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Rodrigo Laviņš

Rodrigo Laviņš
Rodrigo Lavins 2008.jpg
Born (1974-08-03) August 3, 1974 (age 42)
Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb)
Position Defence
Shoots Left
KHL team
Former teams
Dinamo Riga
RSL
HK Pardaugava Riga
Molot-Prikamye Perm
HC Dynamo Moscow
Metallurg Novokuznetsk
SM-l
Jokerit
Ilves
HPK
SEL
AIK
Brynäs IF
Södertälje SK
DEL
Augsburger Panther
National team  Latvia
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 1992–present

Rodrigo Laviņš (born August 3, 1974) is a retired Latvian professional ice hockey defenceman.

Laviņš began his career with his hometown team HK Pardaugava Riga. He then moved to North America in 1994, starting with the East Coast Hockey League where he played for the Raleigh IceCaps and the Tallahassee Tiger Sharks. He also had a spell in the Colonial Hockey League with the Muskegon Fury. In 1997, he moved to the International Hockey League with the Las Vegas Thunder. He then moved to the Tacoma Sabercats of the West Coast Hockey League the same season.

Laviņš returned to Europe in 1998, splitting the year in Finland's SM-liiga with Jokerit and Sweden's Elitserien with AIK. He returned to Finland the next season, splitting the year with HPK and Ilves before moving to the Deutsche Eishockey Liga in Germany, suiting up for the Augsburger Panther. Laviņš returned to Russia in 2001 where he spent two seasons, playing for Molot-Prikamye Perm and Dynamo Moscow.

He returned to Latvia in 2003, signing with HK Riga 2000 where he stayed for three seasons. He came back to Sweden in 2005, joining Brynäs IF for two seasons and then split 2007-08 with Södertälje SK and Russian side Metallurg Novokuznetsk.


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