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Dany Heatley

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Daniel James Heatley (born January 21, 1981) is a German-born Canadian former professional ice hockey winger. Originally drafted by the Atlanta Thrashers second overall in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft, he won the Calder Memorial Trophy as the National Hockey League (NHL) rookie of the year in 2002. However, Heatley's time with the Thrashers was derailed when he was at the wheel in a car crash in September 2003 that killed teammate Dan Snyder. Heatley, who was also seriously injured but eventually made a full recovery, pled guilty to second-degree vehicular homicide and received probation. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Dany Heatley is the 366th most popular hockey player (down from 284th in 2024), the 6,812th most popular biography from Germany (down from 6,566th in 2019) and the 9th most popular German Hockey Player.

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS

Among hockey players, Dany Heatley ranks 366 out of 676Before him are Sami Lepistö, Marco Sturm, Boris Mironov, Jim Craig, Erik Hämäläinen, and Rene Bourque. After him are Antti Törmänen, Sean Burke, Ryan O'Reilly, Tuukka Rask, Pavel Kubina, and Alexei Morozov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1981, Dany Heatley ranks 1,008Before him are Abdelkader Laïfaoui, Mads Rasmussen, Bobby Zamora, Rene Bourque, Simon Greul, and Olivia. After him are Sarah Dawn Finer, Asmir Avdukić, Amy Seimetz, Kim Jung-joo, Nastassia Novikava, and Jonny Magallón.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Dany Heatley ranks 6,821 out of 7,253Before him are Kirsten Klose (1977), Andreas Wolff (1991), Nadja Benaissa (1982), Richard Freitag (1991), Pia Wunderlich (1975), Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle (1980), Thomas Röhler (1991), Simon Greul (1981), Marc-Oliver Kempf (1995), Petra Schmidt-Schaller (1980), Karl Geiger (1993), and Thomas Schäfer (1966).

Among HOCKEY PLAYERS In Germany

Among hockey players born in Germany, Dany Heatley ranks 9Before him are Hugo Dollheiser (1927), Rudi Ball (1911), Uwe Krupp (1965), Udo Kiessling (1955), Leon Draisaitl (1995), and Marco Sturm (1978). After him are Christian Ehrhoff (1982), Jochen Hecht (1977), Dennis Seidenberg (1981), Mikhail Grabovski (1984), Julia Müller (1985), and Marcel Goc (1983).