Roman Nikolaevich Oksiuta (born August 21, 1970) is a retired Russia

Russia

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n ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League

National Hockey League

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 for the Edmonton Oilers

Edmonton Oilers

The Edmonton Oilers are a professional ice hockey team based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. They are members of the Northwest Division in the Western Conference of the National Hockey League ....

, Vancouver Canucks

Vancouver Canucks

The Vancouver Canucks are a professional ice hockey team based in Vancouver, :British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . The Canucks play their home games at Rogers Arena, formerly known as General Motors Place,...

, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and the Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins

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. He played a total of 153 regular season games, scoring 46 goals and 41 assists for 87 points and collecting 100 penalty minutes. He was drafted in the 10th round, 202nd overall by the New York Rangers

New York Rangers

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 in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft

1989 NHL Entry Draft

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 but was traded to Edmonton in a trade for Oilers' captain, Kevin Lowe

Kevin Lowe

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, while he was still playing in Russia. He also had a spell in Finland

Finland

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's SM-liiga

SM-liiga

The SM-liiga is the top professional ice hockey league in Finland. As of March 2008, it is ranked by the IIHF as the second strongest league in Europe. It was created in 1975 to replace the SM-sarja, which was fundamentally an amateur league. The SM-liiga is not directly overseen by the Finnish Ice...

 for KalPa

KalPa

The Kalevan Pallo is an ice hockey team in the SM-liiga. They play in Kuopio, Finland at the Niiralan monttu.-Team history:Established in 1929, the full name of the company that runs the representative team is KalPa Hockey Oy. The majority of the company is owned by NHL players Sami Kapanen and...

 and Lukko

Lukko

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. 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.

He 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	Place		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1989 1989 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships The 1989 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships was the 13th edition of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships and was held in Anchorage, Alaska, United States. The Soviet Union won the gold medal, its eleventh, and ultimately final, championship...	Soviet Union	WJC			7	6	3	9	4
1990 1990 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships The 1990 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships was the 14th edition of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships and was held mainly in Helsinki, Finland...	Soviet Union	WJC			7	7	2	9	4
1996 1996 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships - Group 2 :- Quarterfinals :- Consolation Round 11-12 Place :Austria was relegated to Group B.- Semifinals :- Match for third place :- Final :-World Championship Group B :...	Russia	WC Ice Hockey World Championships The Ice Hockey World Championships are an annual ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation . First officially held at the 1920 Summer Olympics, it is the sport's highest profile annual international tournament. The IIHF was created in 1908 while the European...	4th		8	3	0	3	2

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