Ronalds Ķēniņš
Date of birth | February 28, 1991 |
place of birth | Riga , Latvia |
size | 182 cm |
Weight | 91 kg |
position | Left wing |
Shot hand | Left |
Career stations | |
until 2007 | HK Liepājas Metalurgs |
2007-2008 | EHC Oberthurgau |
2008-2011 | GCK Lions |
2011-2014 | ZSC Lions |
2014-2016 | Vancouver Canucks |
2016-2018 | ZSC Lions |
since 2018 | Lausanne HC |
Ronalds Ķēniņš (born February 28, 1991 in Riga ) is a Latvian ice hockey player who has played for Lausanne HC from the National League since May 2018 . Since he has a Swiss player license, he does not fall under the quota of foreigners in the National League.
Career
Ronalds Ķēniņš began his career as a hockey player in the youth department of HK Liepājas Metalurgs , in which he was active until 2007. He then spent a year with the U17 juniors of the EHC Oberthurgau from Switzerland. From 2008 to 2011, the winger played for the GCK Lions in the National League B , while at the same time he played for the club's U20 juniors in the top Swiss U20 junior division. In the 2011/12 season Kenins made his debut for the ZSC Lions in the National League A . With his team he won the Swiss championship title straight away .
In July 2013, Ķēniņš signed a two-year contract with the Vancouver Canucks for the 2013/14 and 2014/15 seasons. In his first year of contract, the Canucks loaned him to the ZSC Lions, with whom he again became Swiss champions in 2014. At the beginning of the 2014/15 season he was active for the Utica Comets , the Canucks farm team , in the American Hockey League . He was first called to the NHL squad in January 2015 and made his debut for the Canucks in the National Hockey League on January 30, 2015 .
He left the North American ice rinks after two years of play. On August 17, 2016, the ZSC Lions announced his return and he signed a two-year contract. In 2018 he won the Swiss championship again with the ZSC Lions and was one of the top performers, especially in the play-offs of the championship season. He had already signed a three-year contract with Lausanne HC in autumn 2017 , which was valid from the 2018/19 season and in which he will earn 1.8 million Swiss francs .
International
For Latvia , Ķēniņš took part in the junior division of the U18 Junior World Championships in Division I in 2008 and 2009, as well as the U20 Junior World Championship in 2010 and the U20 Junior World Championship in Division I in 2011 . In the senior sector, he was in his country's squad at the 2011 and 2012 World Championships .
Achievements and Awards
- 2012 Swiss champion with the ZSC Lions
- 2014 Swiss champion with the ZSC Lions
- 2018 Swiss champion with the ZSC Lions
International
- 2009 promotion to the top division at the U18 Junior World Championship of Division I.
- 2011 Promotion to the top division at the U20 Junior World Championship of Division I.
