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SlapshotSpeakers has built direct relationships with the top current stars and retired hockey legends, Stanley Cup Champions, coaches and local heroes. We specialize in assisting all size companies with booking hockey celebrities like Jim Rutherford for speaking engagements and appearances at grand openings, golf tournaments, casinos, conventions, and corporate events. Throughout all of Canada and the US, companies have turned to SlapshotSpeakers to get the booking fee, appearance cost, and booking agent contact information for Jim Rutherford.

Jim Rutherford Biography

Jim Rutherford is one of the most successful general managers in hockey today. He has been the GM of the Pittsburgh Penguins since 2014. Under Rutherford's watch, the Penguins won back-to-back Stanley Cup championships in 2016 and 2017. Rutherford was named NHL General Manager of the Year in 2016. He has another Stanley Cup win on his resume as the general manager of the Carolina Hurricanes in 2006. Rutherford originally joined that organization when they were still the Hartford Whalers in 1994. He served as the franchise's president and GM for 20 years and helped them with their transition to Raleigh, North Carolina in 1997. Rutherford gained experience as a hockey executive in the Ontario Hockey League. He also worked with the Compuware Sports Corporation for 30 years. Rutherford's successful tenure as an executive came on the heels of a 13-year goaltending career in the NHL. The Detroit Red Wings originally selected him in the first round of the 1969 NHL Draft. He played in 457 games for four different franchises. While with the Red Wings, Rutherford became an early pioneer of wearing a decorated goalie mask. ;

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