Rodrigo Laviņš

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Rodrigo Laviņš
Date of birth 3rd August 1974
place of birth Riga , Latvian SSR
size 180 cm
Weight 84 kg
position defender
number # 2
Shot hand Left
Career stations
until 1994 HK Pardaugava Riga
1994 Raleigh IceCaps
1994-1997 Tallahassee Tiger Sharks
1997 Tacoma Sabercats
1997-1998 Las Vegas Thunder
1998-1999 Jokerit Helsinki
AIK Solna
1999-2000 Ilves Tampere
HPK Hämeenlinna
2000-2001 Augsburg panther
2001-2002 Molot-Prikamje Perm
2002-2003 HK Dynamo Moscow
2003-2005 HK Riga 2000
2005-2007 Brynäs IF
2007 Metallurg Novokuznetsk
2007-2008 Södertälje SK
2008-2014 Dinamo Riga
2014-2016 HK spas

Rodrigo Laviņš (born August 3, 1974 in Riga , Latvian SSR ) is a former Latvian ice hockey player who was most recently under contract as an assistant coach at Dinamo Riga in the Continental Hockey League .

Career

Rodrigo Laviņš comes from the offspring of HK Pardaugava Riga . In 1994 he went to North America and initially played in the East Coast Hockey League for the Raleigh IceCaps and Tallahassee Tiger Sharks . He also played a few games in the Colonial Hockey League for the Muskegon Fury . During the 1997/98 season he went on the ice for both Las Vegas Thunder in the International Hockey League , and for the Tacoma Sabercats in the West Coast Hockey League .

In 1998 Laviņš returned to Europe and played in the following two game years for teams from Sweden and Finland : Jokerit Helsinki , AIK Solna , HPK Hämeenlinna and Ilves Tampere . Before the 2000/01 season he was signed by the Augsburger Panthers , for which he completed 46 games in the DEL . He then moved to the first Russian league, the Super League , to Molot-Prikamje Perm , for which he scored ten points in 43 games. The season 2002/03 Laviņš spent at HK Dynamo Moscow , for whose second team he first ran up in the Pervaya League . In the middle of the season he was appointed to the first team and reached the Super League playoffs with this. After this success Laviņš returned to his home country and was signed by HK Riga in 2000 . With his new team he became Latvian champions in 2004 and 2005 .

In 2005, Laviņš was signed by the Swedish first division club Brynäs IF , who played 99 games in the Elitserien . In the summer of 2007 he moved to Metallurg Novokuznetsk , but returned to Sweden after 15 appearances in the Superliga and Perwaja Liga, where he received a contract with Södertälje SK . Laviņš has been under contract with the newly founded KHL participant Dinamo Riga since 2008 . In the 2008/09 season he was team captain of Dinamo Riga, then until 2011 assistant captain . In the 2012/13 and 2013/14 seasons Laviņš was only used irregularly, but still won the Nadezhda Cup with Danoimo in 2013 . In June 2014, at the age of 39, he ended his professional career and joined the semi-professional HK Kurbads a month later .

Achievements and Awards

statistics

Seasons Games Gates Assists Points Penalty minutes
KHL main round 6th 206 8th 20th 28 115
KHL playoffs 4th 21st 0 3 3 16
Elitserien main round 4th 137 6th 7th 13 90
Elitserien Playoffs 2 11 1 2 3 8th
SM liiga main round 2 63 7th 14th 21st 95
SM liiga playoffs 1 8th 1 1 2 10
ECHL regular season 3 171 26th 57 83 197
ECHL playoffs 3 14th 0 4th 4th 10
Super League main round 5 151 7th 19th 26th 110
Super League Playoffs 1 3 0 1 1 6th
DEL main round 1 46 1 5 6th 38
DEL playoffs - - - - - -

(Status: end of the 2013/14 season)

International

Represented Latvia at:

year team event Sp T V Pt SM
1993 Latvia WM Div. II 7th 1 0 1 4th
1994 Latvia U20 World Cup Div. II 4th 1 9 10 2
1996 Latvia WM Div. I. 7th 0 0 0 0
1997 Latvia WM 8th 0 3 3 4th
1999 Latvia WM 6th 0 0 0 2
2000 Latvia WM 7th 1 2 3 4th
2002 Latvia WM 6th 1 1 2 2
2003 Latvia WM 6th 0 2 2 4th
2005 Latvia WM 6th 0 1 1 2
2006 Latvia Olympia 5 0 1 1 0
2007 Latvia WM 6th 1 3 4th 27
2008 Latvia WM 6th 0 2 2 16
2009 Latvia WM 6th 0 2 2 4th
2010 Latvia Olympia 4th 0 0 0 2
2012 Latvia WM 7th 0 0 0 0
2014 Latvia WM 7th 0 0 0 6th

( 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 )

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