The Most Famous

HOCKEY PLAYERS from Belarus

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This page contains a list of the greatest Belarusian Hockey Players. The pantheon dataset contains 676 Hockey Players, 4 of which were born in Belarus. This makes Belarus the birth place of the 19th most number of Hockey Players behind Austria, and Kazakhstan.

Top 10

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Belarusian Hockey Players of all time. This list of famous Belarusian Hockey Players is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity. Visit the rankings page to view the entire list of Belarusian Hockey Players.

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1. Ruslan Salei (1974 - 2011)

With an HPI of 45.85, Ruslan Salei is the most famous Belarusian Hockey Player.  His biography has been translated into 19 different languages on wikipedia.

Ruslan Albertovich Salei (Belarusian: Руслан Альбертавіч Салей; Russian: Руслан Альбертович Салей; November 2, 1974 – September 7, 2011) was a Belarusian professional ice hockey player. Salei played 14 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Detroit Red Wings, Colorado Avalanche, Florida Panthers and the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, the latter of which selected him ninth overall in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft. Salei died on September 7, 2011, in the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash. A Yakovlev Yak-42 passenger aircraft, carrying almost the entire Lokomotiv Yaroslavl team of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL), crashed near Yaroslavl, Russia, en route to Minsk, Belarus, to start the 2011–12 KHL season. He was posthumously inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2014.

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2. Konstantin Koltsov (1981 - 2024)

With an HPI of 42.03, Konstantin Koltsov is the 2nd most famous Belarusian Hockey Player.  His biography has been translated into 14 different languages.

Konstantin Yevgeniyevich Koltsov (Belarusian: Канстанцін Яўгенавіч Кальцоў, romanized: Kanstancin Jaŭhienavič Kaĺcoŭ; April 17, 1981 – March 18, 2024) was a Belarusian professional ice hockey player. He played parts of three seasons with the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL) between 2002 and 2006. Internationally, Koltsov played for the Belarusian national team at the 2002 and 2010 Winter Olympics and at nine World Championships. He served as an assistant coach for Salavat Yulaev Ufa in the Kontinental Hockey League as well as head coach for the Belarusian national team.

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3. Andrei Kostitsyn (b. 1985)

With an HPI of 41.03, Andrei Kostitsyn is the 3rd most famous Belarusian Hockey Player.  His biography has been translated into 18 different languages.

Andrei Olegovich Kostitsyn (Belarusian: Андрэй Алегавiч Касціцын; Russian: Андрей Олегович Костицын; born 3 February 1985) is a former Belarusian professional ice hockey forward. The media have nicknamed him "AK-46", a play on his initials (AK) and player number (46) in reference to the Soviet AK-47 rifle. He and his younger brother Sergei played together on the Montreal Canadiens and Nashville Predators.

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4. Oleg Antonenko (b. 1971)

With an HPI of 40.11, Oleg Antonenko is the 4th most famous Belarusian Hockey Player.  His biography has been translated into 14 different languages.

Oleg Vladimirovich Antonenko (Russian: Олег Владимирович Антоненко) (born 1 July 1971 in Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union) is a Belarusian professional former ice hockey left wing. Antonenko began playing professional in 1988 with Dynamo Minsk of the Soviet League. He has also played for Severstal, Nizhnekamsk Neftekhimik, Ak Bars Kazan, Vsetin, Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod, Metallurg Novokuznetsk, HC MVD, and Yekaterinburg Automobilist. Antonenko was selected for the Belarus national men's ice hockey team in the 2002 Winter Olympics and the 2010 Winter Olympics. Assistant head coach of Belarusian national ice hockey team from 2014.

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5. Sergei Kostitsyn (b. 1987)

With an HPI of 38.29, Sergei Kostitsyn is the 5th most famous Belarusian Hockey Player.  His biography has been translated into 16 different languages.

