Kristers Gudļevskis

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Kristers Gudļevskis
Born (1992-07-31) July 31, 1992
Aizkraukle, Latvia
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb)
Position Goaltender
Catches Left
NHL team (P)
Cur. team
Former teams 		Tampa Bay Lightning
Syracuse Crunch (AHL)
KHL
Dinamo Riga
LHL
HK Ogre
ECHL
Florida Everblades
National team  Latvia
NHL Draft 124th overall, 2013
Tampa Bay Lightning
Playing career 2009–present

Kristers Gudļevskis (born July 31, 1992) is a Latvian ice hockey goaltender. He is currently playing with the Syracuse Crunch of the AHL.[1] Gudlevskis was selected by the Tampa Bay Lightning in the 5th round (124th overall) of the 2013 NHL Entry Draft.[2]

Playing career

Europe

Gudļevskis started his professional career in 2009-10 season when he played for HK Ogre of Latvian Hockey League. Next season he moved on to play for Dinamo Riga affiliate HK Riga of MHL.[3] He played or three seasons with HK Riga. Throughout 2010/11 and 2011/12 seasons he made Dinamo Riga roster several times as a healthy stretch. On October 5, 2012, he made finally made his debut during a 2-1 OT win against Vityaz, replacing injured Mikael Tellqvist after second period tied at 0-0.[4] Later in the season he played his first full game as starter in a 2-0 loss against Sibir.[5]

North America

Gudļevskis is only the second (after Artūrs Irbe in 10th round (196th overall) of the 1989 NHL Entry Draft) and highest ranked Latvian goaltender ever selected in NHL entry draft.[6] Dinamo Riga agreed to release Gudļevskis from final year of his contract, he later signed a three year entry level contract with Tampa Bay Lightning.[7]

Florida Everblades of ECHL

Following 2013/14 pre-season camp Lightning assigned Gudļevskis to their ECHL affiliate Florida Everblades.[8] While attending pre-season training camp with the Florida Everblades, Gudļevskis was recalled to join the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League.[9] He was latter reassigned to Everblades without making Lightning roster, and made his official North American debute with 20 saves in a 4-1 win over the Orlando Solar Bears.[10]

Gudļevskis was recalled to Syracuse Crunch of AHL on October 24, 2013[11] due to Riku Helenius injury.[12] He made his AHL debute on October 26, 2013 with shutout against Bridgeport Sound Tigers.[13] Gudlevskis became the fifths goaltender in Crunch history to post shutout on debut.[14] After 4 games with Crunch Gudļevskis once again was reassigned with Everblades.[15]

Syracuse Crunch of AHL

On December 7, 2013 Gudļevskis was promoted to Syracuse Crunch in order to give him more AHL ice time.[16] Gudļevskis cemented his place on Crunch roster posting 10 wins in 21 games. On January 15 2014 Gudlevskis was named the CCM/AHL Player of the Week.[17]

On January 31 2014 due to injuries of Ben Bishop and Anders Lindback Gudlevskis along with Cedrick Desjardins were received emergency call-up to Lignting[18]


International

2013 IIHF World Championship Gudļevskis became starting goaltender for team Latvia after original starter Edgars Masaļskis could not recover game form coming from injury. He registered 2-2 W/L record and was named one of three best players for team Latvia in the tournament.[19] On January 7, 2014 Gudļevskis was named on Latvia national team roster for Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics.[20]

Career statistics

Regular season

   
Season Team League GP W L OTL MIN GA SV SO GAA SV%
2009-10 HK Ogre LHL 9 — — — — 6.12 — — — —
2010-11 HK Riga MHL 49 26 16 2 2,760 101 1,160 7 2.20 92.0
2011-12 HK Riga MHL 40 16 16 5 2,285 91 1,015 1 2.39 91.8
2012-13 HK Riga MHL 56 27 18 11 3,190 111 1,404 3 2.09 92.7
2012-13 Dinamo Riga KHL 2 1 1 0 82 3 35 0 2.18 92.1
MHL totals 145 69 50 18 8,235 303 3,579 11 2.21 92.2
KHL totals 2 1 1 0 82 3 35 0 2.18 92.1

