Artis Ābols

Artis Ābols (born January 3, 1973) is a Latvian former professional ice hockey forward and coach. He is the current head coach of HK Zemgale/LLU of the Latvian Hockey Higher League, as well as an assistant coach of the Latvia men's national ice hockey team. His son, Rodrigo Ābols, is also an ice hockey player and was selected by the Vancouver Canucks in the 2016 NHL entry draft.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1991–92 HK Pārdaugava Rīga LHL 16 24 12 36 14 — — — — — 1992–93 HK Pārdaugava Rīga IHL 36 4 4 8 26 2 0 1 1 5 1992–93 HK Pārdaugava Rīga LHL 11 11 8 19 6 — — — — — 1993–94 HK Pārdaugava Rīga IHL 32 7 7 14 10 — — — — — 1994–95 HK Pārdaugava Rīga IHL 13 0 0 0 10 — — — — — 1994–95 HK Pārdaugava Rīga LHL 12 15 14 29 12 — — — — — 1995–96 HK Pārdaugava Rīga LHL 35 40 — 40 — — — — — — 1996–97 Nittorps IK Division 2 32 26 27 53 — — — — — — 1997–98 Odense Bulldogs Denmark 49 42 52 94 80 — — — — — 1998–99 Kokkolan Hermes Mestis 12 4 5 9 12 — — — — — 1998–99 Kiekko-Pojat Mestis 26 14 11 25 55 — — — — — 1999–00 HK Liepājas Metalurgs EEHL 2 0 1 1 0 — — — — — 1999–00 IK Nyköpings NH 90 HockeyAllsvenskan 42 13 23 36 24 — — — — — 2000–01 IK Nyköpings NH 90 HockeyAllsvenskan 38 19 24 43 34 3 1 0 1 0 2001–02 IK Nyköpings NH 90 HockeyAllsvenskan 41 19 23 42 50 — — — — — 2002–03 Vojens IK Denmark 25 11 11 22 38 — — — — — 2003–04 IK Nyköpings NH 90 HockeyAllsvenskan 25 7 9 16 16 — — — — — 2003–04 HK Riga 2000 EEHL 15 5 5 10 22 — — — — — 2003–04 HK Rīga 2000 LHL 11 3 16 19 10 6 3 6 9 4 2004–05 HK Rīga 2000 BXL 33 8 16 24 22 3 0 2 2 2 2004–05 HK Rīga 2000 LHL 4 1 5 6 2 11 2 12 14 10 2005–06 HK Rīga 2000 BXL 48 15 27 42 72 — — — — — 2005–06 HK Rīga 2000 LHL — 2 1 3 4 — — — — — 2006–07 HK Rīga 2000 LHL 50 24 40 64 66 — — — — — 2007–08 HK Rīga 2000 LHL 40 12 30 42 32 — — — — — Career totals 648 326 371 697 617 26 6 21 27 23

International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 1993 Latvia WC C 7 10 8 18 6 1993 Latvia OQ 4 1 0 1 0 1999 Latvia WC 4 0 0 0 0 2000 Latvia WC 7 0 0 0 2 2001 Latvia WC 6 1 3 4 4 2002 Latvia WC 6 0 0 0 4 Senior Int'l totals 34 12 11 23 16