Valeri Zelepukin

Valeri Zelepukin
Born	(1968-09-17) 17 September 1968 Voskresensk, Soviet Union
Height	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight	207 lb (94 kg; 14 st 11 lb)
Position	Left Wing
Shot	Left
Played for	RSL Khimik Voskresensk HC CSKA Moscow Atlant Moscow Oblast Ak Bars Kazan SKA Saint Petersburg NHL New Jersey Devils Edmonton Oilers Philadelphia Flyers Chicago Blackhawks
National team	Soviet Union  Russia
NHL Draft	221st overall, 1990 New Jersey Devils
Playing career	1984–2006

Olympic medal record
Representing Russia
Men's Ice hockey
	1998 Nagano	Team

Valeri Mikhailovich Zelepukin (Russian: Валерий Михайлович Зелепукин; born 17 September 1968 in Voskresensk, Soviet Union) is a retired Russian ice hockey player who has played in the National Hockey League for the New Jersey Devils, Edmonton Oilers, Philadelphia Flyers and the Chicago Blackhawks between 1991 and 2001. He is 6'1"", weighs 200 lbs and shoots left-handed. Zelepukin was drafted 221st overall in the 11th round by the Devils in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft and went on to play 595 regular season games, scoring 117 goals and 177 assists for 294 points, he also picked up 527 penalty minutes. In 2002, Zelepukin returned to Russia.

Zelepukin's most important and famous goal, was when he tied the game with 7.7 seconds remaining in game 7 of the 1994 Eastern Conference Finals against the New York Rangers while playing for New Jersey. He won the Stanley Cup in 1995 with the New Jersey Devils

International statistics

Year	Team	Event	Place		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1987	Soviet Union	WJC	DSQ		6	2	1	3	4
1988	Soviet Union	WJC			7	6	1	7	4
Junior Int'l Totals					13	8	2	10	8
1991	Soviet Union	WC			9	0	4	4	5
1996	Russia	WCH	SF		3	0	0	0	20
1998	Russia	Oly			6	1	2	3	0
2004	Russia	WC	10th		6	0	2	2	4
Senior Int'l Totals					24	1	8	9	29

External links

• Career statistics and player information from NHL.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database