Playoffs

   
Season Team League GP W L MIN GA SO GAA SV%
2009-10 HK Ogre LHL - - - - - - -
2010-11 HK Riga MHL 3 0 3 187 13 0 4.16 86.2
2011-12 HK Riga MHL 4 1 3 257 15 0 3.50 89.6
2011-12 HK Riga MHL 3 0 3 153 19 0 7.42 74.7
2012-13 Dinamo Riga KHL - - - - - - - -
MHL totals 10 1 9 598 47 0 4.71 85.0

International

Year Team Event GP W L OTL MIN GA SV SO GAA SV%
2010 Latvia WJC-18 6 0 4 0 339 29 172 0 5.13 85.57
2011 Latvia WJC-20 D1 1 1 0 0 60 1 16 0 1.00 94.12
2012 Latvia WJC-20 5 1 4 0 279 24 154 0 5.15 86.52
2013 Latvia WC 4 2 2 0 243 9 111 0 2.22 92.50
Latvia WC totals 4 2 2 0 243 9 111 0 2.22 92.50

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References

  1. ↑ Lindsay Kramer (2013-10-14). "Syracuse Crunch returns goalie Kristers Gudlevskis to Florida of ECHL". syracuse.com. Retrieved 2013-10-20. 
  2. ↑ "2013 NHL entry draft 5th round selections". NHL. Retrieved 2013-08-02. 
  3. ↑ "MHL Player profile" (in Russian). mhl.khl.ru. Retrieved 2013-08-02. 
  4. ↑ "Vityaz vs. Dinamo - rooster" (in Russian). khl.ru. Retrieved 2012-10-05. 
  5. ↑ "Sibir vs. Dinamo - game report" (in Russian). khl.ru. Retrieved 2013-08-02. 
  6. ↑ "Gudļevskis kļūst par otro latviešu vārtsargu, kuru izvēlas NHL draftā" (in Latvian). DELFI.lv. Retrieved 2013-08-02. 
  7. ↑ "Lightning Sign Kristers Gudlevskis to Entry-Level Contract". nhlnewslightning.com. Retrieved 2013-08-02. 
  8. ↑ Tampa Bay Lightning (2013-09-29). "LIGHTNING ANNOUNCE ROSTER CUTS". nhl.com. Retrieved 2013-11-17. 
  9. ↑ Tampa Bay Lightning (2013-10-11). "Bolts Recall Gudlevskis". nhl.com. Retrieved 2013-10-20. 
  10. ↑ floridaeverblades.com (2013-10-24). "PROSPECT PERFORMER OF THE WEEK: GUDLEVSKIS STARTS SEASON HOT WITH EVERBLADE". floridaeverblades.com. Retrieved 2013-11-17. 
  11. ↑ Tampa Bay Lightning (2013-10-11). "Goaltender Gudlevskis Recalled to AHL Syracuse". nhl.com. Retrieved 2013-10-20. 
  12. ↑ Lindsay Kramer (2013-10-24). "Injury will keep Syracuse Crunch goalie Riku Helenius sidelined at least two weeks". www.syracuse.com. Retrieved 2013-11-17. 
  13. ↑ Jeremy Houghtaling (2013-10-26). "Gudlevskis, big second period lift Syracuse Crunch over Sound Tigers, 5-0". auburnpub.com/. Retrieved 2013-11-17. 
  14. ↑ Jeremy Houghtaling (2013-10-30). "Superstitious Gudlevskis Making Most of Opportunities". boltprospects.com. Retrieved 2013-11-17. 
  15. ↑ floridaeverblades.com (2013-11-11). "Gudlevskis Reassigned to Everblades". floridaeverblades.com. Retrieved 2013-11-17. 
  16. ↑ Damian Cristodero (2013-12-05). "Gudlevskis shakes up Lightning's organizational depth in net". tampabay.com. Retrieved 2014-01-08. 
  17. ↑ http://theahl.com/gudlevskis-named-ccm-ahl-player-of-the-week-p189791
  18. ↑ http://lightning.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=703247
  19. ↑ "BEST PLAYERS OF EACH TEAM SELECTED BY COACHES". IIHF. Retrieved 2013-08-02. 
  20. ↑ LHF (2014-01-07). "Nolans nosauc sastāvu Olimpiskajām spēlēm" (in Latvian). lhf.lv. Retrieved 2014-01-08. 
  21. ↑ "KHL Player profile" (in Russian). khl.ru. Retrieved 2013-08-02. 
  22. ↑ "IIHF Player stats". iihf.com. Retrieved 2013-08-02. 

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