Sergei Olegovich Kostitsyn (Belarusian: Сяргей Алегавiч Касціцын; Russian: Сергей Олегович Костицын; born 20 March 1987) is a Belarusian professional ice hockey winger for Metallurg Zhlobin of the Belarusian Extraleague (BHL). He was selected in the seventh round, 200th overall, by the Montreal Canadiens in the 2005 NHL entry draft. He has also played for the Nashville Predators of the National Hockey League (NHL) alongside his older brother Andrei.

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6. Alexei Kalyuzhny (b. 1977)

With an HPI of 36.29, Alexei Kalyuzhny is the 6th most famous Belarusian Hockey Player.  His biography has been translated into 14 different languages.

Alexei Nikolayevich Kalyuzhny (Belarusian: Аляксей Мікалаевіч Калюжны, Alaksej Mikałajevič Kalužny, Russian: Алексей Николаевич Калюжный) (born June 13, 1977) is a Belarusian former professional ice hockey forward. He last played for HC Dinamo Minsk of the Kontinental Hockey League. He participated at the 2010 IIHF World Championship as a member of the Belarus National men's ice hockey team.

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7. Andrei Stas (b. 1988)

With an HPI of 34.08, Andrei Stas is the 7th most famous Belarusian Hockey Player.  His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.

Andrei Leonidovich Stas (Russian: Андрей Леонидович Стась) (born 18 October 1988) is a Belarusian professional ice hockey forward who is currently playing for HC Dinamo Minsk in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).

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8. Sergei Ostapchuk (1990 - 2011)

With an HPI of 32.92, Sergei Ostapchuk is the 8th most famous Belarusian Hockey Player.  His biography has been translated into 14 different languages.

Sergei Igorevich Ostapchuk (Belarusian: Сяргей Астапчук (Siarhej Astapchuk); March 19, 1990 – September 7, 2011) was an ice hockey player. He was playing with Lokomotiv Yaroslavl in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Ostapchuk died on September 7, 2011, in the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash disaster. The plane was carrying the Lokomotiv hockey team from Yaroslavl to Minsk, the capital of Belarus, where it was to play against Dinamo Minsk in the 2011 season opening game of the KHL.

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9. Yegor Sharangovich (b. 1998)

With an HPI of 31.81, Yegor Sharangovich is the 9th most famous Belarusian Hockey Player.  His biography has been translated into 14 different languages.

Yegor Alexandrovich Sharangovich (Belarusian: Ягор Аляксандравіч Шаранговіч, romanized: Jahor Alaksandravič Šaranhovič, Russian: Егор Александрович Шарангович; born 6 June 1998) is a Belarusian professional ice hockey forward for the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted by the New Jersey Devils, 141st overall, in the 2018 NHL Entry Draft, and made his NHL debut in 2020. Prior to joining the Devils Sharangovich played two seasons with Dinamo Minsk of the Kontinental Hockey League, as well as two seasons in the American Hockey League. Internationally Sharangovich has played for the Belarusian national team at both the junior and senior level, including four World Championships.

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10. Dmitry Korobov (b. 1989)

With an HPI of 30.22, Dmitry Korobov is the 10th most famous Belarusian Hockey Player.  His biography has been translated into 14 different languages.

Dmitri Nikolaievich Korobov (Belarusian: Дзмітрый Мікалаевіч Корабаў; born 12 March 1989), is a Belarusian professional ice hockey defenceman for HC Dinamo Minsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).

People

Pantheon has 10 people classified as Belarusian hockey players born between 1971 and 1998. Of these 10, 7 (70.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Belarusian hockey players include Andrei Kostitsyn, Oleg Antonenko, and Sergei Kostitsyn. The most famous deceased Belarusian hockey players include Ruslan Salei, Konstantin Koltsov, and Sergei Ostapchuk. As of April 2024, 6 new Belarusian hockey players have been added to Pantheon including Konstantin Koltsov, Oleg Antonenko, and Alexei Kalyuzhny.

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Overlapping Lives

Which Hockey Players were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 3 most globally memorable Hockey Players since 1700.