Karlis Zirnis
| Kārlis Zirnis | |||
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| Born |
2 November 1977 Riga, Latvian SSR, USSR |
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| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||
| Weight | 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb) | ||
| Position | Left Wing | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for |
Alabama–Huntsville Colorado Eagles Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs Huntsville Havoc |
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| National team |
 Latvia
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| Playing career | 1996–2010 | ||
Kārlis Zirnis (born 2 November 1977) is a Latvian retired ice hockey player and current head coach of the North American Hockey League's Shreveport Mudbugs.
Zirnis played junior hockey in Latvia before moving to the United States, where he played for the Gaylord Grizzlies in the North American Hockey League in the 1997–98 season. From 1999 through 2003, he played college hockey for the Alabama–Huntsville Chargers. Zirnis led the team in scoring during his sophomore and junior seasons in Huntsville. After graduating, he played 5 seasons in the Central Hockey League with the Amarillo Gorillas, Colorado Eagles, and the Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs. Zirnis finished his playing career with the Huntsville Havoc of the Southern Professional Hockey League, where he was the team's captain in the 2008–09 season, and retired after 1 game of the 2009–10 season.
After retiring from playing, Zirnis was a scout for the NAHL's Amarillo Bulls and an assistant coach for the TPH Thunder midget hockey organization. He was named Ted Nolan's assistant for the Latvian national team before the 2013 IIHF World Championship, and also coached in the 2014 and 2015 World Championships and the 2014 Olympics. From 2013 to 2016, Zirnis was the head coach of the Nashville Junior Predators of the North American 3 Hockey League. In 2016, Zirnis was named the first head coach of the Shreveport Mudbugs in the North American Hockey League, an expansion team using the name of his former CHL team.
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