HOCKEY PLAYER

Josef Vašíček

1980 - 2011

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Josef Vašíček (IPA: [ˈjozɛv ˈvaʃiːtʃɛk]; 12 September 1980 – 7 September 2011) was a Czech professional ice hockey player. Vašíček last played for Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) and died in the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash. He had played seven seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Carolina Hurricanes, Nashville Predators and New York Islanders before moving to Russia in 2008 to play for Yaroslavl. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Josef Vašíček is the 182nd most popular hockey player (down from 162nd in 2024), the 940th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 920th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Czech Hockey Player.

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS

Among hockey players, Josef Vašíček ranks 182 out of 676. Before him are Markus Näslund, Henrik Zetterberg, Alexei Zhamnov, Roop Singh, Mark Howe, and Martin Ručinský. After him are Olaf Kölzig, Petr Nedvěd, Al Arbour, John Tavares, Dale Hawerchuk, and Nicklas Bäckström.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1980, Josef Vašíček ranks 528. Before him are Anna Semenovich, Paulo Assunção, Roxana Mînzatu, Joanne Froggatt, Luke Macfarlane, and Matt Long. After him are Uroš Zorman, Trevor Murdoch, Shannon Lucio, Cauã Reymond, Balian Buschbaum, and Ock Joo-hyun. Among people deceased in 2011, Josef Vašíček ranks 503. Before him are Don Kirshner, Len Lesser, Russell Hoban, Dan Wheldon, Bill Clements, and Phoebe Snow. After him are Ahmed Wali Karzai, Gary Winick, Samuel Wanjiru, Hana Andronikova, Ruslan Salei, and Susana Chávez.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Josef Vašíček ranks 940 out of 1,200. Before him are Štěpánka Hilgertová (1968), Klára Koukalová (1982), Tomáš Pekhart (1989), Tomáš Verner (1986), Martin Ručinský (1971), and Dagmar Švubová (1958). After him are David Kostelecký (1975), Zdeněk Štybar (1985), Lukáš Rosol (1985), Marek Suchý (1988), Petr Nedvěd (1971), and Olga Charvátová (1962).

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS In Czechia

Among hockey players born in Czechia, Josef Vašíček ranks 23. Before him are Petr Svoboda (1966), Roman Čechmánek (1971), Jiří Šlégr (1971), Robert Lang (1970), Patrik Eliáš (1976), and Martin Ručinský (1971). After him are Petr Nedvěd (1971), František Kaberle (1973), Martin Straka (1972), Roman Turek (1970), Karel Rachůnek (1979), and Petr Bříza (1964).

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