Post by Jazz on Jun 16, 2004 1:00:15 GMT -5
Ruslan Fedotenko becomes first Ukrainian to win Stanley Cup
source: iihf.com
Kiev-born Ruslan Fedotenko, 25, became the first player from Ukraine to win the Stanley Cup and Nikolai Khabibulin became the first Russian goaltender to lead his team to the coveted trophy as the Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Calgary Flames in the seventh game of the 2004 Stanley Cup final.
Fedotenko scored both goals in Tampa's 2-1 win over Calgary thus giving the Lightning its first ever cup victory. Altogether seven more European players will have thier names engraved on Lord Stanley's Cup. Also on Tampa's team: Czechs Stanislav Neckar and Pavel Kubina, Slovak Martin Cibak, Swede Fredrik Modin and Russian Dimitry Afanasenkov.
This brings the number of European Stanley Cup winners to 69. Finns Jari Kurri and Esa Tikkanen hold the "European record" with five Stanley Cup wins each, while Swedes Stefan Persson and Anders Kallur have won it four times.
Complete list of Europeans who have won the Stanley Cup
source: iihf.com
Kiev-born Ruslan Fedotenko, 25, became the first player from Ukraine to win the Stanley Cup and Nikolai Khabibulin became the first Russian goaltender to lead his team to the coveted trophy as the Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Calgary Flames in the seventh game of the 2004 Stanley Cup final.
Fedotenko scored both goals in Tampa's 2-1 win over Calgary thus giving the Lightning its first ever cup victory. Altogether seven more European players will have thier names engraved on Lord Stanley's Cup. Also on Tampa's team: Czechs Stanislav Neckar and Pavel Kubina, Slovak Martin Cibak, Swede Fredrik Modin and Russian Dimitry Afanasenkov.
This brings the number of European Stanley Cup winners to 69. Finns Jari Kurri and Esa Tikkanen hold the "European record" with five Stanley Cup wins each, while Swedes Stefan Persson and Anders Kallur have won it four times.
Complete list of Europeans who have won the Stanley Cup
- 1980 New York Islanders: Stefan Persson (SWE), Anders Kallur (SWE).
- 1981 New York Islanders: Stefan Persson (SWE), Anders Kallur (SWE)
- 1982 New York Islanders: Stefan Persson (SWE), Anders Kallur (SWE), Tomas Jonsson (SWE)
- 1983 New York Islanders: Stefan Persson (SWE), Anders Kallur (SWE), Tomas Jonsson (SWE), Mats Hallin (SWE).
- 1984 Edmonton Oilers: Jari Kurri (FIN), Willy Lindstrom (SWE), Jaroslav Pouzar (TCH).
- 1985 Edmonton Oilers: Jari Kurri (FIN), Willy Lindstrom (SWE), Jaroslav Pouzar (TCH), Esa Tikkanen (FIN).
- 1986 Montreal Canadiens: Mats Naslund (SWE), Kjell Dahlin (SWE), Petr Svoboda (TCH).
- 1987 Edmonton Oilers: Jari Kurri (FIN), Kent Nilsson (SWE), Jaroslav Pouzar (TCH), Reijo Ruotsalainen (FIN), Esa Tikkanen (FIN).
- 1988 Edmonton Oilers: Jari Kurri (FIN), Esa Tikkanen (FIN).
- 1989 Calgary Flames: Hakan Loob (SWE), Jiri Hrdina (TCH).
- 1990 Edmonton Oilers: Jari Kurri (FIN), Reijo Ruotsalainen (FIN), Esa Tikkanen (FIN), Petr Klima (TCH).
- 1991 Pittsburgh Penguins: Jaromir Jagr (TCH), Jiri Hrdina (TCH), Ulf Samuelsson (SWE).
- 1992 Pittsburgh Penguins: Jaromir Jagr (TCH), Jiri Hrdina (TCH), Ulf Samuelsson (SWE), Kjell Samuelsson (SWE).
- 1993 Montreal Canadiens: none
- 1994 New York Rangers: Esa Tikkanen (FIN), Alexander Karpovtsev (RUS), Alexei Kovalev (RUS), Sergei Nemchinov (RUS), Sergei Zubov (RUS).
- 1995 New Jersey Devils: Tommy Albelin (SWE), Sergei Brylin (RUS), Robert (Bobby) Holik (CZE), Valeri Zelepukin (RUS).
- 1996 Colorado Avalanche: Peter Forsberg (SWE), Alexei Gusarov (RUS), Valeri Kamenski (RUS), Uwe Krupp (GER), Sandis Ozolinsh (LAT).
- 1997 Detroit Red Wings: Sergei Fedorov (RUS), Vyacheslav Fetisov (RUS), Tomas Holmstrom (SWE), Vladimir Konstantinov (RUS), Vyacheslav Kozlov (RUS), Igor Larionov (RUS), Nicklas Lidstrom (SWE), Tomas Sandstrom (SWE).
- 1998: Detroit Red Wings: Anders Eriksson (SWE), Sergei Fedorov (RUS), Vyacheslav Fetisov (RUS), Tomas Holmstrom (SWE), Vyacheslav Kozlov (RUS), Igor Larionov (RUS), Nicklas Lidstrom (SWE), Dmitri Mironov (RUS).
- 1999 Dallas Stars: Jere Lehtinen (FIN), Roman Turek (CZE), Sergei Zubov (RUS).
- 2000 New Jersey Devils: Sergei Brylin (RUS), Patrik Elias (CZE), Robert (Bobby) Holik (CZE), Vladimir Malakhov (RUS), Alexander Mogilny (RUS), Sergei Nemchinov (RUS), Krzysztof Oliwa (POL), Petr Sykora (CZE).
- 2001 Colorado Avalanche: David Aebischer (SUI), Peter Forsberg (SWE), Milan Hejduk (CZE), Ville Nieminen (FIN), Martin Skoula (CZE).
- 2002 Detroit Red Wings: Pavel Datsyuk (RUS), Igor Larionov (RUS), Sergei Fedorov (RUS), Fredrik Olausson (SWE), Nicklas Lidstrom (SWE), Tomas Holmstrom (SWE), Dominik Hasek (CZE), Jiri Fischer (CZE), Ladislav Kohn (CZE), Jiri Slegr (CZE), Uwe Krupp (GER).
- 2003 New Jersey Devils: Patrik Elias (CZE), Sergei Brylin (RUS), Oleg Tverdovsky (RUS), Tommy Albelin (SWE), Jiri Bicek (SVK), Richard Smehlik (CZE).
- 2004 Tampa Bay Lightning: Stanislav Neckar (CZE), Martin Cibak (SVK), Pavel Kubina (CZE), Ruslan Fedotenko (UKR), Dimitry Afanasenkov (RUS), Fredrik Modin (SWE), Nikolai Khabibulin (RUS).
