Bio:
1998-99: Appeared in 55 games for Sioux City,
scoring 43-34-77 … Led the USHL in GWG (9) and SH Goals
(6) and finished 2nd in the league in Points (77) and
Goals (43) ... Led the USHL in the Three Star Standings
(53 total points, including 11 times as 1st Star) ...
Posted a 13-game goal-scoring streak from 10/31-12/5/98
(21g) ... Scored 4 goals 11/22/98 in Sioux City’s 6-0
win over Thunder Bay.
1999-2000: Appeared in 75 games split between
Philadelphia (AHL) and Trenton (ECHL) during his 1st
professional season … Set Phantoms records for most
assists (34) and most points (50) in a season by a
rookie ... Named Phantoms’ co-Rookie of the Year ... 4th
on the Phantoms in plus/minus (+24) ... Was reassigned
to Trenton on two occasions ... Reassigned to Trenton on
11/23/99 and recalled 11/14/99 ... Loaned to Trenton on
11/11/99 and recalled 12/6/99.
2000-01: Tied for fifth among NHL rookies in
points with 36 ... Sixth among NHL rookies in goals with
16 ... Tied for eighth among NHL rookies in assists with
20 ... 4th among NHL rookies in shooting percentage at
13.4% (16 goals on 119 shots) ... Recorded 1 goal and 8
penalty minutes in 8 games for the Phantoms … Made NHL
debut 10/24/00 at NYR recording 1 assist (1st career NHL
point) ... Went 1-1-2 with 1st career NHL goal (the
game-winner) 11/4/00 vs. BUF ... Ended the regular
season with a career high 3-game goal-scoring streak
(3g) ... Appeared in 6 playoff games, posting 0-1-1 with
4 PIM and 6 shots … Made NHL Playoff debut 4/11/01 vs.
BUF in Game 1 of Eastern Conference Quarterfinals …
Registered 1st career playoff point with an assist
4/19/01 vs. BUF in Game 5 of ECQF.
2001-02: Set career-highs in games played (78)
and goals (17) … Appeared in 1 game with Ukraine in the
preliminary round of the 2002 Winter Olympics, scoring 1
goal (2/11 vs. Switzerland) … Recorded 4 multipoint
games on the season … Appeared in 100th career game 12/6
vs. NYI … Tied career-long 3-game goal scoring streak
from 12/15-12/18 (3g) … Missed 4 games (3/4-3/10) due a
sprained right knee... Appeared in 5 playoff games,
recording 1-0-1 with 11 shots on goal … Scored game’s
only goal at 7:47 mark of OT 4/17 vs. OTT in Game 1 of
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals.
2002-03: Led team in game-winning goals (6) …
Tied franchise record for GWG in a season … Finished
season ranked tied for 15th in the NHL in GWG and tied
for 21st in shooting percentage (16.8%) ... Had 4
multi-point games season (14 career) ... Made Lightning
debut 10/10 at FLA with 18:02 of ice time ... Posted
3-game scoring streak from 10/12-10/19 (3-3-6), one game
shy of his career-long ... Missed 11/21 game vs. NYI due
to shoulder sprain ... Missed 5 games from 2/25-3/5 with
a fractured finger tip ... Scored PPG in three-goal
comeback for 4-3 W vs. COL (3/7), 1st game back from
injury ... Set new career-high with 18th goal of the
season 3/31 at BOS.
2003 playoffs: Appeared in all 11 playoff games,
recording an assist and two penalty minutes … Averaged
13:58 in ice time … Recorded 2nd career playoff assist
by setting up Martin St. Louis’ goal in Game 3 vs. NJ on
4/28
2003-04: Established new career highs in points
with 39 and assists with 22 … Finished 7th on the
Lightning in points with 39 and 2nd on the team in
shooting percentage with 14.7% … Set a new career high
for points in a season with 37 3/13 vs. CAR... Recorded
2 assists 3/12 vs. NYR setting a new career best for
assists in a season (21) … Set a new career best with 3
assists in 1 game 1/29 vs. PIT and 2/12 vs. MTL…. Had
his 5th goal of the season and his 100th career point
1/3 vs. PHI ... Scored 2 goals in one period (P3) 11/8
vs. PIT ... Recorded his 1st point of the season with an
assist 10/10 vs. BOS.
2004 playoffs: Scored both Lightning goals in a
2-1 victory in Game 7 vs. CGY to win the Stanley Cup …
The 2 goals made him 2nd on the all-time Lightning
playoff goal scoring list (12) … Played 22 of 23 games
in route to setting new career highs for goals, assists,
points, penalty minutes, power play goals, game-winning
goals, shots, shooting percentage, and time on ice …
Tied the team record for most goals in a playoff year
with 12 … Set a new franchise record for goals in a
playoff series with 6 and for power play goals in a
series with 4 in the ECF vs. PHI … Had his 1st 2-goal
game (7, 8) of the playoffs in Game 6 vs. PHI ... Netted
the game-winning goal, his 5th of the postseason, and
added an assist in Game 3 vs. PHI ... Scored his 4th
goal of the playoffs in Game 2 vs. PHI ... Tallied the
game winning goal, his 3rd goal of the playofs in Game 1
vs. MTL ... Scored his 2nd goal of the playoffs, giving
him goals in 2 straight games, in game 5 4/16 vs. NYI
... Scored his 1st goal of the playoffs, his 2nd career
playoff goal, in game 4 4/14 @ NYI.|
PERSONAL: Married to wife Debbie … Lists Sergei
Fedorov as his favorite current player … Likes to
vacation in Wisconsin each summer … Lists Tampa as his
favorite city to play in … Enjoys golfing and is an auto
fanatic. |
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17 Ruslan Fedotenko___ Kiev, Ukraine
