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Brian Rafalski

1973 - Today

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Brian Christopher Rafalski (born September 28, 1973) is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the New Jersey Devils and Detroit Red Wings, in the SM-liiga for HPK and HIFK, in the Elitserien for Brynäs IF, and in the ECHL for the Florida Everblades. After going undrafted, Rafalski spent four seasons in Europe - winning the Pekka Rautakallio trophy as best Liiga Defenseman in 1997, and 1999, the Finnish SM-liiga championship with HIFK in 1998, and the Kultainen kypärä ("the Golden Helmet") in 1999. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Brian Rafalski has received more than 195,987 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Brian Rafalski is the 387th most popular hockey player (down from 245th in 2019), the 18,204th most popular biography from United States (down from 15,659th in 2019) and the 24th most popular American Hockey Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 200k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 37.87

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.43

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.03

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HOCKEY PLAYERS

Among hockey players, Brian Rafalski ranks 387 out of 676. Before him are Alexander Salák, Trevor Linden, Harri Säteri, Doug Weight, Roman Josi, and Joe Pavelski. After him are Andrej Sekera, Filip Kuba, Lauris Dārziņš, John Tavares, Juuso Hietanen, and Chris Osgood.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, Brian Rafalski ranks 1,031. Before him are Anthony Gatto, Pullela Gopichand, Kimberley Joseph, Embu, Ryuji Fujiyama, and Gretchen Wilson. After him are Emerson Orlando de Melo, Kieren Perkins, José Luiz Drey, Miguel Simão, Todd Rogers, and Talal Jebreen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Brian Rafalski ranks 18,204 out of 20,380. Before him are Kaki King (1979), Taylor Rochestie (1985), LaTasha Colander (1976), Ambyr Childers (1988), Hannibal Buress (1983), and Gretchen Wilson (1973). After him are Michaela Watkins (1971), Scott Pruitt (1968), Ben Ray Luján (1972), Matt Hemingway (1972), Pete Sessions (1955), and Lizz Wright (1980).

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS In United States

Among hockey players born in United States, Brian Rafalski ranks 24. Before him are Neal Broten (1959), Phil Housley (1964), Jeremy Roenick (1970), Tim Thomas (1974), Doug Weight (1971), and Joe Pavelski (1984). After him are Phil Kessel (1987), Chris Drury (1976), Bill Guerin (1970), Auston Matthews (1997), Jonathan Quick (1986), and Brian Rolston (1973).

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