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Alexei Yashin

1973 - Today

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Alexei Valeryevich Yashin (Russian: Алексей Валерьевич Яшин; born 5 November 1973) is a Russian former professional ice hockey centre who played 12 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Ottawa Senators and New York Islanders, serving as captain of both teams. He also played nine seasons in the Russian Superleague (RSL) and Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) for Dynamo Moscow, CSKA Moscow, Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, and SKA Saint Petersburg. He was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2020. He was named the most valuable player of the RSL in 2008 and has won two gold medals, one silver, and two bronze medals in international play. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Alexei Yashin is the 150th most popular hockey player (down from 147th in 2024), the 2,734th most popular biography from Russia (up from 2,777th in 2019) and the 35th most popular Russian Hockey Player.

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS

Among hockey players, Alexei Yashin ranks 150 out of 676. Before him are Alexei Gusarov, Dunc Munro, Udo Kiessling, Connor McDavid, Bryan Trottier, and Eric Lindros. After him are Alette Pos, Iveta Šranková, Alexei Kovalev, Hooley Smith, Randhir Singh Gentle, and Frank Fredrickson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, Alexei Yashin ranks 538. Before him are Ato Boldon, Rebecca Lord, Dominique Monami, Michaela Dorfmeister, Ye Ji-won, and Tomasz Radzinski. After him are Wei Hui, Daijiro Takakuwa, Naomi Novik, Michalis Kapsis, Alexei Kovalev, and Ionel Ganea.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Alexei Yashin ranks 2,734 out of 3,761. Before him are Grigory Kiriyenko (1965), Valeri Broshin (1962), Irina Belova (1968), Sergei Zalyotin (1962), Tatiana Sorokko (1971), and Ilya Naishuller (1983). After him are Oleg Vasiliev (1959), Dmitri Popov (1967), Olimpiada Ivanova (1970), Alexei Kovalev (1973), Sergey Shnurov (1973), and Konstantin Kozeyev (1967).

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS In Russia

Among hockey players born in Russia, Alexei Yashin ranks 35. Before him are Gennadiy Tsygankov (1947), Yevgeni Zimin (1947), Viktor Yakushev (1937), Valeri Kamensky (1966), Ilya Kovalchuk (1983), and Alexei Gusarov (1964). After him are Alexei Kovalev (1973), Oleg Znarok (1963), Sergei Zubov (1970), Sergei Yashin (1962), Alexei Zhamnov (1970), and Mikhail Shtalenkov (1965).

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