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 | ||
| LHHL team Former teams |
HK Kurbads Lukko HPK Florida Panthers Dinamo Riga HC CSKA Moscow Lokomotiv Yaroslavl HC Fribourg-Gottéron | ||
| 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.
Biography[]
As a youth, Sprukts played in the 1996 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a team from Riga.[1] He was drafted by Panthers as their eighth-round pick, #234 overall, in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft.[citation needed]
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 American Hockey League 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.[2] In 2009, he left North America and then played in the KHL for Dinamo Riga and CSKA Moscow.[citation needed]
Career statistics[]
Regular season and playoffs[]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1999–2000 | Juniors Rīga | LAT | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1999–2000 | Juniors Rīga | EEHL B | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1999–2000 | Lukko | FIN U20 | 26 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2000–01 | Lukko | FIN U20 | 36 | 15 | 22 | 37 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2000–01 | Lukko | SM-l | 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 | ASK/Ogre | LAT | 21 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | Odense Bulldogs | DEN | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 36 | ||
| 2004–05 | HK Rīga 2000 | BLR | 21 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2005–06 | HPK | SM-l | 35 | 18 | 10 | 28 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 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-l | 53 | 12 | 17 | 29 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2008–09 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 59 | 16 | 31 | 47 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | Dinamo Rīga | KHL | 53 | 11 | 25 | 36 | 34 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | ||
| 2010–11 | Dinamo Rīga | KHL | 53 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 52 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | ||
| 2011–12 | Dinamo Rīga | 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 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2014–15 | HC Fribourg-Gottéron | NLA | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2014–15 | HC Red Ice | SUI.2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2015–16 | MHC Mountfield Martin | SVK | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2016–17 | Ritten Sport | AlpsHL | 17 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 6 | ||
| 2016–17 | Ritten Sport | ITA | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2017–18 | HK Kurbads | LAT | 22 | 12 | 12 | 24 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | ||
| 2018–19 | HK Kurbads | LAT | 35 | 11 | 30 | 41 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 8 | ||
| 2019–20 | HK Kurbads | LAT | 33 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| LAT totals | 114 | 37 | 70 | 107 | 70 | 19 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 14 | ||||
| NHL totals | 14 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| KHL totals | 239 | 40 | 77 | 117 | 124 | 54 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 22 | ||||
International[]
| Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Latvia | EJC D1 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 0 | |
| 2000 | Latvia | WJC B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2000 | Latvia | WJC18 B | 5 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 14 | |
| 2000 | Latvia | WC | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2001 | Latvia | WJC D1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2002 | Latvia | WJC D2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2003 | Latvia | WC | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2005 | Latvia | OGQ | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2005 | Latvia | WC | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2006 | Latvia | WC | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2007 | Latvia | WC | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2008 | Latvia | WC | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2009 | Latvia | OGQ | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2009 | Latvia | WC | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2010 | Latvia | OG | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2010 | Latvia | WC | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | |
| 2012 | Latvia | WC | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | |
| 2013 | Latvia | OGQ | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2013 | Latvia | WC | 7 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | |
| 2014 | Latvia | OG | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2015 | Latvia | WC | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25 | |
| 2017 | Latvia | WC | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
| Junior totals | 23 | 15 | 14 | 29 | 16 | |||
| Senior totals | 92 | 14 | 33 | 47 | 45 | |||
References[]
- ^ "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
- ^ "Florida Panthers at Tampa Bay Lightning Box Score, April 6, 2007". Hockey-Reference.com. 2007-04-06. Retrieved 2012-06-10.
External links[]
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- Jānis Sprukts at the Latvijas Olimpiskā Komiteja (in Latvian)
- Janis Sprukts at the International Olympic Committee
- Jānis Sprukts at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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