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 and
 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.

Career statistics

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1987–88 Khimik Voskresensk Soviet 111014
1988–89 Khimik Voskresensk Soviet 341331614
1989–90 Khimik Voskresensk Soviet 371361916
1990–91 Khimik Voskresensk Soviet 411282024
1991–92 Khimik Voskresensk Soviet 3522143620 72688
1992–93 Khimik Voskresensk Russia 201121342
1992–93 Cape Breton Oilers AHL 4326255122 169192812
1993–94 Edmonton Oilers NHL 101234
1993–94 Cape Breton Oilers AHL 4731225390 422422
1994–95 Edmonton Oilers NHL 26112138
1994–95 Cape Breton Oilers AHL 25971620
1994–95 Vancouver Canucks NHL 125272 102350
1995–96 Vancouver Canucks NHL 5616233942
1995–96 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 14751218
1996–97 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 28671322
1996–97 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 70000
1997–98 Furuset Ishockey Norway 101071744
1997–98 Fort Wayne Komets IHL 19581350 300012
1998–99 KalPa Liiga 1042655
1998–99 Lukko Liiga 1607779
1999–00 Khimik Voskresensk Russia2 2217173492
2000–01 Khimik Voskresensk Russia2 3926265263 411214
2001–02 Khimik Voskresensk Russia2 3618304842 83368
2002–03 Khimik Voskresensk Russia2 2819102935 1187154
2003–04 Khimik Voskresensk Russia 1841542
2005–06 Khimik Voskresensk Russia2 30110
NHL totals 153 46 41 87 96 10 2 3 5 0
AHL totals 115 66 54 120 132 20 11 21 32 34

International statistics

Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
1988 Soviet Union EJC 3rd, bronze medalist(s) 6 5 6 11 4
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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