Oskars Cibuļskis
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Oskars Cibuļskis is a Latvian
professional ice hockey
Defenceman
currently playing with Dinamo Riga
in the Kontinental Hockey League
.
club SK Rīga 18, which is the base club for Latvian U18 national team. Next three seasons he spent in SK Rīga 20, which, respectively, is the base club for Latvian U20 national team. In 2005-06 he also played two games in HK Rīga 2000
, played in the Belarusian Extraleague.
In the 2007–08 season, Cibuļskis signed with Austrian
league team, EC Red Bull Salzburg of the EBEL
. After compiling 12 points in 52 games, Oskars returned to his native land for the following 2009–10 season, when he signed with Dinamo Riga of the KHL, on August 21, 2009.
in the 2005
and 2006
division 1 World U18 Championships
, getting promoted to the top U18 division in 2006. He also played in the 2007
and 2008
division I IIHF World U20 Championships. The team earned promotion to the top U20 division in 2008.
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...
professional 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...
Defenceman
Defenceman (ice hockey)
Defence in ice hockey is a player position whose primary responsibility is to prevent the opposing team from scoring...
currently playing with 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 the Kontinental Hockey League
Kontinental Hockey League
The Kontinental Hockey League is an international professional ice hockey league in Eurasia founded in 2008. As of 2009, it is ranked as the strongest hockey league in Europe....
.
Playing career
Cibuļskis began his professional career in 2004, when he played for the Latvian Hockey leagueLatvian 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 ....
club SK Rīga 18, which is the base club for Latvian U18 national team. Next three seasons he spent in SK Rīga 20, which, respectively, is the base club for Latvian U20 national team. In 2005-06 he also played two games in HK Rīga 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...
, played in the Belarusian Extraleague.
In the 2007–08 season, Cibuļskis signed with Austrian
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
league team, EC Red Bull Salzburg of the EBEL
Austrian Hockey League
The Austrian Hockey League , called the Erste Bank Eishockey Liga for sponsorship reasons, is the highest-level ice hockey league in Austria.-History:...
. After compiling 12 points in 52 games, Oskars returned to his native land for the following 2009–10 season, when he signed with Dinamo Riga of the KHL, on August 21, 2009.
International play
Oskars has played for LatviaLatvian national ice hockey team
The Latvian men's national ice hockey team is currently ranked 12th in the world by IIHF as of 2011. The team is controlled by the Latvian Ice Hockey Federation. Its current head coach is Ted Nolan. Their best finishes ever at the World Championships were in 1997, 2000, 2004 and 2009 where they...
in the 2005
2005 IIHF World U18 Championships
-Final standings: and are relegated to Division I for the 2006 IIHF World U18 Championships.-Scoring leaders:-Goaltending leaders:- Group A in Maribor, Slovenia :-Group B in Sosnowiec, Poland :...
and 2006
2006 IIHF World U18 Championships
The 2006 IIHF World U18 Championships were held in Ängelholm and Halmstad, Sweden. The championships began on April 12, 2006 and finished on April 22, 2006. Games were played at Ängelholms Ishall in Ängelholm and Sannarps Isstadion in Halmstad...
division 1 World U18 Championships
IIHF World U18 Championships
The IIHF World U18 Championship is an annual event organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation for national under-18 ice hockey teams from around the world. The tournament is usually played in April and is organized according to a system similar to Ice Hockey World Championships and World...
, getting promoted to the top U18 division in 2006. He also played in the 2007
2007 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
The 2007 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships was the 2007 edition of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships and was held in Mora and Leksand, Sweden between December 26, 2006 and January 5, 2007. The venues were FM Mattsson Arena in Mora, and Ejendals Arena in Leksand...
and 2008
2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
The 2008 IIHF World U20 Championship, or, as it is commonly referred to in Canada as the 2008 World Juniors and the United States, the 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships is the 2008 edition of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships...
division I IIHF World U20 Championships. The team earned promotion to the top U20 division in 2008.
Regular season and playoffs
| 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 | ||
| 2004–05 | SK Riga 18 | 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 .... |
24 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 2005–06 | 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... |
BLR Belarusian Extraliga The Belarusian Extraleague , officially formed in 2006, is the top ice hockey league in Belarus... |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | SK Riga 20 | LHL | 46 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 62 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | SK LSPA/Riga SK LSPA/Riga SK LSPA/Riga was a Latvian hockey league team based in Riga, Latvia. Their home ice was the Akadēmijas ledus halle.-History:Until 2007-08 season it was called SK Riga 20... |
LHL | 43 | 8 | 24 | 32 | 66 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | EC Red Bull Salzburg | EBEL Austrian Hockey League The Austrian Hockey League , called the Erste Bank Eishockey Liga for sponsorship reasons, is the highest-level ice hockey league in Austria.-History:... |
52 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 32 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 16 | ||
| 2009–10 | Dinamo-Juniors Riga Dinamo-Juniors Riga HK Rīga is an ice hockey club, based in Riga, Latvia. It was founded in 2009 to serve as the farm club of Kontinental Hockey League club Dinamo Riga. Club played 2009-10 season in the Belarusian Extraliga, but joined the Minor Hockey League, the Junior league of the Kontinental Hockey League, for... |
BLR | 21 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | 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:... |
KHL Kontinental Hockey League The Kontinental Hockey League is an international professional ice hockey league in Eurasia founded in 2008. As of 2009, it is ranked as the strongest hockey league in Europe.... |
12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2010–11 | 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:... |
KHL Kontinental Hockey League The Kontinental Hockey League is an international professional ice hockey league in Eurasia founded in 2008. As of 2009, it is ranked as the strongest hockey league in Europe.... |
37 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | ||
| KHL Totals | 49 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 34 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 6 | ||||
International
| Year | Team | Comp | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 2005 IIHF World U18 Championships -Final standings: and are relegated to Division I for the 2006 IIHF World U18 Championships.-Scoring leaders:-Goaltending leaders:- Group A in Maribor, Slovenia :-Group B in Sosnowiec, Poland :... |
Latvia | WJC18-D1 IIHF World U18 Championships The IIHF World U18 Championship is an annual event organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation for national under-18 ice hockey teams from around the world. The tournament is usually played in April and is organized according to a system similar to Ice Hockey World Championships and World... |
5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 2006 2006 IIHF World U18 Championships The 2006 IIHF World U18 Championships were held in Ängelholm and Halmstad, Sweden. The championships began on April 12, 2006 and finished on April 22, 2006. Games were played at Ängelholms Ishall in Ängelholm and Sannarps Isstadion in Halmstad... |
Latvia | WJC18-D1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 2007 2007 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships The 2007 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships was the 2007 edition of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships and was held in Mora and Leksand, Sweden between December 26, 2006 and January 5, 2007. The venues were FM Mattsson Arena in Mora, and Ejendals Arena in Leksand... |
Latvia | WJC-D1 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships The International Ice Hockey Federation World Under 20 Championship is an annual event organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation for national under-20 ice hockey teams from around the world... |
5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| 2008 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships The 2008 IIHF World U20 Championship, or, as it is commonly referred to in Canada as the 2008 World Juniors and the United States, the 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships is the 2008 edition of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships... |
Latvia | WJC-D1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| Junior int'l Totals | 20 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 28 | ||