Valeri Zelepukin

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Valeri Zelepukin (born September 17, 1968 in Voskresensk, Soviet Union) is a Russian ice hockey player who has played in the National Hockey League for the New Jersey Devils, Edmonton Oilers, Philadelphia Flyers and the Chicago Blackhawks between 1991 and 2001. He is 6'1"", weighs 200 lbs and shoots lefthanded. Zelepukin was drafted 221st overall in the 11th round by the Devils in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft and went on to play 595 regular season games, scoring 117 goals and 177 assists for 294 points, he also picked up 527 penalty minutes. He won the Stanley Cup with the Devils in the 1994-95 NHL season. In 2002, Zelepukin returned to Russia where he currently plays for Mytishi Khimik.

Zelepukin will forever be remembered by Devils fans as the player who scored with 7.7 seconds left - to tie the game at 1 - in Game 7 of the 1994 Eastern Conference Finals against the New York Rangers.