Born	January 18, 1979 (1979-01-18) (age 30), Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
Height Weight	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg; 13 st 13 lb)
Position	Left wing
Shoots	Left
NHL team F. teams	Pittsburgh Penguins Philadelphia Flyers Tampa Bay Lightning New York Islanders Sokil Kyiv (IHL)
Ntl. team	Ukraine
NHL Draft	Undrafted
Pro career	1999 – present

Ruslan Fedotenko (Ukrainian: Руслан Федотенко; born January 18, 1979) is a Ukrainian professional ice hockey winger currently playing for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL). A two-time Stanley Cup champion, he has additionally played in the NHL for the Philadelphia Flyers, Tampa Bay Lightning and New York Islanders. Internationally, Fedotenko has competed for Ukraine in the 2002 Winter Olympics.

[edit] Playing career

Fedotenko went undrafted and first entered the NHL after being signed by the Philadelphia Flyers in 1999. After two seasons with the Flyers, he was traded in 2002 to the Tampa Bay Lightning, along with two second round draft picks, in exchange for Tampa Bay's first round draft pick, which turned out to be Joni Pitkänen.

In 2004, Fedotenko won his first Stanley Cup, scoring the championship-winning goal in game seven of the finals against the Calgary Flames. It was Tampa Bay's first Stanley Cup in franchise history. After a career-high 26-goal, 41-point campaign in 2005–06, Fedotenko was re-signed as a restricted free agent in July 2006 to a one-year contract worth $1.65 million.^[1]

Following his fourth season in Tampa Bay, Fedotenko signed a one-year contract worth $2.9 million with the New York Islanders in July 2007, joining Mike Comrie and Bill Guerin as the Islanders' new free agent acquistitions. He scored 33 points in his first and only season with the Islanders.

The following off-season, Fedotenko signed his third consecutive one-year contract, a $2.25 million deal with Pittsburgh Penguins in July 2008. Fedotenko neared career-high totals with 39 points in 67 games, benefitting as a winger on a talented Penguins team featuring Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Jordan Staal as centres. He went on to tally 14 points in 24 post-season games with the Penguins in 2009, capturing his second career Stanley Cup as Pittsburgh defeated the Detroit Red Wings in seven games. Becoming an unrestricted free agent in July 2009, Fedotenko took a paycut with a one-year, $1.8 million contract to remain with the Penguins.

[edit] International play

Fedotenko 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.

[edit] Career statistics

[edit] International play

Played for Ukraine in:

• 2002 Winter Olympics

International statistics

[edit] References

[edit] External links

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