List of Olympic men's ice hockey players for Latvia

The Latvian national team at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

The list of Olympic men's ice hockey players for Latvia consists of 57 skaters and 6 goaltenders. Men's ice hockey tournaments have been staged at the Olympic Games since 1920 (it was introduced at the 1920 Summer Olympics, and was permanently added to the Winter Olympic Games in 1924). Latvia has participated in five tournaments: 1936, 2002, 2006, 2010, and 2014. From 1956 until 1992 Latvia also participated in the Olympics as part of the Soviet Union and the Unified Team (for 1992). Latvia has never won a medal in ice hockey, with their highest finish being eighth in 2014.

Eleven players have played in three separate Olympics, while five players — Mārtiņš Cipulis, Georgijs Pujacs, Krišjānis Rēdlihs, Miķelis Rēdlihs, and Arvīds Reķis — have played in the most games, 14 each. Three players, Aleksandrs Ņiživijs, Lauris Dārziņš, and Vjačeslavs Fanduļs, have the most goals, with 4, while Ņiživijs has the most assists (8), and points (12) for Latvia. Two Latvian players, Helmuts Balderis and Artūrs Irbe, have been inducted into the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame, though Balderis only played for the Soviet Union at the Olympics.[1]


Key

Goaltenders

Edgars Masaļskis played nine games for Latvia in three Olympics.
Goaltenders
Player Olympics Tournament(s) GP W L T Min SO GA GAA Notes Ref(s)
Kristers Gudļevskis 1 2014 2 0 2 0 119 0 7 3.54 [2]
Artūrs Irbe 2 2002, 2006 4 0 3 1 208 0 18 5.19 IIHFHOF (2010)[1] [3]
Herberts Kušķis 1 1936 1 0 1 0 45 0 9 12.00 [4]
Roberts Lapainis 1 1936 2 0 2 0 90 0 18 12.00 [4]
Edgars Masaļskis 3 2006, 2010, 2014 8 1 4 0 457 0 31 4.07 [2][5]
Sergejs Naumovs 2 2002, 2006 5 2 2 1 300 0 21 4.20 [6]

Skaters

Lauris Dārziņš has scored four goals at the Olympics, tied with two others for the most for Latvia.
Aleksandrs Ņiživijs is Latvia's leading scorer at the Olympics, with 12 points over three tournaments.
Sandis Ozoliņš recorded 8 points in 11 games over three Olympics.
Georgijs Pujacs has played in three Olympics for Latvia.
Krišjānis Rēdlihs is one of five players to have played 14 games for Latvia.


