Mārtiņš Dzierkals
Mārtiņš Dzierkals | |||
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Born |
Riga, Latvia | 4 April 1997||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Weight | 84 kg (185 lb; 13 st 3 lb) | ||
Position | Forward | ||
Shoots | Left | ||
current team Former teams |
HC Škoda Plzeň Rouyn-Noranda Huskies Orlando Solar Bears Jukurit Dinamo Riga | ||
National team | Latvia | ||
NHL Draft |
68th overall, 2015 Toronto Maple Leafs | ||
Playing career | 2014–present |
Mārtiņš Dzierkals (born 4 April 1997) is a Latvian ice hockey forward whose rights are owned by Kunlun Red Star of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) and plays for the HC Škoda Plzeň in the Tipsport extraliga.
Playing career[]
In the 2015 NHL Entry Draft, he was selected 68th overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs.[1] After two seasons with the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, he spent much of the 2017–18 season with the Orlando Solar Bears in the ECHL, before returning to Latvia to play for the Dinamo Riga of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).[2]
On trade deadline day of the 2019–20 NHL season, on 25 February 2020, the Maple Leafs traded Dzierkals rights away in a three-team trade to the Vegas Golden Knights via the Chicago Blackhawks, and gained a 5th-round pick in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft.[3]
After spending the 2019–20 season with Jukurit in the Finnish Liiga, posting 7 goals and 15 points in 39 games, Dzierkals opted to return to his native Latvia by agreeing to a second tenure with Dinamo Riga with a one-year contract on 28 July 2020.[4]
International play[]
He represented Latvia at the 2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships[5] and the 2019 IIHF World Championship.[6]
Career statistics[]
Regular season and playoffs[]
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
2014–15 | HK Rīga | MHL | 32 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 49 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
2014–15 | Ogre/Sāga97 | LHL | 6 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2015–16 | Rouyn-Noranda Huskies | QMJHL | 59 | 24 | 43 | 67 | 42 | 20 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 12 | ||
2016–17 | Rouyn-Noranda Huskies | QMJHL | 47 | 21 | 28 | 49 | 44 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | ||
2017–18 | Orlando Solar Bears | ECHL | 51 | 15 | 21 | 36 | 46 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 19 | ||
2017–18 | Toronto Marlies | AHL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2018–19 | Dinamo Riga | KHL | 42 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2018–19 | HK Liepāja | LHL | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2019–20 | Jukurit | Liiga | 39 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2020–21 | Dinamo Riga | KHL | 52 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 49 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
KHL totals | 94 | 15 | 22 | 37 | 71 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
Liiga totals | 39 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — |
International[]
Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
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2014 | Latvia | U18-D1 | 11th | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 16 | |
2015 | Latvia | U18 | 9th | 6 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 10 | |
2015 | Latvia | WJC-D1 | 13th | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | |
2016 | Latvia | WJC-D1 | 11th | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | |
2016 | Latvia | OGQ | DNQ | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
2017 | Latvia | WJC | 10th | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | |
2019 | Latvia | WC | 10th | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2021 | Latvia | WC | 11th | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
Junior totals | 27 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 44 | ||||
Senior totals | 16 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
References[]
- ^ "Toronto Maple Leafs select Martins Dzierkals 68th overall in 2015 NHL Draft". mapleleafshotstove.com. 27 June 2015.
- ^ Johnston, Mike (2018-08-22). "Martins Dzierkals signs in KHL after asking Maple Leafs for trade". Sportsnet.ca. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
- ^ "Lehner traded to Golden Knights, Blackhawks get Subban". NHL.com. 2020-02-25. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
- ^ "Martins Dzierkals will play in Dinamo" (in Latvian). Dinamo Riga. 28 July 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
- ^ Koshan, Terry (2016-12-27). "Latvia's blowout loss doesn't get Dzierkals down". Toronto Sun. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
- ^ "Nosaukts Latvijas nacionālās hokeja izlases sastāvs pēdējām pārbaudes spēlēm ar Šveici". lhf.lv. 30 April 2019.
External links[]
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- 1997 births
- Living people
- Dinamo Riga players
- Latvian expatriate ice hockey people
- Latvian expatriate sportspeople in Canada
- Latvian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Latvian ice hockey forwards
- Mikkelin Jukurit players
- Orlando Solar Bears (ECHL) players
- Rouyn-Noranda Huskies players
- Sportspeople from Riga
- Toronto Marlies players
- Toronto Maple Leafs draft picks
- Latvian ice hockey biography stubs