Juris Štāls

Juris Štāls (born April 8, 1982) is a Latvian former ice hockey player. He last played as a right wing for HK Kurbads of Latvian Hockey Higher League. He was drafted in the ninth round (269th overall) of the 2001 NHL entry draft by the New York Rangers. He also played for the Latvian national ice hockey team at the 2014 Winter Olympics.

Playing career He started his career in 1999, when he joined the Lukko junior team, and played there for two seasons. In 2001, the New York Rangers drafted him 269th overall, and he went to North America to play for Sarnia Sting in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL). In 2002-03 he mostly played with the Owen Sound Attack of the OHL, and for Vaasan Sport, plus two games for the Hartford Wolf Pack of the American Hockey League (AHL). In 2003-04, he continued to play for Hartford, but from 2004 to 2006 he played for New York Rangers affiliate Charlotte Checkers of the ECHL.

In 2006, he returned to Europe to play for Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod in the Russian Hockey League. Later he played for Ocelari Trinec in the Czech Extraliga, Neman Grodno in the Belarusian Extraleague and HK Riga 2000 in the Latvian Hockey League.

From 2009 to 2012, Juris played 59 games for Dinamo Riga of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He started the 2012-13 season with Kompanion Kiev of the Ukrainian Hockey League, but ended the season with HK Poprad of the Slovak Extraliga.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1999–2000 Lukko FIN U20 2 1 0 1 2 — — — — — 2000–01 Lukko FIN U20 42 22 22 44 26 3 1 0 1 0 2001–02 Sarnia Sting OHL 60 23 22 45 12 5 0 1 1 2 2002–03 Sport FIN.2 23 3 3 6 16 — — — — — 2002–03 Owen Sound Attack OHL 25 8 15 23 14 4 0 4 4 4 2002–03 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 2 0 1 1 0 — — — — — 2003–04 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 62 4 14 18 24 1 0 0 0 0 2004–05 Charlotte Checkers ECHL 59 19 11 30 31 — — — — — 2005–06 Charlotte Checkers ECHL 66 18 27 45 36 3 1 0 1 0 2006–07 Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod RUS.2 17 2 6 8 2 — — — — — 2006–07 Torpedo–2 Nizhny Novgorod RUS.3 3 3 2 5 2 — — — — — 2006–07 HC Oceláři Třinec ELH 5 1 1 2 2 — — — — — 2007–08 HC Oceláři Třinec ELH 8 0 0 0 12 — — — — — 2007–08 Neman Grodno BLR 9 1 2 3 10 — — — — — 2007–08 HK Rīga 2000 LAT 13 7 8 15 10 7 2 5 7 2 2008–09 Dinamo Rīga KHL 19 1 2 3 8 — — — — — 2008–09 HK Rīga 2000 BLR 17 9 8 17 16 — — — — — 2009–10 Quad City Mallards IHL 74 26 26 52 36 — — — — — 2010–11 Dinamo Rīga KHL 26 0 1 1 10 6 0 0 0 6 2012–13 Kompanion Kiev UKR 28 3 9 12 50 — — — — — 2012–13 HK AutoFinance Poprad SVK 8 2 1 3 14 7 0 2 2 6 2013–14 HK Poprad SVK 44 15 25 40 24 5 2 1 3 2 2014–15 HC Energie Karlovy Vary ELH 24 0 2 2 6 — — — — — 2014–15 HK Poprad SVK 17 2 4 6 18 12 0 1 1 4 2015–16 HK Kurbads LAT 26 6 18 24 8 14 9 7 16 12 2016–17 HK Kurbads LAT 27 9 8 17 38 12 1 7 8 4 2017–18 HK Kurbads LAT 21 5 0 5 14 1 0 0 0 0 2017–18 Daugavpils LAT.2 6 8 8 16 2 — — — — — 2018–19 HK Kurbads LAT 29 6 1 7 12 10 0 1 1 4 2019–20 HK Kurbads LAT 21 3 2 5 39 — — — — — AHL totals 64 4 15 19 24 1 0 0 0 0 LAT totals 137 36 37 73 121 44 12 20 32 22 KHL totals 59 3 4 7 20 12 0 1 1 6

International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 1999 Latvia EJC D1 4 5 5 10 2 2001 Latvia WJC D1 5 1 4 5 2 2002 Latvia WJC D2 4 7 4 11 4 2005 Latvia OGQ 3 0 0 0 0 2006 Latvia WC 6 0 0 0 4 2008 Latvia WC 6 0 0 0 2 2009 Latvia OGQ 3 0 0 0 2 2010 Latvia WC 4 0 2 2 0 2011 Latvia WC 3 0 0 0 0 2012 Latvia WC 7 0 0 0 0 2013 Latvia OGQ 3 1 1 2 0 2013 Latvia WC 7 0 0 0 4 2014 Latvia OG 3 0 0 0 0 2014 Latvia WC 6 1 2 3 6 Junior totals 13 13 13 26 8 Senior totals 51 2 5 7 18