Additional Information
Highlights
| Rank | Event | Year | Location |
|---|
| Olympic Winter Games |
| 12 | Men | 2010 | Vancouver, BC, CAN |
| World Championship |
| 10 | Men | 2012 | Sweden/Finland |
- Nickname: The Wolf (broadstreethockey.com, 30 Jun 2012)
- Family: Son Martins, daughter Laura
- Club Name: HC Donbass, Donetsk, UKR
- Position Style: Defence (hcdonbass.com, 07 Jan 2014)
- Debut: 2005 for Latvia, against Canada, Exhibition Match (Riga) (LHF Media Guide, Feb 2013)
- Previous Olympics: Vancouver 2010
- Occupation: Athlete
- Languages Spoken: English, Latvian
- Coach: Andrei Nazarov [club], RUS; Ted Nolan [national], CAN (iihf.com, 11 Jan 2014; olympictalk.nbcsports.com, 07 Jan 2014)
- Hand: Shoots left (nhl.com, 22 Feb 2011)
- Injuries: A groin injury that required surgery forced him to miss the 2013 World Championships in Sweden and Finland. (apollo.lv, 20 Jul 2013; kasjauns.lv, 24 Apr 2013)
In February 2011 he injured his left shoulder playing for Philadelphia Flyers, after being hit by Scottie Upshall of Phoenix Coyotes in a National Hockey League [NHL] match. He required surgery, and missed 33 matches, including 11 play-off matches. Upshall was suspended for two matches. (tsn.ca, 29 Aug 2012; broadstreethockey.com, 23 Feb 2011)
In March 2010 he suffered a groin injury and missed four matches. (tsn.ca, 29 Aug 2012)
In the 2006/07 season he spent time injured with a sprained wrist and concussion. (hockeysfuture.com, 2008)
He suffered a broken finger at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Canada. The injury kept him out of action for five weeks. (hockeysfuture.com, 2008)
Additional Information
National LeagueKontinental Hockey League [KHL] (hcdonbass.com, 07 Jan 2014)
HeroLatvian ice hockey player Sandis Ozolins. (Olympic Village Daily, 12 Feb 2014)
AwardsHe was named Best Defenseman of Division One at the 2007 U20 World Championships. (flyers.nhl.com, 22 Feb 2011)
GeneralICE HOCKEY CAMPS
Since 2011, he and Latvian ice hockey player Karlis Skrastins have held ice hockey coaching camps for children aged from eight to 17 in Jelgava, Latvia. (jauniecensoni.lv, 11 Jun 2013)
NHL DRAFT
He was drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers in the third round, 91st overall pick, of the 2005 NHL Entry Draft. In August 2012 he was signed as a free agent by Ukraine KHL side HC Donbass. (nhl.com, 29 Aug 2012; thehockeynews.com, 16 Oct 2009)
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