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Sami Salo

1974 - Today

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Sami Sakari Salo (born 2 September 1974) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey defenceman of the National Hockey League (NHL). He began his professional career with TPS of the SM-liiga before being selected by the Ottawa Senators with their last pick in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft. He joined the Senators in 1998–99 and was selected to the NHL All-Rookie Team. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sami Salo has received more than 124,909 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Sami Salo is the 215th most popular hockey player (down from 168th in 2019), the 542nd most popular biography from Finland (down from 458th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Finnish Hockey Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 120k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 30.42

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.47

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS

Among hockey players, Sami Salo ranks 215 out of 364. Before him are Niko Kapanen, Niklas Kronwall, Joe Nieuwendyk, Tom Barrasso, Sami Lepistö, and Mikael Samuelsson. After him are Mikael Granlund, Václav Prospal, Viktor Fasth, Patrick Kane, Chris Pronger, and Marek Židlický.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1974, Sami Salo ranks 742. Before him are Takahiro Sasaki, Oleg Saitov, Florence Baverel-Robert, Iron & Wine, Anna Silk, and Katharine Gun. After him are Benjamin Limo, Petar Krpan, Percy Montgomery, Caíco, Radostin Kishishev, and Sarah Burton.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Sami Salo ranks 542 out of 642. Before him are Esapekka Lappi (1991), Sami Jauhojärvi (1981), Jere Uronen (1994), Jaana Pelkonen (1977), Sami Lepistö (1984), and Jukka Raitala (1988). After him are Mikael Granlund (1992), Laura Huhtasaari (1979), Anssi Koivuranta (1988), Rasmus Schüller (1991), Kasper Hämäläinen (1986), and Niklas Bäckström (1978).

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS In Finland

Among hockey players born in Finland, Sami Salo ranks 21. Before him are Miikka Kiprusoff (1976), Pekka Rinne (1982), Jarkko Ruutu (1975), Mikko Koivu (1983), Niko Kapanen (1978), and Sami Lepistö (1984). After him are Mikael Granlund (1992), Niklas Bäckström (1978), Juuso Hietanen (1985), Aleksander Barkov Jr. (1995), Kari Lehtonen (1983), and Petri Kontiola (1984).

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