Ruslan Fedotenko

Ruslan Fedotenko
Born	January 18, 1979 (1979-01-18) Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight	200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb)
Position	Left wing
Shoots	Left
NHL team Former teams	New York Rangers Philadelphia Flyers Tampa Bay Lightning New York Islanders Pittsburgh Penguins Sokil Kyiv (IHL)
National team	Ukraine
NHL Draft	Undrafted
Playing career	1995–present

Ruslan Viktorovych Fedotenko (Ukrainian: Руслан Вікторович Федотенко; born January 18, 1979) is a Ukrainian American professional ice hockey winger who is currently playing for the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League (NHL). A two-time Stanley Cup champion, in his NHL career he has played for the Philadelphia Flyers, Tampa Bay Lightning, New York Islanders and the Pittsburgh Penguins. Internationally, Fedotenko has competed for Ukraine in the 2002 Winter Olympics.

Playing career

Fedotenko with the Penguins.

Fedotenko went undrafted and first entered the NHL after being signed by the Philadelphia Flyers in 1999. After two seasons with the Flyers, he was traded in 2002 to the Tampa Bay Lightning, along with two second round draft picks, in exchange for Tampa Bay's first round draft pick, which was used to draft Joni Pitkänen.

In 2004, Fedotenko won his first Stanley Cup, scoring the championship-winning goal in game seven of the finals against the Calgary Flames. It was Tampa Bay's first Stanley Cup in franchise history. After a career-high 26-goal, 41-point campaign in 2005–06, Fedotenko was re-signed as a restricted free agent in July 2006 to a one-year contract worth $1.65 million.

Following his fourth season in Tampa Bay, Fedotenko signed a one-year contract worth $2.9 million with the New York Islanders in July 2007, joining Mike Comrie and Bill Guerin as the Islanders' new free agent acquistitions. He scored 33 points in his first and only season with the Islanders.

The following off-season, Fedotenko signed his third consecutive one-year contract, a $2.25 million deal with Pittsburgh Penguins in July 2008. Fedotenko neared career-high totals with 39 points in 67 games, benefitting as a winger on a talented Penguins team featuring Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Jordan Staal as centres. He went on to tally 14 points in 24 post-season games with the Penguins in 2009, capturing his second career Stanley Cup as Pittsburgh defeated the Detroit Red Wings in seven games. Becoming an unrestricted free agent in July 2009, Fedotenko took a paycut with a one-year, $1.8 million contract to remain with the Penguins.

On September 10, 2010 Fedotenko accepted a try-out with the New York Rangers. After an impressive pre-season, the Rangers signed Fedotenko to a 1-year-deal worth $1 million on October 4, 2010.

On July 1, 2011, Fedotenko resigned with the New York Rangers, Fedotenko accepted a one-year contract worth $1.4 million dollars.

International play

Fedotenko 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.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1995–96	Sokil Kyiv	RSL		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	44		5	0	0	0	20
2006–07	Tampa Bay Lightning	NHL		80	12	20	32	52		4	0	0	0	4
2007–08	New York Islanders	NHL		67	16	17	33	40		—	—	—	—	—
2008–09	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL		65	16	23	39	44		24	7	7	14	4
2009–10	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL		80	11	19	30	50		6	0	0	0	4
2010–11	New York Rangers	NHL		66	10	15	25	25		5	0	2	2	4
NHL totals				743	160	173	333	444		88	20	13	33	58

International

Year	Team	Event		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2002	Ukraine	OG		1	1	0	1	4
Senior int'l totals				1	1	0	1	4

External links

• Ruslan Fedotenko's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database
• Ruslan Fedotenko at Hockey-Reference.com
• Ruslan Fedotenko's NHL player profile