With a solid career in the National Hockey League, Finnish Defenseman Sami Salo had a solid though massively injury-riddled career.  Salo scored 339 career Points with his best years coming as one of the anchors of a good Vancouver Canucks defensive corps.  Salo, who was tagged as injury prone (he allegedly had 40 injuries over his career) would still play 15 seasons in the NHL and more notably was a four time Olympian for the Finnish team where he won a Silver Medal and two Bronzes.

From Czechoslovakia, Robert Lang had a very good career in the National Hockey League, although it took him some time to really find his groove.  In his late 20s, Lang came into his own with the Pittsburgh Penguins, and in his third season there at age 30, he had an 80 Point Season.  Lang would later join Washington, where he performed well, and at one point, three-quarters of the way through the 2003/04 season, he was the leading scorer. Then he was traded to the Detroit Red Wings, marking the first time a leading scorer was traded during the season.  Lang would be injured shortly thereafter, but he would still finish the season ninth in Assists and Points.  Lang would play for Detroit another two seasons and would finish his career with a season each in Chicago, Montreal, and Phoenix.

Some considered Cliff Ronning to be a flashy player in terms of his skill, though he always seemed to be overshadowed by bigger names.  Ronning’s best run was with the Vancouver Canucks where he had four 60 Point seasons and helped them reach the Stanley Cup Finals in 1994.  He would score 869 career Points in the National Hockey League.

As of this writing, Dmitri Khristich is without question the greatest Ukrainian player (born and raised there) who ever existed in the National Hockey League.  The native of Kiev was a two-time NHL All-Star (1997 & 1999) and was a 70 Point scorer twice, once with the Washington Capitals and once with the Boston Bruins.  Khristich also played for Los Angeles and Toronto over his 811 Game NHL career.