Sergei Fedorov Sergei Viktorovich Fedorov ( Russian : Сергей Викторович Фёдоров ; born December 13 , 1969 ) is a Russia n professional ice hockey centre , and occasionally a winger or defenceman . He currently serves as the captain of the Metallurg Magnitogorsk squad in the Kontinental Hockey League . Fedorov gained fame in the NHL for his unique style of play with the Detroit Red Wings , where he won 3 Stanley Cups before tenures with the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim , Columbus Blue Jackets , and lastly the Washington Capitals , playing in over 1 , 200 NHL contests . On October 25 , 2008 , Fedorov passed Alexander Mogilny to set a record for most goals by a Russian - born NHL player , scoring his 473rd goal . He was also the first European - trained player to win the Hart Memorial Trophy in 1993 – 94 NHL season , and is considered to be one of the best playoff performers in NHL history . Fedorov was considered one of the best players in the world in the 1990s leading into early 2000s ( decade ) . He recently played for Team Russia in the 2010 Winter Olympics . He is currently playing for Metallurg Magnitogorsk of the Kontinental Hockey League ( KHL ) . He was made captain of the team in early September 2011 . He will also be an ambassador for Russia at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi . Playing career . In his pre - NHL days , he played for CSKA Moscow on the famous line with future NHL superstars Pavel Bure and Alexander Mogilny , and was drafted a year after Mogilny ( the same year as Bure ) . Fedorov was drafted by the Detroit Red Wings in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft , fourth round , 74th overall . In 1990 , while CSKA Moscow was in Seattle for the Goodwill Games , Fedorov quietly slipped out of his hotel room and onto an airplane bound for Detroit . Thus , he became one of many NHL stars to have defected from the Soviet Union to play in the NHL . Fedorov was described as " three great players in one " . In his extraordinary career , he " once held claim to the title of top player on the planet " . Former Red Wings captain Steve Yzerman said his teammate was the " best skater I ' ve ever seen . " During the 1993 – 94 NHL season , Fedorov ' s outstanding play earned him the Hart Memorial Trophy ( being the first European - trained player to do so ) , the Frank J . Selke Trophy , and the Lester B . Pearson Award . He finished second in scoring behind Los Angeles ' Wayne Gretzky with 56 goals and 120 points . Sergei was also introduced to Gretzky by Paul Coffey during the 1994 NHL All Star Game , which led to him staying over at his L . A home for 2 weeks that year . In the lockout - shortened 1994 – 95 NHL season , Fedorov finished second on the team in points with 50 ( 20 goals , 30 assists ) in 42 games . That season , in a game against the Los Angeles Kings on Sunday , February 12 , Fedorov scored all 4 of Detroit ' s goals in a 4 - 4 tie . Although the Red Wings lost the Stanley Cup Finals that year to the New Jersey Devils , Fedorov led the playoffs in all scoring with 24 points ( 7 goals , 17 assists ) . Fedorov won another Frank J . Selke Trophy in 1996 , after compiling 100 - point season with 39 goals and 107 points in 78 games played . The next season , he played for Russia in the 1996 World Cup of Hockey , and was a member of the Red Wings ' first Stanley Cup championship team since 1955 , lead in team scoring by contributing 20 points in 20 playoff games for Detroit . During the regular season , he had achieved the rare feat of scoring 5 goals in a single game , as he got all of Detroit ' s goals in a 5 - 4 overtime win against the Washington Capitals on December 26 , 1996 . After a lengthy holdout to start the 1997 – 98 season , Fedorov , a restricted free agent , signed an offer sheet with the Carolina Hurricanes worth up to $ 38 million ( with bonuses ) . The Red Wings matched the offer on February 26 , 1998 , ending Fedorov ' s holdout . The offer broke down as : $ 14 million for signing , $ 2 million for 21 regular season games , and $ 12 million for the team reaching conference finals . $ 28 million for 43 total games in 1997 – 98 is the largest single season amount paid to an NHL athlete . Fedorov helped the Red Wings win their second consecutive