Career
He was selected by the Philadelphia Flyers in the 6th round (160th overall) of the 1999 National Hockey League Entry Draft. Rudenko has spent 13 seasons playing in Russia. After his initial season with SKA Saint St. Petersburg in 1999-2000, where he posted one goal and one assist in 20 games, Rudenko joined with Lokomotiv Yaroslavl.
The winger spent 11 seasons with the team registering 64 goals and 96 assists in 350 games for club, as he was part of the 2002 and 2003 Russian Superleague Championship teams.
Luckily for Rudenko, he signed with Atlant Moscow Oblast in July of 2011, two months before the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane tragedy. In his lone season with Atlant, Rudenko had five goals and six assists in 35 contests.
In July of 2012, he sighned a contract with Barys Astana.