Ruslan Fedotenko

Infobox Ice Hockey Player


position = Left Wing
shoots = Left
height_ft = 6
height_in = 2
weight_lb = 195
team = Pittsburgh Penguins
former_teams = Philadelphia Flyers
Tampa Bay Lightning
New York Islanders
league = NHL
nationality = UKR
nationality_2 = USA
birth_date = Birth date and age|1979|1|18|mf=y
birth_place = Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
career_start = 1999
draft = undrafted

Ruslan Fedotenko ( _uk. Руслан Федотенко; born January 18, 1979 in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union) is a professional ice hockey player for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League. 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.

In July 2006, the Tampa Bay Lightning re-signed Fedotenko to a one-year contract worth $1.65 million.Cite web|url=http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=170665|title=Lightning ink Fedotenko to one-year deal|accessdate=2006-09-28|publisher=TSN.ca|year=2006]

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

"Statistics as of May 29, 2008"

International play

Played for Ukraine in:

*2002 Winter Olympics

International statistics

References

External links

* [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/hockey/nhl/players/2158/ Current stats from Sports Illustrated]
* [http://www.nhl.com/nhl/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=288558 Tampa's Fedotenko Used to Proving Skeptics Wrong at NHL.com Retrieved 2007-02-06]
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