Vitalijs Pavlovs

Vitālijs Pavlovs (born 17 June 1989) is a Latvian professional ice hockey player who is currently playing for HK Prizma Riga in the Latvian Hockey Higher League.

Playing career Pavlovs signed a two-year contract with Dinamo Riga on August 9, 2012 and made his debut on December 5, 2012, in a loss to Yugra. Pavlovs started the 2012–13 season with Jokipojat in Mestis, he had 6 goals and 8 assists in 19 games which is good for 3rd place in points inside the team.

Pavlovs was sanctioned by the International Olympic Committee for failing an anti-doping test in the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. He tested positive for methylhexanamine, a banned stimulant found in certain food supplements.

On October 1, 2014, Pavlovs left Dinamo as a free agent to sign his first North American contract on a one-year deal with the Colorado Eagles of the ECHL.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 2005–06 Torpedo–2 Nizhny Novgorod RUS.3 13 0 1 1 14 — — — — — 2007–08 SK LSPA/Rīga LAT 41 5 6 11 16 3 0 0 0 2 2008–09 DHK Latgale BLR 45 7 10 17 52 — — — — — 2008–09 DHK–2 Latgale LAT 10 6 2 8 14 — — — — — 2008–09 DHK Latgale LAT — — — — — 9 4 2 6 12 2009–10 HK Liepājas Metalurgs BLR 49 4 7 11 28 — — — — — 2009–10 HK Liepājas Metalurgs LAT — — — — — 8 1 2 3 12 2010–11 HK Liepājas Metalurgs BLR 46 9 6 15 34 3 0 0 0 6 2010–11 HK Liepājas Metalurgs–2 LAT 6 6 3 9 0 6 6 3 9 0 2011–12 Beibarys Atyrau KAZ 38 10 9 19 18 13 2 4 6 14 2012–13 Dinamo Rīga KHL 15 0 1 1 8 — — — — — 2012–13 Jokipojat FIN.2 22 8 10 18 39 — — — — — 2013–14 Dinamo Rīga KHL 50 6 8 14 28 — — — — — 2014–15 Colorado Eagles ECHL 71 17 17 34 29 7 2 1 3 2 2015–16 Dinamo Rīga KHL 34 6 3 9 16 — — — — — 2016–17 Dinamo Rīga KHL 53 0 4 4 24 — — — — — 2017–18 Dinamo Rīga KHL 34 1 1 2 14 — — — — — 2018–19 Dinamo Rīga KHL 61 2 4 6 21 — — — — — 2019–20 Dinamo Rīga KHL 34 4 1 5 26 — — — — — 2020–21 HK Olimp/Venta 2002 LAT 8 2 4 6 2 — — — — — 2020–21 Dornbirn Bulldogs ICEHL 12 0 4 4 6 6 1 1 2 2 2021–22 JKH GKS Jastrzębie POL 39 11 24 35 69 15 2 7 9 22 2022–23 JKH GKS Jastrzębie POL 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 2022–23 HK Dukla Michalovce Slovak 33 7 8 15 30 11 0 3 3 6 BLR totals 140 20 23 43 114 3 0 0 0 6 KHL totals 281 19 22 41 137 — — — — —

International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 2007 Latvia WJC18 6 0 1 1 2 2008 Latvia WJC D1 5 0 0 0 0 2009 Latvia WJC 6 1 1 2 29 2013 Latvia OGQ 3 0 0 0 0 2013 Latvia WC 6 0 0 0 2 2014 Latvia OG 5 0 1 1 0 2016 Latvia WC 7 0 0 0 2 2016 Latvia OGQ 3 0 0 0 2 2017 Latvia WC 6 0 0 0 0 2018 Latvia WC 8 0 0 0 2 Junior totals 17 1 2 3 31 Senior totals 38 0 1 1 8