Mārtiņš Karsums

Mārtiņš Karsums
Date of birth	February 26, 1986
place of birth	Riga , Latvian SSR
size	178 cm
Weight	86 kg
position	Right wing
number	# 44
Shot hand	Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2004 , 2nd round, 64th position Boston Bruins
Career stations
2000-2001	HK Lido Nafta Riga
2001-2003	Prizma Riga
2003-2006	Moncton Wildcats
2006-2009	Providence Bruins
2009-2010	Tampa Bay Lightning Norfolk Admirals
2010-2013	Dinamo Riga
2013-2018	HK Dynamo Moscow
since 2018	HK Spartak Moscow

Mārtiņš Karsums (born February 26, 1986 in Riga , Latvian SSR ) is a Latvian ice hockey player who has been under contract with HK Spartak Moscow from the Continental Hockey League since May 2018 .

Career

Mārtiņš Karsums began his career as a hockey player at HK Lido Nafta Riga , for which he was active in the 2000/01 season. After two years at Prizma Riga , the Latvian moved to the Canadian Junior League Quebec Major Junior Hockey League , where he was on the ice from 2003 to 2006 for the Moncton Wildcats . During this time he was selected in the NHL Entry Draft 2004 in the second round as a total of 64th player by the Boston Bruins . After he had played exclusively for their farm team , the Providence Bruins from the American Hockey League , in the first two years , the attacker made his debut in the National Hockey League for Boston in the 2008/09 season . In six games he managed an assist. Over the course of the season Karsums was given together with Matt Lashoff by the Bruins for Mark Recchi to the Tampa Bay Lightning , for which he scored five scorer points, including one goal, in 18 games by the end of the season.

In the 2009/10 season he was only used by the Norfolk Admirals in the AHL. It was also his most ineffective season in North America. In January 2010 he was loaned to Dinamo Riga from the Continental Hockey League in consultation with the Tampas management . In summer 2010 and 2012 his contract was extended. After the end of the 2012/13 season , Karsums expressed the desire to play for another club and was ultimately transferred to HK Dynamo Moscow in May 2013 . At Dynamo he was under contract until the end of the 2017/18 season and acted there as assistant captain in his last season. In May 2018 he moved to HK Spartak Moscow within the KHL .

International

For Latvia , Karsums took part in the junior division of the U18 Junior B World Championships in 2001 , 2002 and 2003 as well as the U20 Junior B World Championships in 2003 , 2004 and 2005 and the U20 Junior World Championship in 2006 . In the senior sector, he was in his country's squad at the A-World Championships in 2008 , 2009 and 2010 as well as at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver .

Achievements and Awards

2004 QMJHL All-Rookie Team 2006 Coupe du Président win with the Moncton Wildcats 2006 Guy Lafleur Trophy

2009 participation in the AHL All-Star Classic 2012 Participation in the KHL All-Star Game

