Harijs Vītoliņš
| Harijs Vītoliņš | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Harijs Vītoliņš, 2023 | |||
| Born |
April 30, 1968 Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union | ||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) | ||
| Weight | 224 lb (102 kg; 16 st 0 lb) | ||
| Position | Centre | ||
| Shot | Right | ||
| Played for | Winnipeg Jets | ||
| National team |
 Latvia | ||
| NHL draft |
188th overall, 1988 Montreal Canadiens 228th overall, 1993 Winnipeg Jets | ||
| Playing career | 1986–2005 | ||
Harijs Vītoliņš (Harijs Vitolinsh; born April 30, 1968) is a Latvian former professional ice hockey centre. After being selected twice in the NHL Entry Draft, Vītoliņš played eight games in the National Hockey League with the Winnipeg Jets during the 1993–94 season, going scoreless. Since 2021, he has been the Head Coach of Latvia men's national ice hockey.
Vītoliņš was promoted to head coach of Dynamo Moscow after Oleg Znaroks was named as Zinetula Bilyaletdinov's successor as Russia's head coach.[1] Vītoliņš also served as an assistant to Znaroks. In May 2014, the Russian national team coached by Znaroks and Vītoliņš won the world ice hockey championship in Minsk, Belarus.
Career statistics
[edit]Regular season and playoffs
[edit]| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1984–85 | Latvijas Berzs | URS.3 | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1985–86 | RASMS Rīga | URS.3 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1986–87 | Dinamo Rīga | Soviet | 17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1987–88 | Dinamo Rīga | Soviet | 30 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1987–88 | RASMS Rīga | URS.3 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1988–89 | Dinamo Rīga | Soviet | 36 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1988–89 | RASMS–Energo Rīga | URS.3 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1989–90 | Dinamo Rīga | Soviet | 45 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1990–91 | Dinamo Rīga | Soviet | 46 | 12 | 19 | 31 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1991–92 | Stars Rīga | CIS | 30 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1992–93 | Thunder Bay Thunder Hawks | CoHL | 8 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1992–93 | New Haven Senators | AHL | 7 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1992–93 | EHC Chur | NDA | 17 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1993–94 | Winnipeg Jets | NHL | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1993–94 | Moncton Hawks | AHL | 70 | 28 | 34 | 62 | 41 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 1994–95 | SC Rapperswil–Jona | NDA | 30 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1995–96 | Rögle BK | SEL | 19 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1995–96 | Rögle BK | Allsv | 18 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | ||
| 1996–97 | EHC Chur | SUI.2 | 39 | 25 | 28 | 83 | 58 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| 1997–98 | EHC Chur | SUI.2 | 39 | 30 | 51 | 81 | 32 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 6 | ||
| 1998–99 | EHC Chur | SUI.2 | 40 | 24 | 38 | 62 | 44 | 18 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 49 | ||
| 1999–2000 | EHC Chur | SUI.2 | 36 | 25 | 23 | 48 | 51 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 14 | ||
| 2000–01 | EHC Chur | NLA | 39 | 15 | 14 | 29 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | HC Thurgau | SUI.2 | 32 | 16 | 21 | 37 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 2002–03 | HC Thurgau | SUI.2 | 38 | 25 | 28 | 53 | 57 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | ||
| 2003–04 | HC Thurgau | SUI.2 | 45 | 30 | 40 | 70 | 78 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | ||
| 2004–05 | HC Thurgau | SUI.2 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004–05 | SC Langnau | NLA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004–05 | HC Ambrì–Piotta | NLA | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | Pikes EHC Oberthurgau | SUI.4 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Soviet/CIS totals | 204 | 38 | 36 | 74 | 98 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| NHL totals | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| SUI.2 totals | 287 | 180 | 270 | 450 | 368 | 61 | 31 | 45 | 76 | 115 | ||||
International
[edit]| Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Soviet Union | WJC | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| 1993 | Latvia | WC C | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | |
| 1995 | Latvia | WC B | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | |
| 1996 | Latvia | WC B | 7 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | |
| 1997 | Latvia | WC | 8 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 4 | |
| 1998 | Latvia | WC | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | |
| 1999 | Latvia | WC | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| 1999 | Latvia | WC Q | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |
| 2000 | Latvia | WC | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 | |
| 2001 | Latvia | OGQ | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2001 | Latvia | WC | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2002 | Latvia | OG | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2002 | Latvia | WC | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Senior totals | 66 | 21 | 30 | 51 | 60 | |||
References
[edit]- ^ Fedin, Fedor (2014-03-26). "Oleg Znarok Named Coach of Team Russia". russianmachineneverbreaks.com. Retrieved 2014-05-15.
External links
[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Harijs Vītoliņš.
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- Harijs Vītoliņš at Olympedia
- Harijs Vītoliņš at Olympics.com
- Harijs Vītoliņš at the Latvijas Olimpiskā komiteja (in Latvian) (English translation, archive)
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
 | This biographical article relating to ice hockey in Latvia is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
Categories:
- 1968 births
- Living people
- Competitors at the 1987 Winter Universiade
- Winter World University Games medalists in ice hockey
- FISU World University Games silver medalists for the Soviet Union
- Dinamo Riga players
- ECH Chur players
- HC Ambrì-Piotta players
- HC Thurgau players
- Ice hockey players at the 2002 Winter Olympics
- Latvian ice hockey coaches
- Latvian ice hockey centres
- Latvian expatriate sportspeople in Russia
- Moncton Hawks players
- Montreal Canadiens draft picks
- New Haven Senators players
- Olympic ice hockey players for Latvia
- Russia men's national ice hockey team coaches
- SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers players
- Rögle BK players
- SC Langnau players
- Soviet ice hockey centres
- Ice hockey people from Riga
- Thunder Bay Thunder Hawks players
- Winnipeg Jets (1979–1996) draft picks
- Winnipeg Jets (1979–1996) players
- Latvian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
- Latvian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States
- Latvian expatriate ice hockey players in Canada
- Expatriate ice hockey players in Switzerland
- Latvian expatriate ice hockey players in Sweden
- Latvia men's national ice hockey team coaches
- Ice hockey coaches at the 2022 Winter Olympics
- Latvian ice hockey biography stubs