Rick Nash, David Vyborny, Ray Whitney, Chris Clark, Fredrik Modin, Steve Mason, Geoff Sanderson, R. J. Umberger and Sergei Fedorov are some of the more prominent NHL figures to have donned a Columbus jersey.

There has been only one instance in which a Selke Trophy winner was also awarded the Hart Memorial Trophy for Most Valuable Player — Sergei Fedorov captured both trophies during the 1993 – 94 NHL season.

When Datsyuk began his NHL career for the Red Wings, his mentors – including Soviet stars Igor Larionov and Sergei Fedorov, as well as Detroit captain Steve Yzerman – helped him learn his way around the NHL.

Fedorov was drafted by the Detroit Red Wings in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft, fourth round, 74th overall.

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.

In 2001 – 02 NHL season, Fedorov played with a star-studded roster that included newcomer linemate Brett Hull, and won his third Stanley Cup.

In the 2002 – 03 NHL season, Steve Yzerman was injured for most the season and Fedorov led the team in scoring with 36 goals and 83 points in 80 games, and won the inaugural Kharlamov Trophy by the NHL.

At the 2002 NHL All Star Game SuperSkills Competition, Fedorov slapped the puck 101. 5 mph in the net to win " Hardest Shot ".

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.

As a member of the Moscow-based club, Bure joined a lineup that featured several future NHL players, including linemates Sergei Fedorov and Alexander Mogilny, as well as Igor Larionov, Slava Fetisov, Sergei Makarov, and Vladimir Konstantinov.

Mogilny was the second Russian player to score 1000 points in the NHL, reaching the milestone just a few days after former linemate Sergei Fedorov.

Examples of NHL swingmen include Dustin Byfuglien, Brent Burns, Sergei Fedorov, Mathieu Dandenault, and Mark Streit.

Yzerman was joined by Sergei Fedorov, who would be an award-winner and frequent all-star for the team in the 1990s.

On November 15, 2005, the Ducks traded Sergei Fedorov, and a 5th round draft pick to the Columbus Blue Jackets for defenseman Francois Beauchemin and Tyler Wright.

The Lindsay Award is considered to be the companion of the Hart Memorial Trophy — fourteen players have won both trophies for the same season: Guy Lafleur ( 1976 – 77 and 1977 – 78 ), Wayne Gretzky ( 1981 – 82, 1982 – 83, 1983 – 84, 1984 – 85 and 1986 – 87 ), Mario Lemieux ( 1987 – 88 and 1992 – 93 and 1995 – 96 ), Mark Messier ( 1989 – 90 and 1991 – 92 ), Brett Hull ( 1990 – 91 ), Sergei Fedorov ( 1993 – 94 ), Eric Lindros ( 1994 – 95 ), Dominik Hasek ( 1996 – 97 and 1997 – 98 ), Jaromir Jagr ( 1998 – 99 ), Joe Sakic ( 2000 – 01 ), Martin St. Louis ( 2003 – 04 ), Sidney Crosby ( 2006 – 07 ), Alexander Ovechkin ( 2007 – 08 and 2008 – 09 ) and Evgeni Malkin ( 2011 – 12 ).

The departure of Sergei Fedorov in the 2003 off-season made room for Datsyuk to rise to prominence on the Red Wings.

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.

Steve Yzerman speaking to a reporter on Fedorov a few weeks after turning the tide on a 30 January game that season that ended in a 4 – 2 victory for the Red Wings over the Maple Leafs, said " Sergei is a game-breaker for us anytime he's on the ice ... He's the most talented player I've ever seen ".

On 14 February 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.

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.

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.

Approaching the trade deadline in 2008, Fedorov was traded to the Washington Capitals for Capitals draft pick Theo Ruth.

In the ( U-20 ) 1987 World Junior Championships, Fedorov made his national team debut for the Soviet Union.

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 Kovalchuk.

On 24 July 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.

Sergei Fedorov and his brother, Fedor Fedorov, both appeared in a music video for the song ' My Philosophy ' performed by the band RU.

The team with the greatest number of unique winners is the Red Wings with 4 -- Sergei Fedorov ( twice ), Steve Yzerman, Kris Draper, and Datsyuk ( three times ) -- all coming since 1994.

In his first book " Apostolos " ( printed in Moscow in 1564 ) he called himself in typical Russian style Ivan Fedorov that is " Ivan, son of Fedor ".

Of all the American Idol auditioners, Fedorov was most well known for singing ballads, something which all three judges view as his best style.

Although the King's Gambit has been rare in modern Grandmaster play, a handful of grandmasters have continued to use it, including Joseph Gallagher, Hikaru Nakamura, Nigel Short, and Alexei Fedorov.

Although he was effective playing defense, Fedorov stated that he would rather play up front.

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.

The trio was short-lived, as Mogilny defected to play for the Buffalo Sabres in 1989 and Fedorov joined the Detroit Red Wings the following year.

Longtime Wing Sergei Fedorov signed with the Mighty Ducks as a free agent during the offseason after a long contract dispute.

The new technology provoked discontent with traditional scribes, which led to the Print Yard being burned in an arson attack and the first Russian printers Ivan Fedorov and Pyotr Mstislavets being forced to flee from Moscow to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

He has performed and recorded with Tom Waits, John Zorn, David Sylvian, Jack McDuff, Wilson Pickett, The Lounge Lizards, Arto Lindsay, T-Bone Burnett, Medeski, Martin and Wood, Cibo Matto, Elysian Fields, Sam Phillips, Elvis Costello, David Poe, Allen Ginsberg, Foetus, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, Susana Baca, The Black Keys, Stan Ridgway, Vinicio Capossela, Alain Bashung, Lyenn, Hector Zazou, McCoy Tyner, Elton John, Madeline Peyroux, Marianne Faithfull, Leonid Fedorov, Tonio K, Andres Calamaro, Anarchist Republic of Bzzz and others.

Earlier renditions that hinted at this idea were that of the employment of the Browning Automatic Rifle and 1916 Fedorov Avtomat in a walking fire tactic in which men would advance on the enemy position showering it with a hail of lead.

In 1732, together with the participants of the 1st Kamchatka expedition, land-surveyor Mikhail Gvozdev and navigator K. Moshkov, Fedorov sailed to Dezhnev Cape, the easternmost point of Asia, in the vessal Sviatoi Gavriil ( St. Gabriel ).

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 ( 91 ) with Pavel Bure ( 10 ) at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan

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 ).

During the 1990s, Fedorov was third in playoff scoring, with 134 points behind only Jaromír Jágr ( 135 ) and Mario Lemieux ( 136 ).

Fedorov giving a check with the Washington Capitals

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.

Fedorov during his tenure with the Washington Capitals

During the late 1990s, Bowman experimented by using Fedorov on defense and pairing him with Larry Murphy.

The following summer, Fedorov signed a one-year, $ 4 million contract with the Washington Capitals.