Ģirts Ankipāns is a Latvia

Latvia

Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...

n ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 player. He started his professional ice hockey career in Latvia, where he played for various local teams. During the 1996-97 season, he became the best goal-scorer of the Latvian Hockey League

Latvian Hockey League

The Latvian Hockey League is a professional ice hockey league based in Latvia. It is also known in Latvian as Latvijas atklātais čempionāts hokejā ....

. Next 7 seasons Ankipāns spent playing in German hockey leagues. Before the 2003-04 season, he returned to Latvia and joined HK Riga 2000

HK Riga 2000

HK Riga 2000 was a Belarusian Extraliga team based in Riga, Latvia. The team had played in the LHL since it was founded. In 2004-05 and 2005-06 seasons the club also iced a team in the Belarusian Hockey League, and in 2005-06 finished 3rd. HK Riga 2000 was first foreign team to finish in top three...

. He has played for the Latvia men's national ice hockey team in 2003

2003 IIHF World Championship

The 2003 Men's Ice Hockey Championships were held between April 26 and May 11, 2003 in Helsinki, Tampere and Turku, Finland.It was the 67th annual event, and was run by the International Ice Hockey Federation .-Qualification Tournament:...

, 2005

2005 IIHF World Championship

- Group B :All times local - Group C :All times local - Group D :All times local -Qualifying round:The top three teams from each group in the First Round advance to the qualifying round...

 and 2009

2009 IIHF World Championship

The 2009 IIHF World Championship took place in Switzerland from 24 April to 10 May. The games were played in the PostFinance Arena in Bern and Schluefweg in Kloten....

 World Championships as well as in 2006 Winter Olympics

Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament

The men's tournament in ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics was held in Turin, Italy, from 15 to 26 February. Twelve teams competed, with Sweden winning the gold medal, Finland winning silver, and the Czech Republic winning bronze. It was the third Olympic tournament to feature National Hockey...

. Currently he plays for Dinamo Riga

Dinamo Riga

Dinamo Riga was an ice hockey club, based in Riga, Latvia. It was founded in 1946 and disestablished in 1995 as Pārdaugava Rīga.-History of Dinamo Riga:...

 in KHL.

Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season Season (sports) In an organized sports league, a season is the portion of one year in which regulated games of the sport are in session. For example, in Major League Baseball, one season lasts approximately from April 1 through October 1; in Association football, it is generally from August until May In an...	Team	League		GP	G Goal (ice hockey) In ice hockey, a goal is scored when the puck completely crosses the goal line between the two goal posts and below the goal crossbar. A goal awards one point to the team attacking the goal scored upon, regardless of which team the player who actually deflected the puck into the goal belongs to...	A Assist (ice hockey) In ice hockey, an assist is attributed to up to two players of the scoring team who shot, passed or deflected the puck towards the scoring teammate, or touched it in any other way which enabled the goal, meaning that they were "assisting" in the goal. There can be a maximum of two assists per goal...	Pts Point (ice hockey) Point in ice hockey has three official meanings:* A point is awarded to a player for each goal scored or assist earned. The total number of goals plus assists equals total points. In some European leagues, a goal counts as two points, and an assist counts as one...	PIM Penalty (ice hockey) A penalty in ice hockey is a punishment for inappropriate behavior. Most penalties are enforced by detaining the offending player within a penalty box for a set number of minutes, during which, the player can not participate in play. The offending team usually may not replace the player on the ice,...		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1991–92	Vendenieki	LHL Latvian Hockey League The Latvian Hockey League is a professional ice hockey league based in Latvia. It is also known in Latvian as Latvijas atklātais čempionāts hokejā ....		12	3	3	6	4
1992–93	HK Essamika Ogre	LHL		22	43	35	78	67
1993-94	HK Essamika Ogre	LHL		21	20	22	42	69		3	3	1	4	12
1994-95	HK Essamika Ogre	LHL		24	17	22	39	46
1995	Team Latvia	WJC		4	2	0	2	4
1996-97	Juniors Riga	LHL		19	34	34	68	8
1996-97	Juniors Riga	EEHL Eastern European Hockey League Eastern European Hockey League was a regional ice hockey league which existed from 1995 to 2005.The league was formed in 1995 by Belarus, Latvia, Lithuania and Ukraine, to provide a higher-level competition for teams from those countries. In some years, the league also included teams from Poland...		32	21	18	39	46		-
1997-98	Juniors Riga	EEHL		4	2	2	4	4		-
1997-98	Lillehammer IHK	Eliteserien GET-ligaen GET-ligaen is the premier Norwegian ice hockey league, organised by the Norwegian Ice Hockey Federation. The league was known as 1. divisjon until 1990, when it was reorganized and named Eliteserien . That name was held until 2004 when cable TV company UPC became main sponsor...		6	2	4	6	4		-
1997-98	Harzer Wölfe Braunlage	1. Liga Nord		36	24	32	56	63		-
1998-99	Harzer Wölfe Braunlage	1. Bundesliga		29	4	15	19	26		-
1998-99	EHC Neuwied	1. Bundesliga		24	10	18	28	38		-
1999-00	Timmendorfer Strand	Oberliga Nord	50	51	90	141	94	-
2000-01	Timmendorfer Strand	Oberliga Nord	10	13	7	20	12	-
2001-02	HK Riga 2000 HK Riga 2000 HK Riga 2000 was a Belarusian Extraliga team based in Riga, Latvia. The team had played in the LHL since it was founded. In 2004-05 and 2005-06 seasons the club also iced a team in the Belarusian Hockey League, and in 2005-06 finished 3rd. HK Riga 2000 was first foreign team to finish in top three...	EEHL	8	4	7	11	24	-
2001-02	EV Füssen EV Füssen EV Füssen is an ice hockey team from Germany. They play their home games at the Bundesleistungszentrum für Eishockey , located in Füssen, Allgäu...	Oberliga Oberliga (Ice Hockey) The Oberliga is currently the third tier of ice hockey in Germany. In the 2007-08 season, the Oberliga is split in a northern and a southern group.-1948-58:...	44	30	50	80	42	-
2001-02	EV Füssen	Regionalliga
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4	4	6	10	4
2002-03	EV Landshut Landshut Cannibals The Landshut Cannibals are a professional ice hockey team based in Landshut, Bavaria. Currently they are members of the 2nd Bundesliga. The team was founded in 1948 as Eislaufverein Landshut , but since 2002 the professional team is organised as “Landshut Cannibals”. The EVL is still responsible...	2. Bundesliga 2nd Bundesliga (ice hockey) The 2nd Eishockey-Bundesliga is the second tier of Ice hockey in Germany. It is organised by the DEB, the German Ice Hockey Federation. In the 2007-08 season, it features 14 teams.- History of the 2nd Ice Hockey Bundesliga :...	40	15	25	40	34	-
2003	Team Latvia	WC 2003 IIHF World Championship The 2003 Men's Ice Hockey Championships were held between April 26 and May 11, 2003 in Helsinki, Tampere and Turku, Finland.It was the 67th annual event, and was run by the International Ice Hockey Federation .-Qualification Tournament:...	6	0	1	1	0	-
2003-04	HK Riga 2000	LHL	16	13	16	29	34	5	5	7	12	6
2003-04	HK Riga 2000	EEHL	25	3	10	13	18
2004-05	HK Riga 2000	BE	42	13	25	38	46	3	0	0	0	2
2004-05	HK Riga 2000	LHL	5	2	3	5	4	11	7	14	21	6
2005	Team Latvia	OQ Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament The men's tournament in ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics was held in Turin, Italy, from 15 to 26 February. Twelve teams competed, with Sweden winning the gold medal, Finland winning silver, and the Czech Republic winning bronze. It was the third Olympic tournament to feature National Hockey...	3	0	1	1	0	-
2005	Team Latvia	WC 2005 IIHF World Championship - Group B :All times local - Group C :All times local - Group D :All times local -Qualifying round:The top three teams from each group in the First Round advance to the qualifying round...	6	2	4	6	0	-
2005-06	HK Riga 2000	BE	47	10	35	45	44	-
2005-06	HK Riga 2000	LHL		2	4	6	6	-
2006	Team Latvia	OG Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics -Leading scorers:-Leading goaltenders:Goalkeepers with 40% or more of their team's total minutes.-Awards:Antero Niittymäki was named the most valuable player and received the Directorate Award for best goaltender of the tournament. Directorate Awards also went to Teemu Selänne for best forward, and...	5	0	0	0	0	-
2006-07	Dinamo-2 Minsk	BE2	1	0	4	4	0	-
2006-07	Dinamo Minsk HC Dinamo Minsk Dinamo Minsk is an ice hockey team based in Minsk, Belarus. They are members of the Tarasov Division of the Kontinental Hockey League.Dinamo has qualified for the KHL playoffs only once, during the 2010-11 KHL season....	BE	24	3	3	6	4	1	0	0	0	0
2006-07	HK Riga 2000	LHL	26	17	30	47	12	-
2007-08	HK Riga 2000	LHL	36	15	31	46	12	-
2007-08	HK Riga 2000	BE	1	0	0	0	0	-
2008-09	Dinamo Riga	KHL	51	7	7	14	18	3	0	0	0	14
2009	Team Latvia	OQ	3	1	3	4	5	-
2009	Team Latvia	WC 2009 IIHF World Championship The 2009 IIHF World Championship took place in Switzerland from 24 April to 10 May. The games were played in the PostFinance Arena in Bern and Schluefweg in Kloten....	7	1	2	3	6	-
Career totals			689	384	563	947	799	30	19	28	47	44

External links

• Ģirts Ankipāns player profile at Dinamo Riga.eu