Kārlis Skrastiņš

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Kārlis Skrastiņš
Date of birth July 9, 1974
place of birth Riga , Latvian SSR
date of death September 7, 2011
Place of death Tunoschna near Yaroslavl , Russia
Nickname Ironman, Scratch
size 185 cm
Weight 95 kg
position defender
number # 3
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1998 , 9th lap, 230th position
Nashville Predators
Career stations
1992-1995 HK Pardaugava Riga
1995-1998 TPS Turku
1998-2003 Nashville Predators
2003-2008 Colorado Avalanche
2008-2009 Florida panthers
2009-2011 Dallas Stars

Kārlis Skrastiņš (born July 9, 1974 in Riga , Latvian SSR ; † September 7, 2011 in Tunoschna near Yaroslavl , Russia ) was a Latvian ice hockey player who played for the Nashville Predators , Colorado Avalanche , Florida Panthers and Dallas Stars during his career played in the National Hockey League on the position of defender .

Career

Skrastiņš began his playing career in the offspring of Dinamo Riga and played in the 1991/92 season for the first time for the first team of the now renamed HK Pardaugava Riga club in the Latvian ice hockey league . In the following years he played with Pardaugava in the second Russian league and in the international Russian championship . At the age of 21 he decided to move to the Finnish first division club TPS Turku . There he developed into a consistent defender, so that he was selected in the NHL Entry Draft 1998 by the Nashville Predators in the ninth round in 230th place.

His first NHL game he completed on February 9, 1999 against the Detroit Red Wings , where he managed an assist. He scored his first goal in the NHL on December 26, 1999 against St. Louis . By the 2002/03 season, he completed over 300 NHL games for Nashville, before he was given in exchange for a third-round draft pick to Colorado.

On February 8, 2007, he completed his 487th NHL game in a row, overtaking Tim Horton's record, who had played 486 consecutive games as a defender. Skrastiņš increased the record to 495 games, but he missed the game against the Anaheim Ducks on February 25 due to a knee injury. Previously, he had only missed a single game in his NHL career - hence his nickname Ironman .

Shortly before the end of the transfer period, on February 26, 2008, Skrastiņš moved to the Florida Panthers, who gave Ruslan Salej to the Avalanche. He spent the 2008/09 season with the Panthers before signing a two-year contract with the Dallas Stars in early July 2009 . In May 2011 the Latvian was signed by Lokomotive Yaroslavl from the Continental Hockey League .

On September 7, 2011, he was killed in a plane crash near Yaroslavl .

International

Kārlis Skrastiņš represented his home country at a total of twelve World Championships and three Olympic Winter Games .

Private

With his wife Zane he had three daughters: Karolīna, Laurēna un Vivienna.

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1991/92 HK Pardaugava Riga LET 16 7th 6th 13 10 - - - - -
1991/92 RASMS Riga WYL - - - - - - - - - -
1992/93 HK Pardaugava Riga LET 10 7th 2 9 12 - - - - -
1992/93 HK Pardaugava Riga RSL 40 3 5 8th 16 2 0 0 0 0
1993/94 HK Pardaugava Riga RSL 42 7th 5 12 18th 2 1 0 1 4th
1994/95 HK Pardaugava Riga RSL 52 4th 14th 18th 69 - - - - -
1995/96 TPS Turku SM-liiga 50 4th 11 15th 32 11 2 2 4th 10
1996/97 TPS Turku EHL 6th 0 1 1 4th - - - - -
1996/97 TPS Turku SM-liiga 50 2 8th 10 20th 12 0 4th 4th 2
1997/98 TPS Turku EHL 6th 0 1 1 6th - - - - -
1997/98 TPS Turku SM-liiga 48 4th 15th 19th 67 4th 0 0 0 0
1998/99 Nashville Predators NHL 2 0 1 1 0 - - - - -
1998/99 Milwaukee Admirals IHL 75 8th 36 44 47 2 0 1 1 2
1999/00 Nashville Predators NHL 59 5 6th 11 20th - - - - -
1999/00 Milwaukee Admirals IHL 19th 3 8th 11 10 - - - - -
2000/01 Nashville Predators NHL 82 1 11 12 30th - - - - -
2001/02 Nashville Predators NHL 82 4th 13 17th 36 - - - - -
2002/03 Nashville Predators NHL 82 3 10 13 44 - - - - -
2003/04 Colorado Avalanche NHL 82 5 8th 13 26th 11 0 2 2 2
2004/05 HK Riga 2000 BLR 34 8th 17th 25th 30th 3 0 0 0 25th
2004/05 HK Riga 2000 LET 4th 0 4th 4th 0 9 3 10 13 33
2005/06 Colorado Avalanche NHL 82 3 11 14th 65 9 0 1 1 10
2006/07 Colorado Avalanche NHL 68 0 11 11 30th - - - - -
2007/08 Colorado Avalanche NHL 43 1 3 4th 20th - - - - -
2007/08 Florida panthers NHL 17th 1 0 1 12 - - - - -
2008/09 Florida panthers NHL 80 4th 14th 18th 30th - - - - -
2009/10 Dallas Stars NHL 79 2 11 13 24 - - - - -
2010/11 Dallas Stars NHL 74 3 5 8th 38 - - - - -
NHL overall 832 32 104 136 375 20th 0 3 3 12

International

year team event Sp T V Pt SM
1993 Latvia WM 7th 1 6th 7th 0
1994 U20 Latvia U20 World Cup 4th 1 5 6th 33
1994 Latvia WM 7th 3 5 8th 0
1995 Latvia WM 7th 1 1 2 4th
1996 Latvia WM 7th 2 2 4th 8th
1997 Latvia WM 8th 0 3 3 4th
1998 Latvia WM 6th 0 1 1 6th
1999 Latvia WM 6th 1 1 2 6th
2000 Latvia WM 7th 1 2 3 4th
2001 Latvia WM 6th 3 0 3 0
2002 Latvia Olympia 1 0 0 0 0
2003 Latvia WM 6th 3 3 6th 27
2005 Latvia WM 6th 2 0 2 2
2006 Latvia Olympia 5 0 1 1 0
2009 Latvia WM 7th 1 1 2 0
2010 Latvia Olympia 4th 0 0 0 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 )

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ sports.espn.go.com, Skrastins' consecutive game streak ends at 495
  2. ↑ [1]
  3. ↑ see introductory text

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personal data
SURNAME Skrastiņš, Kārlis
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Skrastins, Karlis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Latvian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH July 9, 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH Riga , Latvian SSR
DATE OF DEATH September 7, 2011
Place of death Tunoschna near Yaroslavl , Russia