| Juris Štāls | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Born |
April 8, 1982 Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union | ||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) | ||
| Weight | 201 lb (91 kg; 14 st 5 lb) | ||
| Position | Winger | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| LHF team Former teams |
HK Kurbads Hartford Wolf Pack Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod HC Trinec Dinamo Riga Quad City Mallards Kompanion Kiev HK Riga 2000 HK Poprad | ||
| National team |
 Latvia | ||
| NHL Draft |
269th overall, 2001 New York Rangers | ||
| Playing career | 1999–2020 | ||
Juris Štāls (born April 8, 1982) is a Latvian former ice hockey player. He last as a right wing for HK Kurbads of Latvian Hockey Higher League. He was drafted in the ninth round (269th overall) of the 2001 NHL Entry Draft by the New York Rangers. He has also played for the Latvian national ice hockey team at the 2014 Winter Olympics.[1]
Playing career
He started his career in 1999, when he joined the Lukko junior team, and played there for two seasons. In 2001, the New York Rangers drafted him 269th overall, and he went to North America to play for Sarnia Sting in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL). In 2002-03 he mostly played with the Owen Sound Attack of the OHL, and for Vaasan Sport, plus two games for the Hartford Wolf Pack of the American Hockey League (AHL). In 2003-04, he continued to play for Hartford, but from 2004 to 2006 he played for New York Rangers affiliate Charlotte Checkers of the ECHL.
In 2006, he returned to Europe to play for Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod in the Russian Hockey League. Later he played for Ocelari Trinec in the Czech Extraliga, Neman Grodno in the Belarusian Extraleague and HK Riga 2000 in the Latvian Hockey League.
From 2009 to 2012, Juris played 59 games for Dinamo Riga of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He started the 2012-13 season with Kompanion Kiev of the Ukrainian Hockey League, but ended the season with HK Poprad of the Slovak Extraliga.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1999–2000 | Lukko | FIN U20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2000–01 | Lukko | FIN U20 | 42 | 22 | 22 | 44 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2001–02 | Sarnia Sting | OHL | 60 | 23 | 22 | 45 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2002–03 | Sport | FIN.2 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002–03 | Owen Sound Attack | OHL | 25 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 2002–03 | Hartford Wolf Pack | AHL | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | Hartford Wolf Pack | AHL | 62 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2004–05 | Charlotte Checkers | ECHL | 59 | 19 | 11 | 30 | 31 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | Charlotte Checkers | ECHL | 66 | 18 | 27 | 45 | 36 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2006–07 | Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod | RUS.2 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | Torpedo–2 Nizhny Novgorod | RUS.3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | HC Oceláři Třinec | ELH | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | HC Oceláři Třinec | ELH | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | Neman Grodno | BLR | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | HK Rīga 2000 | LAT | 13 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | ||
| 2008–09 | Dinamo Rīga | KHL | 19 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | HK Rīga 2000 | BLR | 17 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | Quad City Mallards | IHL | 74 | 26 | 26 | 52 | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | Dinamo Rīga | KHL | 26 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 2012–13 | Kompanion Kiev | UKR | 28 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2012–13 | HK AutoFinance Poprad | SVK | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||
| 2013–14 | HK Poprad | SVK | 44 | 15 | 25 | 40 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 2014–15 | HC Energie Karlovy Vary | ELH | 24 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2014–15 | HK Poprad | SVK | 17 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 2015–16 | HK Kurbads | LAT | 26 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 12 | ||
| 2016–17 | HK Kurbads | LAT | 27 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 38 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4 | ||
| 2017–18 | HK Kurbads | LAT | 21 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18 | Daugavpils | LAT.2 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2018–19 | HK Kurbads | LAT | 29 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 2019–20 | HK Kurbads | LAT | 21 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 39 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| AHL totals | 64 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| LAT totals | 137 | 36 | 37 | 73 | 121 | 44 | 12 | 20 | 32 | 22 | ||||
| KHL totals | 59 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||
International
| Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Latvia | EJC D1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 2 | |
| 2001 | Latvia | WJC D1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | |
| 2002 | Latvia | WJC D2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 4 | |
| 2005 | Latvia | OGQ | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2006 | Latvia | WC | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2008 | Latvia | WC | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2009 | Latvia | OGQ | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2010 | Latvia | WC | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2011 | Latvia | WC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2012 | Latvia | WC | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2013 | Latvia | OGQ | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2013 | Latvia | WC | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2014 | Latvia | OG | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2014 | Latvia | WC | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | |
| Junior totals | 13 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 8 | |||
| Senior totals | 51 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 18 | |||
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Juris Štāls". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
External links
Media related to Juris Štāls at Wikimedia Commons
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- Juris Štāls at Olympedia
- Juris Štāls at Olympics.com
- Juris Štāls at the Latvijas Olimpiskā komiteja (in Latvian) (English translation, archive)
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