Arvīds Reķis

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Position Defence
Shoots Right
Height
Weight
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
212 lb (96 kg/15 st 2 lb)
DEL Team Augsburger Panther
Nationality Flag of Latvia Latvia
Born January 1, 1979 (1979-01-01) (age 29),
Jūrmala, Flag of the Latvian SSR Latvian SSR, Flag of the Soviet Union SU
NHL Draft Undrafted
Pro career 2000 – present

Arvīds Reķis (born January 1, 1979 in Jūrmala, USSR) is a Latvian ice hockey defenceman currently playing for the Augsburger Panther in the Deutsche Eishockey League in Germany.

He began his career playing junior level in North America, firstly in the United States Hockey League for the Dubuque Fighting Saints and then the Ontario Hockey League for the Erie Otters where he spent four seasons. In 2000, he joined the Indianapolis Ice of the Central Hockey League for their playoff campaign in which the Ice went on to win the Ray Miron President's Cup. He signed as a free-agent with the St. Louis Blues and was assigned to the ECHL for the Peoria Rivermen and also had a spell in the American Hockey League with the Worcester IceCats. He moved to the DEL in 2003 with Augsburger and has remained there until the end of the season 2007/2008. In thenext season, he will play for the Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg in the DEL.

He has also represented the Latvia national ice hockey team in numerous Ice Hockey World Championships and the 2006 Winter Olympics.

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Club statistics

    Regular Season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1996–97 Erie Otters OHL 65 5 19 24 101 5 1 2 3 2
1997–98 Erie Otters OHL 60 9 36 45 77 7 1 2 3 2
1998–99 Erie Otters OHL 60 5 29 34 66 5 1 1 2 0
1998–99 HK Liepajas Metalurgs East European league -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
1999–00 Erie Otters OHL 57 6 29 35 93 -- -- -- -- --
1999–00 Indianapolis Ice CHL -- -- -- -- -- 4 0 0 0 0
2000–01 Peoria Rivermen ECHL 64 12 21 33 99 12 4 3 7 20
2001–02 Peoria Rivermen ECHL 43 10 17 27 32 -- -- -- -- --
2001–02 Worcester IceCats AHL 18 0 3 3 8 -- -- -- -- --
2002–03 Peoria Rivermen ECHL 57 4 19 23 56 4 0 2 2 2
2003–04 Augsburger Panther DEL 46 5 15 20 81 -- -- -- -- --
2004–05 Augsburger Panther DEL 45 5 10 15 44 4 0 1 1 6
2005–06 Augsburger Panther DEL 51 5 10 15 52 -- -- -- -- --
2005–06 HK Riga 2000 BHL 5 0 0 0 8 -- -- -- -- --
2006–07 Augsburger Panther DEL 36 3 7 10 62 -- -- -- -- --

National team statistics

   
Year Team League GP G A Pts PIM
1995 Latvia Europe Junior Championship Div. C 5 3 2 5 8
1999 Latvia World Junior Championship Div. B 6 2 2 4 8
2003 Latvia World Championship Div. A 6 0 0 0 4
2004 Latvia World Championship Div. A 7 1 1 2 12
2005 Latvia Olympic Qualification 3 0 0 0 0
2006 Latvia Olympic Games 5 0 0 0 6
2006 Latvia World Championship Div. A 6 1 0 1 4
2007 Latvia World Championship Div. A 4 0 0 0 2

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