Raitis Ivanāns
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Raitis Ivanāns (born January 3, 1979) is a Latvian former professional ice hockey forward who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) and was known primarily as an enforcer.
Playing career
In 1997, Ivanāns came over to North America and played for the Flint Generals. In 2005, he made his NHL debut with the Montreal Canadiens, accumulating 9 penalty minutes in 4 games. He got into a fight in his second game, against the Ottawa Senators, with Zdeno Chára, and sustained a broken orbital bone due to a late punch after he was down.[1][2]
On July 13, 2006, he signed a one-year deal with the Los Angeles Kings. Ivanāns scored his first NHL goal against Marty Turco the Dallas Stars on October 12, 2006. On March 18, 2007, he signed a one-year, one-way deal with the Los Angeles Kings.
On January 29, 2008, Ivanāns signed a two-year contract extension with the Kings.[3] In each of his four consecutive seasons in Los Angeles, Ivanāns led the team in penalty minutes.
On July 1, 2010, Raitis signed a two-year deal as a free agent with the Calgary Flames,[4] and made his Flames debut on October 7, 2010 in the 2010-11 season opening against Edmonton Oilers; however he suffered a debilitating concussion during a third period fight with Oilers' heavyweight Steve MacIntyre.[5]
On October 20, 2011, Ivanāns was sent to the Abbotsford Heat by Calgary,[6] where he scored his first goal of the season on November 11 against the Texas Stars.
On May 22, 2012, Ivanans signed a two-year deal with Dinamo Rīga of the Kontinental Hockey League. During the 2012-13 season, he failed to establish a lasting role in 39 games with Riga, and was released prior to the second year of his contract.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1996–97 | Juniors Rīga | EEHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1996–97 | Juniors Rīga | LVA | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1996–97 | Aurora Tigers | MetJHL | 25 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997–98 | HK Liepājas Metalurgs | EEHL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997–98 | Flint Generals | UHL | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1998–99 | Macon Whoopee | CHL | 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1998–99 | Tulsa Oilers | CHL | 32 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 39 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1999–2000 | Pensacola Ice Pilots | ECHL | 59 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 146 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2000–01 | New Haven Knights | UHL | 66 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 270 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 2000–01 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | Toledo Storm | ECHL | 16 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 59 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | Baton Rouge Kingfish | ECHL | 40 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 180 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002–03 | Rockford IceHogs | UHL | 50 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 208 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002–03 | Milwaukee Admirals | AHL | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | ||
| 2003–04 | Milwaukee Admirals | AHL | 54 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 166 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 | ||
| 2004–05 | Hamilton Bulldogs | AHL | 75 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 259 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2005–06 | Hamilton Bulldogs | AHL | 43 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 120 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 66 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 140 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 73 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 134 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 76 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 145 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 136 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2010–11 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011–12 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011–12 | Abbotsford Heat | AHL | 27 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2012–13 | Dinamo Riga | KHL | 39 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 84 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 282 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 569 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
International
| Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Latvia | WJC B | 15th | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| 2008 | Latvia | WC | 11th | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | |
| Junior totals | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Senior totals | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | ||||
Awards and honours
| Award | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| AHL | ||
| Calder Cup | 2004 | |
References
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- 1979 births
- Living people
- Baton Rouge Kingfish players
- Calgary Flames players
- Dinamo Riga players
- Flint Generals players
- Hamilton Bulldogs (AHL) players
- Hershey Bears players
- Latvian ice hockey left wingers
- Los Angeles Kings players
- Macon Whoopee (CHL) players
- Milwaukee Admirals players
- Montreal Canadiens players
- New Haven Knights players
- Pensacola Ice Pilots players
- Rockford IceHogs (UHL) players
- Ice hockey people from Riga
- Toledo Storm players
- Tulsa Oilers (1992–present) players
- Undrafted National Hockey League players
- Aurora Tigers players