Ruslan Salei
Ruslan Salei | ||||||
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Born |
Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union | November 2, 1974|||||
Died |
September 7, 2011 Yaroslavl, Russia | (aged 36)|||||
Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | |||||
Weight | 212 lb (96 kg; 15 st 2 lb) | |||||
Position | Defence | |||||
Shot | Left | |||||
Played for |
Dinamo Minsk Tivali Minsk Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Ak Bars Kazan Florida Panthers Colorado Avalanche Detroit Red Wings | |||||
National team |
NHL Draft | 9th overall, | ||||
Playing career | 1992–2011 |
Ruslan Albertovich Salei (
Salei died on September 7, 2011, in the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash. A Yakovlev Yak-42 passenger aircraft, carrying almost the entire Lokomotiv Yaroslavl team of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL), crashed near Yaroslavl, Russia, en route to Minsk, Belarus, to start the 2011–12 KHL season.[1][2] He was posthumously inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2014.
Playing career
Salei was selected by the
During a successful spell with the Thunder, Salei was drafted by the Ducks and soon signed a three-year contract worth $2.25 million.[1] Salei split time between the Ducks, Baltimore Bandits and the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks of the American Hockey League (AHL) before becoming a full squad member of the Ducks by the end of the 1997–98 season.
In October 1999, Salei was suspended by the NHL for ten games after he checked Dallas Stars center Mike Modano face first into the boards from behind. Modano suffered a slight concussion, strained ligaments in his neck and a broken nose.[5] Salei played in all 21 of Anaheim's games in the 2003 Stanley Cup playoffs, which saw the Ducks advance to the Stanley Cup Finals, only to lose in seven games to the New Jersey Devils. Salei scored the overtime game-winning goal in Game 3 of that series.
During the
On July 2, 2006, Salei signed a four-year, $12 million contract with the
As a veteran and in his first full season with the Avalanche in 2008–09, Salei finished second among defencemen with 21 points in 70 games. He appeared in his 800th career NHL game against the St. Louis Blues on January 15, 2009[8] and surpassed 1,000 career penalty minutes against the Minnesota Wild on March 12, 2009.[9] Ruslan suffered a back injury to start the 2009–10 season, forcing him to miss 56 games.[10] He was able to recover in time to lead Belarus in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, but was relegated as a reserve defenceman upon his return to the Avalanche, playing in a career-low 14 games.[11]
On August 9, 2010, the
On July 5, 2011, Salei signed a one-year contract with Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).
Death
On September 7, 2011, at 4:02 PM local time, a Yakovlev Yak-42 passenger aircraft, carrying nearly the entire Lokomotiv Yaroslavl hockey team, crashed near Yaroslavl, Russia, en route to Minsk, Belarus, to begin the 2011–12 season. Of the 45 passengers and crew on board, 44 were killed, including Salei.[1]
Awards
- Belarus player of the year (2003, 2004)
- IIHF Hall of Fame inductee (2014)[14][15]
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
Regular season
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Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
1990–91 | Progress Grodno
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URS.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1991–92 | Neman Grodno | CIS.2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1992–93 | Dinamo Minsk | RUS
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9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1992–93 | Neman Grodno | RUS.2
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28 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1992–93 | Tivali Minsk | BLR | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1993–94 | Tivali Minsk | RUS | 39 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1993–94 | Tivali Minsk | BLR | 16 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1994–95 | Tivali Minsk | RUS | 51 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 44 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1994–95 | Tivali Minsk | BLR | 10 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1995–96 | Las Vegas Thunder | IHL | 76 | 7 | 23 | 30 | 123 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 18 | ||
1996–97 | Las Vegas Thunder | IHL | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | ||
1996–97 | Baltimore Bandits | AHL | 12 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1996–97 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | NHL | 30 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1997–98 | Cincinnati Mighty Ducks | AHL | 6 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1997–98 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | NHL | 66 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 70 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1998–99 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | NHL | 74 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 65 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
1999–2000 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | NHL | 71 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 94 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2000–01 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | NHL | 50 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 70 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2001–02 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | NHL | 82 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 97 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2002–03 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | NHL | 61 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 78 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 26 | ||
2003–04 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | NHL | 82 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 110 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2004–05 | Ak Bars Kazan | RSL
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35 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
2005–06 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | NHL | 78 | 1 | 18 | 19 | 114 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 18 | ||
2006–07 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 82 | 6 | 26 | 32 | 102 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2007–08 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 65 | 3 | 20 | 23 | 75 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2007–08 | Colorado Avalanche | NHL | 17 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | ||
2008–09 | Colorado Avalanche | NHL | 70 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 72 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2009–10 | Colorado Avalanche | NHL | 14 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2010–11 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 75 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 48 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
NHL totals | 917 | 45 | 159 | 204 | 1065 | 62 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 52 | ||||
RUS totals | 99 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 104 | — | — | — | — | — |
International
Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
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1994
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Belarus
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WC C | 22nd | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | |
1995
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Belarus | WC C | 21st | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
1997 | Belarus | OGQ | Q | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 18 | |
1998 | Belarus | OG | 7th | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
1998 | Belarus | WC
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8th | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | |
2000 | Belarus | WC | 9th | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
2001 | Belarus | WC | 14th | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 31 | |
2002 | Belarus | OG | 4th | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
2004
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Belarus | WC D1 | 17th | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | |
2005 | Belarus | OGQ | DNQ | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
2008 | Belarus | WC | 9th | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
2009 | Belarus | WC | 8th | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | |
2010 | Belarus | OG | 9th | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
2010 | Belarus | WC | 10th | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |
Senior totals | 65 | 13 | 16 | 29 | 91 |
See also
- List of ice hockey players who died during their playing career
References
- ^ a b "Hockey dealing with aftermath of KHL plane crash".
- NHL.
- ^ "Ruslan Salei from Minsk to Miami". hockeyadventure.com. 2007-08-12. Retrieved 2008-10-19.
- Denver Post. Retrieved 2010-06-09.
- ^ "Salei suspended 10 games for hit on Mike Modano". sportsillustrated.cnn.com. 1999-10-07. Retrieved 2008-10-19.
- ^ "Panthers ink D Ruslan Salei". panthers.nhl.com. 2006-07-02. Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2009-02-04.
- ^ "Avalanche acquire Ruslan Salei". cbc.ca. 2008-02-26. Retrieved 2008-10-19.
- ^ "Janssen leads Blues past Avalanche". CBS Sports. 2009-01-15. Retrieved 2010-06-08.
- NHL. 2009-03-12. Retrieved 2010-06-09.
- Denver Post. Retrieved 2010-06-09.
- ^ "Belarus names Olympic Roster". NBC Sports. 2009-12-23. Archived from the original on 2010-03-03. Retrieved 2010-06-09.
- ^ "Wings sign defenseman Salei for 1-year". Detroit Red Wings. 2010-08-09. Retrieved 2010-08-09.
- Freep.com. 2010-08-09. Retrieved 2010-08-09. [dead link]
- ^ "Ruslan Salei inducted in IIHF Hall of Fame". Republic of Belarus. Belarusian Telegraph Agency. 25 May 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
- ^ Glebov, Yegor (2 January 2014). "Ruslan Salei becomes first Belarusian in the IIHF Hall of Fame". Belarus Today. Minsk, Belarus. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
External links
- Media related to Ruslan Salei at Wikimedia Commons
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database