Kaspars Daugaviņš (born May 18, 1988) is a former Latvian professional ice hockey player who most recently played for Dukla Michalovce of the Slovak Extraliga. Daugaviņš has played professionally in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Ottawa Senators and Boston Bruins. The Senators selected him in the third round, 91st overall, in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft.
| Kaspars Daugaviņš | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Daugaviņš in 2023 | |||
| Born |
May 18, 1988 Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||
| Weight | 220 lb (100 kg; 15 st 10 lb) | ||
| Position | Left wing | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| National team |
 Latvia | ||
| NHL draft |
91st overall, 2006 Ottawa Senators | ||
| Playing career | 2005–2024 | ||
Playing career
editAs a youth, Daugaviņš played in the 2002 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a team from Riga.[1]
Professional
editAfter the Toronto St. Michael's Majors failed to qualify for the playoffs in the 2006–07 season, the Ottawa Senators assigned Daugaviņš to the Binghamton Senators to finish the 2006–07 AHL season. In 11 games with Binghamton, Daugaviņš had two goals, both coming against the Albany River Rats goaltender Tyler Weiman in a 5–4 Binghamton win. On June 1, 2007, Daugaviņš signed a three-year, entry-level contract with the Ottawa Senators.[2]
He spent the 2009–10 season with Binghamton, scoring 21 goals and 46 points in 72 games as the team failed to reach the playoffs. Daugaviņš also made his NHL debut on January 14, 2010, against the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden, going pointless in 8:26 of ice time in a 2–0 Ottawa victory.[3]
Daugaviņš scored his first NHL goal on October 30, 2011, beating Jonas Gustavsson of the Toronto Maple Leafs in a 3–2 Ottawa victory. As the 2011–12 season progressed, Daugaviņš became a regular in the Ottawa lineup, playing 65 games and scoring five goals and six assists. In July 2012, he was scheduled for an arbitration hearing with the Senators, but the salary negotiation process was avoided when he agreed with the team to a one-year, one-way deal worth $635,000.[4]
After his fifth season in the KHL and completing his third season with Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod in 2017–18, Daugaviņš left as a free agent to sign a two-year contract with his fourth KHL club, Spartak Moscow, on May 3, 2018.[5]
After two productive seasons with Spartak, Daugaviņš left as a free agent, signing a one-year contract with Vityaz Podolsk on May 3, 2020.[6]
On June 10, 2021, Daugaviņš returned to the National League and signed a two-year deal with SC Bern.[7][8]
He left Bern after just one season with the team, signing with German club, Iserlohn Roosters of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL), on August 8, 2022.[9] In the 2022–23 season with the Roosters, he led the team in scoring with 21 goals and 49 points through 55 regular season games. With Iserlohn missing the playoffs for a second consecutive season, he left the club at the conclusion of his contract on March 10, 2023.[10]
On September 13, 2023, Daugaviņš signed a two-year contract with Dukla Michalovce of the Slovak Extraliga.[11]
On November 25, 2024, the Michalovce club announced that Daugaviņš had retired, despite having recorded 20 points in 19 games.[12]
International play
edit| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Representing Latvia
| ||
| Ice hockey | ||
| World Championships | ||
 |
2023 Finland/Latvia | |
Daugaviņš represented Latvia as its captain at the 2023 IIHF World Championship where he recorded three goals and four assists and won a bronze medal, Latvia's first ever IIHF World Championship medal.[13]
Career statistics
editRegular season and playoffs
edit| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2003–04 | HK Riga 2000 | EEHL | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | Prizma/Riga 86 | LAT | 14 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 2003–04 | HK Riga 2000 | LAT U18 | 22 | 28 | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 2004–05 | CSKA–2 Moscow | RUS.3 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | HK Riga 2000 | BLR | 45 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2006–07 | Toronto St. Michael's Majors | OHL | 61 | 18 | 42 | 60 | 64 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | Binghamton Senators | AHL | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | Mississauga St. Michael's Majors | OHL | 62 | 40 | 34 | 74 | 42 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 2007–08 | Binghamton Senators | AHL | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | Mississauga St. Michael's Majors | OHL | 30 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 35 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 14 | ||
| 2008–09 | Binghamton Senators | AHL | 23 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | Binghamton Senators | AHL | 72 | 21 | 25 | 46 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | Binghamton Senators | AHL | 73 | 19 | 35 | 54 | 34 | 23 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 8 | ||
| 2011–12 | Binghamton Senators | AHL | 7 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011–12 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 65 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2012–13 | Dinamo Riga | KHL | 35 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2012–13 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 19 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2012–13 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2013–14 | Genève-Servette HC | NLA | 44 | 18 | 26 | 44 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 2 | ||
