HOCKEY PLAYER

Alexander Vasyunov

1988 - 2011

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Alexander Sergeevich Vasyunov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Серге́евич Васю́нов; April 22, 1988 – September 7, 2011) was a Russian ice hockey player who played for Lokomotiv Yaroslavl in the Kontinental Hockey League. Alexander Vasyunov was a prospect for the New Jersey Devils in the NHL. He was drafted in the second round, 58th overall in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft. Vasyunov died in the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash, along with his entire Lokomotiv team, just outside Yaroslavl, Russia. The team was on its way to Minsk, Belarus, to play their 2011–12 season opener with the entire team, coaching staff, and prospects. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Alexander Vasyunov is the 649th most popular hockey player (down from 511th in 2024), the 3,906th most popular biography from Russia (down from 3,593rd in 2019) and the 92nd most popular Russian Hockey Player.

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS

Among hockey players, Alexander Vasyunov ranks 649 out of 676. Before him are Brooks Orpik, Danny aus den Birken, Patrik Berglund, Iiro Pakarinen, Rick DiPietro, and Dominik Kubalík. After him are Jamie Benn, Erik Gustafsson, Tobias Hauke, John Carlson, Rasmus Dahlin, and Dan Boyle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1988, Alexander Vasyunov ranks 1,465. Before him are Prince Oniangué, Christen Press, Kévin Olimpa, Victor Anichebe, Jeff Horn, and Tatsuma Ito. After him are Jacob Larsen, Marko Milinković, Erik Gustafsson, Alyssa Naeher, Ryuichi Hirashige, and Cody Horn. Among people deceased in 2011, Alexander Vasyunov ranks 550. Before him are Ivan Tkachenko, Patrice O'Neal, Hanna Yablonska, Dennis Marshall, Jeret Peterson, and Vitaly Anikeyenko. After him are Derek Boogaard, Gennady Churilov, Christian Bakkerud, Yuri Urychev, Sergei Ostapchuk, and Nikita Klyukin.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Alexander Vasyunov ranks 3,906 out of 3,761. Before him are Victoria Zhilinskayte (1989), Alla Shishkina (1989), Elif Jale Yeşilırmak (1986), Yevgeny Korotyshkin (1983), Gary Shteyngart (1972), and Maksim Kanunnikov (1991). After him are Stanislav Donets (1983), Natalya Voronina (1994), Arina Averina (1998), Maria Paseka (1995), Andrei Mostovoy (1997), and Anastasiia Galashina (1997).

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS In Russia

Among hockey players born in Russia, Alexander Vasyunov ranks 92. Before him are Nikita Filatov (1990), Ilya Nikulin (1982), Fedor Tyutin (1983), Igor Shestyorkin (1995), Nikita Nesterov (1993), and Sergei Plotnikov (1990). After him are Sergei Andronov (1989), Vladislav Gavrikov (1995), Andrei Zubarev (1987), Ivan Telegin (1992), Anton Belov (1986), and Alexander Popov (1980).

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