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Ryan Rucinski Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 2006-12-01 Country: USA
2025 · Round 7, Pick #219  ·  Buffalo Sabres Buffalo Sabres
⚠️ Aging Out 2026-27: Turns 20 before Dec 31, 2026 — final eligible junior season.
Ohio State
BigTen D1

Set Commitment

NCAA Division I

NCAA D3 / D2

Career Trajectory
Dashed = raw PPG  ·  ■ Solid blue = age-adjusted NCAAe-PPG  ·  ■ Green = actual college PPG
Junior Seasons
Season Team League GP G A Pts PPG NCAAe-PPG Age-Adj D3e-PPG Age-Adj
2023-24 Youngstown Phantoms USHL 53 6 8 14 0.264 0.1559 0.1683 0.7935 0.8567
2024-25 Youngstown Phantoms USHL 49 19 23 42 0.857 0.5056 0.5201 2.5742 2.6480
2025-26 Youngstown Phantoms USHL 59 27 35 62 1.051 0.6199 0.6077 3.1560 3.0939
■ Blue = NCAAe (D1 anchor)   ■ Green = D3e (D3 anchor)   COVID-flagged seasons highlighted in yellow

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

95%
NCAA D1
0%
NCAA D2/D3
2%
Age-Out / Club
2%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#5827
Forward overall
#135
Forward born in 2006
#339
in USHL

D1 Comparables

Alex Iafallo
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.86 PPG
→ Minnesota Duluth (0.61 D1 FR PPG)
0.50 Strong
NCAAe PPG
Zeb Knutson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.82 PPG
→ Minnesota State (0.33 D1 FR PPG)
0.48 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Nathan Walker
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.93 PPG
→ Marian (0.21 D1 FR PPG)
0.54 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Frank DiChiara
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.94 PPG
→ Yale (0.41 D1 FR PPG)
0.53 Average
NCAAe PPG
Dominic Toninato
USHL · 2012-13 · 1.09 PPG
→ Minnesota Duluth (0.43 D1 FR PPG)
0.64 Average
NCAAe PPG

Ohio State Alumni similar profiles who attended this school

James Hong
USHL 2023-24
0.38
actual FR PPG at Ohio State
Georgii Merkulov
USHL 2019-20
0.94
actual FR PPG at Ohio State
Ronnie Hein
USHL 2015-16
0.69
actual FR PPG at Ohio State
Noah Powell
USHL 2023-24
0.29
actual FR PPG at Ohio State

D2/3 Comparables

Ryan Ellis
SUNY Oswego · 2002-03
1.704 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Brandon Osmundson
Utica · 2016-17
1.448 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Filimon Ledenkov
St. Scholastica · 2018-19
1.636 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG

How to read this: NCAAe and D3e factors convert a player's junior PPG into expected NCAA scoring at the D1 or D3 level. Harder conferences → lower projected PPG for the same player. A strong junior player (e.g. USHL 0.90 PPG) will project much higher in NESCAC than Big Ten because the D3 scoring environment is lower-difficulty.

Strength factor: conferences above 1.0 are harder than average; below 1.0 are easier. The formula is: Base NCAAe PPG ÷ Conference Strength = Projected PPG.