HOCKEY PLAYER

Kārlis Skrastiņš

1974 - 2011

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Kārlis Skrastiņš (July 9, 1974 – September 7, 2011) was a Latvian professional ice hockey player. Skrastiņš was drafted by the Nashville Predators of the National Hockey League in 1998 as a defenceman and spent twelve years in the league playing for the Predators, the Colorado Avalanche, the Florida Panthers, and the Dallas Stars. For the 2011-2012 season, Skrastiņš left the NHL and signed a contract to play in Russia for Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). However, he never got to play a game for Lokomotiv as he was killed in the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash that killed almost the entire team on September 7, 2011. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kārlis Skrastiņš is the 132nd most popular hockey player, the 216th most popular biography from Latvia (up from 217th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Latvian Hockey Player.

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS

Among hockey players, Kārlis Skrastiņš ranks 132 out of 676. Before him are Petr Svoboda, Žigmund Pálffy, Tiny Thompson, Chris Chelios, Zdeno Chára, and Paul Coffey. After him are Valeri Kamensky, Keshav Dutt, Ilya Kovalchuk, Martin St. Louis, Andy Bathgate, and Petteri Nummelin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1974, Kārlis Skrastiņš ranks 425. Before him are Barbora Bobuľová, Mekhi Phifer, Carla Peterson, Kevin Connolly, Xu Jinglei, and Stéphane Henchoz. After him are Denis Caniza, Stanislav Markelov, Dado Coletti, Margo Dydek, Sébastien Foucan, and Shaun Tan. Among people deceased in 2011, Kārlis Skrastiņš ranks 482. Before him are Ángel Pedraza, Angela Scoular, Hira Devi Waiba, Charlie Callas, Stefan Liv, and Sada Thompson. After him are Laurie Hughes, Tomoko Kawakami, Margo Dydek, Pete Lovely, Laura Ziskin, and Ronald Searle.

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In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Kārlis Skrastiņš ranks 216 out of 323. Before him are Ainars Bagatskis (1967), Ilmārs Bricis (1970), Romāns Vainšteins (1973), DJ Lethal (1972), Artis Pabriks (1966), and Ernests Gulbis (1988). After him are Igors Miglinieks (1964), Aleksandrs Koļinko (1975), Anastasija Sevastova (1990), Dainis Ozols (1966), Oleg Artemyev (1970), and Ināra Mūrniece (1970).

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS In Latvia

Among hockey players born in Latvia, Kārlis Skrastiņš ranks 2. Before him are Artūrs Irbe (1967). After him are Sandis Ozoliņš (1972), Sergejs Žoltoks (1972), Kaspars Daugaviņš (1988), Jānis Sprukts (1982), Lauris Dārziņš (1985), Miķelis Rēdlihs (1984), Miks Indrašis (1990), Viktor Tikhonov (1988), Kristaps Sotnieks (1987), and Elvis Merzļikins (1994).

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