The Ruk Rat Program is designed to improve our youth hockey players hockey skills by encouraging kids to work on them outside of their scheduled practices and games. The Ruk Rat program is modeled after the traditional Rink Rat program but since we are being Rink Rats at our very own Frank Rukavina Arena (“The Ruk”), we felt it was appropriate to modify the name to Ruk Rats.

Guidelines:

• 20+ hours of extra practice is the required goal to earn a Ruk Rat Prize.
• Team practices and league / tournament games do not count for extra time.
• Work on hockey skills, puck handling, shooting, skating skills and pick-up games.
• Use the attached form to record the player's time.
• Return your sheet to your Hockey Coordinator or drop off in the Arena office no later than February 28, 2027
• Any other questions, contact our Ruk Rat Coordinator Nick Bjerken at 651-503-3814.

CONGRATS to the 2025-2026 Ruk Rat Qualifiers!