Fernando Pisani Fernando Antonio Pisani ( born December 27 , 1976 ) is a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger who is currently a free agent . Playing career . After posting 103 points in 58 games with the St . Albert Saints of the Alberta Junior Hockey League ( AJHL ) , Pisani was drafted in the eighth round , 195th overall , by his hometown team , the Edmonton Oilers in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft . Upon being drafted , Pisani played four years of collegiate hockey for Providence College . In 2000 – 01 , the Oilers assigned him to their American Hockey League ( AHL ) affiliate , the Hamilton Bulldogs . Pisani spent two seasons in Hamilton , before being called up in his third AHL season in 2002 – 03 . He scored his first NHL goal on February 5 , 2003 , in a 2 - 1 win against the Anaheim Mighty Ducks . He finished the season with the Oilers , playing in 35 games with 13 points . Pisani is generally considered a " late bloomer " , because he did not see his first NHL action until the age of 27 . Due to the 2004 – 05 NHL lockout , Pisani went overseas to Europe and played in the Swiss Nationalliga A and Italian Serie A . As NHL play resumed in 2005 – 06 , Pisani scored a career - high 18 goals , 19 assists and 37 points . Although the Oilers entered the playoffs as the eighth and final seed in the Western Conference , they embarked on a cinderella run to the 2006 Stanley Cup Finals against the Carolina Hurricanes . Pisani became a playoff hero in the process , significantly elevating his game . Against the first - seeded Detroit Red Wings , Pisani scored two third period goals ( his fourth and fifth of the series ) in game six , series - clinching 4 - 2 victory . Advancing to the second round against the San Jose Sharks , Pisani recorded another two - goal effort , including the game winner , in a 6 - 3 game five win . Reaching the finals against Carolina , the Oilers faced elimination in the fifth game . Going into overtime on the penalty kill , Pisani intercepted a pass and scored his second goal of the game on a breakaway to stave off elimination . It was the first time in Stanley Cup Finals history that an overtime game was decided by a shorthanded goal . Pisani then scored the Oilers ' only goal in a losing game seven effort . He nearly tied the game with three minutes left to go in regulation off a Raffi Torres rebound , but was denied a seemingly sure - goal by Carolina goalie Cam Ward . Pisani finished the playoffs with a league - leading 14 goals and 5 game - winners , nearly matching his regular season output of 18 goals in 80 games . He was re - signed by the Oilers in the off - season to a four - year , $ 10 million contract on July 1 , 2006 . Pisani followed his 2006 playoff performance with a 28 - point season in 2006 – 07 , but the Oilers failed to qualify for the post - season . Prior to the start of the 2007 – 08 season , he was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis , sidelining him for the first 26 games of the campaign . He returned to the Oilers lineup on December 2 , 2007 , and was nominated for the Bill Masterton Trophy – given for perseverance and dedication to hockey – at the end of the season . The award was subsequently given to Jason Blake of the Toronto Maple Leafs who , at the start of the season in October , had been diagnosed with chronic myelogenous leukemia , but still managed to play all 82 games . An injury shortened 2008 - 09 NHL Season saw Pisani suit up for only 38 games , scoring seven goals to go with eight assists . After becoming a unrestricted free agent , Pisani signed a one - year deal with the reigning Stanley Cup champions the Chicago Blackhawks for the 2010 – 11 season . Personal life . He attended St . Edmund ' s and Archbishop O ' Leary Catholic High School with Sheldon Souray . He and his wife Heidi have two sons and a daughter . Pisani holds dual citizenship with Canada and Italy . He derives Italian citizenship through his Italian - born father . Career statistics . " * Boldface denotes league - leading stat "