About Ruslan Fedotenko
Ruslan Viktorovych Fedotenko (born January 18, 1979) is a Ukrainian former professional ice hockey winger. A two-time Stanley Cup champion, in his National Hockey League (NHL) career he played for the Philadelphia Flyers, Tampa Bay Lightning, New York Islanders, Pittsburgh Penguins and the New York Rangers. Internationally, Fedotenko has competed for Ukraine in the 2002 Winter Olympics. == Playing career == As a youth, Fedotenko played in the 1993 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a team from Ukraine. === Start in the NHL === Fedotenko was not drafted. He first entered the NHL after being signed by the Philadelphia Flyers in 1999. Withe the Flyers, he scored the overtime winning goal in game one of the 2002 Eastern Conference Quarter-Finals against the Ottawa Senators during the 2002 Stanley Cup Playoffs. === Tampa Bay Lightning and first Stanley Cup win === 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 was used to draft Joni Pitkänen. In 2004, Fedotenko won the Stanley Cup for the first time, scoring both Lightning goals in game seven of the Finals against the Calgary Flames. It was Tampa Bay's first Stanley Cup in franchise history.
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