Mārtiņš Cipulis

Mārtiņš Cipulis
Date of birth	November 29, 1980
place of birth	Cēsis , Latvian SSR
size	180 cm
Weight	81 kg
position	Left wing
number	# 47
Shot hand	Right
Career stations
1998-2000	HK Liepājas Metalurgs
2000-2006	HK Riga 2000
2006-2007	HK Aquacity ŠKP Poprad
2007-2008	Metallurgist Schlobin
2008-2010	Dinamo Riga
2010-2011	Amur Khabarovsk
2011–2012	Dinamo Riga
2012-2013	HC Lev Prague
2013-2015	Dinamo Riga
2015-2016	MHC Martin
2016-2017	EHC Lustenau
since 2017	HK spas

Mārtiņš Cipulis (born November 29, 1980 in Cēsis , Latvian SSR ) is a Latvian ice hockey player who has been under contract with HK Kurbads in the Latvian ice hockey league since 2017 .

Career

Mārtiņš Cipulis began his career as a hockey player at HK Liepājas Metalurgs , for whom he was active from 1998 to 2000 in both the East European Hockey League and the Latvian Ice Hockey League , and with whom he was Latvian champion for the first time in 2000 . He then moved to their league rivals HK Riga 2000 , with whom he reached the final of the Latvian ice hockey league in the following six years, with the attacker and his team becoming champions in 2001, 2004, 2005 and 2006, and vice-champions in 2002 and 2003. In addition, Cipulis was with Riga in 2001 and 2002 runner-up in the East European Hockey League and reached second place in the IIHF Continental Cup in the 2005/06 season .

After Cipulis played for one season each from 2006 to 2008 for HK Aquacity ŠKP Poprad from the Slovakian extra league and Metallurg Schlobin from the Belarusian extra league, he returned to his homeland before the 2008/09 season , where he signed a contract with Dinamo Riga received from the newly formed Continental Hockey League . For Dinamo he completed two seasons in the KHL, in which he ran up in 124 games and scored 19 goals. In June 2010 Cipulis was signed by Amur Khabarovsk , but returned to Dinamo Riga after a year and a successful trial contract.

At the end of the 2011/12 season, his contract with Dinamo expired and Cipulis was initially without a club before he was signed by HC Lev Prague in December 2012 .

Between 2013 and 2015 he played again for Dinamo Riga in the KHL.

In the 2016/17 season Cipulis played for EHC Lustenau in the Alps Hockey League (2nd Austrian League).

International

For Latvia , Cipulis took part in the U20 Junior B World Championships in 2000 , as well as the A World Championships in 2005 , 2006 , 2007 , 2008 , 2009 , 2010 and 2011 . He was also on the Latvian squad for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin and 2010 in Vancouver .

Achievements and Awards

2000 Latvian master with the HK Liepājas Metalurgs 2001 Latvian champion with the HK Riga 2000 2001 EEHL runner-up with HK Riga 2000 2002 Latvian runner-up with the HK Riga 2000 2002 EEHL runner-up with HK Riga 2000 2003 Latvian runner-up with the HK Riga 2000

2004 Latvian champion with the HK Riga 2000 2004 Best striker in the Latvian Ice Hockey League 2005 Latvian champion with HK Riga 2000 2006 Latvian champion with the HK Riga 2000 2006 2nd place at the IIHF Continental Cup with HK Riga 2000 2018 Latvian champion with the HK Spa

KHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Main round	5	225	34	36	70	84
Playoffs	4th	22nd	2	0	2	27

(Status: end of the 2010/11 season)

Web links

• Mārtiņš Cipulis at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Mārtiņš Cipulis at eurohockey.com