HOCKEY PLAYER

Kārlis Skrastiņš

1974 - 2011

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Kārlis Skrastiņš (July 9, 1974 – September 7, 2011) was a Latvian professional ice hockey player. Skrastiņš was drafted by the Nashville Predators of the National Hockey League in 1998 as a defenceman and spent twelve years in the league playing for the Predators, the Colorado Avalanche, the Florida Panthers, and the Dallas Stars. For the 2011-2012 season, Skrastiņš left the NHL and signed a contract to play in Russia for Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kārlis Skrastiņš has received more than 150,452 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 22 in 2019). Kārlis Skrastiņš is the 128th most popular hockey player (down from 99th in 2019), the 216th most popular biography from Latvia (down from 190th in 2019) and the most popular Latvian Hockey Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 150k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 38.39

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HOCKEY PLAYERS

Among hockey players, Kārlis Skrastiņš ranks 128 out of 676. Before him are Paul Coffey, Sidney Crosby, Frank Fredrickson, Alexei Gusarov, Jiří Šlégr, and Oleg Znarok. After him are Nikolai Khabibulin, Zdeno Chára, Ray Bourque, Boris Alexandrov, Bert McCaffrey, and Andy Bathgate.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1974, Kārlis Skrastiņš ranks 474. Before him are Dani García, Percy Montgomery, Marina de Tavira, Mattias Asper, Javi Navarro, and György Pálfi. After him are Sinan Şamil Sam, Janne Lahtela, Vikram Batra, Jaime Moreno, Tümer Metin, and Amanda Abbington. Among people deceased in 2011, Kārlis Skrastiņš ranks 494. Before him are Bill Clements, Salvatore Licitra, Laurie Hughes, Wouter Weylandt, Mălina Olinescu, and Jim Rathmann. After him are Don Kirshner, Len Lesser, Russell Hoban, Cynthia Myers, Sexy Cora, and David Kato.

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In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Kārlis Skrastiņš ranks 216 out of 323. Before him are Jeļena Ostapenko (1997), Vera Zozulya (1956), Igors Miglinieks (1964), Artūrs Irbe (1967), DJ Lethal (1972), and John Konrads (1942). After him are Andrejs Rubins (1978), Intars Busulis (1978), Artjoms Rudņevs (1988), Kristine Opolais (1979), Ināra Mūrniece (1970), and Kristaps Porziņģis (1995).

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS In Latvia

Among hockey players born in Latvia, Kārlis Skrastiņš ranks 1. After him are Sandis Ozoliņš (1972), Sergejs Žoltoks (1972), Kaspars Daugaviņš (1988), Lauris Dārziņš (1985), Kristaps Sotnieks (1987), Jānis Sprukts (1982), Miks Indrašis (1990), Miķelis Rēdlihs (1984), Viktor Tikhonov (1988), Elvis Merzļikins (1994), and Zemgus Girgensons (1994).

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