Ruslan Salei

**Ruslan "Rusty" Salei** (Belarusian: Руслан Салей; November 2, 1974 – September 7, 2011) was a Belarusian professional ice hockey player. During 14 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) he played for the Detroit Red Wings, Colorado Avalanche, Florida Panthers and the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim. On September 7, 2011, the Yakovlev Yak-42 passenger aircraft, carrying the entire Lokomotiv team including Salei crashed near Yaroslavl on its way to Minsk, Belarus.

### Regular season and playoffs

|colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"||rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff"||colspan="5"|Regular season|rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff"||colspan="5"|Playoffs||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|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|

### International

|Year|Team|Comp|GP|G|A|Pts|PIM|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1994|Belarus|WC-C|6|1|2|3|10|
|1995|Belarus|WC-C|4|0|1|1|4|
|1998|Belarus|OQ|4|0|2|2|18|
|1998|Belarus|OG|7|1|0|1|4|
|1998|Belarus|WC|2|1|0|1|8|
|2000|Belarus|WC|6|0|1|1|6|
|2001|Belarus|WC|6|0|1|1|31|
|2002|Belarus|OG|6|2|1|3|4|
|2004|Belarus|WC-B|5|3|4|7|2|
|2005|Belarus|OQ|2|1|0|1|2|
|2008|Belarus|WC|5|0|2|2|6|
|2009|Belarus|WC|6|2|3|5|6|
|2010|Belarus|OG|4|1|0|1|0|
|2010|Belarus|WC|6|1|1|2|8|

## Infobox (ice hockey player)

- **image**: Ruslan Salei Detroit Red Wings Oct 8, 2010.JPG
- **image size**: 230px
- **caption**: Salei while with the Detroit Red Wings.
- **played for**: HC Dinamo Minsk
Tivali Minsk
Anaheim Ducks, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Ak Bars Kazan
Florida Panthers
Colorado Avalanche
Detroit Red Wings
- **position**: Defenceman (ice hockey), Defence
- **shoots**: Left
- **height ft**: 6
- **height in**: 1
- **weight lb**: 212
- **ntl team**: BLR
- **birth place**: Minsk, Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, Byelorussian SSR,
Soviet Union
- **death place**: Yaroslavl, Russia
- **draft**: 9th overall
- **draft year**: 1996
- **draft team**: Anaheim Ducks, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
- **career start**: 1992
- **career end**: 2011