Kristers Gudļevskis
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Kristers Gudļevskis | |||
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Born | Aizkraukle, LVA |
31 July 1992 ||
Height | 6 ft 4 in (193 cm) | ||
Weight | 197 lb (89 kg; 14 st 1 lb) | ||
Position | Goaltender | ||
Catches | Left | ||
NHL team (P) Cur. team Former teams |
Tampa Bay Lightning Syracuse Crunch (AHL) HK Ogre Dinamo Riga |
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National team | Latvia | ||
NHL Draft | 124th overall, 2013 Tampa Bay Lightning |
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Playing career | 2009–present |
Kristers Gudlevskis (born 31 July 1992) is a Latvian ice hockey goaltender. He is currently playing with the Syracuse Crunch of the AHL [1] as a prospect to the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League (NHL). Gudļevskis was selected by the Lightning in the 5th round (124th overall) of the 2013 NHL Entry Draft.[2]
Gudlevskis is the only player to have played in the ECHL, AHL, NHL, Olympic Games, and IIHF World Championships in the same season.[3]
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Playing career
Europe
Gudļevskis started his professional career in the 2009–10 season playing for HK Ogre of the Latvian Hockey League. In the next season, he moved on to play for Dinamo Riga affiliate HK Riga of the MHL.[4] He played for three seasons with HK Riga. Throughout the 2010/11 and 2011/12 seasons he made the Dinamo Riga roster several times as a healthy scratch. On 5 October 2012, he finally made his debut during a 2–1 overtime win against Vityaz, replacing injured Mikael Tellqvist after the second period tied at 0–0.[5] Later in the season he played his first full game as starter in a 2–0 loss against Sibir.[6]
Tampa Bay Lightning
Gudļevskis is only the second (after Artūrs Irbe) and highest-ranked Latvian goaltender ever selected in NHL entry draft.[7] Dinamo Riga agreed to release Gudļevskis from the final year of his contract; he later signed a three-year entry-level contract with the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League.[8]
Following the Lightning's 2013 pre-season camp, he was reassigned to their ECHL affiliate, the Florida Everblades.[9] While attending pre-season training camp with the Everblades, Gudļevskis was recalled to join the Lightning.[10] He was later reassigned to the Everblades without making the Lightning roster, and made his official North American debut with 20 saves in a 4–1 win over the Orlando Solar Bears.[11]
Gudļevskis was recalled to the Syracuse Crunch of the AHL on 24 October 2013[12] due to an injury to Riku Helenius.[13] He made his AHL debut on 26 October 2013 with a shutout against the Bridgeport Sound Tigers.[14] Gudlevskis became the fifth goaltender in Crunch history to post a shutout upon debut.[15] After four games with the Crunch, Gudļevskis once again was reassigned to the Everblades.[16] On 7 December 2013 Gudļevskis was promoted to the Syracuse Crunch in order to give him more AHL ice time.[17] Gudļevskis cemented his place on the Crunch roster posting 10 wins in 21 games. On 15 January 2014 Gudlevskis was named the CCM/AHL Player of the Week.[18]
On 31 January 2014, due to injuries of Ben Bishop and Anders Lindback, Gudlevskis received an emergency call-up to the Lightning along with Cedrick Desjardins.[19] Kristers made his first NHL start on 11 April 2014 in a game between the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Columbus Blue Jackets, he stopped 36 shots in a 3–2 win for Tampa. He made his NHL Playoff debut after replacing Anders Lindback mid-game on 18 April 2014 against the Montreal Canadiens in the second game of the first round. He replaced Lindback in game four of the series as well. During this season, Gudlevskis became the first goalie in the history of the sport to play in an ECHL, AHL, NHL and Olympics in the same season, which also included his Stanley Cup playoffs debut.[20]
On 10 June 2015, in game four of the 2015 Stanley Cup Finals against the Chicago Blackhawks, Gudlevskis became the back-up goalie for fellow prospect Andrei Vasilevskiy, who started the game after Ben Bishop was injured in game two (Bishop played injured in game three).[21]
On 24 October 2015, Gudlevskis played in his second NHL regular season game against the Chicago Blackhawks, stopping 31 shots. Though he had a great effort, he lost in overtime 1-0, when a backhand shot slipped by taken from Jonathan Toews.[22]
International play
Gudļevskis became the starting goaltender for Team Latvia in the 2013 IIHF World Championship after original starter Edgars Masaļskis could not recover game form coming from injury. He registered 2–2 win-loss record and was named one of three best players for Team Latvia in the tournament.[23]
On 7 January 2014, Gudļevskis was named to the Latvian national team roster for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics.[24] Latvia entered the qualification playoff stage ranked as one of the lowest seeds (ahead of only Norway), amassing no points in group play. In the second round, Gudļevskis got the start in the matchup against reigning Olympic champions Canada, despite the Latvian team upsetting Switzerland earlier with goalie Edgars Masaļskis.