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2000/01	Prizma Riga	LHL		2	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
2000/01	HK Riga 2000	LHL		18th	8th	6th	14th	0		-	-	-	-	-
2001/02	Prizma Riga	EEHL-B		16	7th	8th	15th	4th		-	-	-	-	-
2001/02	Prizma Riga	LHL		6th	4th	1	5	4th		-	-	-	-	-
2002/03	HK Riga 2000	EEHL		2	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
2002/03	Vilki Riga	LHL		20th	7th	5	12	14th		-	-	-	-	-
2002/03	Prizma Riga	EEHL-B		10	5	8th	13	28		-	-	-	-	-
2003/04	Moncton Wildcats	QMJHL		60	30th	23	53	76		20th	8th	9	17th	14th
2004/05	Moncton Wildcats	QMJHL		30th	14th	12	26th	31		2	0	0	0	0
2005/06	Moncton Wildcats	QMJHL		49	34	31	65	89		22nd	16	11	27	22nd
2006/07	Providence Bruins	AHL		54	13	22nd	35	41		12	3	1	4th	2
2007/08	Providence Bruins	AHL		79	20th	43	63	57		10	7th	3	10	6th
2008/09	Providence Bruins	AHL		43	17th	24	41	20th		-	-	-	-	-
2008/09	Boston Bruins	NHL		6th	0	1	1	0		-	-	-	-	-
2008/09	Tampa Bay Lightning	NHL		18th	1	4th	5	6th		-	-	-	-	-
2009/10	Norfolk Admirals	AHL		36	4th	12	16	6th		-	-	-	-	-
2009/10	Dinamo Riga	KHL		12	4th	4th	8th	16		9	2	1	3	4th
2010/11	Dinamo Riga	KHL		52	17th	15th	32	46		11	1	2	3	8th
2011/12	Dinamo Riga	KHL		54	21st	12	33	46		7th	1	4th	5	0
2012/13	Dinamo Riga	KHL		51	16	19th	35	63		-	-	-	-	-
2013/14	Dynamo Moscow	KHL		42	17th	8th	25th	83		5	0	0	0	0
2014/15	Dynamo Moscow	KHL		56	11	14th	25th	18th		11	3	2	5	4th
2015/16	Dynamo Moscow	KHL		34	10	8th	18th	14th		-	-	-	-	-
2016/17	Dynamo Moscow	KHL		52	16	18th	34	57		10	0	1	1	10
2017/18	Dynamo Moscow	KHL		34	3	12	15th	57		-	-	-	-	-
2018/19	HK Spartak Moscow	KHL		56	9	15th	24	46		6th	2	2	4th	2
2019/20	HK Spartak Moscow	KHL
QMJHL total				139	78	66	144	196		43	23	20th	43	36
AHL total				212	54	101	155	124		22nd	10	4th	14th	8th
NHL overall				24	1	5	6th	6th		-	-	-	-	-
KHL total				443	124	125	249	446		59	9	12	21st	28

International

Represented Latvia at:

Division I U18 Junior World Championship 2001 Division I U18 Junior World Championship 2002 Division I U20 Junior World Championship 2003 Division I U18 Junior World Championship 2003 Division I U20 Junior World Championship 2004 Division I U20 Junior World Championship 2005 Division I U20 Junior World Championship 2006 World Championship 2008

Qualifying tournament for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games World Championship 2009 2010 Winter Olympics World Championship 2010 Qualifying tournament for the 2014 Olympic Winter Games 2014 Winter Olympics Qualifying tournament for the 2018 Olympic Winter Games World Championship 2018

year	team	event	result		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM	+/-
2001	Latvia	U18 World Championship Div. I.	4th Place		5	0	0	0	25th	± 0
2002	Latvia	U18 World Championship Div. I.	4th Place		5	1	0	1	14th	−4
2003	Latvia	U20 World Cup Div. I.	4th Place		5	0	1	1	35	+2
2003	Latvia	U18 World Championship Div. I.	4th Place		4th	2	0	2	14th	−2
2004	Latvia	U20 World Cup Div. I.	4th Place		5	7th	6th	13	22nd	+7
2005	Latvia	U20 World Cup Div. I.	1st place		5	7th	3	10	20th	+9
2006	Latvia	U20 World Cup	9th place		6th	3	3	6th	6th	−2
2008	Latvia	WM	11th place		2	1	2	3	2	+3
2009	Latvia	Olympic qualification	1st place		3	4th	2	6th	0	+4
2009	Latvia	WM	7th place		6th	1	3	4th	27	+4
2010	Latvia	Olympia	12th place		4th	0	2	2	2	−2
2010	Latvia	WM	11th place		6th	3	1	4th	2	+5
2013	Latvia	Olympic qualification	1st place		3	1	1	2	0	+2
2014	Latvia	Olympia	8th place		5	0	1	1	2	−1
2017	Latvia	Olympic qualification	2nd place		3	2	1	3	0	± 0
2018	Latvia	WM	8th place		3	0	2	2	0	± 0
Juniors overall					35	20th	13	33	136	+10
Men overall					35	12	15th	27	35	+15

( 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

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ iihf.com, Karsums arrives in Riga
2. ↑ dinamoriga.eu, Karsums transferred to Dynamo Moscow , May 6, 2013
3. ↑ Krišs Upenieks: Arī Karsums paraksta līgumu ar KHL vienību Maskavas "Spartak". In: sportacentrs.com. May 4, 2018, accessed May 17, 2018 (Latvian).