Kaspars Daugaviņš

Kaspars Daugaviņš (born May 18, 1988) is a Latvian professional ice hockey player for HC Vityaz of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Daugaviņš has played professionally in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Ottawa Senators and Boston Bruins. He was selected by the Senators in the third round, 91st overall, in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft.

Kaspars Daugaviņš
Daugaviņš in 2012
Born (1988-05-18) May 18, 1988
Riga, Latvian SSR, USSR
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 220 lb (100 kg; 15 st 10 lb)
Position Left wing
Shoots Left
KHL team
Former teams		 HC Vityaz
Ottawa Senators
Dinamo Riga
Boston Bruins
Genève-Servette HC
Dynamo Moscow
Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
Spartak Moscow
National team  Latvia
NHL Draft 91st overall, 2006
Ottawa Senators
Playing career 2005–present

Playing career

As a youth, Daugaviņš played in the 2002 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a team from Riga.[1]

Professional

After the Majors failed to qualify for the playoffs in the 2006–07 season, the Ottawa Senators assigned Daugaviņš to the Binghamton Senators to finish the 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 with Binghamton, scoring 21 goals and 46 points in 72 games as the team club failed to reach the playoffs. Daugaviņš also made his NHL debut onn 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 ever 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 Novogorod 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 HC Vityaz on May 3, 2020.[6]

Personal life

In 2013 he married Santa Seile at the Roman Catholic Church of Mary Magdalene, whom he met online.[7]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs
    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 LVA 14 6 6 12 10 2 1 1 2 4
2003–04 HK Riga 2000 LVA 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
AHL totals 189 48 64 112 68 23 10 10 20 8
NHL totals 91 6 9 15 21 7 0 0 0 2
KHL totals 363 95 130 225 208 38 6 13 19 35

International
Year Team Event   GP G A Pts PIM
2004 Latvia WJC18 D1 5 0 2 2 8
2005 Latvia WJC18 D1 5 2 1 3 18
2006 Latvia WJC 6 0 2 2 4
2006 Latvia WJC18 D1 5 5 4 9 20
2006 Latvia WC 3 0 1 1 2
2007 Latvia WJC D1 5 3 7 10 2
2007 Latvia WC 6 3 3 6 0
2007 Latvia WJC D1 5 2 8 10 4
2008 Latvia WC 6 0 0 0 0
2010 Latvia OG 4 0 0 0 2
2010 Latvia WC 6 2 1 3 0
2012 Latvia WC 7 1 1 2 8
2014 Latvia OG 4 0 2 2 0
2014 Latvia WC 7 2 3 5 42
2015 Latvia WC 7 5 4 9 4
2016 Latvia WC 7 2 2 4 0
2016 Latvia OGQ 3 2 3 5 2
2017 Latvia WC 7 1 2 3 2
Junior totals 31 12 24 36 56
Senior totals 64 16 19 35 60

Awards and honours
Award Year
AHL
Calder Cup (Binghamton Senators) 2011

References
  1. "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Retrieved February 15, 2019.
  2. "Kaspars Daugavins-player profile". TSN. May 3, 2010. Retrieved May 3, 2010.
  3. "Senators break scoreless tie late, hand Rangers another shutout". CBS Sports. January 14, 2010. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
  4. "Senators, Daugavins avoid arbitration". Ottawa Sun. July 23, 2012. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
  5. "New signing in Spartak" (in Russian). spartak.ru. May 3, 2018. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
  6. "Vityaz signed a contract with Kaspars Daugavins" (in Russian). HC Vityaz. May 3, 2020. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
  7. "Hokejists Kaspars Daugaviņš apprecējies" [Hockey player Kaspars Daugaviņš gets married]. nra.lv (in Latvian). July 17, 2013. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
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