Ruslan Fedotenko

Ruslan Fedotenko
Born	(1979-01-18) January 18, 1979 Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, 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	Pittsburgh Penguins Philadelphia Flyers Tampa Bay Lightning New York Islanders
NHL draft	undrafted
Playing career	1999–present

Ruslan Fedotenko (Ukrainian: Руслан Федотенко; born January 18, 1979) is a professional ice hockey player currently playing for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL). He has also played for Ukraine in the Olympics.

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. He has been named to the 2009 roster as well.

Contracts

• In July 2006, the Tampa Bay Lightning re-signed Fedotenko to a one-year contract worth $1.65 million.
• 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.
• In July 2008, he signed a one year, $2.25-million contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1995–96	Sokil Kyiv	IHL		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		11	4	3	7	2
NHL totals				597	139	139	278	369		53	13	4	17	46

International play

Played for Ukraine in:

• 2002 Winter Olympics

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

External links

• Current stats from Sports Illustrated
• Tampa's Fedotenko Used to Proving Skeptics Wrong at NHL.com Retrieved 2007-02-06
• Ruslan Fedotenko career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database