- Lindy Ruff was born on February 17, 1960 in Warburg, Alberta, Canada.
- Served as the head coach of the Buffalo Sabres from 1997 to 2013.
- Played for the Buffalo Sabres from 1979 to 1989 and the New York Rangers from 1989 to 1991.
- Won the 2006 Jack Adams Award as the NHL's Coach of the Year.
- His younger brother, Brent was one of four players killed in a bus crash as a member of the Swift Current Broncos on December 30, 1986. The bus was on its way to Regina, Saskatchewan for a game that evening, when it slid off Trans-Canada Highway #1 east of Swift Current.
- He and his brothers Randy, Marty and Brent all were hockey players. He was the only one of the three surviving ones who made it to the National Hockey League.
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