Ruslan Fedotenko

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Ruslan Fedotenko
Born (1979-01-18) January 18, 1979 (age 45)
Kiev, USSR
Height 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight 195 lb (88 kg; 13 st 13 lb)
Position Left Wing
Shoots Left
NHL team
Former teams
New York Islanders
Philadelphia Flyers
Tampa Bay Lightning
NHL draft undrafted
Playing career 1999–present

Ruslan Fedotenko (Ukrainian: Руслан Федотенко; born January 18, 1979 in Kiev, USSR, now Ukraine) is a professional ice hockey player for the New York Islanders.

Playing career

Ruslan Fedotenko was undrafted and first entered the NHL when he was signed by the Philadelphia Flyers in 1999. After two seasons with the Flyers, he was traded in 2002 to the Tampa Bay Lightning, with two 2nd round draft picks, in exchange for Tampa Bay's 1st round draft pick, which turned out to be Joni Pitkänen.

As of the 2006-07 NHL season, he played for the Lightning as a right wing. He scored the Stanley Cup-winning goal in 2004, bringing the Cup to Tampa Bay for the first time in the franchise's history. He was resigned as a restricted free agent for 1 year in 2006.

Ruslan has played internationally for the Ukrainian national ice hockey team, appearing in one game for his nation at the 2002 Winter Olympics in a 5-2 defeat of Switzerland.

In July 2006, the Tampa Bay Lightning re-signed Fedotenko to a one-year contract worth $1.65 million.[1]

In July 2007, he signed a one year contract worth $2.9 million with the New York Islanders; along with Mike Comrie and Bill Guerin.

Career statistics

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1995-96 Sokol Kiev UKR 2 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- --
1998-99 Sioux City Musketeers USHL 55 43 34 77 139 5 5 1 6 9
1999-00 Trenton Titans ECHL 8 5 3 8 9 -- -- -- -- --
1999-00 Philadelphia Phantoms AHL 67 16 34 50 42 2 0 0 0 0
2000-01 Philadelphia Phantoms AHL 8 1 0 1 8 -- -- -- -- --
2000-01 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 74 16 20 36 72 6 0 1 1 4
2001-02 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 78 17 9 26 43 5 1 0 1 2
2002-03 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 76 19 13 32 44 11 0 1 1 2
2003-04 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 77 17 22 39 30 22 12 2 14 14
2005-06 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 80 26 15 41 36 5 0 0 0 20
2006-07 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 80 12 20 32 52 4 0 0 0 4
NHL totals 465 107 99 206 277 53 13 4 17 46

Statistics as of April 23, 2007

International play

Played for Ukraine in:

International statistics

Year Team Event   GP G A Pts PIM
2002 Ukraine Oly 1 1 0 1 4
Senior Int'l Totals 1 1 0 1 4

References

  1. ^ "Lightning ink Fedotenko to one-year deal". TSN.ca. 2006. Retrieved 2006-09-28.

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