Sergei Zubov Sergei Alexandrovich Zubov ( Russian : Сергей Зубов ; born July 22 , 1970 ) is a former Russia n professional ice hockey defenceman who played for the Dallas Stars , New York Rangers and Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League as well as SKA St . Petersburg of the Kontinental Hockey League ( KHL ) . Zubov won Stanley Cup s with the Rangers in 1994 and the Stars in 1999 . Playing career . He is considered one of the best offensive defensemen in NHL history . He played in the NHL All - Star Game in 1998 , 1999 , and 2000 . He has also won two Stanley Cup s , one with the New York Rangers in 1994 , and the other with Dallas in 1999 . In 1992 , Zubov won a gold medal at the Olympic Games , playing for the Unified Team . He is also the NHL ' s all - time leading scorer among Russian defensemen , and the all - time leading scorer among defensemen in the history of the Stars franchise . Zubov was drafted in the fifth round of the 1990 NHL Entry Draft by the New York Rangers . Prior to this , he played for the Red Army ' s hockey team , HC CSKA Moscow , in Russia . He continued to play for the Red Army until 1992 , after the fall of the USSR . Although Sergei spent some of his rookie season with New York ' s AHL affiliate , the Binghamton Rangers , he played forty - nine games as a rookie for the Rangers , scoring 31 points , considered then to be above - average for a defenceman . Zubov ' s high - scoring ways continued , as he scored 12 goals and earned 77 assists during the 1993 – 94 season , which led the team in regular season scoring . He contributed 19 points to the Rangers ' playoff campaign , as he , along with Alexander Karpovtsev , Sergei Nemchinov , and Alexei Kovalev became the first Russians to have their names engraved on the Stanley Cup . Zubov continued to play well for the Rangers , but on August 31 , 1995 , he was traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins with Petr Nedvěd for Ulf Samuelsson and Luc Robitaille . Zubov only spent one season in Pittsburgh , probably because he and team captain Mario Lemieux didn ' t get along , especially on the powerplay where both men wanted to be in control . Ultimately , he was traded to the Dallas Stars on June 22 , 1996 for Kevin Hatcher . Although Zubov never again reached the scoring height of his 1993 – 94 season with the Rangers , due to a combination of Dallas ' s more defensive system and decreased scoring in general , he has earned all three of his trips to the All - Star game with the Stars . He never again reached an 80 + point total , but he is currently the only active defenceman in the NHL to have 11 consecutive years of 40 + point seasons or 30 + assists . He is also excellent defensively and while he has a well - sized body , he is known more for his positioning and puck - dislodging abilities out of corners rather than powerfully hitting opponents . He has been a mainstay on the penalty killing squad for several years now and has only recorded a negative plus / minus four times in his career , with two of them within his first three years in the leagues . Zubov has always played a solid game , but for years went under the radar and did not garner any nominations for the NHL awards or the NHL First / Second All - Star teams . However , in the 2005 – 06 regular season , Zubov posted 71 points for his highest outing in over a decade - and also received his first Norris Trophy nomination . Zubov and his wife Irina have two kids , a son named Paul and a daughter named Anastasia . Their children are currently going to the same American school in St . Petersburg , Russia . Zubov missed nearly half of the 2007 – 08 NHL season with a sports hernia injury and most of the 2008 – 09 NHL season with a hip injury . On July 30 , 2009 , he decided to leave the NHL as he signed a contract with SKA St . Petersburg of the KHL . On April 18 , 2011 , it was reported that Zubov would officially retire due to hip - related injury problems .