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Ross Lupaschuk
Ross Lupaschuk
	Luaschuk in 2009
Born	January 19, 1981 (age 43); Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight	218 lb (99 kg; 15 st 8 lb)
Position	Defenceman
Shot	Right
Played for	EC Salzburg ; Jokerit ; Vienna Capitals ; Kölner Haie ; HIFK ; Mora IK ; Sibir Novosibirsk ; Avangard Omsk ; Kärpät ; Malmö IF ; Pittsburgh Penguins
NHL draft	34th overall, 1999; Washington Capitals
Playing career	2001–2013

Ross Lupaschuk (born January 19, 1981) is a Canadian former ice hockey defenceman. He played 3 games in the National Hockey League with the Pittsburgh Penguins during the 2002–03 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 2001 to 2013, was mainly spent in European leagues.

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

Lupaschuk 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. He 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.^[1]

On November 3, 2009, Lupaschuk signed a contract to play with HIFK for the remainder of the season.^[2]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

			Regular season					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	65	28	37	65	135	22	5	10	15	54
2000–01	Red Deer Rebels	M-Cup	—	—	—	—	—	4	2	5	7	4
2001–02	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	AHL	72	9	20	29	91	—	—	—	—	—
2002–03	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	3	0	0	0	4	—	—	—	—	—
2002–03	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	AHL	74	18	18	36	101	4	0	2	2	20
2003–04	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	AHL	58	4	17	21	96	8	0	2	2	3
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
2006–07	Malmo IF	SEL	18	2	4	6	51	—	—	—	—	—
2006–07	Karpat	SM-l	25	4	12	16	16	10	1	9	10	18
2007–08	Avangard Omsk	RSL	45	9	13	22	46	1	0	0	0	2
2008–09	Mora IK	SWE-2	9	2	8	10	14	—	—	—	—	—
2008–09	Sibir Novosibirsk	KHL	22	0	3	3	41	—	—	—	—	—
2009–10	HIFK	SM-l	35	6	8	14	90	—	—	—	—	—
2010–11	Kölner Haie	DEL	15	2	1	3	39	—	—	—	—	—
2011–12	Vienna Capitals	AUT	38	10	17	27	26	—	—	—	—	—
2011–12	Jokerit	SM-l	15	1	3	4	28	6	0	4	4	6
2012–13	EC Salzburg	AUT	26	3	11	14	24	—	—	—	—	—
AHL Totals			271	42	74	116	433	17	0	4	4	59
NHL Totals			3	0	0	0	4	—	—	—	—	—

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.
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 Malmö 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)
November 3, 2009 - Signed as a free agent by HIFK (Finland).
July 23, 2010 - Signed as a free agent by the Cologne Sharks (Germany).