Players
This is a list of players drafted in the NHL Amateur and Entry Draft. In 1975 Viktor Khatulev became the first Latvian and also the first Soviet hockey player to be drafted.
| Name | Position | Draft Year |
Club | Round | No. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kristers Gudļevskis | G | 2013 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 5 | 124 |
| Zemgus Girgensons | F | 2012 | Buffalo Sabres | 1 | 14 |
| Teodors Bļugers | F | 2012 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 2 | 52 |
| Kristiāns Pelšs | F | 2010 | Edmonton Oilers | 7 | 181 |
| Kaspars Daugaviņš | F | 2006 | Ottawa Senators | 3 | 91 |
| Artūrs Kulda | D | 2006 | Atlanta Thrashers | 7 | 200 |
| Oskars Bārtulis | D | 2005 | Philadelphia Flyers | 3 | 91 |
| Raitis Ivanāns | D | 2005 | Montreal Canadiens | 3 | 41 |
| Mārtiņš Karsums | F | 2004 | Boston Bruins | 2 | 64 |
| Raimonds Daņiličs | F | 2003 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 8 | 255 |
| Lauris Dārziņš | F | 2003 | Nashville Predators | 9 | 268 |
| Jēkabs Rēdlihs | D | 2002 | Columbus Blue Jackets | 4 | 119 |
| Krišjānis Rēdlihs | D | 2002 | New Jersey Devils | 5 | 154 |
| Armands Bērziņš | F | 2002 | Minnesota Wild | 5 | 155 |
| Juris Štāls | F | 2001 | New York Rangers | 9 | 269 |
| Agris Saviels | D | 2000 | Colorado Avalanche | 2 | 63 |
| Jānis Sprukts | F | 2000 | Florida Panthers | 8 | 234 |
| Kaspars Astašenko | D | 1999 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 5 | 127 |
| Georgijs Pujacs | D | 1999 | Boston Bruins | 9 | 264 |
| Kārlis Skrastiņš | D | 1998 | Nashville Predators | 8 | 230 |
| Aleksandrs Andrejevs | D | 1997 | Phoenix Coyotes | 8 | 207 |
| Aleksandrs Kerčs | F | 1993 | Edmonton Oilers | 3 | 60 |
| Harijs Vītoliņš | F | 1993 | Winnipeg Jets | 9 | 228 |
| Sergejs Žoltoks | F | 1992 | Boston Bruins | 3 | 55 |
| Grigorijs Panteļejevs | F | 1992 | Boston Bruins | 6 | 136 |
| Viktors Ignatjevs | D | 1992 | San Jose Sharks | 11 | 243 |
| Sandis Ozoliņš | D | 1991 | San Jose Sharks | 2 | 30 |
| Artūrs Irbe | G | 1989 | Minnesota North Stars | 10 | 196 |
| Helmuts Balderis | F | 1989 | Minnesota North Stars | 12 | 238 |
| Harijs Vītoliņš | F | 1988 | Montreal Canadiens | 9 | 228 |
| Viktors Hatuļevs | F | 1975 | Philadelphia Flyers | 9 | 160 |
Read more about this topic: List Of Latvians In The NHL
Famous quotes containing the word players:
“Yeah, percentage players die broke too, don’t they, Bert?”
—Sydney Carroll, U.S. screenwriter, and Robert Rossen. Eddie Felson (Paul Newman)
“People stress the violence. That’s the smallest part of it. Football is brutal only from a distance. In the middle of it there’s a calm, a tranquility. The players accept pain. There’s a sense of order even at the end of a running play with bodies stewn everywhere. When the systems interlock, there’s a satisfaction to the game that can’t be duplicated. There’s a harmony.”
—Don Delillo (b. 1926)
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