Sandis Ozoliņš 500022 223808827 2008-07-05T22:32:32Z IrisKawling 696668 clean up, Replaced: |sharks → using [[Project:AutoWikiBrowser|AWB]] {{foreignchar|Sandis Ozolinsh|Ņ|Š}} {{Infobox Ice Hockey Player | position = [[Defenceman (ice hockey)|Defence]] | shoots = Left | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 3 | weight_lb = 220 | team = [[San Jose Sharks]] | former_teams = [[New York Rangers]]<br>[[Anaheim Ducks]]<br>[[Florida Panthers]]<br>[[Carolina Hurricanes]]<br>[[Colorado Avalanche]]<br>[[San Jose Sharks]] | league = [[National Hockey League|NHL]] | nationality = LAT | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|8|3}} | birth_place = [[Riga]], [[U.S.S.R.]] | career_start = 1992 | draft = 30th overall | draft_year = 1991 | draft_team = [[San Jose Sharks]] | image = Sandis Ozolinsh.jpg | image_size = 180px | nickname = }} '''Sandis Ozoliņš''' ({{pronEng|sɑn.dɪs oʊzoʊ.lɪntʃ}}, born [[August 3]], [[1972]] in [[Riga]], [[U.S.S.R.]]), also known as '''Sandis Ozolinsh''', is a Latvian [[ice hockey]] player, currently playing for the [[San Jose Sharks]]. He is a 7-time [[National Hockey League All-Star Game|NHL All-Star]], the highest paid sportsman in Latvian history, and the all-time highest scoring Latvian in the [[National Hockey League|NHL]]. Ozolinsh was [[NHL Entry Draft|draft]]ed in [[1991 NHL Entry Draft|1991]] by the [[San Jose Sharks]], as the 30th pick in the 2nd round. He has skated for the [[San Jose Sharks]], [[Colorado Avalanche]], [[Carolina Hurricanes]], [[Florida Panthers]], [[Anaheim Ducks]] and [[New York Rangers]]. ==Playing career== Ozolinsh was one of 3 finalists for the [[James Norris Memorial Trophy|Norris Trophy]] (the NHL award given to the best defencemen of NHL) in the [[1996–97 NHL season|1996–97]] season. He is also a 7-time [[NHL All-Star game|NHL All-Star]]. When on the [[Colorado Avalanche]], he won his one and only [[Stanley Cup]] ([[1995–96 NHL season|1996]]). He was a part of Anaheim's Cinderella run to the Finals in [[2002–03 NHL season|2003]]. In December 2005, Ozolinsh missed a practice skate and failed to go on a short road trip with the team. Shortly after, he voluntarily entered the NHL's [[substance abuse]] program, and was placed indefinitely on the disabled list. He was traded from the Ducks to the [[New York Rangers]] for a third-round draft pick (which the Rangers had obtained earlier in a trade with the [[San Jose Sharks]]) at the [[March 9]], [[2006]] trade deadline. On [[December 18]], [[2006]], on the heels of a 6–1 loss to New Jersey, the Rangers placed Ozolinsh on waivers. After clearing waivers, Ozolinsh was assigned to the [[Hartford Wolf Pack]] of the [[American Hockey League|AHL]], but a short while later he was put on injured reserve instead. Ozolinsh is also the owner of [[Vilki OP/LaRocca]] of the Riga Open Championship. Ozolinsh also owns other Latvian sports ventures, including Latvia's first 18-hole [[golf]] course, [[Ozo Golf Club]]. He signed a one-year contract with the Sharks on November 2, 2007 and scored 3 goals and giving 16 assists in 38 games.<ref>[http://sharks.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=342016 San Jose Sharks - News: Sharks Sign Defenseman Sandis Ozolinsh - 11/02/2007<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> ==Transactions== *[[October 26]], [[1995]]- Traded by the [[San Jose Sharks]] to the [[Colorado Avalanche]] in exchange for [[Owen Nolan]]. *[[June 24]], [[2000]]- Traded by the Colorado Avalanche, along with Columbus' 2000 2nd round draft choice, to the [[Carolina Hurricanes]] in exchange for [[Nolan Pratt]], Carolina's 2000 1st round draft choice, Carolina's 2nd round draft choice and Philadelphia's 2000 2nd round draft choice. *[[January 16]], [[2002]]- Traded by the Carolina Hurricanes, along with [[Byron Ritchie]], to the [[Florida Panthers]] in exchange for [[Bret Hedican]], [[Kevyn Adams]] and [[Tomas Malec]]. *[[January 30]], [[2003]]- Traded by the Florida Panthers, along with [[Lance Ward]] to the [[Anaheim Mighty Ducks]] in exchange for [[Pavel Trnka]], [[Matt Cullen]] and Anaheim's 2003 4th round draft choice. *[[March 9]], [[2006]]- Traded by the Anaheim Mighty Ducks to the New York Rangers in exchange for San Jose's 2006 3rd round draft choice. *[[November 2]], [[2007]]- Signed with the San Jose Sharks. ==Career statistics== {| BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="75%" |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" | &nbsp; ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | &nbsp; ! colspan="5" | Regular&nbsp;Season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | &nbsp; ! colspan="5" | Playoffs |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |- ALIGN="center" | 1990–91 | [[Dinamo Riga]] | [[Russian Hockey Super League|RSL]] | 44 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 51 | — | — | — | — | — |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1991–92 | [[Stars Riga]] | RSL | 30 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 42 | — | — | — | — | — |- ALIGN="center" | 1991–92 | [[Kansas City Blades]] | [[International Hockey League (1945–2001)|IHL]] | 34 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 22 |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | [[1992–93 NHL season|1992–93]] | [[San Jose Sharks]] | [[National Hockey League|NHL]] | 37 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 40 | — | — | — | — | — |- ALIGN="center" | [[1993–94 NHL season|1993–94]] | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 81 | 26 | 38 | 64 | 24 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 8 |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | [[1994–95 NHL