Herbert Vasiļjevs
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Herberts Vasiļjevs (born May 23, 1976 in Riga) is a Latvian ice hockey player who plays as a center and right winger. He currently plays for Krefeld Pinguine of DEL.
[edit] Playing career
Herberts Vasiljevs is a son of Haralds Vasiljevs, a well-known Latvian ice hockey player and coach, who coached the Latvian national ice hockey team from 1999 to 2001. He grew up in Latvia but came to Germany in early 1990s when his father became a coach for the junior team of Krefeld Pinguine of DEL (German Elite League).
After playing the 1994/95 season for Krefeld Pinguine, Herberts Vasiljevs moved to North America where he played junior and minor league hockey in North America. He was then signed by Florida Panthers of NHL as a free agent in 1998. Vasiljevs is one of only three Latvian players who have reached NHL without ever being drafted in an NHL Entry Draft. (The other two are Peter Skudra and Raitis Ivanans.) From 1998 to 2002, Vasiljevs played 51 NHL games with Florida Panthers, Atlanta Thrashers and Vancouver Canucks, scoring 8 goals and 7 assists. After spending all of 2002/2003 with Vancouver Canucks' minor league affiliate, Manitoba Moose of the AHL, Vasiljevs was not resigned by Canucks. He has played professional hockey in Russian Elite League and DEL since then. Since 2005, he has been with Krefeld Pinguine, the team where he started his professional hockey career 11 years earlier.
[edit] Career statistics
Club statistics
| Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1994-95 | Krefeld Pinguine | DEL | 42 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | ||
| 1995-96 | Guelph Storm | OHL | 65 | 34 | 33 | 67 | 63 | 16 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 6 | ||
| 1996-97 | Carolina Monarchs | AHL | 54 | 13 | 18 | 31 | 30 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1996-97 | Port Huron Border Cats | CoHL | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1997-98 | New Haven Nighthawks | AHL | 76 | 36 | 30 | 66 | 60 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1998-99 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1998-99 | Kentucky Thoroughblades | AHL | 76 | 28 | 48 | 76 | 66 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 1999-00 | Atlanta Thrashers | NHL | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1999-00 | Orlando Solar Bears | IHL | 73 | 25 | 35 | 60 | 60 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | ||
| 2000-01 | Orlando Solar Bears | IHL | 58 | 22 | 26 | 48 | 32 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 14 | ||
| 2000-01 | Atlanta Thrashers | NHL | 21 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2001-02 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 18 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2001-02 | Manitoba Moose | AHL | 31 | 12 | 14 | 26 | 10 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2002-03 | Manitoba Moose | AHL | 69 | 10 | 29 | 39 | 30 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | ||
| 2003-04 | Khabarovsk Amur Tigers | Russian Hockey Super League | 37 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 38 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2004-05 | Nürnberg Ice Tigers | DEL | 39 | 15 | 23 | 38 | 40 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | ||
| 2005-06 | Krefeld Pinguine | DEL | 38 | 17 | 14 | 31 | 53 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | ||
National team statistics
| Year | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Latvia | World Championship Div. A | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2000 | Latvia | World Championship Div. A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2004 | Latvia | World Championship Div. A | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2005 | Latvia | World Championship Div. A | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
