| Michael Busto | |
| Position | Defence |
| Shoots | Right |
| Height Weight |
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 210 lb (95 kg) |
| NHL Team (P) Cur. Team |
Montreal Canadiens Las Vegas Wranglers (ECHL) |
| Nationality |  Canadian
|
| Born | June 20, 1986, Burnaby, BC, CAN |
| NHL Draft | Undrafted |
| Pro Career | 2007 – present |
Michael Busto (born June 20, 1986 in Burnaby, British Columbia) is a Canadian ice hockey defenceman for the Las Vegas Wranglers of the ECHL.
Playing career[]
Undrafted, Busto played in the Western Hockey League with the Swift Current Broncos, Kootenay Ice, and Moose Jaw Warriors.
On April 27, 2007, Busto signed with the New York Rangers to a two-year contract. Busto was then assigned to the Rangers affiliate, the Charlotte Checkers of the ECHL.
Busto spent two seasons with the Checkers before he was traded by the Rangers, along with Scott Gomez and Tom Pyatt, to the Montreal Canadiens for Chris Higgins, Ryan McDonagh, Doug Janik and Pavel Valentenko.
He played in 2010-11 in Italy with HC Bolzano.
Career statistics[]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2001–02 | Moose Jaw Warriors | WHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002–03 | Moose Jaw Warriors | WHL | 50 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 54 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2003–04 | Moose Jaw Warriors | WHL | 42 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 51 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | Swift Current Broncos | WHL | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2004–05 | Kootenay Ice | WHL | 71 | 8 | 21 | 29 | 79 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 27 | ||
| 2005–06 | Kootenay Ice | WHL | 69 | 8 | 35 | 43 | 77 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 2006–07 | Kootenay Ice | WHL | 70 | 20 | 43 | 63 | 79 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | ||
| 2007–08 | Charlotte Checkers | ECHL | 48 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | Charlotte Checkers | ECHL | 54 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 41 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| ECHL Totals | 102 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 51 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||