Bruce Riutta - Class of 2006

(Hancock)

A three-year hockey letterman at Michigan Tech University, Bruce Riutta skated for the USA team in the 1968 Olympics in Grenoble, France.  He was on the USA team which won the Class B world championship in 1970 in Bucharest and also played for the national team in 1969 and 1971.  Riutta was a first-team All-American in 1966 and 1967 and helped Michigan Tech win the NCAA hockey title in 1965.  A football star at Hancock High School, Riutta also played on national championship hockey teams on the Midget and PeeWee levels for the Copper Country Junior Hockey Association.  Riutta later spent eight seasons playing for the Green Bay Bobcats in the U.S.  Hockey League.  He played a major role in helping establish the Ashwaubenon, Wis.  high school hockey program and has spent more than 25 years as a coach.