Salya Ruslan Biography
Sports on November 1 "We have lost a big man." Photo: KP archive today, November 2, 50 years since the birth of the famous Belarusian hockey player Ruslan Saley, who died in a plane crash on September 7. The aircraft Yak crashed on take -off. 44 people were killed - 37 passengers and 7 crew members. Ruslan Saley was only 36 years old ... Ruslan Salya - the legend of the Belarusian hockey.
He twice - in the years - was recognized as the best hockey player of Belarus. As part of the national team, he was a member of the world and olympiad championships. Ruslan Salya was the captain of the national team. Photo: Hockey. He played for “Anahaim”, “Florida”, “Colorado”, “Detroit”. In the year, playing for the Anaheim, Salya reached the Stanley Cup finals.
In the third match, his goal in overtime became victorious. The cherished trophy was not enough just a little. After 15 years of performance in America, Ruslan decided to return to Europe. The contract in M with the Yaroslavl Lokomotiv gave him a chance to win the Gagarin Cup with this team. In preparation for the season, Ruslan periodically visited Minsk to relatives and friends.
I flew even for a day. Obviously, in Yaroslavl he was lonely, because his wife Betenn and three children remained in California. This parting with his wife and children was supposed to be the longest for their life together. It turned out that Ruslan said goodbye to them forever in September for goodbye to Ruslan Saley, which took place in the INITA ice arena, about 10 thousand people came.
The hockey player was buried in the eastern cemetery of Minsk next to the legend of music by Vladimir Mulyavin. He set a very high bar. And in place in hockey, and in respect of oneself, and for the love of others. We have lost a big man: a player, a coach, a friend. But all Belarusians can be proud that we had Ruslan, ”said Mikhail Zakharov, in an interview with KP in the KP in M.
A year after the tragedy, Betenn flew to Belarus with her children, she said that she accepted Orthodoxy in the Minsk Church with her children to be closer to Ruslan. In August, the mother of Ruslan, Tamara Gavrilovna, said: - After the tragedy, I analyzed his life. They say that children are born smarter than their parents. That's for sure. My Ruslan from an early age was calm, not wise and reasonable over the years.
Even older children - both Vadim and Angela, they have the difference with Ruslan 12 and 10 years old - always consulted with him. Sergey Stas, a friend, a partner in the Dynamo Minsk and the national team, in M at the premiere of the film “Salya, whom we did not know”, recalled: “In the youth years, Ruslan was not the most talented in our group, but due to his performance, dreams of playing at the highest level, a person achieved and showed how to go to his goal.
Such a professional in hockey and in life is not enough for the example of current youth. I even recall schools of years: there were boys - such an age, everything happens, fights with other classes. He never gave slacks, climbed into any fight, was so confident in himself.
Once, when asked if he considers himself a lucky one, Salya answered: “What I have, I deserve.” And this did not get it because once somewhere inadvertently lucky. I'm just purposeful and go to what I want. Friends talked about Ruslan as a man with an excellent sense of humor. He was a broken guy, but after marriage, he changed. Ruslan idolized his family and did everything he could for her.
According to Betenn, Ruslan was a loving father, a generous and affectionate person. Ruslan’s wife and children live in the California city of Newport Beach, which is located on the ocean. Betenn is proud of children. Photo: The social network Betenn Salya Betenn says that “time does not really heal” and what happened “still wounds.” Periodically, Betenn puts photos of children on social networks, showing how Alexis, Sandro and Aiva grew up.