Artis Ābols

Artis Ābols
Date of birth	3rd January 1973
place of birth	Riga , Soviet Union
size	184 cm
Weight	94 kg
position	striker
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
1991-1996	Pārdaugava Riga
1996-1997	Nittorps IK
1997-1998	Odense IK
1998-1999	Hermes Jokipojat
1999-2004	Nyköpings Hockey 90
2002-2003	Vojens IK
2004-2008	HK Riga 2000
2009-2011	HK spas
2010–2012	HK Ozolnieki / Monarhs

Artis Ābols (born January 3, 1973 in Riga , Latvian SSR , Soviet Union ) is a former Latvian ice hockey player . He has been working as a coach since the end of his career and has been assistant coach at Dinamo Riga from the Continental Hockey League again since 2018 .

Career

Artis Ābols began his career in 1991 at RASMS Riga, but moved to Pārdaugava Riga during the 1991/92 season . For this club he was active in the International Hockey League (MHL) until 1996 .

Between 1996 and 2004 he played in Scandinavia, among others for Nittorps IK , Odense IK , Nyköpings Hockey 90 and Vojens IK .

Between 2004 and 2008 Ābols played for HK Riga 2000 in both the Latvian championship and the Belarusian extra league . He was four times Latvian champion with the club. In 2008 he started his coaching career as assistant coach at Dinamo Riga and played at the same time at the semi-professional HK Kurbads from the second Latvian league. During the 2010/11 season he completed his first appearances for HK Ozolnieki / Monarhs from the first Latvian league, before he switched to this club entirely in the summer of 2011.

In November 2012 he was promoted from assistant to head coach at Dinamo and then ended his playing career following the 2012/13 season.

For the 2015/16 season he moved within the Continental Hockey League to HK Lada Tolyatti , where he initially worked as an assistant coach. In the middle of the 2015/16 season he was promoted to head coach and led the team until the end of the 2017/18 season. Subsequently, Lada Tolyatti was excluded from the KHL and Ābols returned to Dinamo Riga.

Achievements and Awards

• 1993 Latvian master with Pārdaugava Riga
• 1997 top scorer in Division 2, Group A South
• 2004–2007: four-time Latvian champion with the HK Riga 2000

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
1991/92	HK Pārdaugava Riga	Latvia		16	24	12	36	14th		-	-	-	-	-
1992/93	HK Pārdaugava Riga	MHL		36	4th	4th	8th	26th		2	0	1	1	5
1992/93	HK Pārdaugava Riga	Latvia		11	11	8th	19th	6th		-	-	-	-	-
1993/94	HK Pārdaugava Riga	MHL		32	7th	7th	14th	10		-	-	-	-	-
1994/95	HK Pārdaugava Riga	MHL		13	0	0	0	10		-	-	-	-	-
1994/95	HK Pārdaugava Riga	Latvia		12	15th	14th	29	12		-	-	-	-	-
1995/96	HK Pārdaugava Riga	Latvia		35	40	-	40	-		-	-	-	-	-
1996/97	Nittorps IK	Division 2		32	26th	27	53			-	-	-	-	-
1997/98	Odense IK	Elite series		49	42	52	94	80		-	-	-	-	-
1998/99	Hermes Kokkola	I-divisioona		12	4th	5	9	12		-	-	-	-	-
1998/99	Jokipojat Joensuu	I-divisioona		26th	14th	11	25th	55		-	-	-	-	-
1999/00	HK Liepājas Metalurgs	EEHL		2	0	1	1	0		-	-	-	-	-
1999/00	Nyköpings Hockey 90	Allsvenskan		42	13	23	36	24		-	-	-	-	-
2000/01	Nyköpings Hockey 90	Allsvenskan		38	19th	24	43	34		3	1	0	1	0
2001/02	Nyköpings Hockey 90	Allsvenskan		41	19th	23	42	50		-	-	-	-	-
2002/03	Vojens IK	Elite series		25th	11	11	22nd	38		-	-	-	-	-
2003/04	Nyköpings Hockey 90	HockeyAllsvenskan		25th	7th	9	16	16		-	-	-	-	-
2003/04	HK Riga 2000	EEHL		15th	5	5	10	22nd		-	-	-	-	-
2003/04	HK Riga 2000	Latvia		11	3	16	19th	10		6th	3	6th	9	4th
2004/05	HK Riga 2000	Extra league		33	8th	16	24	22nd		3	0	2	2	2
2004/05	HK Riga 2000	Latvia		4th	1	5	6th	2		11	2	12	14th	10
2005/06	HK Riga 2000	Extra league		48	15th	27	42	72		-	-	-	-	-
2005/06	HK Riga 2000	Latvia			2	1	3	4th		-	-	-	-	-
2006/07	HK Riga 2000	Latvia		50	24	40	64	66		-	-	-	-	-
2007/08	HK Riga 2000	Latvia		40	12	30th	42	32		-	-	-	-	-
2009/10	HK spas	Latvia II
2010/11	HK Ozolnieki / Monarhs	Latvia		10	4th	13	17th	4th
2010/11	HK spas	Latvia II		20th	0	9	9	0
2011/12	HK Ozolnieki / Monarhs	Latvia		6th	4th	6th	10	6th		6th	3	6th	9	6th
2012/13	HK Ozolnieki / Monarhs	Latvia		6th	4th	5	9	2		2	1	1	2	4th

International

year	team	event		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
1993	Latvia	C-WM		7th	10	8th	18th	6th
1993	Latvia	Olympic torment.		4th	1	0	1	0
1999	Latvia	WM		4th	0	0	0	0
2000	Latvia	WM		7th	0	0	0	2
2001	Latvia	WM		6th	1	3	4th	4th
2002	Latvia	WM		6th	0	0	0	4th
Seniors total				34	12	11	23	16

( 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 )

Web links

• Artis Ābols at eliteprospects.com (English)