Edgars Lūsiņš

Edgars Lūsiņš ( born December 25, 1984 in Riga, Latvian SSR) is a Latvian professional ice hockey goaltender who is since December 2011 the Hannover Indians in the 2nd Bundesliga under contract.

Career

Edgars Lūsiņš began his career as a hockey player with the Stalkers Juniors Daugavpils, for whom he made ​​his debut in the Latvian Hockey League in the 2000 /01 season. He then played two and a half years for the lower division North American junior teams Indianapolis Park Tudor Prep, Dayton Gems and Traverse City Enforcers, before he returned to Latvia during the 2003/04 season. There he played until 2005 for the HK Zemgale. Then was the goalkeeper in the next four years for the ASK Ogre, HK Riga 2000 and HK Ozolnieki / Monarhs in the Latvian Hockey League between the posts. With the Riga 2000 HK he participated in the 2008/ 09 season also participate in the Belarusian Extraliga.

For the 2009/10 season Lūsiņš received a contract with the REV Bremerhaven from the 2nd Bundesliga. There he was with a Gegentorschnitt of 2.80 in the 33 main rounds of games make his team attention to themselves, so that obliged him Dinamo Riga of the Kontinental Hockey League before the following season on a sample contract. The 2011/12 season began Lette the Czech second division club HC Most, before Lūsiņš was committed in December 2011 of the Hannover Indians, who needed a back-up goalkeeper after the injury-related loss of Peter Holmgren.

Internationally

For Latvia Lūsiņš participated in the U20 Junior B World Cup 2004 and the 2010 World Cup in part.

Awards and achievements

• 2009 Best goalkeeper of the Latvian Hockey League

2 Bundesliga stats

(End of season 2010/11)