Additional Information
Highlights
| Rank | Event | Year | Location |
|---|
| Olympic Winter Games |
| 12 | Men | 2010 | Vancouver, BC, CAN |
| World Championship |
| 11 | Men | 2013 | Sweden/Finland |
| 11 | Men | 2010 | Germany |
| 13 | Men | 2011 | Slovakia |
- Hobbies: Football, golf and playing the guitar. (Kelowla Rockets, 12 Nov 2005)
- Languages Spoken: Latvian
- Coach: Artis Abols [club], LAT; Ted Nolan [national], CAN (dinamoriga.eu, 2014; eliteprospects.com, 2014)
- Hand: Shoots right (eliteprospects.com, 19 May 2013)
- Injuries: He sustained a knee injury during the 2006 Western Hockey League [WHL] post season and was ruled out for the remainder of the playoffs. (Kelowna Rockets, 12 Jun 2006)
He injured his shoulder in 2004/05. After persisting with pain from the injury through the Junior World Championships and aggravating it in January 2005, he played the remained of the season and finally had surgery in August 2005. (hockeysfuture.com, 12 Nov 2005)
- Occupation: Athlete
- Club Name: Dinamo Riga, Latvia
- Position Style: Forward (eliteprospects.com, 19 May 2013)
- Debut: 2006 for Latvia (eliteprospects.com, 19 May 2013)
- Previous Olympics: Vancouver 2010
Additional Information
National League
Kontinental Hockey League [KHL] (eliteprospects.com, 21 Jan 2014)
Awards
He was selected to the KHL All-Star Game in 2010/11. (eliteprospects.com, 2014)
General
CAPTAIN
He is captain of the Latvian national team. (eurohockey.com, 01 May 2013)
NHL DRAFT
He was drafted by the Nashville Predators in the ninth round, 268th overall pick, of the 2003 NHL Entry Draft. (Nashville predators, 12 Nov 2005)