Topic: Ruslan Salei
Quotes
It's only one win, so we still got a lot of work to do
In Sports from United Press International Jun 02, 2003
It's only one win, so we still got a lot of work to do
In Sports from United Press International Jun 02, 2003
It's only one win, so we still got a lot of work to do
Ducks try to pull even with Devils Jun 02, 2003
It's only one win, so we still got a lot of work to do
Mighty Ducks seek to get even Monday Jun 01, 2003
It's an unbelievable feeling right now, but it's only one win for us
Anaheim 3, New Jersey 2 (OT) May 31, 2003
Ruslan 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. At the time of his death, he was with Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).
Salei died on September 7, 2011, when a Yakovlev Yak-42 passenger aircraft, carrying the entire Lokomotiv team crashed near Yaroslavl on its way to Minsk, Belarus, to start the 2011–12 KHL season.
Salei was selected by the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim ninth overall at the 1996 NHL Entry Draft. In 1992, prior to being selected for the Ducks, Salei played in his native Belarus for Dinamo Minsk in the Russian Elite League. After the 1994–95 season, the Russian Elite League re-aligned, pushing Tivali Minsk to the side. Salei then came to North America, being signed by General Manager Bob Sturmm of the Las Vegas Thunder without Sturmm knowing of his capabilities.
It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Ruslan Salei."