Skaters
Player Olympics Tournaments GP G A P PIM Notes Ref(s)
Ģirts Ankipāns 2 2006, 2010 9 2 0 2 4 [7]
Kaspars Astašenko 1 2002 3 1 0 1 0 [8]
Aleksejs Auziņš 1 1936 2 0 0 0 0 [9]
Oskars Bārtulis 2 2010, 2014 9 1 0 1 2 [2][10]
Jānis Bebris 1 1936 3 1 0 1 0 [11]
Aleksandrs Beļavskis 1 2002 4 1 1 2 4 [11]
Armands Bērziņš 3 2006, 2010, 2014 11 0 2 2 6 [2][12]
Roberts Bluķis 1 1936 3 0 0 0 0 [13]
Igors Bondarevs 1 2002 4 2 2 4 0 [14]
Aigars Cipruss 2 2002, 2006 9 3 3 6 6 [15]
Mārtiņš Cipulis 3 2006, 2010, 2014 14 2 2 4 0 [2][16]
Lauris Dārziņš 2 2010, 2014 9 4 2 6 12 [2][17]
Kaspars Daugaviņš 2 2010, 2014 8 0 2 2 2 [2][17]
Vjačeslavs Fanduļs 1 2002 4 4 0 4 2 [18]
Ralfs Freibergs 1 2014 3 0 1 1 0 [2]
Guntis Galviņš 1 2010 2 0 0 0 0 [19]
Zemgus Girgensons 1 2014 5 1 1 2 2 [2]
Viktors Ignatjevs 1 2002 4 0 0 0 4 [20]
Miks Indrašis 1 2014 5 0 0 0 2 [2]
Koba Jass 1 2014 3 0 0 0 4 [2]
Arvīds Jurgens 1 1936 3 0 0 0 2 [21]
Mārtiņš Karsums 2 2010, 2014 9 0 3 3 4 [2][22]
Ronalds Ķēniņš 1 2014 5 0 0 0 2 [2]
Aleksandrs Kerčs 1 2002 4 0 3 3 2 [23]
Artūrs Kulda 1 2014 5 0 1 1 2 [2]
Rodrigo Laviņš 3 2002, 2006, 2010 13 0 1 1 6 [24]
Aleksandrs Macijevskis 1 2002 4 2 3 5 0 [25]
Vladimirs Mamonovs 1 2006 5 0 0 0 4 [26]
Andrejs Maticins 1 2002 4 1 2 3 2 [27]
Gints Meija 1 2010 4 0 0 0 2 [28]
Aleksandrs Ņiživijs 3 2002, 2006, 2010 13 4 8 12 4 [29]
Sandis Ozoliņš 3 2002, 2006, 2014 11 1 7 8 8 Team Captain (2014)[30] [2][31]
Kārlis Paegle 1 1936 3 1 0 1 0 [31]
Grigorijs Panteļejevs 2 2002, 2006 9 2 3 5 2 [32]
Vitalijs Pavlovs 1 2014 5 0 1 1 0 [2]
Arvīds Petersons 1 1936 3 1 0 1 0 [33]
Ādolfs Petrovskis 1 1936 3 0 0 0 0 [33]
Georgijs Pujacs 3 2006, 2010, 2014 14 0 2 2 4 [2][34]
Krišjānis Rēdlihs 3 2006, 2010, 2014 14 0 3 3 6 [2][35]
Miķelis Rēdlihs 3 2006, 2010, 2014 14 2 1 3 12 [2][35]
Arvīds Reķis 3 2006, 2010, 2014 14 0 0 0 20 [2][35]
Jānis Rozītis 1 1936 1 0 0 0 0
Agris Saviels 1 2006 5 0 0 0 8 [36]
Aleksandrs Semjonovs 2 2002, 2006 9 1 1 2 6 [37]
Sergejs Seņins 1 2002 4 0 1 1 4 [37]
Aleksejs Širokovs 1 2010 4 0 0 0 2 [38]
Kārlis Skrastiņš 3 2002, 2006, 2010 10 0 1 1 0 Team Captain (2006, 2010)[39] [38]
Oļegs Sorokins 1 2002 4 0 2 2 4 [40]
Kristaps Sotnieks 2 2010, 2014 9 1 1 2 4 [2][40]
Jānis Sprukts 2 2010, 2014 9 2 3 5 0 [2][40]
Juris Štāls 1 2014 3 0 0 0 0 [2]
Leonids Tambijevs 2 2002, 2006 9 2 2 4 10 [41]
Atvars Tribuncovs 2 2002, 2006 9 2 1 3 18 [42]
Herberts Vasiļjevs 3 2006, 2010, 2014 11 3 1 4 10 [43]
Leonīds Vedējs 1 1936 3 0 0 0 0 Team Captain (1936)[39] [44]
Harijs Vītoliņš 1 2002 4 2 2 4 0 Team Captain (2002)[39] [45]
Māris Ziediņš 1 2006 5 1 0 1 6 [46]

Notes

  1. ^ a b International Ice Hockey Federation
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w International Ice Hockey Federation 2014
  3. ^ Podnieks 2010, p. 553
  4. ^ a b Podnieks 2010, p. 555
  5. ^ Podnieks 2010, p. 363
  6. ^ Podnieks 2010, p. 558
  7. ^ Podnieks 2010, p. 318
  8. ^ Podnieks 2010, p. 371
  9. ^ Podnieks 2010, p. 372
  10. ^ Podnieks 2010, p. 319
  11. ^ a b Podnieks 2010, p. 375
  12. ^ Podnieks 2010, p. 320
  13. ^ Podnieks 2010, p. 379
  14. ^ Podnieks 2010, p. 380
  15. ^ Podnieks 2010, p. 389
  16. ^ Podnieks 2010, p. 323
  17. ^ a b Podnieks 2010, p. 324
  18. ^ Podnieks 2010, p. 403
  19. ^ Podnieks 2010, p. 327
  20. ^ Podnieks 2010, p. 427
  21. ^ Podnieks 2010, p. 434
  22. ^ Podnieks 2010, p. 334
  23. ^ Podnieks 2010, p. 439
  24. ^ Podnieks 2010, p. 338
  25. ^ Podnieks 2010, p. 340
  26. ^ Podnieks 2010, p. 462
  27. ^ Podnieks 2002, p. 137
  28. ^ Podnieks 2010, p. 341
  29. ^ Podnieks 2010, p. 343
  30. ^ Merk 2014
  31. ^ a b Podnieks 2010, p. 483
  32. ^ Podnieks 2010, p. 484
  33. ^ a b Podnieks 2010, p. 487
  34. ^ Podnieks 2010, p. 347
  35. ^ a b c Podnieks 2010, p. 348
  36. ^ Podnieks 2010, p. 349
  37. ^ a b Podnieks 2010, p. 508
  38. ^ a b Podnieks 2010, p. 351
  39. ^ a b c Podnieks 2010, p. 70
  40. ^ a b c Podnieks 2010, p. 352
  41. ^ Podnieks 2010, p. 523
  42. ^ Podnieks 2010, p. 527
  43. ^ Podnieks 2010, p. 356
  44. ^ Podnieks 2010, p. 532
  45. ^ Podnieks 2010, p. 534
  46. ^ Podnieks 2010, p. 544

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