Ruslan Akhmadullin (born January 26, 1982) is a Russian former professional

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. Akhmadullin spent one season playing in the junior

Ontario Hockey League The Ontario Hockey League (OHL; french: Ligue de hockey de l'Ontario (LHO)) is one of the three major junior ice hockey leagues which constitute the Canadian Hockey League. The league is for players aged 16–19. There are exceptions for overag ...

for the

Kitchener Rangers The Kitchener Rangers are a major junior ice hockey team based in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. They are members of the Midwest Division of the Western Conference of the Ontario Hockey League. The Rangers have won the J. Ross Robertson Cup as OHL ...

after they selected him 10th overall in the 1999

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. He scored 12 goals and 12 assists in 58 games during the 1999–00 OHL seasonKitchener Rangers 1999-00 roster and statistics
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Ufa Ufa ( ba, Өфө , Öfö; russian: Уфа́, r=Ufá, p=ʊˈfa) is the largest city and capital of Bashkortostan, Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Belaya and Ufa rivers, in the centre-north of Bashkortostan, on hills forming the ...

in Russia, joining

Salavat Yulaev Ufa Hockey Club Salavat Yulaev (russian: Хоккейный клуб «Салават Юлаев», Hokkejnyj klub «Salavat Julajev»; ba, «Салауат Юлаев» хоккей клубы, «Salawat Yulayev» xokkey klubı), commonly referred ...

of the

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. He spent three seasons with Salavat Yulaev between 2000 and 2003, playing 57 games and scoring six goals and four assists. Akhmadullin then played one season in the second-tier Vysshaya Liga for

Dinamo-Energija Yekaterinburg Dinamo-Energija Yekaterinburg (russian: ХК Динамо-Энергия Екатеринбург) was an ice hockey team in Yekaterinburg, Russia. History The club was founded in 1950 as Spartak Sverdlovsk. They played in the top-level leagues in ...

before playing the remainder of his career in the third-tier

Pervaya Liga The All-Russian Hockey League B or VHL-B (russian: Первенство Всероссийской хоккейной лиги (ВХЛ-Б), ''Pervenstvo Vserossiyskoy hokkeynoy ligi'') is an ice hockey league in Russia. It stands at the third-ti ...

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* 1982 births Living people Gazprom-OGU Orenburg players Kitchener Rangers players Russian ice hockey forwards Salavat Yulaev Ufa players Sportspeople from Ufa {{russia-icehockey-bio-stub