Career
Strueby played junior hockey for the Regina Pats and Saskatoon Blades of the Western Hockey League (WHL). Strueby was selected in the second round of the 1981 National Hockey League Entry Draft by the Edmonton Oilers. He made his National Hockey League debut in the 1981-1982 season, appearing in three games before returning to the Blades.
He was also called up for one game in the 1982-1983 season, his last in the WHL. Strueby turned professional for the 1983-1984 season, but spent almost that entire season playing for the minor league Moncton Alpines.
His single game played for the Oilers that season would be his last in the National Hockey League. Strueby spent the next four seasons playing for the Nova Scotia Oilers in the American Hockey League and for the Muskegon Lumberjacks and Fort Wayne Komets of the International Hockey League. He spent the next three seasons (1988-1991) playing for the Canadian national team and for EHC Freiburg in the German ice hockey Bundesliga.
He returned to the IHL for the 1991-1992 season, playing for the Salt Lake Golden Eagles, and he retired in 1993.
