Armands Bērziņš
Appearance
Armands Bērziņš | |||
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Born |
Riga, Soviet Union | 27 December 1983||
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 |
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NHL draft |
115th overall, 2002 Minnesota Wild | ||
Playing career | 1999–present |
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.
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 | |||||||||||||
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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 |
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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
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Roster forming - 2014 WM - International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF". iihfworlds2014.com. Archived from the original on 23 September 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- Armands Bērziņš at the Latvijas Olimpiskā komiteja (archived) (in Latvian)
- Armands Berzins at Olympics.com
- Armands Bērziņš at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
Categories:
- 1983 births
- Living people
- Beibarys Atyrau players
- Dinamo Riga players
- Füchse Duisburg players
- Gothiques d'Amiens players
- HC Pustertal Wölfe players
- HK Nitra players
- HK Riga 2000 players
- HPK players
- Ice hockey players at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- Ice hockey players at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- Ice hockey players at the 2014 Winter Olympics
- Kompanion Kiev players
- Latvian ice hockey centres
- LHK Jestřábi Prostějov players
- Louisiana IceGators (ECHL) players
- Minnesota Wild draft picks
- Olympic ice hockey players of Latvia
- Prizma Riga players
- Shawinigan Cataractes players
- Sportspeople from Riga
- VHK Vsetín players
- Wheeling Nailers players
- Yunost Minsk players