Jānis Sprukts

Jānis Sprukts (born January 31, 1982) is a retired Latvian professional ice hockey forward.

Biography As a youth, Sprukts played in the 1996 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a team from Riga. He was drafted by Panthers as their eighth-round pick, #234 overall, in the 2000 NHL entry draft.

Sprukts has played two seasons of hockey in North America, then three seasons in Europe with Odense Bulldogs, ASK/Ogre, HK Rīga 2000, HPK. In 2006, he returned to North America, where he signed with the Florida Panthers. He started the 2006/2007 season in Panthers farmclub American Hockey League team Rochester Americans. In October 2006, after 4 games in AHL, he was called up to the Florida Panthers. On 20 October he played his first NHL game against the Philadelphia Flyers, but on 21 December, playing against the New York Rangers, recorded his first point in the NHL. On April 6, 2007, Jānis scored his first career NHL goal against Marc Denis and the Tampa Bay Lightning in a Panthers 7-2 victory. In 2009, he left North America and then played in the KHL for Dinamo Riga and CSKA Moscow.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1999–2000 Juniors Rīga LAT 3 0 1 1 2 — — — — — 1999–2000 Juniors Rīga EEHL B 2 4 4 8 0 — — — — — 1999–2000 Lukko FIN U20 26 2 5 7 6 3 0 0 0 0 2000–01 Lukko FIN U20 36 15 22 37 24 3 0 0 0 0 2000–01 Lukko SM-liiga 9 0 0 0 2 — — — — — 2001–02 Acadie–Bathurst Titan QMJHL 63 35 44 79 46 10 10 6 16 10 2002–03 Sport Mestis 21 5 6 11 8 — — — — — 2002–03 Acadie–Bathurst Titan QMJHL 30 9 29 38 12 11 3 5 8 0 2003–04 ASK/Ogre LAT 21 8 5 13 24 — — — — — 2003–04 Odense Bulldogs DEN 2 0 1 1 2 13 7 4 11 36 2004–05 HK Rīga 2000 BLR 21 7 9 16 10 3 0 0 0 2 2005–06 HPK SM-liiga 35 18 10 28 14 13 3 4 7 14 2006–07 Rochester Americans AHL 55 17 37 54 58 — — — — — 2006–07 Florida Panthers NHL 13 1 2 3 2 — — — — — 2007–08 Lukko SM-liiga 53 12 17 29 20 3 0 1 1 0 2008–09 Rochester Americans AHL 59 16 31 47 20 — — — — — 2008–09 Florida Panthers NHL 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 2009–10 Dinamo Rīga KHL 53 11 25 36 34 9 1 4 5 10 2010–11 Dinamo Rīga KHL 53 10 16 26 52 11 4 1 5 6 2011–12 Dinamo Rīga KHL 53 11 24 35 28 7 5 3 8 0 2012–13 CSKA Moscow KHL 50 5 3 8 6 9 0 1 1 0 2013–14 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl KHL 14 2 5 7 0 18 0 4 4 6 2014–15 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl KHL 16 1 4 5 4 — — — — — 2014–15 HC Fribourg–Gottéron NLA 7 1 1 2 0 — — — — — 2014–15 HC Red Ice SUI-2 1 0 1 1 2 — — — — — 2015–16 MHC Mountfield Martin SVK 12 3 3 6 4 4 0 1 1 0 2016–17 Ritten Sport ALP 17 5 7 12 8 12 5 7 12 6 2016–17 Ritten Sport ITA 2 0 2 2 0 — — — — — 2017–18 HK Kurbads LAT 22 12 12 24 18 9 3 6 9 6 2018–19 HK Kurbads LAT 35 11 30 41 18 10 3 8 11 8 2019–20 HK Kurbads LAT 33 6 22 28 8 — — — — — NHL totals 14 1 2 3 2 — — — — — KHL totals 239 40 77 117 124 54 10 13 23 22

International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 1999 Latvia EJC D1 4 7 5 12 0 2000 Latvia WJC B 5 0 1 1 2 2000 Latvia WJC18 B 5 5 1 6 14 2000 Latvia WC 7 0 0 0 0 2001 Latvia WJC D1 5 1 4 5 0 2002 Latvia WJC D2 4 2 3 5 0 2003 Latvia WC 6 0 2 2 2 2005 Latvia WC 6 2 1 3 0 2006 Latvia WC 6 0 1 1 2 2007 Latvia WC 3 0 2 2 0 2008 Latvia WC 6 0 2 2 2 2009 Latvia WC 7 0 1 1 0 2010 Latvia OLY 4 0 1 1 0 2010 Latvia WC 6 2 3 5 2 2012 Latvia WC 7 0 4 4 2 2013 Latvia WC 7 1 5 6 2 2014 Latvia OLY 5 2 2 4 0 2015 Latvia WC 7 0 1 1 25 2017 Latvia WC 6 2 1 3 6 Junior totals 23 15 14 29 16 Senior totals 83 9 26 35 43