Jānis Sprukts
Born (1982-01-31) January 31, 1982
Riga, Soviet Union
Height 6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight 225 lb (102 kg; 16 st 1 lb)
Position Forward
Shot 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 19992020

Jānis Sprukts (born January 31, 1982) is a retired 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.

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.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GPGAPtsPIM GPGAPtsPIM
1999–2000 Juniors Rīga LAT 30112
1999–2000 Juniors Rīga EEHL B 24480
1999–2000 Lukko FIN U20 262576 30000
2000–01 Lukko FIN U20 3615223724 30000
2000–01 Lukko SM-liiga 90002
2001–02 Acadie–Bathurst Titan QMJHL 6335447946 101061610
2002–03 Sport Mestis 2156118
2002–03 Acadie–Bathurst Titan QMJHL 309293812 113580
2003–04 ASK/Ogre LAT 21851324
2003–04 Odense Bulldogs DEN 20112 13741136
2004–05 HK Rīga 2000 BLR 21791610 30002
2005–06 HPK SM-liiga 3518102814 1334714
2006–07 Rochester Americans AHL 5517375458
2006–07 Florida Panthers NHL 131232
2007–08 Lukko SM-liiga 5312172920 30110
2008–09 Rochester Americans AHL 5916314720
2008–09 Florida Panthers NHL 10000
2009–10 Dinamo Rīga KHL 5311253634 914510
2010–11 Dinamo Rīga KHL 5310162652 114156
2011–12 Dinamo Rīga KHL 5311243528 75380
2012–13 CSKA Moscow KHL 505386 90110
2013–14 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl KHL 142570 180446
2014–15 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl KHL 161454
2014–15 HC Fribourg–Gottéron NLA 71120
2014–15 HC Red Ice SUI-2 10112
2015–16 MHC Mountfield Martin SVK 123364 40110
2016–17 Ritten Sport ALP 1757128 1257126
2016–17 Ritten Sport ITA 20220
2017–18 HK Kurbads LAT 2212122418 93696
2018–19 HK Kurbads LAT 3511304118 1038118
2019–20 HK Kurbads LAT 33622288
NHL totals 141232
KHL totals 2394077117124 5410132322

International

Year Team Event GPGAPtsPIM
1999 Latvia EJC D1 475120
2000 Latvia WJC B 50112
2000 Latvia WJC18 B 551614
2000 Latvia WC 70000
2001 Latvia WJC D1 51450
2002 Latvia WJC D2 42350
2003 Latvia WC 60222
2005 Latvia WC 62130
2006 Latvia WC 60112
2007 Latvia WC 30220
2008 Latvia WC 60222
2009 Latvia WC 70110
2010 Latvia OLY 40110
2010 Latvia WC 62352
2012 Latvia WC 70442
2013 Latvia WC 71562
2014 Latvia OLY 52240
2015 Latvia WC 701125
2017 Latvia WC 62136
Junior totals 2315142916
Senior totals 839263543

References

  1. "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
  2. "Florida Panthers at Tampa Bay Lightning Box Score, April 6, 2007". Hockey-Reference.com. 2007-04-06. Retrieved 2012-06-10.


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