Guntis Džeriņš

Guntis Džeriņš
Date of birth	17th February 1985
place of birth	Madona , Latvian SSR
size	180 cm
Weight	75 kg
position	striker
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
until 2003	HK Prizma Riga
2003	HK Vilki Riga
2003-2006	HK Riga 2000
2006-2007	SK Riga 20
2007-2009	MHC Martin
since 2010	HK Zemgale

Guntis Džeriņš (born February 17, 1985 in Madona , Latvian SSR ) is a Latvian ice hockey player who has been under contract with HK Zemgale in the Latvian ice hockey league since 2010 . His brother Andris is also a professional ice hockey player.

Career

Guntis Džeriņš began his career as an ice hockey player in the youth department of HK Prizma Riga , for whose first team he was active from 2000 to 2003 in the Latvian Ice Hockey League and Division B of the East European Hockey League . He was also used in the 2002/03 season for HK Vilki Riga in the Latvian ice hockey league . The winger then moved to HK Riga 2000 , with whom he won the championship three times in three years . During this period he was on the ice for Riga 2000 in parallel in the Belarusian extra league.

Džeri Dš spent the 2006/07 season at SK Riga 20 in Latvia. He then accepted the contract offer from MHC Martin , for whom he played in the Slovakian extra league from 2007 to 2009 . He scored 27 goals in 111 games and gave 34 assists. At the European level, the Latvian national player won the IIHF Continental Cup with MHC Martin in the 2008/09 season . He missed the following season completely due to injury.

For the 2010/11 season he received a trial contract with the newly founded Slovakian club HC Lev Poprad from the Continental Hockey League , which did not start playing. He also took part in the Dinamo Riga training camp , but was not signed. He started the 2010/11 season at HK Zemgale .

International

For Latvia , Džeriņš took part in the junior division in the U18 Junior B World Championships in 2002 and 2003 , and the U20 Junior B World Championships in 2004 and 2005 . He was also in his country's squad at the A-World Championships in 2007 and 2009 , as well as qualifying for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver .

Achievements and Awards

• 2004 Latvian champion with the HK Riga 2000
• 2005 Latvian champion with HK Riga 2000
• 2006 Latvian champion with the HK Riga 2000
• 2009 IIHF Continental Cup -Win with the MHC Martin

International

• 2004 Most assists at the U20 World Junior Championship in Division I.
• 2005 Promotion to the top division at the U20 Junior World Championship of Division I.

Extraliga (Slovakia) statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Main round	2	104	26th	32	58	104
Playoffs	1	7th	1	2	3	22nd

(Status: end of the 2010/11 season)

Web links

• Guntis Džeriņš at hockeydb.com (English)
• Guntis Džeriņš at eurohockey.com
• Guntis Džeriņš at eliteprospects.com (English)