The Most Famous
HOCKEY PLAYERS from Belarus
This page contains a list of the greatest Belarusian Hockey Players. The pantheon dataset contains 364 Hockey Players, 4 of which were born in Belarus. This makes Belarus the birth place of the 13th most number of Hockey Players behind Denmark and Norway.
Top 4
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the 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.
1. Ruslan Salei (1974 - 2011)
With an HPI of 35.98, 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.
2. Andrei Kostitsyn (1985 - )
With an HPI of 28.20, Andrei Kostitsyn is the 2nd 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. His younger brother Sergei played together on the Montreal Canadiens and Nashville Predators.
3. Sergei Kostitsyn (1987 - )
With an HPI of 25.24, Sergei Kostitsyn is the 3rd most famous Belarusian Hockey Player. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.
Sergei Olegovich Kostitsyn (Belarusian: Сяргей Алегавiч Касціцын; Russian: Сергей Олегович Костицын; born 20 March 1987) is a Belarusian professional ice hockey winger. He currently plays for Sokil Kyiv of the Ukrainian Hockey Super League. He most recently played for Dinamo Minsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He has previously played with the Montreal Canadiens and the Nashville Predators of the National Hockey League (NHL) alongside his older brother Andrei.
4. Andrei Stas (1988 - )
With an HPI of 18.92, Andrei Stas is the 4th 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).
Pantheon has 4 people classified as hockey players born between 1974 and 1988. Of these 4, 3 (75.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living hockey players include Andrei Kostitsyn, Sergei Kostitsyn, and Andrei Stas. The most famous deceased hockey players include Ruslan Salei. As of April 2022, 1 new hockey players have been added to Pantheon including Andrei Stas.
Living Hockey Players
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Andrei Kostitsyn
1985 - Present
HPI: 28.20
Sergei Kostitsyn
1987 - Present
HPI: 25.24
Andrei Stas
1988 - Present
HPI: 18.92
