Kristaps Sotnieks
| Kristaps Sotnieks | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 | |||
| Born |
January 29, 1987 Riga, Soviet Union | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||
| Weight | 192 lb (87 kg; 13 st 10 lb) | ||
| Position | Defence | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
| KHL team Former teams |
Dinamo Riga HK Riga 2000 Lada Togliatti | ||
| National team |
 Latvia | ||
| Playing career | 2005–present | ||
Kristaps Sotnieks (born January 29, 1987) is a
defenseman. He currently plays for Dinamo Riga in the Kontinental Hockey League
(KHL).
Playing career
In his first season in senior hockey in 2004/05 Sotnieks mostly played for the reserves squad of
Sergejs Žoltoks and Darby Hendrickson
, thus it was especially tough for youngsters like Sotnieks to get through on the main team. In 2005 Sotnieks played in five matches for Latvia at the U18 World Championships.
The next season Sotnieks was already a regular player in the main team of Riga 2000 which won bronze medals in the Belarusian Extraliga. In 42 matches he scored one goal, gave 4 assists and got 10 penalty minutes. In 2006 Sotnieks represented Latvia at the 2006 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships in Canada, earning 2 points for assists as Latvia was relegated to Division I.
The next two years Riga 2000 played only in the
Latvian hockey league
with Sotnieks as one of the most reliable defenders on the team. In 2005, 2006 and 2007 as a member of Riga 2000 Sotnieks won Latvian league titles.
When
KHL, scoring two goals.[1]
International play
In February 2009 Sotnieks played for Latvia national ice hockey team in the
Qualification to 2010 Winter Olympics, scoring two assists in three games and earning Latvia a qualification spot at the Olympics.[2]
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
Regular season
|
Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2004–05 | HK Rīga 2000
|
BLR
|
5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004–05 | HK Rīga 2000 | LAT | 21 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 2005–06 | HK Rīga 2000 | BLR | 37 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2005–06 | HK Rīga 2000 | LAT | — | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | HK Rīga 2000 | LAT | 34 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 67 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 2007–08 | HK Rīga 2000 | LAT | 40 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 2008–09 | Dinamo Rīga
|
KHL | 46 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2008–09 | HK Rīga 2000 | LAT | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | ||
| 2009–10 | Dinamo Rīga | KHL | 48 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||
| 2009–10 | Dinamo Juniors Rīga | BLR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | Dinamo Juniors Rīga | LAT | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 2010–11 | Dinamo Rīga | KHL | 45 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 2011–12 | Dinamo Rīga | KHL | 49 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 41 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2012–13 | Dinamo Rīga | KHL | 47 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2013–14 | Dinamo Rīga | KHL | 53 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 49 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2014–15 | Dinamo Rīga | KHL | 55 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2015–16 | Dinamo Rīga | KHL | 60 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2016–17 | Lada Togliatti | KHL | 56 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2017–18 | Lada Togliatti | KHL | 17 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2018–19 | Dinamo Rīga | KHL | 55 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2019–20 | Dinamo Rīga | KHL | 60 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2020–21 | Dinamo Rīga | KHL | 26 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2021–22 | Dinamo Rīga | KHL | 27 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| KHL totals | 644 | 36 | 68 | 104 | 330 | 36 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | ||||
International
| Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Latvia | U18 D1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2006 | Latvia | WJC
|
6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| 2007 | Latvia | WJC D1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |
| 2009 | Latvia | OGQ | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2009 | Latvia | WC
|
7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
| 2010 | Latvia | OG | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2010 | Latvia | WC | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2011 | Latvia | WC | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | |
| 2012 | Latvia | WC | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2013 | Latvia | OGQ | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2013 | Latvia | WC | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
| 2014 | Latvia | OG | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2014 | Latvia | WC | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| 2015 | Latvia | WC | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | |
| 2016 | Latvia | OGQ | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2016 | Latvia | WC | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |
| 2017 | Latvia | WC | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2018 | Latvia | WC | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2019 | Latvia | WC | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2021 | Latvia | WC | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2021 | Latvia | OGQ | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2022 | Latvia | WC | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Junior totals | 16 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | |||
| Senior totals | 111 | 3 | 22 | 25 | 75 | |||
References
- ^ "Dinamo Riga Statistics". Kontinental Hockey League. 2010-02-03. Archived from the original on 2009-02-18. Retrieved 2010-02-03.
- ^ "Team Latvia Statistics" (PDF). IIHF. 2009-08-02. Retrieved 2009-08-02.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
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