Career
He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1963. Ruttan moved on to play for the Winnipeg Hockey Club in 1912. When World War I broke out, Ruttan enlisted.
Ruttan returned to Canada in 1918, playing one further game for the Winnipeg Somme, but did not continue a competitive ice hockey career.
In 1919, Ruttan became an ice hockey coach for the Winnipeg Hockey Club. From 1920 until 1922, he refereed in the Winnipeg League.
Ruttan coached a season of the University of Manitoba in 1923-1924.