In what was expected to be a routine victory for the Canadian squad, the Latvian team responded with an early equalizer and managed to stay alive behind Gudļevskis' goaltending (saving 55 of 57 shots he faced) until late into the third period, eventually falling in a 2–1 loss. Gudļevskis was praised, especially in Canadian media and sports commentary, for his performance in the quarter-final against the Canadian national team.[25]
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
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Season | Team | League | GP | W | L | T/OT | MIN | GA | SO | GAA | SV% | GP | W | L | MIN | GA | SO | GAA | SV% | ||
2009–10 | HK Ogre | LHL | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2010–11 | HK Riga | MHL | 49 | 26 | 16 | 2 | 2760 | 101 | 7 | 2.20 | .920 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 187 | 13 | 0 | 4.16 | .862 | ||
2011–12 | HK Riga | MHL | 40 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 2285 | 91 | 1 | 2.39 | .918 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 257 | 15 | 0 | 3.50 | .896 | ||
2012–13 | HK Riga | MHL | 56 | 27 | 18 | 11 | 3190 | 111 | 3 | 2.09 | .927 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 153 | 19 | 0 | 7.42 | .747 | ||
2012–13 | Dinamo Riga | KHL | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 82 | 3 | 0 | 2.18 | .921 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2013–14 | Florida Everblades | ECHL | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 656 | 20 | 2 | 1.83 | .925 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2013–14 | Syracuse Crunch | AHL | 34 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 1901 | 85 | 5 | 2.68 | .901 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2013–14 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 | .947 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 3.00 | .900 | ||
2014–15 | Syracuse Crunch | AHL | 42 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 2429 | 109 | 2 | 2.69 | .905 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 145 | 12 | 0 | 4.96 | .833 | ||
2015–16 | Syracuse Crunch | AHL | 41 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2332 | 110 | 1 | 2.83 | .907 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2015–16 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | .969 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
KHL totals | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 82 | 3 | 0 | 2.18 | .921 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
NHL totals | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 120 | 3 | 0 | 1.50 | .957 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 3.00 | .900 |
International
Year | Team | Event | GP | W | L | OTL | MIN | GA | SO | GAA | SV% |
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2010 | Latvia | WJC18 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 339 | 29 | 0 | 5.13 | .856 |
2011 | Latvia | WJC-D1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | .941 |
2012 | Latvia | WJC | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 279 | 24 | 0 | 5.15 | .865 |
2013 | Latvia | WC | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 243 | 9 | 0 | 2.22 | .925 |
2014 | Latvia | OG | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 119 | 7 | 0 | 3.50 | .919 |
WC totals | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 243 | 9 | 0 | 2.22 | .925 | ||
OG totals | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 119 | 7 | 0 | 3.50 | .919 |
References
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External links
- Kristers Gudļevskis's career statistics at EliteProspects.com
- Kristers Gudļevskis's career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database
- Kristers Gudļevskis's player profile at NHL.com
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