Roman Oksiuta

Roman Oksiuta
Born (1970-08-21) 21 August 1970
Murmansk, URS
Height 6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
Weight 225 lb (102 kg; 16 st 1 lb)
Position Right Wing
Shot Left
Played for Edmonton Oilers
Vancouver Canucks
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Pittsburgh Penguins
Khimik Voskresensk
National team  Soviet Union 
 Russia
NHL Draft 202nd overall, 1989
New York Rangers
Playing career 19872006

Roman Nikolaevich Oksiuta (born 21 August 1970) is a retired Russian ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League for the Edmonton Oilers, Vancouver Canucks, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Playing career

Oksiuta played a total of 153 regular season games, scoring 46 goals and 41 assists for 87 points and collecting 100 penalty minutes. Oksiuta was drafted in the 10th round, 202nd overall by the New York Rangers in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft but was traded to Edmonton in a trade for Oilers' captain, Kevin Lowe, while he was still playing in Russia. He also had a spell in Finland's SM-liiga for KalPa and Lukko. He returned to Russia in 1999 and played in the Vysshaya Liga for Khimik Voskresensk where he began his career in 1987. In 2003 the team were promoted to the Russian Super League. He retired in 2006.

Oksiuta represented the Soviet Union and later Russia at the IIHF World Ice Hockey Championships; winning gold (1989) and silver (1990) with the Soviet National team respectively.

International statistics

Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
1989 Soviet Union WJC 1st, gold medalist(s) 7 6 3 9 4
1990 Soviet Union WJC 2nd, silver medalist(s) 7 7 2 9 4
1996 Russia WC 4th 8 3 0 3 2


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