| 2014–15 | Dynamo Moscow | KHL | 56 | 22 | 15 | 37 | 26 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | ||
| 2015–16 | Dynamo Moscow | KHL | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2015–16 | Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod | KHL | 44 | 14 | 21 | 35 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 25 | ||
| 2016–17 | Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod | KHL | 47 | 10 | 22 | 32 | 41 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 2017–18 | Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod | KHL | 56 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | Spartak Moscow | KHL | 58 | 13 | 23 | 36 | 61 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20 | Spartak Moscow | KHL | 59 | 19 | 21 | 40 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | ||
| 2020–21 | Vityaz Podolsk | KHL | 58 | 17 | 32 | 49 | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2021–22 | SC Bern | NL | 34 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2022–23 | Iserlohn Roosters | DEL | 55 | 21 | 28 | 49 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2023–24 | HK Dukla Michalovce | Slovak | 47 | 11 | 43 | 54 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 2 | ||
| 2024–25 | HK Dukla Michalovce | Slovak | 25 | 7 | 23 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 91 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| KHL totals | 421 | 112 | 162 | 274 | 246 | 38 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 35 | ||||
International
edit| Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Latvia | WJC18 D1 | 4th | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| 2005 | Latvia | WJC18 D1 | 2nd | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 18 | |
| 2006 | Latvia | WJC | 9th | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2006 | Latvia | WJC18 D1 | 1st | 5 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 20 | |
| 2006 | Latvia | WC | 10th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2007 | Latvia | WJC D1 | 2nd | 5 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2 | |
| 2007 | Latvia | WC | 13th | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2008 | Latvia | WJC D1 | 1st | 5 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 4 | |
| 2008 | Latvia | WC | 11th | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2010 | Latvia | OG | 12th | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2010 | Latvia | WC | 11th | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2012 | Latvia | WC | 10th | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |
| 2014 | Latvia | OG | 8th | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2014 | Latvia | WC | 11th | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 42 | |
| 2015 | Latvia | WC | 13th | 7 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 4 | |
| 2016 | Latvia | WC | 13th | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2016 | Latvia | OGQ | 2nd | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | |
| 2017 | Latvia | WC | DNQ | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |
| 2021 | Latvia | WC | 11th | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2021 | Latvia | OGQ | Q | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2022 | Latvia | OG | 11th | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2023 | Latvia | WC | 
|
10 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | |
| 2024 | Latvia | WC | 9th | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | |
| Junior totals | 31 | 12 | 24 | 36 | 56 | ||||
| Senior totals | 93 | 27 | 29 | 56 | 78 | ||||
Awards and honours
edit| Award | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| AHL | ||
| Calder Cup champion | 2011 | |
References
edit- ^ "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Retrieved February 15, 2019.
- ^ "Kaspars Daugavins-player profile". TSN. May 3, 2010. Retrieved May 3, 2010.
- ^ "Senators break scoreless tie late, hand Rangers another shutout". CBS Sports. January 14, 2010. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
- ^ "Senators, Daugavins avoid arbitration". Ottawa Sun. July 23, 2012. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
- ^ "Новый легионер "Спартака"" [New signing in Spartak] (in Russian). spartak.ru. May 3, 2018. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
- ^ ""Витязь" подписал контракт с Каспарсом Даугавиньшем" [Vityaz signed a contract with Kaspars Daugavins] (in Russian). HC Vityaz. May 3, 2020. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
- ^ "Kaspars Daugavins zum SCB". SC Bern (in Swiss High German). June 10, 2021. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
- ^ "Kaspars Daugavins returns to Switzerland, signs with SC Bern". www.swisshockeynews.ch. June 10, 2021. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
- ^ "Roosters verpflichten lettischen Nationalspieler Kaspars Daugavins" [Roosters sign Latvian national team player Kaspars Daugavins] (in German). Iserlohn Roosters. August 8, 2022. Retrieved August 8, 2022.
- ^ "Ergebnisse der Saisonabschlussgespräche" [Results of the end of season talks] (in German). Iserlohn Roosters. March 10, 2023. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
- ^ "Novou posilou Kaspars Daugavins". hkduklamichalovce.sk (in Slovak). September 13, 2023. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
- ^ "Kaspars Daugavinš Retires!". The Hockey News. November 25, 2024. Retrieved November 25, 2024.
- ^ "Latvia wins historic bronze in OT". IIHF.com. May 28, 2023. Retrieved May 28, 2023.
External links
edit- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- Kaspars Daugaviņš at Olympedia
- Kaspars Daugaviņš at Olympics.com
- Kaspars Daugaviņš at the Latvijas Olimpiskā komiteja (in Latvian) (English translation, archive)
