Ruslan Salei : biography
November 2, 1974 – September 7, 2011
Ruslan Albertovich "Rusty" Salei (Belarusian: Руслан 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, who selected him ninth overall in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft.
Salei died on September 7, 2011, when a Yakovlev Yak-42 passenger aircraft, carrying the entire Lokomotiv Yaroslavl team of the Kontinental Hockey League except for player Maxim Zyuzyakin and goaltending coach Jorma Valtonen, crashed near Yaroslavl on its way to Minsk, Belarus, to start the 2011–12 KHL season.http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=587792
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
1992–93 | Dinamo Minsk | REL | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — |
1993–94 | Tivali Minsk | REL | 39 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 50 | — | — | — | — | — |
1994–95 | Tivali Minsk | REL | 51 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 44 | — | — | — | — | — |
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 |
1999–00 | 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 | 35 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 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 |