Jānis Sprukts
| Jānis Sprukts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Born |
January 31, 1982 Riga, Soviet Union | ||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) | ||
| Weight | 225 lb (102 kg; 16 st 1 lb) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
| NLA team Former teams |
HC Fribourg-Gottéron Florida Panthers Lokomotiv Yaroslavl | ||
| National team |
 Latvia | ||
| NHL draft |
234th overall, 2000 Florida Panthers | ||
| Playing career | 1999–present | ||
Jānis Sprukts (born January 31, 1982) is a Latvian professional ice hockey forward. He was drafted by Panthers as their eighth-round pick, #234 overall, in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft.
Sprukts has played two seasons of hockey in North America, then three seasons in Europe with Odense Bulldogs, ASK/Ogre, HK Rīga 2000, HPK. In 2006, he returned to North America, where he signed with the Florida Panthers. He started the 2006/2007 season in Panthers farmclub AHL team Rochester Americans. In October 2006, after 4 games in AHL, he was called up to the Florida Panthers. On 20 October he played his first NHL game against the Philadelphia Flyers, but on 21 December, playing against the New York Rangers, recorded his first point in the NHL. On April 6, 2007, Jānis scored his first career NHL goal against Marc Denis and the Tampa Bay Lightning in a Panthers 7-2 victory.[1] In 2009, he left North America and then played in the KHL for Dinamo Riga and CSKA Moscow.
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2000–01 | Lukko | SM-liiga | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | Acadie-Bathurst Titan | QMJHL | 63 | 35 | 44 | 79 | 46 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 10 | ||
| 2002–03 | Sport | Mestis | 21 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002–03 | Acadie-Bathurst Titan | QMJHL | 30 | 9 | 29 | 38 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2003–04 | Odense Bulldogs | ODL | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | ASK/Ogre | LHL | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004–05 | HK Rīga 2000 | LHL | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | ||
| 2005–06 | HPK | SM-liiga | 35 | 18 | 10 | 28 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 55 | 17 | 37 | 54 | 58 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | Lukko | SM-liiga | 53 | 12 | 17 | 29 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 59 | 16 | 31 | 47 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | Dinamo Riga | KHL | 53 | 11 | 25 | 36 | 34 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | ||
| 2010–11 | Dinamo Riga | KHL | 53 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 52 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | ||
| 2011–12 | Dinamo Riga | KHL | 53 | 11 | 24 | 35 | 28 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2012–13 | CSKA Moscow | KHL | 50 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2013–14 | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl | KHL | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | ||
| 2014–15 | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl | KHL | 16 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 14 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| KHL totals | 239 | 40 | 77 | 117 | 124 | 54 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 22 | ||||
International play
Played for Latvia in:
- 2000 World Championships
- 2003 World Championships
- 2005 Olympic Qualification
- 2005 World Championships
- 2007 World Championships
- 2008 World Championships
- 2009 Olympic Qualification
- 2015 World Championships
International statistics
| Year | Team | League | GP | G | A | P | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Latvia | WC | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| WCh Totals | 41 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 6 | ||
| Olympic Totals | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| International Totals | 101 | 21 | 36 | 58 | 22 | ||
References
- ^ "Florida Panthers at Tampa Bay Lightning Box Score, April 6, 2007". Hockey-Reference.com. 2007-04-06. Retrieved 2012-06-10.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- Jānis Sprukts at the Latvijas Olimpiskā komiteja (archived) (in Latvian)
- Janis Sprukts at Olympics.com
- Jānis Sprukts at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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- 1982 births
- Living people
- Acadie–Bathurst Titan players
- ASK/Ogre players
- Dinamo Riga players
- Florida Panthers draft picks
- Florida Panthers players
- HC CSKA Moscow players
- HK Riga 2000 players
- HPK players
- Ice hockey players at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- Ice hockey players at the 2014 Winter Olympics
- Latvian ice hockey players
- Lukko players
- Odense Bulldogs players
- Olympic ice hockey players of Latvia
- Rochester Americans players
- Sportspeople from Riga
- Vaasan Sport players
- Latvian ice hockey biography stubs