Stanley Cup that season . On February 14 , 1999 , Fedorov announced that his entire base salary for the 1998 – 99 season , $ 2 million , would be used to create the Sergei Fedorov Foundation , a charity to assist Detroit area children . During the 1990s , Fedorov was third in playoff scoring , with 134 points behind only Jaromír Jágr ( 135 ) and Mario Lemieux ( 136 ) . He is only the third player in NHL history to have four consecutive 20 + point playoff campaigns , along with Mike Bossy and Bryan Trottier . He also led the entire NHL in Plus - minus in the 1990s with a + 221 . Fedorov won his third Stanley Cup in 2002 , and the next season scored 83 points in 80 games during the 2002 – 03 NHL season , and won the inaugural Kharlamov Trophy . At the 2002 NHL All Star Game SuperSkills Competition , Fedorov slap shot the puck 101 . 5 mph in the net to win " Hardest Shot " . Dominik Hasek said on Fedorov " I know his shot , and I ' m not surprised that he won it . . . He can shoot from the blue line and he can score from the blue line " . After a October 25 , 2002 game between Pittsburgh and Detroit , talking to reporters about Fedorov , Mario Lemieux said , " He was awesome . The way he skates , he ' s just dominating out there . Especially in the neutral zone , he picks up a lot of speed . You can ' t defend against that . " In the 2003 offseason , Fedorov signed with the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim after a long contract dispute with the Red Wings , in which he rejected deals for 5 years / $ 50 million and 4 years / $ 40 million . He remained with Anaheim from 2003 to 2005 . It was with the Ducks that Fedorov picked up his 1 , 000th point , becoming the first Russian - born and fifth European - born player to do so . In an unanticipated move , he was traded to the Columbus Blue Jackets on November 15 , 2005 . As a Blue Jacket , he also played his 1 , 000th NHL game on November 30 , 2005 , becoming the 13th European - born player to reach 1 , 000 NHL games and the 205th player overall to do so . In a 2006 interview , former Red Wing head coach Scotty Bowman said , " [ Fedorov was ] one of my favorite players as a coach because he can do anything [ asked of him on ice ] . " Bowman coached nine of Fedorov ' s thirteen seasons with Detroit . During the late 1990s , Bowman experimented by using Fedorov on defense and pairing him with Larry Murphy . The Red Wings senior vice - president Jim Devellano said , " I ’ m convinced if we left him there , he ’ d have won a Norris Trophy " . Although he was effective playing defense , Fedorov stated that he would rather play up front . This did not prevent Blue Jackets head coach Ken Hitchcock from moving Fedorov back to defense on occasion . Fedorov signed a free - agent contract with Anaheim for less than the Red Wings offered him after Detroit lost to Anaheim in the first round of the playoffs in 2003 . He is fourth all - time in many offensive categories in Red Wings history behind Gordie Howe , Steve Yzerman , and Alex Delvecchio . Only Howe , Yzerman , Delvecchio , Nicklas Lidström , Tomas Holmstrom , and Kris Draper have played more games as a Red Wing . Approaching the trade deadline in 2008 , Fedorov was traded to the Washington Capitals for Capitals draft pick Theo Ruth . The following summer , Fedorov signed a one - year , $ 4 million contract with the Washington Capitals . In 2008 – 09 , what would become his final season in the NHL , Fedorov passed Alexander Mogilny for most goals by a Russian - born hockey player . The previous record held by Mogilny was 473 goals . In a 2009 interview , former Red Wings Head coach Scotty Bowman recalled a conversation between Gretzky and him : " I talked to Wayne Gretzky about that six or seven years ago and he said to me : ' I couldn ' t play forward and defence . Mario couldn ' t do it . Jagr couldn ' t play defense . But Sergei could . He was a hell of a player ' . " On April 28 , 2009 , in one of his last games in the NHL , after shooting the game - winning goal in the 2009 Stanley Cup Playoffs against the New York Rangers in a 2 - 1 game 7 contest , coach Bruce Boudreau in a press conference remarked that , " Let ' s face it , sometimes experience pays off . He knew what he had to do , when to do it , and that ' s what makes him one