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Oleg Tverdovsky

1976 - Today

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Oleg Fedorovych Tverdovsky (Russian: Олег Фёдорович Твердовский; born 18 May 1976) is a Russian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played professionally from 1994 to 2013. He was selected 2nd overall by the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in the 1994 NHL entry draft, playing 713 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, Winnipeg Jets, Phoenix Coyotes, New Jersey Devils, Carolina Hurricanes, and Los Angeles Kings. He won 2 Stanley Cups with the Devils in 2003, and the Hurricanes in 2006. He also played in the Russian Superleague (RSL)/Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) with Avangard Omsk, Salavat Yulayev Ufa, and Metallurg Magnitogorsk winning 2 RSL Championships in 2004 (Avangard Omsk), and 2008 (Salavat Yulaev Ufa), he later won a Gagarin Cup in 2011 with Salavat Yulaev Ufa. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Oleg Tverdovsky is the 264th most popular hockey player (down from 231st in 2024), the 1,213th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 1,186th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Ukrainian Hockey Player.

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS

Among hockey players, Oleg Tverdovsky ranks 264 out of 676Before him are Marcel Hossa, Nikita Kucherov, Ľubomír Višňovský, Jiří Dopita, Joe Thornton, and Niko Kapanen. After him are Leo Komarov, Tom Barrasso, Róbert Petrovický, Pat LaFontaine, Mats Zuccarello, and Maxim Afinogenov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1976, Oleg Tverdovsky ranks 812Before him are Aleksey Kazakov, Aki Riihilahti, Carlos Henrique Raimundo Rodrigues, Makoto Tamada, José Pedro Santos, and Fabrizio Donato. After him are Jörg Jaksche, Belle Perez, Ville Niinistö, Seiji Honda, Adam Beyer, and Ilze Jaunalksne.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Oleg Tverdovsky ranks 1,213 out of 1,365Before him are Oleksandr Horyainov (1975), Kateryna Kozlova (1994), Mstyslav Chernov (1985), Tatiana Perebiynis (1982), Oleksandr Gvozdyk (1987), and Denys Berinchyk (1988). After him are Hrihoriy Misyutin (1970), Alexander Symonenko (1974), Svetlana Jitomirskaya (1966), Vyacheslav Sviderskyi (1979), Inna Shevchenko (1990), and Hanna Balabanova (1969).

Among HOCKEY PLAYERS In Ukraine

Among hockey players born in Ukraine, Oleg Tverdovsky ranks 4Before him are Peter Bondra (1968), Alexander Almetov (1940), and Dmitri Khristich (1969). After him are Ruslan Fedotenko (1979), and Alexei Zhitnik (1972).