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Valeri Zelepukin

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Valeri Mikhailovich Zelepukin (Russian: Валерий Михайлович Зелепукин; born 17 September 1968) is a Russian former professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the New Jersey Devils, Edmonton Oilers, Philadelphia Flyers and the Chicago Blackhawks between 1991 and 2001. Born in Voskresensk in the former Soviet Union, he was drafted 221st overall in the 11th round by the Devils in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft and went on to play 595 regular season games, scoring 117 goals and 177 assists for 294 points. He also picked up 527 penalty minutes. Zelepukin scored his most famous goal while with New Jersey in Game 7 of the 1994 Eastern Conference Finals against the arch-rival New York Rangers. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Valeri Zelepukin is the 282nd most popular hockey player (down from 252nd in 2019), the 3,100th most popular biography from Russia (up from 3,121st in 2019) and the 54th most popular Russian Hockey Player.

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS

Among hockey players, Valeri Zelepukin ranks 282 out of 676. Before him are Ville Nieminen, Ronnie Sundin, Václav Prospal, Niklas Bäckström, Linus Omark, and David Backes. After him are Keith Tkachuk, Bobby Ryan, Martin Erat, Ladislav Nagy, Patrick Kane, and Sergei Mozyakin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Valeri Zelepukin ranks 845. Before him are Antonio Peñalver, Kunjarani Devi, Mike Barrowman, Adrian Lester, Beth Littleford, and Laura Cutina. After him are Julia Sawalha, Carlos Morales, Adrian Scarborough, Christophe Mengin, Carrie Steinseifer, and Lalah Hathaway.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Valeri Zelepukin ranks 3,100 out of 3,761. Before him are Dmitriy Vassiliev (1979), Olesya Forsheva (1979), Alexei Aidarov (1974), Andrei Solomatin (1975), Nadezhda Skardino (1985), and Anna Blinkova (1998). After him are Anastasia Davydova (1983), Vladimir Granat (1987), Valeriy Medvedtsev (1964), Suren Gazaryan (1974), Svetlana Bazhanova (1972), and Dmitry Klokov (1983).

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS In Russia

Among hockey players born in Russia, Valeri Zelepukin ranks 54. Before him are Dmitri Mironov (1965), Sergei Bobrovsky (1988), Nikita Kucherov (1993), Maxim Afinogenov (1979), Viktor Kozlov (1975), and Alexander Galimov (1985). After him are Sergei Mozyakin (1981), Andrei Markov (1978), Boris Mironov (1972), Alexei Morozov (1977), Alexander Semin (1984), and Evgeny Kuznetsov (1992).

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