Krisjanis Redlihs
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Krišjānis Rēdlihs is a Latvia
n ice hockey
player who currently plays as defenceman
for Dinamo Riga
of the Kontinental Hockey League
(KHL).
in the Latvian hockey league
and Eastern European Hockey League
. In 2002, he unexpectedly made the Latvian national ice hockey team
for 2002 Ice Hockey World Championships
. Following the World Championships, Rēdlihs was drafted in 2002 NHL Entry Draft
by New Jersey Devils
, in the 5th round, 154th overall. He has played for Albany River Rats
, the AHL affiliate of New Jersey Devils since then. In 2006, Rēdlihs was briefly called up from Albany to New Jersey Devils but did not play for Devils. He has played for Latvian national team in three World Championships and 2006 Winter Olympics
.
Krišjānis Rēdlihs has three brothers - two of them are also professional hockey players - Jēkabs Rēdlihs
and Miķelis Rēdlihs
.
Latvia
Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...
n ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
player who currently plays as defenceman
Defenceman (ice hockey)
Defence in ice hockey is a player position whose primary responsibility is to prevent the opposing team from scoring...
for Dinamo Riga
Dinamo Riga
Dinamo Riga was an ice hockey club, based in Riga, Latvia. It was founded in 1946 and disestablished in 1995 as Pārdaugava Rīga.-History of Dinamo Riga:...
of the Kontinental Hockey League
Kontinental Hockey League
The Kontinental Hockey League is an international professional ice hockey league in Eurasia founded in 2008. As of 2009, it is ranked as the strongest hockey league in Europe....
(KHL).
Playing career
Krišjānis Rēdlihs started his playing career by playing for HK Liepājas MetalurgsHK Liepajas Metalurgs
HK Liepājas Metalurgs is a Belarusian Extraliga team based in Liepāja, Latvia. The club's 2nd team plays in the Latvian Hockey League.-History:The club was founded in 1997. In 1998 their current home arena - Olimpiskā ledus halle was built...
in the Latvian hockey league
Latvian Hockey League
The Latvian Hockey League is a professional ice hockey league based in Latvia. It is also known in Latvian as Latvijas atklātais čempionāts hokejā ....
and Eastern European Hockey League
Eastern European Hockey League
Eastern European Hockey League was a regional ice hockey league which existed from 1995 to 2005.The league was formed in 1995 by Belarus, Latvia, Lithuania and Ukraine, to provide a higher-level competition for teams from those countries. In some years, the league also included teams from Poland...
. In 2002, he unexpectedly made the Latvian national ice hockey team
Latvian national ice hockey team
The Latvian men's national ice hockey team is currently ranked 12th in the world by IIHF as of 2011. The team is controlled by the Latvian Ice Hockey Federation. Its current head coach is Ted Nolan. Their best finishes ever at the World Championships were in 1997, 2000, 2004 and 2009 where they...
for 2002 Ice Hockey World Championships
Ice Hockey World Championships
The Ice Hockey World Championships are an annual ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation . First officially held at the 1920 Summer Olympics, it is the sport's highest profile annual international tournament. The IIHF was created in 1908 while the European...
. Following the World Championships, Rēdlihs was drafted in 2002 NHL Entry Draft
2002 NHL Entry Draft
The 2002 NHL Entry Draft was held June 22–23 at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Canada. 291 players were drafted in total: 35 from the OHL; 23 from the QMJHL; 43 from the WHL; 41 from the NCAA; 6 from U.S high schools and 110 from outside North America....
by New Jersey Devils
New Jersey Devils
The New Jersey Devils are a professional ice hockey team based in Newark, New Jersey, United States. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...
, in the 5th round, 154th overall. He has played for Albany River Rats
Albany River Rats
The Albany River Rats were an ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. They played in Albany, New York at the Times Union Center.- Founding to 2010 :...
, the AHL affiliate of New Jersey Devils since then. In 2006, Rēdlihs was briefly called up from Albany to New Jersey Devils but did not play for Devils. He has played for Latvian national team in three World Championships and 2006 Winter Olympics
2006 Winter Olympics
The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XX Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Turin, Italy from February 10, 2006, through February 26, 2006. This marked the second time Italy hosted the Olympic Winter Games, the first being the VII Olympic Winter...
.
Krišjānis Rēdlihs has three brothers - two of them are also professional hockey players - Jēkabs Rēdlihs
Jekabs Redlihs
Jēkabs Rēdlihs is a Latvian ice hockey Defender currently playing for Dinamo Riga in Kontinental Hockey League.-Playing career:...
and Miķelis Rēdlihs
Mikelis Redlihs
Miķelis Rēdlihs is a Latvian ice hockey forward, currently playing for Dinamo Riga of Kontinental Hockey League. He has played for Latvian national team in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 World Championships...
.
