Editing Ruslan Fedotenko (section)

==Playing career==

=== Start in the NHL ===
[[File:Ruslan Fedotenko Penguins.jpg|thumb|left|Fedotenko with the Pittsburgh Penguins.]]
As a youth, Fedotenko played in the 1993 [[Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament]] with a team from Ukraine.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.publicationsports.com/ressources/files/439/Joueurs_Pro.pdf|title=Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA|year=2018|website=Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament|access-date=2019-02-09|archive-date=6 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306085544/https://www.publicationsports.com/ressources/files/439/Joueurs_Pro.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Fedotenko went undrafted and first entered the NHL after being signed by the [[Philadelphia Flyers]] in 1999. He scored the overtime winning goal in Game 1 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]].{{citation needed|date=February 2019}}

In [[2004 Stanley Cup playoffs|2004]], Fedotenko won the [[Stanley Cup]] for the first time, scoring both Lightning goals in Game 7 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 NHL season|2005–06]], Fedotenko was re-signed as a restricted free agent in July 2006 to a one-year contract worth $1.65 million.<ref name="Contract">{{Cite web|url=https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=170665 |title=Lightning ink Fedotenko to one-year deal |access-date=2006-09-28 |publisher=TSN.ca |year=2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929090447/http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=170665 |archive-date=29 September 2007 }}</ref>

=== New York Islanders ===
Following his fourth season in Tampa Bay, Fedotenko signed a one-year, $2.9 million contract with the [[New York Islanders]] in July 2007, joining [[Mike Comrie]] and [[Bill Guerin]] as the Islanders' free agent acquisitions. He scored 33 points in his first and only season with the Islanders.{{citation needed|date=February 2019}}

=== Pittsburgh Penguins and second Stanley Cup win ===
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 65 games, benefiting as a winger on a talented Penguins team that featured centers [[Sidney Crosby]], [[Evgeni Malkin]] and [[Jordan Staal]].  He went on to tally 14 points in 24 post-season games with the Penguins in [[2009 Stanley Cup playoffs|2009]], capturing his second career Stanley Cup as Pittsburgh defeated the [[Detroit Red Wings]] in seven games. After becoming an unrestricted free agent in July 2009, Fedotenko took a pay cut and agreed to a one-year, $1.8 million contract to remain with the Penguins.{{citation needed|date=February 2019}}

=== New York Rangers ===
On 10 September 2010, Fedotenko accepted a try-out with the [[New York Rangers]]. After an impressive preseason, the Rangers signed Fedotenko to a one-year $1 million deal on 4 October 2010.<ref name="Fedotenko signs with Rangers">{{Cite web|url=http://rangers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=539462|title=Fedotenko agrees to terms on contract|access-date=2010-10-04|publisher=New York Rangers|year=2010}}</ref>

On 1 July 2011, Fedotenko re-signed with the [[New York Rangers]], accepting a one-year, $1.4 million contract.{{citation needed|date=February 2019}}

=== Return to the Flyers ===
On 5 July 2012, Fedotenko returned to where his NHL career began and signed a one-year deal with the [[Philadelphia Flyers]] for $1.75 million. During the [[2012–13 NHL lockout]], Fedotenko played for the [[Kontinental Hockey League]]'s [[HC Donbass]]. Following the [[2012–13 NHL season]], Fedotenko signed a three-year, $9 million contract with Donbass.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hcdonbass.com/news/khl/ruslan_fedotenko_vozvrashchaetsya_v_donetsk/|title=Ruslan Fedotenko returned to Donetsk|publisher=HC Donbass|date=2 July 2013|access-date=6 July 2013|language=ru}}</ref>

=== Later career and retirement ===
On 20 January 2015, Fedotenko signed a [[Hockey contracts#Professional Try Out|professional try out]] contract with the [[Iowa Wild]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://theahl.com/iowa-signs-former-stanley-cup-champ-fedotenko-p195892|title=Iowa signs former Stanley Cup champ Fedotenko|publisher=[[American Hockey League]]|date=20 January 2015|access-date=21 January 2015}}</ref> To end the [[2014–15 AHL season|2014–15]] season, Fedotenko registered 3 goals in 13 games with Iowa.  On 1 July 2015, Fedotenko signed as a free agent to a one-year contract with Iowa's parent affiliate, the [[Minnesota Wild]].<ref>{{Cite web| url = http://wild.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=773497 | title = Wild signs Daple, Fedotenko and Hagel | publisher = [[Minnesota Wild]] | date = 2015-07-01 | access-date = 2015-07-01}}</ref>

On 11 October 2016, Fedotenko announced his retirement from professional hockey. Fedotenko finished his career as a two-time Stanley Cup Champion, played in a total of 863 NHL games with five different NHL teams, scored 173 goals and registered 193 assists, totaling 366 points.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.nhlpa.com/news/ruslan-fedotenko-retires-after-12-nhl-seasons | title = RUSLAN FEDOTENKO RETIRES AFTER 12 NHL SEASONS | website = [[National Hockey League Players' Association]] | date = 2016-10-11 | access-date = 2016-10-11}}</ref>