Ruslan Salei is one of the best players in the history of Belarusian hockey. He took part in all three Olympics (1998, 2002, 2010) in which the national team competed. Champion of Belarus 1993, 1994, 1995.
Salei played in the strongest league on the planet from 1996 to 2011, having played 917 games in the NHL regular season for Anaheim (1996 - 2006), Florida, Colorado and Detroit and scoring 204 (45 + 159) points . In 2003, Ruslan Salei was the first Russian player to reach the Stanley Cup final.