Māris Jass is a Latvian professional 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...

 forward, currently playing for the KHL club Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk.

Playing career

He started his career in Stalkers/Juniors of 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 ....

. After spendind two season in the lower-tier Russia

Russia

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n league, he spent the next six seasons with 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...

, playing also for HC Lada Togliatti

HC Lada Togliatti

HC Lada is a Russian professional ice hockey team based in Togliatti, Russia. They were members of the Kharlamov Division of the Kontinental Hockey League.Due to a lack of a satisfactory arena the KHL expelled the team...

 and HC Slavia Praha. In 2009-10 he played for HK Ardo Nitra of the Slovak Extraliga

Slovak Extraliga

Slovak Extraliga is the name of the highest-level ice hockey league in Slovakia. As of 2009, it is ranked by the IIHF as the fifth strongest league in Europe. The name of the league is leased to sponsor and changes frequently. From 1993/94 to 1997/98 season it was called Extraliga, then the name...

. Jass remained in Slovakia

Slovakia

The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...

 for 2010-11, signing with HK 36 Skalica

HK 36 Skalica

HK 36 Skalica is a professional ice hockey team in the Slovak Extraliga. They play their games in Skalica, Slovakia. They play their homes games at MAX Arena Skalica.-Current squad:-External links:*...

, however in November he joined Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk.

External links

• Māris Jass´s profile at eurohockey.net