Harijs Vītoliņš

Harijs Vītoliņš (Harijs Vitolinsh; born April 30, 1968) is a Latvian former professional ice hockey centre. After being selected twice in the NHL Entry Draft, Vītoliņš played eight games in the National Hockey League with the Winnipeg Jets during the 1993–94 season, going scoreless. Since 2021, he has been the Head Coach of Latvia men's national ice hockey.

Harijs Vītoliņš
Harijs Vītoliņš, 2023
Born (1968-04-30) April 30, 1968
Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union
Height 6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight 224 lb (102 kg; 16 st 0 lb)
Position Centre
Shot Right
Played for Winnipeg Jets
National team  Latvia
NHL Draft 188th overall, 1988
Montreal Canadiens
228th overall, 1993
Winnipeg Jets
Playing career 19862005

Vītoliņš was promoted to head coach of Dynamo Moscow after Oleg Znaroks was named as Zinetula Bilyaletdinov's successor as Russia's head coach.[1] Vītoliņš also served as an assistant to Znaroks. In May 2014, the Russian national team coached by Znaroks and Vītoliņš won the world ice hockey championship in Minsk, Belarus.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1984–85 Latvijas Berzs URS.3 5
1985–86 RASMS Rīga URS.3 2091108
1986–87 Dinamo Rīga Soviet 171128
1987–88 Dinamo Rīga Soviet 3033624
1987–88 RASMS Rīga URS.3 16771424
1988–89 Dinamo Rīga Soviet 3632516
1988–89 RASMS–Energo Rīga URS.3 103470
1989–90 Dinamo Rīga Soviet 45761318
1990–91 Dinamo Rīga Soviet 4612193122
1991–92 Stars Rīga CIS 301251710
1992–93 Thunder Bay Thunder Hawks CoHL 8671312
1992–93 New Haven Senators AHL 76394
1992–93 EHC Chur NDA 171261821
1993–94 Winnipeg Jets NHL 80004
1993–94 Moncton Hawks AHL 7028346241 201344
1994–95 SC Rapperswil–Jona NDA 306172350
1995–96 Rögle BK SEL 1932524
1995–96 Rögle BK Allsv 189101924 1024614
1996–97 EHC Chur SUI.2 3925288358 30116
1997–98 EHC Chur SUI.2 3930518132 957126
1998–99 EHC Chur SUI.2 4024386244 1810162649
1999–2000 EHC Chur SUI.2 3625234851 179112014
2000–01 EHC Chur NLA 3915142934
2001–02 HC Thurgau SUI.2 3216213724 31344
2002–03 HC Thurgau SUI.2 3825285357 52358
2003–04 HC Thurgau SUI.2 4530407078 644814
2004–05 HC Thurgau SUI.2 185111624
2004–05 SC Langnau NLA 10000
2004–05 HC Ambrì–Piotta NLA 21122
2005–06 Pikes EHC Oberthurgau SUI.4 14121224
Soviet/CIS totals 204 38 36 74 98
NHL totals 8 0 0 0 4
SUI.2 totals 287 180 270 450 368 61 31 45 76 115

International

Year Team Event   GP G A Pts PIM
1988 Soviet Union WJC 7 2 0 2 6
1993 Latvia WC C 3 3 3 6 4
1995 Latvia WC B 7 3 4 7 16
1996 Latvia WC B 7 3 6 9 2
1997 Latvia WC 8 4 5 9 4
1998 Latvia WC 6 1 4 5 4
1999 Latvia WC 6 0 2 2 6
1999 Latvia WC Q 3 1 2 3 2
2000 Latvia WC 7 1 1 2 14
2001 Latvia OGQ 3 1 0 1 2
2001 Latvia WC 6 1 1 2 4
2002 Latvia OG 4 2 2 4 0
2002 Latvia WC 6 1 0 1 2
Senior totals 66 21 30 51 60

References

  1. Fedin, Fedor (2014-03-26). "Oleg Znarok Named Coach of Team Russia". russianmachineneverbreaks.com. Retrieved 2014-05-15.


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