Roman Oksiuta

Roman Oksiuta
Born	(1970-08-21) 21 August 1970 Murmansk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
Weight	225 lb (102 kg; 16 st 1 lb)
Position	Right wing
Shot	Left
Played for	Edmonton Oilers Vancouver Canucks Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Pittsburgh Penguins Khimik Voskresensk
National team	Soviet Union and Russia
NHL Draft	202nd overall, 1989 New York Rangers
Playing career	1987–2006

Roman Nikolaevich Oksiuta (Russian: Роман Николаевич Оксюта; born 21 August 1970) is a Russian former professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League for the Edmonton Oilers, Vancouver Canucks, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Playing career

Oksiuta played a total of 153 regular season games, scoring 46 goals and 41 assists for 87 points and collecting 100 penalty minutes. Oksiuta was drafted in the 10th round, 202nd overall by the New York Rangers in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft but was traded to Edmonton for Oilers' captain, Kevin Lowe, while he was still playing in Russia. He also had a spell in Finland's SM-liiga for KalPa and Lukko. He returned to Russia in 1999 and played in the Vysshaya Liga for Khimik Voskresensk where he began his career in 1987. In 2003 the team were promoted to the Russian Super League. He retired in 2006.

Oksiuta represented the Soviet national team and later the Russian national team at the IIHF World Championships; winning gold (1989) and silver (1990) with the Soviet Union.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1987–88	Khimik Voskresensk	Soviet		11	1	0	1	4		—	—	—	—	—
1988–89	Khimik Voskresensk	Soviet		34	13	3	16	14		—	—	—	—	—
1989–90	Khimik Voskresensk	Soviet		37	13	6	19	16		—	—	—	—	—
1990–91	Khimik Voskresensk	Soviet		41	12	8	20	24		—	—	—	—	—
1991–92	Khimik Voskresensk	CIS		35	22	14	36	20		7	2	6	8	8
1992–93	Khimik Voskresensk	RUS		20	11	2	13	42		—	—	—	—	—
1992–93	Cape Breton Oilers	AHL		43	26	25	51	22		16	9	19	28	12
1993–94	Edmonton Oilers	NHL		10	1	2	3	4		—	—	—	—	—
1993–94	Cape Breton Oilers	AHL		47	31	22	53	90		4	2	2	4	22
1994–95	Edmonton Oilers	NHL		26	11	2	13	8		—	—	—	—	—
1994–95	Cape Breton Oilers	AHL		25	9	7	16	20		—	—	—	—	—
1994–95	Vancouver Canucks	NHL		12	5	2	7	2		10	2	3	5	0
1995–96	Vancouver Canucks	NHL		56	16	23	39	42		—	—	—	—	—
1995–96	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	NHL		14	7	5	12	18		—	—	—	—	—
1996–97	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	NHL		28	6	7	13	22		—	—	—	—	—
1996–97	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL		7	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
1997–98	Furuset Ishockey	NOR		10	10	7	17	44		—	—	—	—	—
1997–98	Fort Wayne Komets	IHL		19	5	8	13	50		3	0	0	0	12
1998–99	KalPa	SM-l		10	4	2	6	55		—	—	—	—	—
1998–99	Lukko	SM-l		16	0	7	7	79		—	—	—	—	—
1999–2000	Khimik Voskresensk	RUS II		22	17	17	34	92		—	—	—	—	—
2000–01	Khimik Voskresensk	RUS II		39	26	26	52	63		4	1	1	2	14
2001–02	Khimik Voskresensk	RUS II		36	18	30	48	42		8	3	3	6	8
2002–03	Khimik Voskresensk	RUS II		28	19	10	29	35		11	8	7	15	4
2003–04	Khimik Voskresensk	RSL		18	4	1	5	42		—	—	—	—	—
2005–06	Khimik Voskresensk	RUS II		3	0	1	1	0		—	—	—	—	—
Soviet/CIS totals				158	61	31	92	78		7	2	6	8	8
AHL totals				115	66	54	120	132		20	11	21	32	34
NHL totals				153	46	41	87	96		10	2	3	5	0

International

Year	Team	Event	Place		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1988	Soviet Union	EJC			6	5	6	11	4
1989	Soviet Union	WJC			7	6	3	9	4
1990	Soviet Union	WJC			7	7	2	9	4
1996	Russia	WC	4th		8	3	0	3	2
Junior totals					20	18	11	29	12

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database