- Todd Strueby
Infobox Ice Hockey Player
position = Centre
played_for =Edmonton Oilers
height_ft = 6
height_in = 2
weight_lb = 189
shoots = Left
nationality = Canada
birth_date = Birth date and age|1963|06|15|mf=y
birth_place = Lanigan, SK, CAN
draft = 29th overall
draft_year = 1981
draft_team =Edmonton Oilers
career_start = 1983
career_end = 1993Todd Kenneth Strueby (born
June 15 , 1963 inLanigan, Saskatchewan ) is a retired Canadian professionalice hockey centre who played most of his career in the minor leagues.Strueby played junior hockey for the
Regina Pats andSaskatoon Blades of theWestern Hockey League (WHL). He played for theCanada national junior hockey team at the1982 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships , where Canada won the gold medal.Strueby was selected in the second round of the
1981 NHL Entry Draft by theEdmonton Oilers . He made hisNational Hockey League debut in the 1981–82 season, appearing in three games before returning to the Blades. He was also called up for one game in the 1982–83 season, his last in the WHL. Strueby turned professional for the 1983–84 season, but spent almost that entire season playing for the minor leagueMoncton Alpines . His single game played for the Oilers that season would be his last in the NHL.Strueby spent the next four seasons playing for the
Nova Scotia Oilers in theAmerican Hockey League and for theMuskegon Lumberjacks andFort Wayne Komets of the International Hockey League. He spent the next three seasons (1988–91) playing for the Canadian national team and forEHC Freiburg in the German ice hockey Bundesliga. He returned to the IHL for the 1991–92 season, playing for theSalt Lake Golden Eagles , and he retired in 1993.References
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