Ģirts Ankipāns

Ģirts Ankipāns
Born	(1975-11-29) November 29, 1975 Riga, Soviet Union
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight	194 lb (88 kg; 13 st 12 lb)
Position	Forward
Shoots	Left
KHL team Former teams	Dinamo Riga HK Essamika Ogre ESC Harzer Wölfe Braunlage EHC Neuwied EHC Timmendorfer Strand HK Riga 2000 EV Füssen EV Landshut Dinamo-2 Minsk Dinamo Minsk
National team	Latvia
Playing career	1991–present

Ģirts Ankipāns (born November 29, 1975) is a Latvian ice hockey player. He started his professional ice hockey career in Latvia, where he played for various local teams. During the 1996-97 season, he became the best goal-scorer of the Latvian Hockey League. Next 7 seasons Ankipāns spent playing in German hockey leagues. Before the 2003-04 season, he returned to Latvia and joined HK Riga 2000. He has played for the Latvia men's national ice hockey team in 2003, 2005 and 2009 World Championships as well as in 2006 Winter Olympics. Currently he plays for Dinamo Riga in KHL.

Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1991–92	Vendenieki	LHL		12	3	3	6	4		-	-	-	-	-
1992–93	HK Essamika Ogre	LHL		22	43	35	78	67		-	-	-	-	-
1993-94	HK Essamika Ogre	LHL		21	20	22	42	69		3	3	1	4	12
1994-95	HK Essamika Ogre	LHL		24	17	22	39	46		-	-	-	-	-
1995	Team Latvia	WJC		4	2	0	2	4		-	-	-	-	-
1996-97	Juniors Riga	LHL		19	34	34	68	8		-	-	-	-	-
1996-97	Juniors Riga	EEHL		32	21	18	39	46		-	-	-	-	-
1997-98	Juniors Riga	EEHL		4	2	2	4	4		-	-	-	-	-
1997-98	Lillehammer IHK	Eliteserien		6	2	4	6	4		-	-	-	-	-
1997-98	Harzer Wölfe Braunlage	1. Liga Nord		36	24	32	56	63		-	-	-	-	-
1998-99	Harzer Wölfe Braunlage	1. Bundesliga		29	4	15	19	26		-	-	-	-	-
1998-99	EHC Neuwied	1. Bundesliga		24	10	18	28	38		-	-	-	-	-
1999-00	Timmendorfer Strand	Oberliga Nord		50	51	90	141	94		-	-	-	-	-
2000-01	Timmendorfer Strand	Oberliga Nord		10	13	7	20	12		-	-	-	-	-
2001-02	HK Riga 2000	EEHL		8	4	7	11	24		-	-	-	-	-
2001-02	EV Füssen	Oberliga		44	30	50	80	42		-	-	-	-	-
2001-02	EV Füssen	Regionalliga		-	-	-	-	-		4	4	6	10	4
2002-03	EV Landshut	2. Bundesliga		40	15	25	40	34		-	-	-	-	-
2003	Team Latvia	WC		6	0	1	1	0		-	-	-	-	-
2003-04	HK Riga 2000	LHL		16	13	16	29	34		5	5	7	12	6
2003-04	HK Riga 2000	EEHL		25	3	10	13	18		-	-	-	-
2004-05	HK Riga 2000	BE		42	13	25	38	46		3	0	0	0	2
2004-05	HK Riga 2000	LHL		5	2	3	5	4		11	7	14	21	6
2005	Team Latvia	OQ		3	0	1	1	0		-	-	-	-	-
2005	Team Latvia	WC		6	2	4	6	0		-	-	-	-	-
2005-06	HK Riga 2000	BE		47	10	35	45	44		-	-	-	-	-
2005-06	HK Riga 2000	LHL			2	4	6	6		-	-	-	-	-
2006	Team Latvia	OG		5	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
2006-07	Dinamo-2 Minsk	BE2		1	0	4	4	0		-	-	-	-	-
2006-07	Dinamo Minsk	BE		24	3	3	6	4		1	0	0	0	0
2006-07	HK Riga 2000	LHL		26	17	30	47	12		-	-	-	-	-
2007-08	HK Riga 2000	LHL		36	15	31	46	12		-	-	-	-	-
2007-08	HK Riga 2000	BE		1	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
2008-09	Dinamo Riga	KHL		51	7	7	14	18		3	0	0	0	14
2009	Team Latvia	OQ		3	1	3	4	5		-	-	-	-	-
2009	Team Latvia	WC		7	1	2	3	6		-	-	-	-	-
Career totals				689	384	563	947	799		30	19	28	47	44

External links

• Ģirts Ankipāns's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database
• Ģirts Ankipāns – player profile and career stats at European Hockey.Net
• Ģirts Ankipāns player profile at Dinamo Riga.eu