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Nikolai Khabibulin

1973 - Today

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Nikolai Alexandrovich Khabibulin ( ; Russian: Николай Александрович Хабибулин, IPA: [xəbʲɪˈbulʲɪn], born January 13, 1973) is a Russian professional ice hockey goaltender. Known by the nickname "The Bulin Wall", he spent the majority of his playing career in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Winnipeg Jets, Phoenix Coyotes, Chicago Blackhawks, Tampa Bay Lightning, and Edmonton Oilers. Khabibulin excelled at the international level, winning two Olympic medals (gold and bronze) and was named Best Goaltender at the 2002 Winter Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nikolai Khabibulin has received more than 436,058 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Nikolai Khabibulin is the 129th most popular hockey player (up from 135th in 2019), the 2,734th most popular biography from Russia (down from 2,454th in 2019) and the 37th most popular Russian Hockey Player.

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  • 38.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HOCKEY PLAYERS

Among hockey players, Nikolai Khabibulin ranks 129 out of 676. Before him are Sidney Crosby, Frank Fredrickson, Alexei Gusarov, Jiří Šlégr, Oleg Znarok, and Kārlis Skrastiņš. After him are Zdeno Chára, Ray Bourque, Boris Alexandrov, Bert McCaffrey, Andy Bathgate, and Evgeni Nabokov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, Nikolai Khabibulin ranks 531. Before him are George Hincapie, Valérie Donzelli, Anna Carin Zidek, John LeCompt, Albert Portas, and Sven Vermant. After him are Eri Fukatsu, DQ, Martin Hiden, Abdellah Taïa, Karim Alami, and Simon Kinberg.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Nikolai Khabibulin ranks 2,734 out of 3,761. Before him are Alina Zagitova (2002), MakSim (1983), Oleg Znarok (1963), Aleksandr Anyukov (1982), Igor Denisov (1984), and Yelena Podkaminskaya (1979). After him are Dmitri Cheryshev (1969), Alexander Bublik (1997), Bar Paly (1982), Evgenia Medvedeva (1999), Sergei Bazarevich (1965), and Viktor Manakov (1960).

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS In Russia

Among hockey players born in Russia, Nikolai Khabibulin ranks 37. Before him are Ilya Kovalchuk (1983), Evgeni Malkin (1986), Eduard Ivanov (1938), Alexei Kovalev (1973), Alexei Gusarov (1964), and Oleg Znarok (1963). After him are Alexei Yashin (1973), Alexei Zhamnov (1970), Vladimir Malakhov (1968), Vyacheslav Kozlov (1972), Sergei Zubov (1970), and Mikhail Shtalenkov (1965).

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