Ģirts Ankipāns (born 29 November 1975) is a retired Latvian ice hockey player and coach. Currently he serves as the head coach of Dinamo Riga in KHL.

Ģirts Ankipāns
Girts Ankipans
Born (1975-11-29) 29 November 1975 (age 48)
Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 216 lb (98 kg; 15 st 6 lb)
Position Centre
Shot Left
Played for HK Essamika Ogre
ESC Harzer Wölfe Braunlage
EHC Neuwied
EHC Timmendorfer Strand
HK Riga 2000
EV Füssen
EV Landshut
Dinamo-2 Minsk
Dinamo Minsk
Dinamo Riga
National team  Latvia
Playing career 1991–2013

Career

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Playing career

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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. Next 7 seasons Ankipāns spent playing in German hockey leagues. Before the 2003-04 season, he returned to Latvia and joined HK Riga 2000. He played five seasons with Dinamo Riga in KHL before retiring as player.

International career

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He has played for the Latvia men's national ice hockey team in 2003, 2005 and 2009 World Championships as well as in 2006 Winter Olympics.

Coaching career

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After ending his career as player Ankipāns joined Dinamo coaching staff as assistant coach.[1] On September 28, 2017, he became the interim head coach of the team, replacing Sandis Ozoliņš. On March 29, 2018 Ankipāns was signed as the head coach. [2]

Career statistics

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Regular season and playoffs

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    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1991–92 HK Cēsis Vendenieki LAT 12 3 3 6 4
1992–93 HK Essamika Ogre LAT 22 43 35 78 67
1993–94 HK Essamika Ogre LAT 21 20 22 42 69 3 3 1 4 12
1994–95 HK Essamika Ogre LAT 24 17 22 39 46
1995–96 HK Essamika Ogre LAT 29 19 14 33 64
1996–97 Juniors Rīga EEHL 32 21 18 39 46
1996–97 Juniors Rīga LAT 19 34 34 68 8
1997–98 Juniors Essamika Rīga EEHL 4 2 2 4 4
1997–98 Lillehammer IK NOR 6 2 4 6 4
1997–98 Harzer Wölfe Braunlage DEU.2 36 24 32 56 63
1998–99 Harzer Wölfe Braunlage DEU.2 29 4 15 19 26
1998–99 EHC Neuwied DEU.2 24 10 18 28 38
1999–2000 EC Timmendorfer Strand DEU.3 50 51 90 141 94
2000–01 EC Timmendorfer Strand DEU.3 10 13 7 20 12
2001–02 HK Rīga 2000 EEHL 8 4 7 11 24
2001–02 EV Füssen DEU.3 44 30 50 80 42
2002–03 Landshut Cannibals DEU.2 40 15 25 40 34
2003–04 HK Rīga 2000 LAT 16 13 16 29 34 5 5 7 12 6
2003–04 HK Rīga 2000 EEHL 25 3 10 13 18
2004–05 HK Rīga 2000 BLR 42 13 25 38 46 3 0 0 0 2
2004–05 HK Rīga 2000 LAT 5 2 3 5 4 11 7 14 21 6
2005–06 HK Rīga 2000 BLR 41 10 30 40 38 6 0 5 5 6
2005–06 HK Rīga 2000 LAT 2 4 6 6
2006–07 Dinamo Minsk BLR 23 3 4 7 4
2006–07 Dinamo–2 Minsk BLR.2 1 0 4 4 0
2006–07 HK Rīga 2000 LAT 26 17 30 47 12 7 6 13
2007–08 HK Rīga 2000 LAT 28 12 25 37 8 7 3 5 8 4
2008–09 Dinamo Rīga KHL 51 7 7 14 18 3 0 0 0 14
2008–09 HK Rīga 2000 BLR 1 0 0 0 0
2009–10 Dinamo Rīga KHL 52 8 15 23 30 3 1 0 1 0
2010–11 Dinamo Rīga KHL 50 6 14 20 36 11 1 1 2 4
2011–12 Dinamo Rīga KHL 31 6 6 12 14 4 1 0 1 0
2012–13 Dinamo Rīga KHL 18 1 0 1 10
2012–13 HK Liepājas Metalurgs BLR 13 0 8 8 8 3 1 1 2 0
LAT totals 202 180 204 384 316 26 18 27 45 28
BLR totals 120 26 67 93 96 12 1 6 7 8
KHL totals 202 28 42 70 108 21 3 1 4 18
  • LAT totals do not include numbers from the 2005–06 season, and 2006–07 playoffs.

International

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Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM
1993 Latvia EJC C1 4 0 1 1 4
1995 Latvia WJC C1 4 2 0 2 4
2003 Latvia WC 6 0 1 1 0
2005 Latvia OGQ 3 0 1 1 0
2005 Latvia WC 6 2 4 6 0
2006 Latvia OG 5 0 0 0 0
2009 Latvia OGQ 3 1 3 4 0
2009 Latvia WC 7 1 2 3 6
2010 Latvia OG 4 2 0 2 2
2011 Latvia WC 6 0 0 0 2
Junior totals 8 2 1 3 8
Senior totals 40 6 11 17 10

References

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  1. ^ Dinamo Rīga (2013-07-01). "Treneru korpusu papildina Ankipāns un Klodāns". IIHF.com. Retrieved 2013-09-08.
  2. ^ Dinamo Rīga (2018-03-29). "AS "Dinamo Rīga" padomes sēdē par galveno treneri apstiprina Ģirtu Ankipānu". IIHF.com. Retrieved 2019-01-02.
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