Bryan Rust

Bryan Peter Rust (born May 11, 1992) is an American professional ice hockey right winger for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL).

As a youth, Rust played in the 2005 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with the Detroit Honeybaked minor ice hockey team.

After Brian Dumoulin also scored his first NHL goal that night, the two became the first Penguins pair to reach this milestone at the same time since 2006.

Rust played his collegiate career from 2010 to 2014 at the University of Notre Dame where he played a total of 161 games totaling 97 points.

Rust finished his senior year as an alternate captain.

Rust won a gold medal at the 2010 IIHF World U18 Championships for Team USA and the 2013 CCHA Tournament for Notre Dame.

Rust was selected 80th overall in the third round of the 2010 NHL Entry Draft.

Upon signing the contract, Rust was assigned to the Penguins American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (WBS Penguins), to conclude the 2013–14 season.

He played two regular season games for the WBS Penguins and one playoff game but recorded no points.

Rust officially concluded his collegiate career on April 1, 2014, after signing a two-year entry-level contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins.

After attending the Penguins training camp, Rust was re-assigned to the WBS Penguins to start the 2014–15 season.

Rust competed with the Penguins during the preseason and led all team rookies with three goals.

This continued into the regular season and Rust quickly found himself on the Penguins top line with Tom Kostopoulos and Nick Drazenovic.

Rust remained in the AHL for the first half of the season before earning his first NHL recall on December 4 to replace an injured Scott Wilson.

He was returned to the WBS Penguins without making his NHL debut on December 6 and immediately tallied three points in his first game back.

When Rust was recalled again on December 13, he led the WBS Penguins with 10 goals and four assists through 25 games.

The recall came at a time when the Penguins were missing numerous key players due to a mumps outbreak.

He subsequently made his NHL debut that night against the Columbus Blue Jackets where the Penguins lost in a shootout.

He would score his first NHL goal two nights later against Evgeni Nabokov of the Tampa Bay Lightning, on December 15, 2014.

Rust played 14 games with the Penguins, and spent some time on their top line, before being returned to the AHL on December 14, 2015.

Nearly a month following his return, Rust suffered a lower-body injury on February 21 and missed almost six weeks to recover.

While he returned from the injury in early April, Rust quickly suffered another injury during a game against the Portland Pirates on April 12.

Rust finished the regular season with 13 goals and 14 assists for 27 points through 45 games.

Rust remained sidelined until May 9 when he returned to the WBS Penguins for Game 3 of the Calder Cup playoffs against the Manchester Monarchs.

He finished the postseason with two goals through three games.

While Rust was assigned to the WBS Penguins to start the 2015–16 season, he became the first player on the team to be recalled to the NHL level.

His recall on October 15 came after he tallied one assist through two games.

Rust went scoreless through five games with the Penguins before suffering an arm injury on October 24 during a game against the Nashville Predators.

He subsequently spent 15 games on the Penguin's injured reserve list before being returned to the AHL on November 30.

Upon rejoining the WBS Penguins, Rust returned to full capacity and skated in a team practice for the first time in five weeks.

Rust officially returned to the WBS Penguins lineup on December 6.

He played in eight games for the WBS Penguins, recording two goals, before being recalled to the NHL level again on December 20.

While he was returned by the end of the month, Rust was recalled to the NHL level again on January 7 after adding one goal and two assists to his points total.

Rust remained at the NHL level until the team acquired forward Mark Arcobello off waivers from the Predators on January 14.

He was recalled to the NHL level shortly thereafter and remained with the Penguins NHL team for the remainder of the season except for a paper transaction to keep him eligible for the AHL postseason.

The transaction required Rust to be re-assigned to the AHL for one day before being recalled the next day.

After recording eight points in 33 games, including a career-best four points against the New Jersey Devils, Rust signed a two-year contract extension with the Penguins on March 14.

Following a lower-body injury at the end of the month, Rust missed the Penguins final few games of the regular season.

He subsequently finished the regular season with four goals and seven assists for 11 points through 41 games.

He won back-to-back Stanley Cup championships with the Penguins in 2016 and 2017 and is the fourth longest tenured member of the organization aside from Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, and Kris Letang.