{{short description|Czech ice hockey player}} {{Expand Czech|topic=bio|date=August 2015}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2015}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | alt = | name = Adam Rufer | image = Adam Rufer.PNG | caption = | image_size = 230px | team = HC Oceláři Třinec | league = Czech | position = Forward | former_teams = TH Unia Oświęcim Cracovia (ice hockey) | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|09|03}} | birth_place = Czech Republic | shoots = Left | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 11 | weight_lb = 183 | draft = Undrafted | career_start = 2011 | career_end = 2020 }}

'''Adam Rufer''' (born September 3, 1991) is a Czech professional ice hockey player. He played forward for HC Oceláři Třinec of the Czech Extraliga, until his trade to Unia Oswiecim in 2017, and then to Krakow in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Adam Rufer (Rufer A.) Stats - Flashscore.com |url=https://www.flashscore.com/player/rufer-adam/fDDNvT4o/ |access-date=2025-08-05 |website=www.flashscore.com |language=en}}</ref> He continued to play forward position for these teams until retiring in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Adam Rufer - Stats, Contract, Salary & More |url=https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/154759/adam-rufer |access-date=2025-07-18 |website=www.eliteprospects.com}}</ref> Adam Rufer has a trading card for the HC Oceláři Třinec team. He is card #222 in the Trading Card Database.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2014-15 OFS Classic #222 Adam Rufer |url=https://www.tcdb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/116157/cid/11881041/2014-15-OFS-Classic-222-Adam-Rufer |access-date=2025-08-05 |website=www.tcdb.com}}</ref>

Rufer made his Czech Extraliga debut playing with HC Oceláři Třinec during the 2011–12 Czech Extraliga season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hokej.cz/hrac/10942|title=Adam Rufer|website=Hokej.cz|accessdate=August 7, 2018}}</ref> He scored a total of 27 starts for the Třinec team in his first season. Later in his career,in the Champion's Hockey League match against Friborg-Gotteron, he scored 1 point for HC Oceláři Třinec.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Adam Rufer |url=https://www.hcocelari.cz/cz/player/59/MUZ |access-date=2025-08-05 |website=HC Oceláři Třinec |language=cs}}</ref>

Adam Rufer's views on his team's performance are centered on teamwork and individual effort. During an interview on a game in which his team lost, he stated, "Coaches don't have time to change the whole system or overhaul our game. They're more like supporting us. They're trying to clear our heads so we can make some changes."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Třinec opět padl. Zvedáme se, ale gólů je málo. Štve mě to, říká Rufer {{!}} Hokej.cz - web českého hokeje |url=https://www.hokej.cz/trinec-opet-padl-zvedame-se-ale-golu-je-malo-stve-me-to-rika-rufer/5011465 |access-date=2025-08-05 |website=Hokej.cz}}</ref>

== See also ==

* HC Oceláři Třinec * TH Unia Oświęcim * Cracovia (ice hockey)

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