Agris Saviels

Agris Saviels (born January 15, 1982) is a Latvian former professional ice hockey defenseman. He last played for HK Mogo of the Latvian Hockey League (LAT).

Playing career Saviels was drafted 63rd overall in the 2000 NHL entry draft by the Colorado Avalanche. Prior to be drafted, Saviels played in his native country Latvia with HK Lido Nafta Rīga before traveling to North America to play Junior with the Notre Dame Hounds and then the Owen Sound Attack of the Ontario Hockey League.

Saviels was signed by the Colorado Avalanche on July 23, 2002, but never played a game with the team, playing with their affiliate the Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League.

Since the 2005–06 season, Saviels has played in Europe in the Belarus, Russian, Slovak, Latvian and Danish leagues.

In the 2008–09 season, Saviels signed a one-year contract and started with Kontinental Hockey League club Dinamo Riga, but was soon sent down to the farm club, HK Riga 2000 of the Belarusian Extraleague. In January 2009, Saviels then transferred to fellow Belarusian team Metallurg Zhlobin and re-signed to an additional year to continue playing in the 2009–10 season.

On September 1, 2010, Saviels left for Italy and signed a one-year contract as a free agent with Valpellice in the Serie A. During the following season, Saviels returned for a second stint in Italy to end the 2011–12 season with HC Broncos Sterzing-Vipiteno.

On July 28, 2012, it was announced that Saviels had signed for his first venture into Ukraine with HC Kompanion-Naftogaz of the Professional Hockey League. In 28 games, Saviels registered only 3 assists from the Blueline.

On August 12, 2013, due to a pay dispute between players and Kompanion, Saviels returned to Latvia and signed a contract with HK Kurbads of the LHL.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1996–97 HK Lido Nafta Rīga LAT 15 1 2 3 4 — — — — — 1997–98 HK Lido Nafta Rīga LAT 40 7 21 28 30 — — — — — 1997–98 HK Rīga 2000 EEHL 8 0 0 0 4 — — — — — 1998–99 Notre Dame Hounds AAA SMHL 17 6 9 15 23 — — — — — 1998–99 Notre Dame Hounds SJHL 13 0 1 1 4 — — — — — 1998–99 Olds Grizzlys AJHL 2 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1999–2000 Owen Sound Platers OHL 65 7 25 32 56 — — — — — 2000–01 Owen Sound Attack OHL 68 14 37 51 46 5 0 1 1 2 2000–01 Hershey Bears AHL 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 2001–02 Owen Sound Attack OHL 60 5 27 32 37 — — — — — 2002–03 Hershey Bears AHL 43 0 3 3 33 3 0 0 0 0 2002–03 Reading Royals ECHL 8 1 0 1 4 — — — — — 2003–04 Hershey Bears AHL 67 2 5 7 39 — — — — — 2004–05 Hershey Bears AHL 47 0 5 5 41 — — — — — 2005–06 HK Rīga 2000 BLR 17 2 1 3 12 — — — — — 2005–06 Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod RUS.2 21 1 1 2 18 — — — — — 2005–06 Torpedo–2 Nizhny Novgorod RUS.3 7 1 3 4 20 — — — — — 2006–07 MsHK Žilina SVK 52 3 5 8 36 — — — — — 2007–08 HK Rīga 2000 LAT 3 1 1 2 6 — — — — — 2007–08 Herning Blue Fox DEN 5 0 0 0 2 — — — — — 2007–08 Odense Bulldogs DEN 37 3 5 8 26 11 2 3 5 14 2008–09 Dinamo Rīga KHL 2 0 0 0 4 — — — — — 2008–09 HK Rīga 2000 BLR 26 1 4 5 26 — — — — — 2008–09 Metallurg Zhlobin BLR 17 2 4 6 6 — — — — — 2009–10 Metallurg Zhlobin BLR 42 3 9 12 26 — — — — — 2010–11 HC Valpellice ITA 36 6 18 24 20 3 0 0 0 0 2011–12 HC Most CZE.2 6 0 1 1 0 — — — — — 2011–12 HK SMScredit LAT 5 1 3 4 2 — — — — — 2011–12 WSV Sterzing Broncos ITA 28 2 7 9 30 — — — — — 2012–13 HC Kompanion–Naftogaz UKR 28 0 3 3 37 13 0 1 1 6 2013–14 HK Kurbads LAT 21 2 4 6 12 — — — — — 2013–14 Rødovre Mighty Bulls DEN 8 0 0 0 2 5 0 2 2 2 2014–15 HK Mogo LAT 28 2 11 13 4 10 0 4 4 0 2015–16 HK Mogo LAT 28 2 18 20 6 8 0 4 4 4 2016–17 HK Mogo LAT 27 4 13 17 6 12 1 1 2 8 2017–18 HK Mogo LAT 25 3 8 11 8 5 1 1 2 6 2018–19 HK Mogo LAT 27 1 7 8 0 9 0 2 2 4 2019–20 HK Mogo LAT 22 2 4 6 8 — — — — — LAT totals 243 26 92 118 86 44 2 12 14 22 AHL totals 158 2 13 15 113 3 0 0 0 0 BLR totals 102 8 18 26 70 7 0 3 3 12

International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 1998 Latvia EJC C 4 0 0 0 0 1999 Latvia WJC B 6 1 1 2 6 2000 Latvia WJC B 5 0 1 1 8 2000 Latvia WJC18 B 5 2 1 3 6 2004 Latvia WC 7 0 0 0 0 2005 Latvia WC 6 0 0 0 2 2006 Latvia OG 5 0 0 0 8 2006 Latvia WC 6 0 0 0 10 2007 Latvia WC 6 1 0 1 2 2008 Latvia WC 6 0 0 0 4 2013 Latvia WC 5 1 0 1 2 Junior totals 20 3 3 6 20 Senior totals 41 2 0 2 28