season|1994–95]] | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 48 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 |- ALIGN="center" | 1995–96 | [[San Francisco Spiders]] | IHL | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | [[1995–96 NHL season|1995–96]] | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — |- ALIGN="center" | 1995–96 | [[Colorado Avalanche]] | NHL | 66 | 13 | 37 | 50 | 50 | 22 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 16 |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | [[1996–97 NHL season|1996–97]] | Colorado Avalanche | NHL | 80 | 23 | 45 | 68 | 88 | 17 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 24 |- ALIGN="center" | [[1997–98 NHL season|1997–98]] | Colorado Avalanche | NHL | 66 | 13 | 38 | 51 | 65 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | [[1998–99 NHL season|1998–99]] | Colorado Avalanche | NHL | 39 | 7 | 25 | 32 | 22 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 22 |- ALIGN="center" | [[1999–00 NHL season|1999–00]] | Colorado Avalanche | NHL | 82 | 16 | 36 | 52 | 46 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 20 |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | [[2000–01 NHL season|2000–01]] | [[Carolina Hurricanes]] | NHL | 72 | 12 | 32 | 44 | 71 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 |- ALIGN="center" | [[2001–02 NHL season|2001–02]] | Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 46 | 4 | 19 | 23 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2001–02 | [[Florida Panthers]] | NHL | 37 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — |- ALIGN="center" | [[2002–03 NHL season|2002–03]] | Florida Panthers | NHL | 51 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 40 | — | — | — | — | — |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2002–03 | [[Anaheim Mighty Ducks]] | NHL | 31 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 16 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 10 |- ALIGN="center" | [[2003–04 NHL season|2003–04]] | Anaheim Mighty Ducks | NHL | 36 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | [[2005–06 NHL season|2005–06]] | Anaheim Mighty Ducks | NHL | 17 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — |- ALIGN="center" | 2005–06 | [[New York Rangers]] | NHL | 14 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | [[2006–07 NHL season|2006–07]] | [[New York Rangers]] | NHL | 21 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — |- ALIGN="center" | [[2007–08 NHL season|2007–08]] | [[San Jose Sharks]] | NHL | 38 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | NHL Totals ! 875 ! 167 ! 397 ! 564 ! 638 ! 137 ! 23 ! 67 ! 90 ! 131 |} ==International play== {| BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0" ID="Table3" |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" | &nbsp; ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | &nbsp; |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Year ! Team ! League ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |- ALIGN="center" | 1991 | [[USSR]] | World Junior Championship Div. A | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1992 | [[USSR]]/[[CIS]]<sup>1</sup> | World Junior Championship Div. A | 7 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 |- ALIGN="center" | 2001 | [[Latvia]] | World Championship Div. A | 6 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2002 | [[Latvia]] | Olympic Games | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 |- ALIGN="center" | 2002 | [[Latvia]] | World Championship Div. A | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2005 | [[Latvia]] | Olympic Qualification | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |- ALIGN="center" | 2006 | [[Latvia]] | Olympic Games | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 |} <sup>1</sup> - during the tournament [[USSR]] broke up and team was recalled as [[CIS]] national team, but Ozolinsh and [[Sergei Zholtok]] were from Latvia, which wasn't member of CIS so some other teams protested, but the protest was denied. ==Awards== *[[1994–95 NHL season|1994–95]], [[1996–97 NHL season|1996–97]], [[1997–98 NHL season|1997–98]], [[1999–2000 NHL season|1999–2000]], [[2000–01 NHL season|2000–01]], [[2001–02 NHL season|2001–02]], [[2002–03 NHL season|2002–03]] - Played in NHL All-Star Game. *[[1996–97 NHL season|1996–97]] - NHL [[NHL All-Star Team|First team All-Star]] *[[1995–96 NHL season|1995–96]] - Won [[Stanley Cup]] with [[Colorado Avalanche]] ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *{{nhlprofile|8458544|Sandis Ozolinsh}} *[http://www.ozogolf.lv/eng.html Ozo Golf Club] - In English and Latvian *{{TSN-NHL-profile|1561|Sandis Ozolinsh}} *{{hockeydb|4104|Sandis Ozolinsh}} *http://www.tvnet.lv/zinas/latvija/article.php?id=83247 {{BD|1972||Ozolins, Sandis}} [[Category:Carolina Hurricanes players]] [[Category:Colorado Avalanche players]] [[Category:Florida Panthers players]] [[Category:Ice hockey players at the 2006 Winter Olympics]] [[Category:Kansas City Blades players]] [[Category:Latvian ice hockey players]] [[Category:People from Riga]] [[Category:Mighty Ducks of Anaheim players]] [[Category:National Hockey League All-Stars]] [[Category:New York Rangers players]] [[Category:Olympic ice hockey players of Latvia]] [[Category:Russian Hockey Super League players]] [[Category:San Francisco Spiders players]] [[Category:San Jose Sharks draft picks]] [[Category:San Jose Sharks players]] [[Category:Stanley Cup champions]] [[Category:Worcester Sharks players]] [[de:Sandis Ozoliņš]] [[fr:Sandis Ozoliņš]] [[hr:Sandis Ozoliņš]] [[lv:Sandis Ozoliņš]] [[lt:Sandis Ozolinš]] [[pl:Sandis Ozoliņš]] [[ru:Озолиньш, Сандис]] [[fi:Sandis Ozoliņš]] [[sv:Sandis Ozoliņš]]