with a three-year contract extension that had an option for a fourth season.
Ruff was the winner of the 2005–06 Jack Adams Award for coach of the year in the NHL. Tom Renney of the New York Rangers and Peter Laviolette of the Carolina Hurricanes were also nominated.
Ruff was the Sabres’ captain for almost three years of his NHL career. He was traded to the Rangers in 1989 for a draft pick. Richard Smehlik would be selected by the Sabres using that pick. He would then play several years under Ruff.
