Michael Rupp

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Position	Left Wing
Shoots	Left
Height Weight	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 230 lb (104 kg/16 st 6 lb)
NHL Team F. teams	New Jersey Devils Columbus Blue Jackets Phoenix Coyotes
Nationality	United States
Born	January 13, 1980 (1980-01-13) (age 28), Cleveland, OH, U.S.
NHL Draft	9th overall, 1998 New York Islanders 76th overall, 2000 New Jersey Devils
Pro career	2000 – present

Michael Rupp (born on January 13, 1980 in Cleveland, Ohio) is a professional ice hockey player with the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League. His childhood ice hockey teams included the Parma Heights Wings Municipal Hockey Club, where he started playing at age 9. He was drafted by the New York Islanders in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft. He was chosen 9th overall in the first round. He has played on the Columbus Blue Jackets and Phoenix Coyotes. He won a Stanley Cup in 2003 with the New Jersey Devils, scoring the Cup -clinching goal. Columbus declined to submit Rupp (a restricted free agent) a qualifying offer in June 2006. On July 1, 2006, his status changed to unrestricted. Rupp signed a 1-year, $450,000 contract to return to the Devils.

In Junior, he played in the Ontario Hockey League for the Windsor Spitfires and Erie Otters.

Rupp is a self professed Born Again Christian who became devoted to his faith after meeting his future wife Christy while he was playing in the OHL for the Erie Otters.