Grigorijs Panteļejevs

Grigorijs Panteļejevs (born November 13, 1972, in Gastello, Soviet Union) is a Latvian ice hockey coach and former player.

Career The 5th choice, 136th overall selection of the Boston Bruins in the 1992 NHL entry draft, Panteļejevs came to North America and the NHL in 1992-93 after spending the past two seasons with Dynamo Riga.

Upon his arrival in North America, diminutive forward went on to split his first season with Boston and their AHL affiliate in Providence before spending the majority of the next two seasons in Providence.

After three seasons in the Bruins organization, Panteļejevs was released following the 1994-95 season only to be signed as a free agent by the New York Islanders in September 1995.

Panteļejevs played only four games with the Islanders while playing the majority of the 1995-96 season with the IHL's Utah Grizzlies and Las Vegas Thunder. In 1996-97, Panteļejevs joined the IHL's San Antonio Dragons and went on to play a little over one season with the team before being dealt to the Orlando Solar Bears early into the 1997-98 IHL season.

The Gastello, USSR native returned to Orlando the following year before heading overseas in 99-2000 as a member of the Hannover Scorpions of the Bundesliga/Deutsche Eishockey Liga and went on to represent Latvia in the 2000 World Championships. After only one season in Germany, jumped to the Swiss League then to the Swedish Elite League before landing in Finland in 2002-03. During those three seasons, the diminutive forward went on to represent Latvia two more times at the World Championships, once in 2001 and again in 2003.

Panteļejevs made himself available for the 2004 World Championships held in Prague, Czech Republic, and did the same in 2005.

He has played in 9 World championships and 2006 Olympics for Latvian national team.

He is currently the head coach of HK Rostov.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1987–88 RASMS Rīga URS.3 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1988–89 RASMS–Energo Rīga URS.3 3 1 0 1 0 — — — — — 1989–90 RASMS–Energo Rīga URS.3 2 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1990–91 Dinamo Rīga URS 23 4 1 5 4 — — — — — 1990–91 RASMS Rīga URS.3 27 15 5 20 18 — — — — — 1991–92 Dinamo Rīga CIS 26 4 8 12 4 — — — — — 1991–92 RASMS Rīga CIS.3 4 4 2 6 0 — — — — — 1992–93 Boston Bruins NHL 39 8 6 14 12 — — — — — 1992–93 Providence Bruins AHL 39 17 30 47 22 3 0 0 0 10 1993–94 Boston Bruins NHL 10 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1993–94 Providence Bruins AHL 55 24 26 50 20 — — — — — 1994–95 Providence Bruins AHL 70 20 23 43 36 13 8 11 19 6 1994–95 Boston Bruins NHL 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1995–96 New York Islanders NHL 4 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1995–96 Utah Grizzlies IHL 33 11 25 36 18 — — — — — 1995–96 Las Vegas Thunder IHL 29 15 21 36 14 15 4 7 11 2 1996–97 San Antonio Dragons IHL 81 25 37 62 41 9 4 2 6 4 1997–98 Orlando Solar Bears IHL 63 27 29 56 44 17 6 9 15 2 1998–99 Orlando Solar Bears IHL 77 25 37 62 51 17 8 8 16 4 1999–2000 Hannover Scorpions DEL 55 11 21 32 59 — — — — — 2000–01 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl RSL 19 4 5 9 12 6 0 1 1 0 2001–02 Södertälje SK SEL 11 4 1 5 6 — — — — — 2001–02 EHC Olten SUI.2 9 4 5 9 4 — — — — — 2001–02 HK Rīga 2000 EEHL 14 6 9 15 — — — — — 2002–03 Pelicans SM-l 40 4 9 13 65 — — — — — 2003–04 HK Rīga 2000 EEHL 18 1 7 8 35 — — — — — 2004–05 IFK Arboga IK SWE.2 27 9 10 19 22 8 3 4 7 8 2005–06 MHC Dmitrov RUS.2 23 4 5 9 12 — — — — — 2005–06 MHC–2 Dmitrov RUS.3 7 1 2 3 20 — — — — — 2005–06 HC Bolzano ITA 7 5 7 12 8 — — — — — 2005–06 EV Zug NLA 7 0 1 1 0 — — — — — 2005–06 HC Martigny SUI.2 1 1 1 2 0 — — — — — 2006–07 HC Martigny SUI.2 43 10 41 51 34 — — — — — 2006–07 SG Pontebba ITA 10 5 5 10 0 — — — — — 2007–08 EK Zell am See AUT.2 23 11 17 28 33 — — — — — 2007–08 EV Landsberg 2000 GER.2 9 1 2 3 4 4 1 1 2 0 NHL totals 54 8 6 14 12 — — — — — AHL totals 164 61 79 140 78 16 8 11 19 16 IHL totals 283 103 149 252 168 58 22 26 48 12

International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 1994 Latvia WC B 5 1 5 6 2 1999 Latvia WC Q 3 1 0 1 0 2000 Latvia WC 7 1 1 2 2 2001 Latvia OGQ 3 0 0 0 2 2001 Latvia WC 6 1 2 3 2 2002 Latvia OG 4 2 0 2 2 2002 Latvia WC 6 2 0 2 0 2003 Latvia WC 6 1 3 4 0 2004 Latvia WC 7 2 2 4 0 2005 Latvia OGQ 3 2 0 2 2 2005 Latvia WC 6 0 2 2 4 2006 Latvia OG 5 0 3 3 0 2006 Latvia WC 4 0 0 0 0 2007 Latvia WC 6 0 2 2 4 Senior totals 71 13 20 33 20