of the greatest players , ever " . Alex Ovechkin added " He ' s our leader . . . He ' s our best guy in the locker room . He showed it . He ' s our best guy . He has more experience than anybody in this locker room . He knows how to play like that . He just shows his leadership . " . For the 2009 – 10 season , Fedorov returned to his home country of Russia signing a 2 - year deal with Magnitogorsk . He said that he wanted to fulfill his father ' s life long dream of having his two sons play on the same team . Early in the season , Fedorov scored his 1500th point in official games . In a description of Fedorov in a Hockey Hall of Fame Legends biography article describing him as International play . On a team that was missing many of their top stars due to players declining and injuries , Fedorov with Pavel Bure and Mikhail Shtalenkov carried the team to a silver medal with Russia in the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano , Japan . In the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City , Utah , Fedorov and the Russians knocked out the Czech Republic in the quarterfinals 1 - 0 , and ended the tournament winning a bronze medal . In response on his decision to play hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino , Fedorov said , " I don ' t think it is appropriate to delay my decision about the Olympics any further . As much as I would enjoy representing my country in Italy , I ' m afraid that at this point in the season my focus has to remain with the Columbus Blue Jackets . . . I feel that the most important thing is for me to continue to work towards being 100 percent healthy . My main priority and responsibility is to the Columbus Blue Jackets and I don ' t believe participating in the Olympics , which is a short , intense tournament , would be the best thing to do . " The Washington trio , Alex Ovechkin , Alexander Semin , and Fedorov competed on the same line for Team Russia and won the Gold Medal at the 2008 World Championships , 5 - 4 in overtime against Canada in which he set up the game winning goal to Ilya Kovalchuck . The tournament was the held for the first time in Canada ( Quebec City ) for the 100th anniversary celebrations . Team Russia would repeat the Gold against Canada again at the 2009 World Championships . He also played for Russia in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver , entering the competition ranked number one in the world . Personal life . Fedorov claimed he and tennis star Anna Kournikova were married in 2001 , but later divorced in 2003 . Kournikova ' s representatives deny any marriage to Fedorov , however Fedorov ' s agent , Pat Brisson , claims that although he doesn ' t know when they got married , he knew " he [ Fedorov ] was married " . Although she claims to have never married the hockey superstar , she did turn over her South Beach condo as part of the divorce . Sergei has also been linked to Tara Reid . He presently resides in Magnitogorsk during hockey season and splits his summers between Detroit and Miami . He is currently linked to a dark - skinned woman from Miami . Brisson confirms the couple , but refuses to release her name . Pictures of the two have been seen in the Miami Herald , and they have been seen around town together . On July 24 , 2009 , Fedorov filed a lawsuit against Joseph Zada for defrauding on a March agreement to pay him $ 60 million to compensate him for the $ 43 million Fedorov invested with Zada over the past 11 years . The lawsuit was filed by Fedorov in Michigan . Fedorov won the suit , but has been unable to collect on the judgment from Zada . Sergei Fedorov and his brother , Fedor , both appeared in a music video for the song ' My Philosophy ' performed by the band RU . Fedorov agreed to perform in the video , and asked his brother to perform as well , because he was personal friends with the members of the band . He also appeared in Soccer Aid , a football game that takes place in England pitting celebrities against each other to benefit UNICEF UK . He competed on the " rest of the world " squad . In the summer of 2011 his foundation helped a boy with Duchenne ' s muscular dystrophy who needed a special bed , costing approximately $ 20 , 000 . International play . Played for the Soviet Union in : Played for Russia in :