Ross Lupaschuk

Ross Lupaschuk (born January 19, 1981) is a Canadian ice hockey defenceman who currently plays for the Vienna Capitals.
==Juniors==
Lupaschuk played his junior-level hockey in the Western Hockey League (WHL) for five seasons with the Lethbridge Hurricanes, Prince Albert Raiders and Red Deer Rebels. He was traded from the Raiders to the Rebels in 2001 in time to play for the Rebels during their 2001 Memorial Cup win. While with the Raiders, he was selected in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft by the Washington Capitals in the second round, 34th overall. Before turning professional, his playing rights were traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins.
==NHL and AHL==
He played four seasons in the Penguins organization, primarily for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins of the American Hockey League, except for three games with the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2002–03. 
Lupaschuk recently attended Phoenix Coyotes training camp at the start of the 2009-10 season, but was released on September 20, 2009.
==Europe and Russia==
As a restricted free agent in 2005, Lupaschuk elected not to re-sign with the Penguins for the upcoming season and instead opted for Mora IK, in Sweden. The following year he played for Malmö Redhawks, also in Sweden, but left the team during the season for Kärpät, in Finland. In 2007, he transferred to Avangard Omsk Oblast of the Russian league. In 2008, he joined the HC Sibir Novosibirsk of the Kontinental Hockey League after a tryout with the Anaheim Ducks, played there until 19 January 2009 and signed on 22 January 2009 by Mora IK.http://www.morahockey.se/Admin/system/readnew2.asp?id=1310
On November 3, 2009, Lupaschuk signed a contract to play with HIFK for the remainder of the season.http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/article/jokers-or-chokers.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=187&cHash=b725590c33
==Awards and records==
* WHL East Second All-Star Team (2000–01)
* Memorial Cup Champion (2000–01)
* Memorial Cup Tournament All-Star Team (2000–01)
* Named to CHL All-Star 2nd team (2000–01)
* SM-Liiga Kanada-Malja Champion (2006–07)
==Transactions==
* November 19, 1999 - Traded to Red Deer (WHL) by Prince Albert (WHL) with Craig Brunel for Brent Hobday, Steven MacIntyre, Regan Darby and Scott McQueen.
* July 11, 2001 - Traded from Washington Capitals (NHL) with Kris Beech and Michal Sivek to Pittsburgh Penguins (NHL) for Jaromír Jágr and Frantisek Kucera.
* October 2, 2001 - Assigned to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AHL)
* October 5, 2002 - Assigned to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AHL)
* September 30, 2003 - Assigned to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AHL)
* August 3, 2004 - Re-signed by the Pittsburgh Penguins to a one-year contract.
* May 31, 2005 - Signed with the Mora IK of the Elitserein (Sweden).
* July 30, 2006 - Signed as a free agent by Malmo Red Hawks (Sweden).
* November 8, 2006 - Signed as a free agent by Kärpät (Finland).
* July 20, 2007 - Signed as a free agent by Avangard Omsk (Russia).
* September 17, 2008 - Invited to training camp by the Anaheim Ducks
* September 29, 2008 - Assigned to Iowa Chops (AHL)
* October 13, 2008 - Signed as a free agent by Avangard Omsk (KHL)
* October 13, 2008 - Transferred to Sibir Novosibirsk (KHL)
* September 11, 2009 - Invited to training camp by the Phoenix Coyotes.
* September 20, 2009 - Released from training camp by the Phoenix Coyotes.
* November 3, 2009 - Signed as a free agent by HIFK (Finland).
* July 23, 2010 - Signed as a free agent by the Cologne Sharks (Germany).
==Career statistics==
  	  	  	 	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	 	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs
Season 	Team 	League 	 	GP 	G 	A 	Pts 	PIM 	 	GP 	G 	A 	Pts 	PIM
1996–97 	Lethbridge Hurricanes 	WHL 	 	3 	1 	0 	1 	0 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1997–98 	Prince Albert Raiders 	WHL 	 	67 	6 	12 	18 	170 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1998–99 	Prince Albert Raiders 	WHL 	 	67 	8 	20 	28 	127 	 	14 	4 	9 	13 	16
1999-00 	Prince Albert Raiders 	WHL 	 	22 	8 	8 	16 	42 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1999-00 	Red Deer Rebels 	WHL 	 	46 	13 	27 	40 	116 	 	4 	0 	1 	1 	10
2000–01 	Red Deer Rebels 	WHL 	 	79 	10 	15 	25 	45 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2002–03 	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	AHL 	 	72 	9 	20 	29 	91 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2002–03 	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	AHL 	 	74 	18 	18 	36 	101 	 	4 	0 	2 	2 	20
2002–03 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	NHL 	 	3 	0 	0 	0 	4 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2003–04 	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	AHL 	 	58 	4 	17 	21 	96 	 	8 	0 	2 	2 	37
2004–05 	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	AHL 	 	67 	11 	19 	30 	145 	 	5 	0 	0 	0 	2
2005–06 	Mora IK 	SEL 	 	49 	13 	18 	31 	168 	 	5 	2 	2 	4 	18
2005–06 	Malmö Redhawks 	SEL 	 	18 	2 	4 	6 	51 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2006–07 	Kärpät 	SM-liiga 	 	25 	4 	12 	16 	16 	 	10 	1 	9 	10 	18
2007–08 	Omsk Avangard 	RSL 	 	45 	9 	13 	22 	46 	 	1 	0 	0 	0 	2
2008–09 	Sibir Novosibirsk 	KHL 	 	22 	0 	3 	3 	41 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2008–09 	Mora IK 	Swe-1 	 	9 	2 	8 	10 	14 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
WHL totals 	WHL totals 	WHL totals 	 	270 	64 	105 	169 	590 	 	40 	9 	20 	29 	80
AHL totals 	AHL totals 	AHL totals 	 	271 	42 	74 	116 	433 	 	17 	0 	2 	2 	25
NHL totals 	NHL totals 	NHL totals 	 	3 	0 	0 	0 	4 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
SEL totals 	SEL totals 	SEL totals 	 	67 	15 	22 	37 	219 	 	5 	2 	2 	4 	18
FNL totals 	FNL totals 	FNL totals 	 	25 	4 	12 	16 	16 	 	10 	1 	9 	10 	18
RSL totals 	RSL totals 	RSL totals 	 	45 	9 	13 	22 	46 	 	1 	0 	0 	0 	2
KHL totals 	KHL totals 	KHL totals 	 	22 	0 	3 	3 	41 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
SWE-1 totals	SWE-1 totals 	SWE-1 totals	 	9 	2 	8 	10 	14 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
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Category:Born in 1981
Category:Canadian ice hockey players
Category:Washington Capitals draft picks
Category:Pittsburgh Penguins players
Category:Lethbridge Hurricanes alumni
Category:Prince Albert Raiders alumni
Category:Kärpät players
Category:Red Deer Rebels alumni
Category:Memorial Cup winners
Category:Malmö Redhawks players
Category:Mora IK players
Category:Avangard Omsk players
Category:HC Sibir Novosibirsk players
Category:Vienna Capitals players
Category:Kölner Haie players