BEFORE MAINE: Played for Sean Tremblay and the New Hampshire Junior Monarchs... Scored 10 goals and added 20 assists for 30 points as a defenseman in 42 games... Won back-to-back EJHL Championships... Earned EJHL Defenseman of the Week honors... A First Team selection while playing for Scarborough High School... Also a standout in baseball where he was named the 2010 batting champion and a First Team selection at first base.

PERSONAL: Born April 26, 1991... Plans to major in business management... Son of Lisa and Norman Rutt... Brother, Jon, was captain of the men’s ice hockey team at the University of Southern Maine... Has two sisters, Abby and Caitlin.