Armands Bērziņš

Armands Bērziņš (born 27 December 1983) is a Latvian professional ice hockey centre currently playing for HK Prizma Riga of the Optibet Hockey League. He played for Dinamo Riga of the Kontinental Hockey League and HPK of the Finnish SM-liiga.[1] He was drafted by the Minnesota Wild in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft, 155th overall. Internationally Bērziņš has played for the Latvian national team at multiple tournaments, including the 2006, 2010, and 2014 Winter Olympics.

Armands Bērziņš
Born (1983-12-27) 27 December 1983
Riga, Soviet Union
Height 6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
Weight 220 lb (100 kg; 15 st 10 lb)
Position Centre
Shoots Left
LHHL team
Former teams
HK Prizma Riga
HPK
Dinamo Riga
Yunost Minsk
National team  Latvia
NHL Draft 115th overall, 2002
Minnesota Wild
Playing career 1999present

International

He was named to the Latvia men's national ice hockey team for competition at the 2014 IIHF World Championship.[2]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1999–00 Essamika/Juniors EEL 9 2 1 3 0
1999–00 Prizma '83 Rīga LHL 11 3 7 10 0
2000–01 Prizma '83 Rīga LHL 21 9 11 20
2000–01 HK Rīga 2000 LHL 4 0 0 0
2000–01 HK Rīga 2000 EEL 12 1 2 3
2001–02 Shawinigan Cataractes QMJHL 63 17 18 35 59 12 2 2 4 6
2002–03 Shawinigan Cataractes QMJHL 59 24 19 43 22 9 4 1 5 2
2003–04 Louisiana IceGators ECHL 67 14 12 26 48
2004–05 Wheeling Nailers ECHL 57 1 10 11 26
2005–06 HK Rīga 2000 BLR 48 10 8 18 50
2006–07 HC Vsetín CZE 35 5 3 8 76
2006–07 HK Rīga 2000 LHL 23 9 12 21 26
2007–08 HK Rīga 2000 LHL 11 3 3 6 41
2007–08 HK Ardo Nitra SVK 15 1 4 5 14
2008–09 Dinamo Riga KHL 44 5 9 14 79 3 0 0 0 2
2009–10 Dinamo-Juniors Riga BLR 25 4 9 13 24
2009–10 Dinamo Riga KHL 22 1 1 2 22 2 0 0 0 2
2010–11 HPK SM-l 55 11 7 18 38 2 0 1 1 2
KHL totals 66 6 10 16 101 5 0 0 0 4

International

Year Team Comp GP G A Pts PIM
2000 Latvia WJC18-B 5 0 0 0 2
2001 Latvia WJC18-D1 5 1 3 4 2
2001 Latvia WJC-D1 5 1 2 3 2
2002 Latvia WJC-D2 4 5 3 8 20
2003 Latvia WJC-D1 5 3 2 5 24
2005 Latvia OQ 3 1 0 1 4
2006 Latvia OG 5 0 1 1 4
2007 Latvia WC 6 1 2 3 10
2008 Latvia WC 6 0 1 1 8
2009 Latvia WC 7 0 0 0 4
2010 Latvia OG 4 0 1 1 2
2011 Latvia WC 6 0 2 2 4
Junior int'l totals 24 10 10 20 50
Senior int'l totals 37 2 7 9 36

References

  1. "Berzins signs one-year contract with HPK". sportacentrs.com (in Latvian). 10 September 2010. Archived from the original on 12 September 2010. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
  2. "Roster forming - 2014 WM - International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF". iihfworlds2014.com. Archived from the original on 23 September 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
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