Vitalijs Pavlovs

Vitālijs Pavlovs
Born (1989-06-17) 17 June 1989 (age 35)
Riga, Soviet Union
Height 6 ft 5 in (196 cm)
Weight 216 lb (98 kg; 15 st 6 lb)
Position Right Wing/Centre
Shoots Left
Latvian Hockey Higher League team
Former teams		 HK Prizma Riga
Beibarys Atyrau
Dinamo Riga
HK Olimp/Venta 2002
Dornbirn Bulldogs
JKH GKS Jastrzębie
HK Dukla Michalovce
HC 19 Humenné
Fife Flyers
National team  Latvia
NHL draft Undrafted
Playing career 2007–present

Vitālijs Pavlovs (born 17 June 1989) is a Latvian professional ice hockey player who is currently playing for HK Prizma Riga in the Latvian Hockey Higher League.

Playing career

Pavlovs signed a two-year contract with Dinamo Riga on August 9, 2012[1] and made his debut on December 5, 2012, in a loss to Yugra.[2] Pavlovs started the 2012–13 season with Jokipojat in Mestis,[3] he had 6 goals and 8 assists in 19 games which is good for 3rd place in points inside the team.[4]

Pavlovs was sanctioned by the International Olympic Committee for failing an anti-doping test in the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. He tested positive for methylhexanamine, a banned stimulant found in certain food supplements.[5][6]

On October 1, 2014, Pavlovs left Dinamo as a free agent to sign his first North American contract on a one-year deal with the Colorado Eagles of the ECHL.[7]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2005–06 Torpedo–2 Nizhny Novgorod RUS.3 13 0 1 1 14 — — — — —
2007–08 SK LSPA/Rīga LAT 41 5 6 11 16 3 0 0 0 2
2008–09 DHK Latgale BLR 45 7 10 17 52 — — — — —
2008–09 DHK–2 Latgale LAT 10 6 2 8 14 — — — — —
2008–09 DHK Latgale LAT — — — — — 9 4 2 6 12
2009–10 HK Liepājas Metalurgs BLR 49 4 7 11 28 — — — — —
2009–10 HK Liepājas Metalurgs LAT — — — — — 8 1 2 3 12
2010–11 HK Liepājas Metalurgs BLR 46 9 6 15 34 3 0 0 0 6
2010–11 HK Liepājas Metalurgs–2 LAT 6 6 3 9 0 6 6 3 9 0
2011–12 Beibarys Atyrau KAZ 38 10 9 19 18 13 2 4 6 14
2012–13 Dinamo Rīga KHL 15 0 1 1 8 — — — — —
2012–13 Jokipojat FIN.2 22 8 10 18 39 — — — — —
2013–14 Dinamo Rīga KHL 50 6 8 14 28 — — — — —
2014–15 Colorado Eagles ECHL 71 17 17 34 29 7 2 1 3 2
2015–16 Dinamo Rīga KHL 34 6 3 9 16 — — — — —
2016–17 Dinamo Rīga KHL 53 0 4 4 24 — — — — —
2017–18 Dinamo Rīga KHL 34 1 1 2 14 — — — — —
2018–19 Dinamo Rīga KHL 61 2 4 6 21 — — — — —
2019–20 Dinamo Rīga KHL 34 4 1 5 26 — — — — —
2020–21 HK Olimp/Venta 2002 LAT 8 2 4 6 2 — — — — —
2020–21 Dornbirn Bulldogs ICEHL 12 0 4 4 6 6 1 1 2 2
2021–22 JKH GKS Jastrzębie POL 39 11 24 35 69 15 2 7 9 22
2022–23 JKH GKS Jastrzębie POL 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
2022–23 HK Dukla Michalovce Slovak 33 7 8 15 30 11 0 3 3 6
BLR totals 140 20 23 43 114 3 0 0 0 6
KHL totals 281 19 22 41 137 — — — — —

International

Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM
2007 Latvia WJC18 6 0 1 1 2
2008 Latvia WJC D1 5 0 0 0 0
2009 Latvia WJC 6 1 1 2 29
2013 Latvia OGQ 3 0 0 0 0
2013 Latvia WC 6 0 0 0 2
2014 Latvia OG 5 0 1 1 0
2016 Latvia WC 7 0 0 0 2
2016 Latvia OGQ 3 0 0 0 2
2017 Latvia WC 6 0 0 0 0
2018 Latvia WC 8 0 0 0 2
Junior totals 17 1 2 3 31
Senior totals 38 0 1 1 8

References

  1. ^ "DINAMO paraksta līgumus ar Skvorcovu un Pavlovu". dinamoriga.lv. Retrieved 2012-12-29.
  2. ^ "KHL player profile". khl.ru. Retrieved 2012-12-29.
  3. ^ "Eliteprospect player profile". eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 2012-12-29.
  4. ^ "KHL player profile". khl.ru. Retrieved 2012-12-29.
  5. ^ "Two athletes expelled for doping". ESPN. 22 February 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  6. ^ "Sochi 2014: Ukraine's Marina Lisogor fails drugs test". BBC Sport. 22 February 2014.
  7. ^ "Eagles ink former KHL forward Pavlovs". Colorado Eagles. 2014-10-01. Retrieved 2014-10-01.


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