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HOCKEY PLAYER

Ruslan Salei

1974 - 2011

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ruslan Salei has received more than 194,630 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Ruslan Salei is the 120th most popular hockey player (down from 89th in 2019), the 200th most popular biography from Belarus (down from 168th in 2019) and the most popular Belarusian Hockey Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 190k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 35.98

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.96

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.76

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS

Among hockey players, Ruslan Salei ranks 120 out of 364Before him are Bryan Trottier, Žigmund Pálffy, Valeri Bure, Jere Lehtinen, Sandis Ozoliņš, and Patrik Eliáš. After him are Grant Fuhr, Alexei Gusarov, Dunc Munro, Valtteri Filppula, Jiří Šlégr, and Karel Rachůnek.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1974, Ruslan Salei ranks 470Before him are Valeri Bure, Sebastián Lelio, ICS Vortex, Martin Höllwarth, Pascal Cygan, and D'Angelo. After him are Joy Bryant, Sherri Saum, Mehdi Ben Slimane, Tarik Oulida, Rokia Traoré, and Javier Otxoa. Among people deceased in 2011, Ruslan Salei ranks 451Before him are Margo Dydek, Pierre Quinon, Don Kirshner, Walt Hazzard, Mike Barrett, and Xavier Tondo. After him are Poly Styrene, Wouter Weylandt, Samuel Wanjiru, Karel Rachůnek, Gary Winick, and Mălina Olinescu.

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In Belarus

Among people born in Belarus, Ruslan Salei ranks 200 out of 330Before him are Angelica Agurbash (1970), Vasil Kiryienka (1981), Aryna Sabalenka (1998), Andrei Mikhnevich (1976), Vyacheslav Yanovskiy (1957), and Yung Lean (1996). After him are Vitali Kutuzov (1980), Ilya Smirin (1968), Sergei Gurenko (1972), Yulia Nestsiarenka (1979), Natalia Mishkutionok (1970), and Yaroslav Rybakov (1980).

Among HOCKEY PLAYERS In Belarus

Among hockey players born in Belarus, Ruslan Salei ranks 1After him are Andrei Kostitsyn (1985), Sergei Kostitsyn (1987), and Andrei Stas (1988).