Georgijs Pujacs

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Georgijs Pujacs (born on June 11, 1981 in Riga, U.S.S.R.) is a Latvian ice hockey defencemen who is currently on try-out at the Sm-liiga team Jokerit.

[edit] Playing career

Pujacs was drafted by Boston Bruins as the 264th pick in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft, after a strong performance in 1999 Division 1 European Junior Championships. After being drafted, he played minor league ice hockey in North America for a year but did not reach NHL. He then returned to Latvia and has mostly played in from Latvian teams in the Latvian League and Eastern European Hockey League. In July 2006, Pujacs signed a two-year contract with Khimik Moscow Oblast of Russian Elite League.

As of July 2006, Pujacs has played 48 games for Latvian national team (including 2006 Winter Olympics, 2006 World Championships and many exhibition games), with 2 goals and 6 assists.

[edit] Career statistics

Club statistics

    Regular Season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1996–97 HK Pārdaugava Rīga Latvian hockey league 19 1 5 6 10 -- -- -- -- --
1997–98 HK Riga East european league 2 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- --
1999–00 Rochester Mustangs USHL 50 4 13 17 35 -- -- -- -- --
1999–00 Anchorage Aces WCHL 8 0 0 0 4 -- -- -- -- --
2000–01 Vilki OP Latvian hockey league 6 0 1 1  ?? -- -- -- -- --
2000–01 HK Liepājas Metalurgs Latvian hockey league 18 4 8 12  ?? -- -- -- -- --
2000–01 HK Liepājas Metalurgs East European league 15 0 4 4  ?? -- -- -- -- --
2001–02 HK Liepājas Metalurgs East European league 41 7 11 18 27 -- -- -- -- --
2001–02 HK Liepājas Metalurgs Latvian hockey league 18 2 1 3 8 3 1 2 3 0
2002–03 HK Liepājas Metalurgs East European league 36 1 7 8 22 -- -- -- -- --
2002–03 HK Liepājas Metalurgs Latvian hockey league  ?? 2 14 16 12 -- -- -- -- --
2003–04 HK Liepājas Metalurgs East European league 4 0 1 1 2 -- -- -- -- --
2003–04 HC Örebro Allsvenskan south 42 6 4 10 64 -- -- -- -- --
2004–05 Vilki OP Latvian hockey league 1 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- --
2004–05 Elmira Jackals UHL 71 7 21 28 30 -- -- -- -- --
2005–06 HK Rīga 2000 Latvian hockey league  ?? 1 1 2 6 -- -- -- -- --
2005–06 HK Rīga 2000 Belarusian hockey league  ??  ??  ??  ??  ?? -- -- -- -- --

National team statistics

   
Year Team League GP G A Pts PIM
1999 Latvia Europe Junior Championship Div. 1 4 0 3 3 2
2000 Latvia World Junior Championship Div. B  ?? 1 6 7  ??
2006 Latvia Olympic Games 5 0 0 0 0
2006 Latvia World Championship Div. A 6 0 0 0 18
2007 Latvia World Championship Div. A 5 0 0 0 4