Ronalds Ķēniņš

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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

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
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 +/-
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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ronalds Kenins returns to the ZSC Lions. In: zsclions.ch. Retrieved August 30, 2016 .
  2. ↑ ZSC striker Ronalds Kenins - first invisible, now indispensable. In: watson.ch. April 14, 2018, accessed March 5, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Ronalds Ķēniņš à Lausanne. In: lausannehc.ch. April 28, 2018, accessed March 5, 2019 (French).
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Squad Lausanne HC in the season 2020/21
personal data
SURNAME Ķēniņš, Ronalds
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kenins, Ronalds
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Latvian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH February 28, 1991
PLACE OF BIRTH Riga , Latvia