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season Season (sports) In an organized sports league, a season is the portion of one year in which regulated games of the sport are in session. For example, in Major League Baseball, one season lasts approximately from April 1 through October 1; in Association football, it is generally from August until May In an... |
Team | League | GP | G Goal (ice hockey) In ice hockey, a goal is scored when the puck completely crosses the goal line between the two goal posts and below the goal crossbar. A goal awards one point to the team attacking the goal scored upon, regardless of which team the player who actually deflected the puck into the goal belongs to... | A Assist (ice hockey) In ice hockey, an assist is attributed to up to two players of the scoring team who shot, passed or deflected the puck towards the scoring teammate, or touched it in any other way which enabled the goal, meaning that they were "assisting" in the goal. There can be a maximum of two assists per goal... | Pts Point (ice hockey) Point in ice hockey has three official meanings:* A point is awarded to a player for each goal scored or assist earned. The total number of goals plus assists equals total points. In some European leagues, a goal counts as two points, and an assist counts as one... | PIM Penalty (ice hockey) A penalty in ice hockey is a punishment for inappropriate behavior. Most penalties are enforced by detaining the offending player within a penalty box for a set number of minutes, during which, the player can not participate in play. The offending team usually may not replace the player on the ice,... |
GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1998-99 | HK Liepajas Metalurgs HK Liepajas Metalurgs HK Liepājas Metalurgs is a Belarusian Extraliga team based in Liepāja, Latvia. The club's 2nd team plays in the Latvian Hockey League.-History:The club was founded in 1997. In 1998 their current home arena - Olimpiskā ledus halle was built... |
Latvia Latvian Hockey League The Latvian Hockey League is a professional ice hockey league based in Latvia. It is also known in Latvian as Latvijas atklātais čempionāts hokejā .... |
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| 1999–00 | HK Liepājas Metalurgs | Latvia | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1999–00 | HK Liepājas Metalurgs | EEHL Eastern European Hockey League Eastern European Hockey League was a regional ice hockey league which existed from 1995 to 2005.The league was formed in 1995 by Belarus, Latvia, Lithuania and Ukraine, to provide a higher-level competition for teams from those countries. In some years, the league also included teams from Poland... |
12 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2000–01 | HK Liepājas Metalurgs | Latvia | 22 | 1 | 6 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2000–01 | HK Liepājas Metalurgs | EEHL | 27 | 2 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | HK Liepājas Metalurgs | EEHL | 41 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | HK Liepājas Metalurgs | Latvia | 17 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2002–03 2002–03 AHL season The 2002–03 AHL season was the 67th season of the American Hockey League. Twenty-eight teams played 80 games each in the schedule. The Hamilton Bulldogs finished first overall in the regular season... |
Albany River Rats Albany River Rats The Albany River Rats were an ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. They played in Albany, New York at the Times Union Center.- Founding to 2010 :... |
AHL American Hockey League The American Hockey League is a 30-team professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League... |
61 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 2003–04 AHL season The 2003–04 AHL season was the 68th season of the American Hockey League. The league introduces the Willie Marshall Award in honour the career points leader in the AHL, and awards it to the annual top goal scorer.... |
Albany River Rats | AHL | 66 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004–05 2004–05 AHL season The 2004–05 AHL season was the 69th season of the American Hockey League. Twenty-eight teams played 80 games each in the schedule. The Rochester Americans finished first overall in the regular season... |
Albany River Rats | AHL | 46 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 2005–06 AHL season The 2005–06 AHL season was the 70th season of the American Hockey League. Twenty-seven teams played 80 games each in the schedule. The Hershey Bears won the Calder Cup, defeating the Milwaukee Admirals in the finals.... |
Albany River Rats | AHL | 66 | 3 | 21 | 24 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | HC Fribourg-Gottéron | Swiss | 15 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | Amur Khabarovsk Amur Khabarovsk Amur Khabarovsk is a professional hockey team based in Khabarovsk, Russia playing in the Kontinental Hockey League... |
RSL Russian Superleague The Russian Superleague , commonly abbreviated as RSL, was the highest division of the main professional ice hockey league in Russia. It was considered the second best league in the world, after the National Hockey League of North America... |
29 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | Linköpings HC Linköpings HC Linköpings Hockey Club, often known by its acronym LHC or, colloquially among its fans, Cluben, is an ice hockey team from Linköping, Sweden.... |
SEL Elitserien Elitserien, is a professional ice hockey league composed of twelve teams in Sweden... |
9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | Hamburg Freezers Hamburg Freezers The Hamburg Freezers are a member of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga that play their games in Hamburg, Germany. Originally known as the Munich Barons from 1999 until 2002, team owner Philip Anschutz relocated the franchise to Hamburg for financial reasons on 3 June 2002, and renamed the team the... |
DEL | 43 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| 2008–09 2008–09 KHL season The 2008–09 KHL season was the inaugural season of the Kontinental Hockey League. It started on September 2, 2008, and finished on February 26, 2009... |
Dinamo Riga Dinamo Riga Dinamo Riga was an ice hockey club, based in Riga, Latvia. It was founded in 1946 and disestablished in 1995 as Pārdaugava Rīga.-History of Dinamo Riga:... |
KHL | 24 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2009–10 2009–10 KHL season The 2009–10 KHL season was the second season of the Kontinental Hockey League. It was held from 10 September 2009 to 27 April 2010, with a break for the Olympic winter games from 8 February to 3 March... |
Dinamo Riga | KHL | 40 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| AHL totals | 239 | 13 | 40 | 53 | 78 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| KHL totals | 64 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 42 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||||
International play
| Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Latvia Latvian national ice hockey team The Latvian men's national ice hockey team is currently ranked 12th in the world by IIHF as of 2011. The team is controlled by the Latvian Ice Hockey Federation. Its current head coach is Ted Nolan. Their best finishes ever at the World Championships were in 1997, 2000, 2004 and 2009 where they... |
Europe Junior Championship Div. 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2002 | Latvia | World Championship Div. A | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2003 | Latvia | World Championship Div. A | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2004 | Latvia | World Championship Div. A | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2006 | Latvia | Olympic Games | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2008 | Latvia | World Championship Div. A | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
| WCh Totals | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | |||
| Olympic Totals | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| International Totals | 61 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 76 | |||