Career statistics
Regular season | Play-offs | |||||||||||||
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season | team | league | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | ||
2006/07 | HK Liepājas Metalurgs | U18 Latvia | 1 | 3 | 4th | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | |||
2007/08 | EHC Pikes Oberthurgau | Elite novices | 30th | 14th | 21st | 35 | 60 | 4th | 0 | 3 | 3 | 18th | ||
2008/09 | GCK Lions | NLB | 42 | 2 | 8th | 10 | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2009/10 | GCK Lions | Elite Jr. A | 30th | 13 | 18th | 31 | 38 | 9 | 0 | 4th | 4th | 10 | ||
2009/10 | GCK Lions | NLB | 4th | 1 | 3 | 4th | 4th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2010/011 | GCK Lions | Elite Jr. A | 18th | 7th | 14th | 21st | 45 | 11 | 7th | 13 | 20th | 24 | ||
2010/11 | GCK Lions | NLB | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2011/12 | ZSC Lions | NLA | 47 | 6th | 12 | 18th | 48 | 15th | 0 | 4th | 4th | 6th | ||
2012/13 | ZSC Lions | NLA | 45 | 3 | 14th | 17th | 12 | 12 | 4th | 4th | 8th | 10 | ||
2013/14 | ZSC Lions | NLA | 39 | 8th | 17th | 25th | 40 | 18th | 4th | 0 | 4th | 6th | ||
2014/15 | Utica Comets | AHL | 36 | 5 | 7th | 12 | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2014/15 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 30th | 4th | 8th | 12 | 8th | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4th | ||
2015/16 | Utica Comets | AHL | 41 | 5 | 18th | 23 | 44 | 4th | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
2015/16 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 8th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2016/17 | ZSC Lions | NLA | 45 | 6th | 9 | 15th | 65 | 6th | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
2017/18 | ZSC Lions | NL | 40 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 57 | 18th | 5 | 5 | 10 | 14th | ||
NLA total | 216 | 24 | 61 | 85 | 222 | 69 | 13 | 14th | 27 | 38 | ||||
NHL overall | 38 | 4th | 8th | 12 | 14th | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4th |
International
year | team | event | result | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | +/- | |
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2008 | Latvia | U18 World Championship Div. I. | 13th place | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | |
2009 | Latvia | U18 World Championship Div. I. | 12th place | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4th | +2 | |
2010 | Latvia | U20 World Cup | 9th place | 6th | 2 | 2 | 4th | 6th | –7 | |
2011 | Latvia | U20 World Cup Div. I. | 11th place | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4th | +6 | |
2011 | Latvia | WM | 13th place | 6th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | |
2012 | Latvia | WM | Place 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6th | +1 | |
2013 | Latvia | Olympic torment. | Q | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
2013 | Latvia | WM | 11th place | 7th | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6th | -5 | |
2014 | Latvia | Olympia | 8th place | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | +1 | |
2014 | Latvia | WM | 11th place | 7th | 0 | 4th | 4th | 4th | +1 | |
2016 | Latvia | WM | 13th place | 6th | 1 | 0 | 1 | 27 | –6 | |
2016 | Latvia | Olympic torment. | DNQ | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | +2 | |
2017 | Latvia | WM | Place 10 | 7th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -3 | |
2018 | Latvia | WM | 8th place | 8th | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4th | -1 | |
Juniors overall | 21st | 5 | 6th | 11 | 16 | +3 | ||||
Men overall | 57 | 6th | 11 | 17th | 57 | –11 |
Web links
- Ronalds Ķēniņš at eurohockey.com
- Ronalds Ķēniņš at eliteprospects.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ronalds Kenins returns to the ZSC Lions. In: zsclions.ch. Retrieved August 30, 2016 .
- ↑ ZSC striker Ronalds Kenins - first invisible, now indispensable. In: watson.ch. April 14, 2018, accessed March 5, 2019 .
- ↑ Ronalds Ķēniņš à Lausanne. In: lausannehc.ch. April 28, 2018, accessed March 5, 2019 (French).
Goalkeeper:
Luca Boltshauser |
Tobias Stephan
Defender:
Lukas Frick |
Joël Genazzi |
Robin Grossmann ( A ) |
Fabian Heldner |
Jonas Junland ( A ) |
Justin Krueger |
Petteri Lindbohm |
Matteo Nodari |
Victor Oejdemark
Attacker:
Cody Almond |
Benjamin Antonietti |
Christoph Bertschy |
Cory Conacher |
Cory Emmerton |
Etienne Froidevaux ( C ) |
Brian Gibbons |
Yannick Herren |
Dustin Jeffrey ( A ) |
Josh Jooris |
Ronalds Ķēniņš |
Robin Leone |
Tyler Moy |
Tim Traber |
Joël Vermin |
Max Wärn
Head Coach: Ville Peltonen Assistant Coach : Tommi Hämäläinen | Tommi Niemelä General Manager: Jan Alston
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Ķēniņš, Ronalds |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kenins, Ronalds |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Latvian ice hockey player |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 28, 1991 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Riga , Latvia |