Aigars Cipruss

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LatviaLatvia  Aigars Cipruss Ice hockey player
Date of birth January 12, 1972
place of birth Riga , Latvian SSR
size 178 cm
Weight 80 kg
position center
Shot hand Left
Career stations
until 1994 Pardaugava Riga
1994-1996 Nashville Knights
1996-1997 Muskegon Fury
Rafales de Quebec
1997-1999 Lukko Rauma
1999-2000 Pelicans Lahti
2000-2001 Jokerit Helsinki
2001-2002 HIFK Helsinki
2002-2003 SaiPa Lappeenranta
2003-2005 HK Spartak Moscow
2005-2006 HK Riga 2000
2006 DHK Latgale
2006-2007 Asiago Hockey
2007-2008 EfB Ishockey
2008-2009 Dinamo Riga
2009-2013 HK Ozolnieki / Monarhs

Aigars Cipruss (born January 12, 1972 in Riga ) is a former Latvian ice hockey player who has been working as a coach since 2010 and was most recently assistant coach at Dinamo Riga in the Continental Hockey League .

Career

Aigars Cipruss began his career as a hockey player in his hometown in the youth department of Pardaugava Riga , for whose professional team he played in the Vysschaya League , the highest Soviet league, from 1990 to 1992 , and then for two years in its successor, the International Hockey League , was active. The center then went to North America, where he played for the Atlanta Knights , Grand Rapids Griffins and Rafales de Québec in the International Hockey League , the Providence Bruins in the American Hockey League , the Nashville Knights in the ECHL and the Muskegon over the next three years Fury played in the Colonial Hockey League .

From 1997 to 2003 Cipruss was in the Finnish SM-liiga on the ice, but did not stay with any team for a long period of time. In Finland he played for Lukko Rauma , Pelicans Lahti , Jokerit Helsinki , HIFK Helsinki and finally SaiPa Lappeenranta . For the 2003/04 season he joined the HK Spartak Moscow from the Wysschaja Liga , the second Russian division. With the capital club he immediately achieved promotion to the super league , in which he scored five goals and nine assists in 56 games in the 2004/05 season . For the 2005/06 season the Latvian returned to his hometown and took part in the game operations of the Belarusian extra league with HK Riga 2000 . He started the 2006/07 season at DHK Latgale in the Latvian ice hockey league , but after only three games he joined Asiago Hockey from the Italian A1 series .

Cipruss spent the 2007/08 season with EfB Ishockey in the Danish AL-Bank Ligaen . For the following season he received a contract with Dinamo Riga , for which he scored a goal and an assist in a total of 35 games in the newly founded Continental Hockey League . At the same time he was on the ice in 18 games for his ex-club HK Riga 2000 in the Belarusian extra league. For the 2009/10 season , the 2006 Olympic participant was signed by HK Ozolnieki / Monarhs , for whom he played in the Latvian ice hockey league until 2013.

International

For Latvia , Cipruss took part in the C world championships in 1993 , the B world championships in 1994 and the A world championships in 1997 , 1998 , 1999 , 2000 , 2001 , 2002 , 2003 , 2004 , 2005 and 2009 . He was also in his country's squad at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin .

Achievements and Awards

statistics

Status: end of the 2010/11 season

Seasons Games Gates Assists Points Penalty minutes
KHL main round 1 32 1 1 2 14th
KHL playoffs 1 3 0 0 0 2
SM liiga main round 6th 314 74 114 188 104
SM liiga playoffs 1 5 1 1 2 0
SM liiga relegation 1 7th 3 1 4th 2

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personal data
SURNAME Cipruss, Aigars
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Latvian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH January 12, 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Riga , Latvian SSR