Harijs Vītoliņš

Harijs Vītoliņš
Harijs Vītoliņš, 2023
Born (1968-04-30) April 30, 1968 (age 56)
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

Regular season and playoffs

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

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

  1. ^ Fedin, Fedor (2014-03-26). "Oleg Znarok Named Coach of Team Russia". russianmachineneverbreaks.com. Retrieved 2014-05-15.
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