Growing up in Michigan, in 1959 Bruce Riutta led his Dollar Bay Pee Wees to the state and national age group championship, and in 1969 led the Dollar Bay Midgets to the national title. He later played hockey at Michigan Tech, making All-American in 1966 and 1967. Riutta competed for the US at the 1970 and 1971 World Championships, helping lead the US to the 1970 Class B World Title, in addition to his 1968 Winter Olympic appearance. He played six years of minor league hockey with the Green Bay Bobcats of the US Hockey League from 1968-74. Riutta was named to the Michigan Tech Sports Hall of Fame in 1987, and the Upper Peninsula Sports Hall of Fame in 2006. He later became an engineer, working with the Upper Lakes Coal Company and Fox River Dock Company in Green Bay as an engineer, vice-president and owner.
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