Ronalds Ķēniņš
Ronalds Ķēniņš | |
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Kenins in February 2015 | |
Born | Riga, Latvia | February 28, 1991
Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) |
Weight | 209 lb (95 kg; 14 st 13 lb) |
Position | Left Wing |
Shoots | Left |
NHL team Former teams |
Vancouver Canucks ZSC Lions |
National team | Latvia |
NHL Draft | Undrafted |
Playing career | 2008–present |
Ronalds Ķēniņš (born February 28, 1991) is a Latvian professional ice hockey forward currently playing for the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League (NHL). He has previously played for the ZSC Lions in the Swiss National League A (NLA).
Playing career
Kenins played junior hockey in Latvia and Switzerland. At seventeen years old, he started his professional career with GCK Lions of the National League B (NLB), Switzerland's second-tier league, in 2008–09. After three seasons with the Lions organization, Kenins joined ZSC Lions of the top-tier National League A (NLA). Following the 2012–13 season, he was signed by the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League (NHL) on July 30, 2013.[1] He remained in Switzerland for the 2013–14 season and recorded an NLA career-high 8 goals and 25 points in 39 games.
Kenins moved to North America for the 2014–15 season and was assigned to the Canucks' American Hockey League (AHL) team, the Utica Comets. After being called up midway through the season, Kenins made his NHL debut on January 30, 2015, against the Buffalo Sabres (a team that featured fellow Latvian Zemgus Girgensons and the former Latvian national team's head coach, Ted Nolan).[2] The following game, Kenins scored his first career NHL Goal against Devan Dubnyk of the Minnesota Wild on February 1, 2015.[3] On April 17, 2015, Kenins scored his first career Stanley Cup playoff goal on a one time feed from line mate Bo Horvat.
International play
At the junior level, Kenins played for the Latvian National Team in two IIHF World U18 Championships (second tier Division I play) and two IIHF World U20 Championships (one year in Division I and another in the top tier). He made his debut with Latvia's men's team at the 2011 IIHF World Championship and has gone on to play in 2012, 2013 and 2014. In February 2014, Kenins played for Latvia in the Sochi Winter Olympics.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
2008–09 | GC Küsnacht Lions | NLB | 42 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2009–10 | GC Küsnacht Lions | NLB | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2010–11 | GC Küsnacht Lions | NLB | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2011–12 | ZSC Lions | NLA | 47 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 48 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | ||
2012–13 | ZSC Lions | NLA | 45 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | ||
2013–14 | ZSC Lions | NLA | 39 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 40 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 6 | ||
NLA totals | 131 | 17 | 43 | 60 | 100 | 45 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 22 |
International
Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
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2008 | Latvia | WJC18 D-1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
2009 | Latvia | WJC18 D-1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
2010 | Latvia | WJC | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
2011 | Latvia | WJC D-1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | |
2011 | Latvia | WC | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2012 | Latvia | WC | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | |
2013 | Latvia | OGQ | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
2013 | Latvia | WC | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
2014 | Latvia | Oly | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
2014 | Latvia | WC | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |
Junior totals | 21 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 16 | |||
Senior totals | 33 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 20 |
References
- ↑ "Canucks sign Latvian forward Ronalds Kenins". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved July 30, 2013.
- ↑
- ↑ http://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/boxscore?id=2014020741
External links
- Ronalds Ķēniņš's career statistics at EliteProspects.com
- Ronalds Ķēniņš profile at Eurohockey.com
- Ronalds Ķēniņš's career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database