Ruslan Fedotenko

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Position Left Wing
Shoots Left
Nickname(s) Feds, Rusty, Tank
Height
Weight		 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
195 lb (88 kg/13 st 13 lb)
NHL Team
F. teams		 New York Islanders
Philadelphia Flyers
Tampa Bay Lightning
Nationality Flag of Ukraine Ukraine &
Flag of the United States United States
Born January 18, 1979 (1979-01-18) (age 29),
Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
NHL Draft undrafted
Pro career 1999 – present

Ruslan Fedotenko (Ukrainian: Руслан Федотенко; born January 18, 1979 in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union) is a professional ice hockey player for the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League. He has also played for Ukraine in the Olympics.

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[edit] 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.[1]

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.

[edit] Career statistics

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1995-96 Sokol Kiev UKR 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 -- -- -- -- --
NHL totals 532 123 116 239 325 53 13 4 17 46

Statistics as of May 29, 2008

[edit] International play

Played for Ukraine in:

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

[edit] References

  1. ^ Lightning ink Fedotenko to one-year deal. TSN.ca (2006). Retrieved on 2006-09-28.

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