Zemgus Girgensons

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Zemgus Girgensons
Date of birth 5th January 1994
place of birth Riga , Latvia
size 188 cm
Weight 88 kg
position center
number # 28
Shot hand Left
Draft
KHL Junior Draft 2011 , 2nd round, 28th position
HK CSKA Moscow
NHL Entry Draft 2012 , 1st round, 14th position
Buffalo Sabers
Career stations
2009-2010 Green Mountain Glades
2010–2012 Dubuque Fighting Saints
since 2012 Buffalo Sabers

Zemgus Girgensons (born January 5, 1994 in Riga ) is a Latvian ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Buffalo Sabers from the National Hockey League since 2012 . The Center is the 14th position they drafted highest Lette at NHL Entry Draft . He also plays for the national team of his country and took part in several world championships and the 2014 Winter Olympics with them.

Career

youth

Zemgus Girgensons began his athletic training in the "EVHS Edmund Vasilyev Hockey School" in Riga, operated by the former professional Edmunds Vasiļjevs . In 2009 he moved to the United States and played for the Green Mountain Glades in a junior league. The following year he moved to the Dubuque Fighting Saints in the USHL and came there in his first season on 49 points in 51 games, in which he won the Clark Cup with the team . In the 2011/12 season, his last with the Fighting Saints, he led the team as captain and achieved a point-per-game rate of over one.

Buffalo Sabers

After he was selected in the KHL Junior Draft in 28th position in 2011 , the Buffalo Sabers drafted him in the NHL Entry Draft 2012 in 14th position and thus higher than any other Latvian. The previous record holder was Sandis Ozoliņš , who was selected in 1991 by the San Jose Sharks in 30th position. Buffalo had already selected Michail Grigorenko in 12th place and had to hand over the 21st and 42nd draft picks to Calgary in order to also secure the 14th pick and thus Girgensons. In July 2012 the center signed an entry level contract with the Sabers.

He spent the 2012/13 season completely with the Sabers farm team , the Rochester Americans , in the AHL . There he completed 61 games and got 17 points. With the beginning of the 2013/14 season Girgensons was in the NHL squad and made his NHL debut against the Detroit Red Wings on October 2, 2013 , where he scored his first goal directly.

International

With the youth teams of the Latvian national team , he participated in the U18 World Cup 2010 in the top division and in the U20 World Championships 2011 , in Division I as the third best scorer (behind Belarusian Mikalaj Susla and his Latvian compatriot Juris Upītis ) and goalscorer (behind Susla and the British Jack Prince ) contributed significantly to the rise of the team from the Baltic States, and in 2012 participated in the top division. Girgensons made his debut for the senior national team at the 2013 World Cup and scored his first international goal against Slovakia during the tournament . In 2014 he also took part in the Olympic Games .

Achievements and Awards

  • 2011 participation in the USHL All-Star Game
  • 2011 Clark Cup win with the Dubuque Fighting Saints
  • 2012 USHL First-All-Star Team
  • 2015 Participation in the NHL All-Star Game

International

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2019/20 season

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt +/- SM Sp T V Pt +/- SM
2010/11 Dubuque Fighting Saints USHL 51 21st 28 49 +7 46 11 3 5 8th +7 8th
2011/12 Dubuque Fighting Saints USHL 49 24 31 55 +17 69 2 2 2 4th +2 0
2012/13 Rochester Americans AHL 61 6th 11 17th –7 28 3 3 0 3 +2 0
2013/14 Buffalo Sabers NHL 70 8th 14th 22nd –6 14th - - - - - -
2014/15 Buffalo Sabers NHL 61 15th 15th 30th -16 25th - - - - - -
2015/16 Buffalo Sabers NHL 71 7th 11 18th ± 0 20th - - - - - -
2016/17 Buffalo Sabers NHL 75 7th 9 16 –7 18th - - - - - -
2017/18 Buffalo Sabers NHL 71 7th 8th 15th -12 26th - - - - - -
2018/19 Buffalo Sabers NHL 72 5 13 18th –11 17th - - - - - -
2019/20 Buffalo Sabers NHL 69 12 7th 19th -1 10 - - - - - -
USHL total 100 45 59 104 +24 115 13 5 7th 12 +9 8th
NHL overall 489 61 77 138 -53 130 - - - - - -

International

Represented Latvia at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
2010 Latvia U18 World Cup 9th place 6th 1 1 2 2
2011 Latvia U20 World Cup Div. I. 1st place 5 4th 3 7th 8th
2012 Latvia U20 World Cup 9th place 6th 2 0 2 6th
2013 Latvia WM 11th place 5 1 0 1 0
2014 Latvia Olympia 8th place 5 1 1 2 2
2014 Latvia WM 11th place 6th 2 0 2 29
2016 Latvia WM 13th place 7th 1 0 1 4th
2016 Latvia Olympic qualification 2nd place 3 0 1 1 2
2017 Latvia WM 10th place 7th 1 1 2 0
Juniors overall 17th 7th 4th 11 16
Men overall 33 6th 3 9 37

( 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

Commons : Zemgus Girgensons  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ oursportscentral.com: "Fighting Saints Open Camp, Name Captains" (English, September 7, 2011, accessed October 20, 2013)
  2. ^ A b Ryan O'Leary: Pursuit of passion. In: webarchive.iihf.com. March 22, 2013, accessed January 16, 2019 .
  3. ↑ nhl.com: "Quality outdoes quantity on Draft Night trades" (English, June 23, 2012, accessed on October 20, 2013)
  4. ↑ sabres.nhl.com: "Girgensons, Sabers agree to terms on Entry-Level Contract" (English, July 13, 2012, accessed October 20, 2013)
  5. ↑ sabres.nhl.com: Match report Sabers – Red Wings (English, accessed on October 20, 2013)
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personal data
SURNAME Girgensons, Zemgus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Latvian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH 5th January 1994
PLACE OF BIRTH Riga , Latvia