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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 50. Chapters: Albert Vishnyakov, Aleksandrs Jerofejevs, Aleksandr Lazushin, Aleksei Kosourov, Aleksejs irokovs, Alexander Bumagin, Alexander Golovin (ice hockey), Alexander Kharlamov, Alexander Lazushin, Alexander Shvetsov, Alexander Tatarinov, Alexander Vyukhin, Alexandr Vasiliev (ice hockey b. 1989), Alexei Koledayev, Alexei Krivchenkov, Alexei Krutov, Andrei Bashko, Andrei Esipov, Andrei Nazarov, Andrei Smirnov (ice hockey), Andrei Vasilyev (ice hockey), Anton Kapotov, Anton Slepyshev, Artem Chernov, Brent Sopel, Chris Simon, Denis Ezhov, Denis Kazionov, Denis Stasyuk, Dmitriy Dudarev, Dmitri Gogolev, Dmitri Klevakin, Dmitri Levinsky, Dmitri Megalinsky, Dmitri Nabokov (ice hockey), Dmitri Orlov, Dmitri Zyuzin, Evgeny Belukhin, Evgeny Busygin, Evgeny Korolev (ice hockey), Evgeny Shaldybin, Evgeny Shtaiger, Fedor Polishchuk, Filipp Metlyuk, Igor Radulov, Ilya Musin (ice hockey), Jeff Ulmer, Ji i Maru ak, Konstantin Baranov, Konstantin Glazachev, Konstantin Koltsov, Konstantin Turukin, Mark Bomersback, Maxim Balmochnykh, Maxim Galanov, Maxim Kitsyn, Maxim Sokolov, Mikhail Chernov, Mikhail Kuklev, Mikhail Ryazanov, Miloslav Ho ava (ice hockey b. 1982), Nikita Vyglazov, O egs Sorokins, Oleg Antonenko, Oleg Belov, Oleg Smirnov (ice hockey), Pavel Kanarsky, P teris Skudra, Rail Rozakov, Randy Robitaille, Richard Kapu, Rodrigo Lavi, Roman Kukhtinov, Roman Popov, Ruslan Khasanshin, Scott Langkow, Sergei Berdnikov, Sergei Bobrovsky, Sergei Brylin, Sergei Gaiduchenko, Sergei Gribanov, Sergei Klimovich, Sergei Krivokrasov, Sergei Ogorodnikov, Sergei Petrenko, Sergei Simonov (ice hockey), Sergei Topol, Sergei Zinovjev, Stanislav Chistov, Stepan Zhdanov, Vaclav Nedorost, Vadim Golubtsov, Vadim Mitryakov, Vadim Sharifijanov, Vadim Tarasov, Valeri Dydykin, Viktor Alexandrov, Vitaliy Novopashin, Vitaly Anikeyenko, Vladimir Gusev (ice hockey), Vladimir Loginov (ice hockey), Yevgeniy Blokhin, Yuri Kuznetsov (ice hockey b. 1971), Yuri Nazarov (ice hockey), Zakhar Arzamastsev. Excerpt: Brent Sopel (born January 7, 1977) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) and previously the National Hockey League (NHL). Sopel (right) and Matt Cooke during warm-ups with the Vancouver Canucks in 2007.On April 3, 1996, just under a year after being drafted, Sopel signed his first professional contract with his draft team, the Vancouver Canucks. Sopel scored his first NHL goal on April 10, 1999 against the Edmonton Oilers' Tommy Salo. Sopel was traded back to the Canucks during their 2006-07 season, on February 1, 2007, the NHL trade deadline. He missed the first game of the 2007 Stanley Cup Playoffs against the Dallas Stars after he injured his back picking a cracker up off the floor. The Canucks beat the Stars in quadruple overtime, in the sixth longest game in NHL history. On August 3, 2005, the Canucks traded Sopel to the New York Islanders for a conditional draft pick in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft. On August 16, just under a week after being traded, Sopel signed a two-year, $4.8-million dollar with the Islanders. Heading into the 2007-08 season with no contract, Sopel was invited to the Detroit Red Wings' training camp. However, on September 28, 2007, Sopel left Red Wings camp, signing a one-year, $1.5-million contract with the Chicago Blackhawks after the Red Wings had only offered a one-year, $500,000 contract. On January 10, 2008, Sopel signed a 3-year, $7-million contract extension with the Blackhawks, keeping him in Chicago through to the 2010-11 NHL season. On June 9, 2010, Brent Sopel won the Stanley Cup with the Chicago Blackhawks. In June 2010, Sopel brought the team's recently won Stanley Cup to the 2010 Chicago Gay Pride Parade. Sopel brought the Cup to the parade in honor of the late Brendan Burke, son of his former boss...
