Ulvis catlapse

Ulvis catlapse
Date of birth	March 20, 1968
place of birth	Riga , Latvian SSR
date of death	August 21, 2013
Place of death	Waukesha , Wisconsin , USA
size	188 cm
Weight	88 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
until 1988	Dinamo Riga
1988-1989	RASMS Riga
1989-1991	Dinamo Riga
1992-1994	University of Wisconsin – Madison
1995-1996	Juniors Riga Essamika Ogre

Ulvis Katlaps (born March 20, 1968 in Riga , Latvian SSR , † August 21, 2013 in Waukesha , Wisconsin , USA ) was a Latvian ice hockey player and coach.

Career

Katlaps played from 1985 to 1991 for Dinamo Riga in what was then the USSR , where he also spent the season 1988/89 with RASMS Riga . After the fall of the Iron Curtain , the Latvian studied from 1992 to 1994 at the University of Wisconsin – Madison and ran parallel to their ice hockey team in the National Collegiate Athletic Association .

For the 1995/96 season he returned to his homeland and only played for the Juniors Riga in the East European Hockey League and ended his playing career that season with Essamika Ogre . In the 2011/12 season, Katlaps coached the Milwaukee Junior Admirals in the Midwest Elite Hockey League .

Katlaps died of cancer on August 21, 2013 at the age of 45.

International

In addition to appearances in the U18 and U20 junior national teams of the USSR, he came to work for the Latvian national team at the B World Cup in 1994 .

Achievements and Awards

• 1988 silver medal at the Junior World Championship
• 1994 All-Star-Team of the B World Championship

Web links

• Ulvis Katlaps at hockeydb.com (English)
• Ulvis Katlaps at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ madison.com, "Badgers men's hockey: Ulvis Katlaps loses fight with cancer" (online version as of August 22, 2013)