Juris Štāls

Juris Štāls (born April 8, 1982) is a Latvian ice hockey player. He currently plays as a right wing for HK Kurbads of Latvian Hockey Higher League. He was drafted in the ninth round (269th overall) of the 2001 NHL Entry Draft by the New York Rangers. He has also played for the Latvian national ice hockey team at the 2014 Winter Olympics.[1]

Juris Štāls
Born (1982-04-08) April 8, 1982
Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union
Height 6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight 201 lb (91 kg; 14 st 5 lb)
Position Winger
Shot Left
LHF team
Former teams
HK Kurbads
Hartford Wolf Pack
Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
HC Trinec
Dinamo Riga
Quad City Mallards
Kompanion Kiev
HK Riga 2000
HK Poprad
National team  Latvia
NHL Draft 269th overall, 2001
New York Rangers
Playing career 19992020

Playing career

He started his career in 1999, when he joined the Lukko junior team, and played there for two seasons. In 2001, the New York Rangers drafted him 269th overall, and he went to North America to play for Sarnia Sting in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL). In 2002-03 he mostly played with the Owen Sound Attack of the OHL, and for Vaasan Sport, plus two games for the Hartford Wolf Pack of the American Hockey League (AHL). In 2003-04, he continued to play for Hartford, but from 2004 to 2006 he played for New York Rangers affiliate Charlotte Checkers of the ECHL.

In 2006, he returned to Europe to play for Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod in the Russian Hockey League. Later he played for Ocelari Trinec in the Czech Extraliga, Neman Grodno in the Belarusian Extraleague and HK Riga 2000 in the Latvian Hockey League.

From 2009 to 2012, Juris played 59 games for Dinamo Riga of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He started the 2012-13 season with Kompanion Kiev of the Ukrainian Hockey League, but ended the season with HK Poprad of the Slovak Extraliga.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1999–2000 Lukko FIN U20 21012
2000–01 Lukko FIN U20 4222224426 31010
2001–02 Sarnia Sting OHL 6023224512 50112
2002–03 Sport FIN.2 2333616
2002–03 Owen Sound Attack OHL 258152314 40444
2002–03 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 20110
2003–04 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 624141824 10000
2004–05 Charlotte Checkers ECHL 5919113031
2005–06 Charlotte Checkers ECHL 6618274536 31010
2006–07 Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod RUS.2 172682
2006–07 Torpedo–2 Nizhny Novgorod RUS.3 33252
2006–07 HC Oceláři Třinec ELH 51122
2007–08 HC Oceláři Třinec ELH 800012
2007–08 Neman Grodno BLR 912310
2007–08 HK Rīga 2000 LAT 13781510 72572
2008–09 Dinamo Rīga KHL 191238
2008–09 HK Rīga 2000 BLR 17981716
2009–10 Quad City Mallards IHL 7426265236
2010–11 Dinamo Rīga KHL 2601110 60006
2012–13 Kompanion Kiev UKR 28391250
2012–13 HK AutoFinance Poprad SVK 821314 70226
2013–14 HK Poprad SVK 4415254024 52132
2014–15 HC Energie Karlovy Vary ELH 240226
2014–15 HK Poprad SVK 1724618 120114
2015–16 HK Kurbads LAT 26618248 14971612
2016–17 HK Kurbads LAT 27981738 121784
2017–18 HK Kurbads LAT 2150514 10000
2017–18 Daugavpils LAT.2 688162
2018–19 HK Kurbads LAT 2961712 100114
2019–20 HK Kurbads LAT 2132539
AHL totals 64 4 15 19 24 1 0 0 0 0
LAT totals 137 36 37 73 121 44 12 20 32 22
KHL totals 59 3 4 7 20 12 0 1 1 6

International

Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM
1999 Latvia EJC D1 455102
2001 Latvia WJC D1 51452
2002 Latvia WJC D2 474114
2005 Latvia OGQ 30000
2006 Latvia WC 60004
2008 Latvia WC 60002
2009 Latvia OGQ 30002
2010 Latvia WC 40220
2011 Latvia WC 30000
2012 Latvia WC 70000
2013 Latvia OGQ 31120
2013 Latvia WC 70004
2014 Latvia OG 30000
2014 Latvia WC 61236
Junior totals 13 13 13 26 8
Senior totals 51 2 5 7 18

References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Juris Štāls". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.

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