Kristiāns Pelšs

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LatviaLatvia  Kristiāns Pelšs Ice hockey player
Date of birth September 9, 1992
place of birth Preiļi , Latvia
date of death June 11, 2013
Place of death Riga , Latvia
size 180 cm
Weight 79 kg
position Left wing
number # 63
Shot hand Left
Draft
KHL Junior Draft 2010 , 7th round, 175th position
Dinamo Riga
NHL Entry Draft 2010 , 7th lap, 181st position
Edmonton Oilers
Career stations
2008-2009 DHK Latgale
2009-2010 Dinamo Juniors Riga
2010–2012 Edmonton Oil Kings
2012-2013 Oklahoma City Barons
Stockton Thunder

Kristiāns Pelšs (born September 9, 1992 in Preiļi , † June 11, 2013 in Riga ) was a Latvian ice hockey player on the position of the left winger . He was under contract with the Edmonton Oilers in the National Hockey League from 2012 and played in the 2012/13 season for their farm teams, the Oklahoma City Barons and the Stockton Thunder .

Career

Pelšs began his junior career in the city of Daugavpils in southeastern Latvia, where he attended an ice hockey school. In 2008 he moved to DHK Latgale , who played in the Belarusian extra league that season . At the same time he completed 22 games for the second team in the Latvian ice hockey league and was the team's best scorer with 20 points. He then received a contract with Dinamo Juniors Riga , the newly founded farm team of Dinamo Riga , in the Extraliga and was on the ice in 46 games during the 2009/10 season .

In the NHL Entry Draft 2010 Pelšs was selected in the seventh round at a total of 181st position by the Edmonton Oilers , while Dinamo Riga secured his transfer rights for the Continental Hockey League in the KHL Junior Draft at 175th overall position . The winger was also selected by the Canadian junior team Edmonton Oil Kings in the first round of the CHL Import Draft .

In August 2010 Kristiāns Pelšs then decided to move to North America and joined the Oil Kings, who play in the Western Hockey League . In his debut season he was able to earn a regular place in the squad of the team and was the best rookie scorer of the Oil Kings with 33 points from 63 games . In the 2011/12 season , Pelšs was able to increase his point yield with 50 points again. In addition, he doubled his value from the previous season with 28 goals. The Oil Kings finished the regular season in first place in the league and secured the Ed Chynoweth Cup as winners of the WHL play-offs with a 4-3 win in the final series over the Portland Winterhawks . Pelšs scored 10 points in 17 games. As representatives of the WHL, the Edmonton Oil Kings were qualified for the Memorial Cup and finished it in fourth place.

On May 1, 2012, Pelšs signed a three-year entry - level contract with the Edmonton Oilers . In the 2012/13 season he therefore initially moved to the Stockton Thunder , the Oilers' farm team, in the ECHL . There he scored five points in 13 missions and was appointed in October 2012 for three games in the line-up of the Oklahoma City Barons from the American Hockey League .

On December 5, 2012, Kristiāns Pelšs was suspended by the ECHL for 21 games after he hit an opponent in the face with his bat in the game against the Bakersfield Condors . The American Hockey League also banned Pelšs for over a month. After this suspension, the Latvian was appointed to the squad of the Oklahoma City Barons and was able to establish himself there over the course of the season. On February 15, 2013, he scored his first goal in the AHL against the Texas Stars .

International

Pelšs was appointed to the squad of the Latvian national team for the U18 Junior World Championship for the first time in 2009 and rose with the team to the top division. In the following year he was appointed to the U18 team and scored two goals in six games, but could not prevent the team from relegating from the top division.

At the U20 Junior World Championship 2011 Pelšs was again in the squad of the junior national team and helped the selection with four points from five games to rise to the top division. In 2012 he was appointed captain of the junior national team, with which he finally achieved relegation at the U20 World Cup.

death

On June 11, 2013, Pelšs was reported missing by his family after media reports that the 20-year-old jumped from a bridge in Riga. These reports were initially not confirmed by the local authorities and the Edmonton Oilers. Pelš's body was only found four days later and his death confirmed.

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
2007/08 Daugavpils Ledus Skola U18 Latvia 27 33 21st 54 26th - - - - -
2008/09 Daugavpils Ledus Skola U20 Latvia 8th 3 9 12 16 - - - - -
2008/09 DHK Latgale Extra league 31 3 4th 7th 14th - - - - -
2008/09 DHK Latgale Latvia 22nd 9 11 20th 24 - - - - -
2009/10 Dinamo Juniors Riga Extra league 46 6th 3 9 28 - - - - -
2010/11 Edmonton Oil Kings WHL 63 14th 19th 33 31 4th 0 2 2 6th
2011/12 Edmonton Oil Kings WHL 63 28 22nd 50 95 17th 5 5 10 4th
2012/13 Oklahoma City Barons AHL 20th 1 7th 8th 8th - - - - -
2012/13 Stockton Thunder ECHL 13 2 3 5 15th - - - - -
WHL overall 126 42 41 82 126 21st 5 7th 12 10
ECHL total 13 2 3 5 15th - - - - -
AHL total 20th 1 7th 8th 8th - - - - -

( 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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Oilers ink Pelšs to three-year entry-level deal , Edmonton Oilers, May 1st 2012
  2. ↑ Joe Yerdon: Oilers prospect receives 21-game suspension from ECHL , NBC Sports , December 6, 2012
  3. ^ AHL rules on eligibility of Barons' Pelss , American Hockey League, December 11, 2012
  4. ↑ Oilers unable to confirm reports prospect Kristiāns Pelšs drowned. In: nationalpost.com. June 14, 2013, accessed December 1, 2017 .
  5. ^ Oilers release statement on missing prospect Pelss , NHL.com, June 13, 2013
  6. ^ Latvian officials confirm death of Oilers prospect Pelss , NBC Sports, June 15, 2013
personal data
SURNAME Pelšs, Kristiāns
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pelss, Kristians
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Latvian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH September 9, 1992
PLACE OF BIRTH Price
DATE OF DEATH 11th of June 2013
Place of death Riga