Armands Bērziņš

Latvia Armands Bērziņš


Date of birth	December 27, 1983
place of birth	Riga , Latvian SSR
size	191 cm
Weight	103 kg

position	center
Shot hand	Left

Draft

NHL Entry Draft	2002 , 5th round, 155th position Minnesota Wild

Career stations

1999	Essamika / Juniors Riga
1999-2001	Prizma Riga
2001	HK Riga 2000
2001-2003	Shawinigan Cataractes
2003-2004	Louisiana Ice Gators
2004-2005	Wheeling Nailers
2005-2006	HK Riga 2000
2006-2007	Vsetínská hokejová
2007	HK Riga 2000
2007-2008	HK Jestřábi Prostějov HK Nitra
2008-2010	Dinamo Riga
2010-2011	HPK Hämeenlinna
2011–2012	HK Junost Minsk
2012-2013	HK Kompanjon-Naftohas Kiev
2013-2014	Beibarys Atyrau
2014-2015	HC Pustertal
2015-2016	Dinamo Riga
2016-2017	HC Amiens Somme
2017–	EV Duisburg

Armands Bērziņš (born December 27, 1983 in Riga , Latvian SSR ) is a Latvian ice hockey player who is under contract with EV Duisburg in the Oberliga Nord .

Career

Armands Bērziņš started his career at HK Prizma Riga . In the 1999/2000 season he was used in some games for Essamika / Juniors Riga in the East European Hockey League , but otherwise continued to play for his home club in the national championship. In 2001 he moved to HK Riga 2000 .

Between 2001 and 2003 he went on the ice in the LHJMQ for the Shawinigan Cataractes . During this time he was selected in the fifth round of the 2002 NHL Entry Draft by the Minnesota Wild , for whom he never played. There followed two years at ECHL before he returned to his home country.

With the HK Riga 2000 he took part in the IIHF Continental Cup 2005/06 and took second place. He also won the Latvian championship with the club in 2006 and 2007. He had started the 2006/07 season at the Czech first division club Vsetínská hokejová , but returned to his home club mid-season. In the middle of the following season he moved to the Slovak extra league for HK Nitra - but ended the season with the Czech second division club HK Jestřábi Prostějov .

In the summer of 2008, Dinamo Riga was signed by the newly founded KHL participant , for whom he then played for two years. At the beginning of the 2009/10 season he was also used by Dinamo's farm team , the Dinamo Juniors Riga . He spent the 2010/11 season at HPK Hämeenlinna in the Finnish SM-liiga . For the 2011/12 season he was committed by HK Junost Minsk from the Belarusian extra league .

After holding positions at HK Kompanjon-Naftohas Kiev , Beibarys Atyrau and HC Pustertal , he returned to Dinamo Riga in summer 2015. The following season he played for HC Amiens Somme from Ligue Magnus before moving to Germany for EV Duisburg in 2017 .

Represented Latvia at:

year	team	event	Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2000	Latvia	U-18 WM Div. I.	5	0	0	0	2
2001	Latvia	U-18 WM Div. I.	5	1	3	4th	2
2001	Latvia	U20 World Cup Div. I.	5	1	2	3	2
2002	Latvia	U20 World Cup Div. II	4th	5	3	8th	20th
2003	Latvia	U20 World Cup Div. I.	5	3	2	5	24
2005	Latvia	Olympia Q.	3	1	0	1	4th
2006	Latvia	Olympia	5	0	1	1	4th
2007	Latvia	WM	6th	1	2	3	10
2008	Latvia	WM	6th	0	1	1	8th
2009	Latvia	WM	7th	0	0	0	4th
2010	Latvia	Olympia	4th	0	1	1	2
2011	Latvia	WM	6th	0	2	2	4th
2012	Latvia	WM	6th	1	1	2	14th
2013	Latvia	Olympia Q.	3	0	0	0	6th
2013	Latvia	WM	7th	1	0	1	27
2014	Latvia	Olympia	2	0	0	0	0
2014	Latvia	WM	6th	0	1	1	0

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; ¹ play-downs / relegation )