Gatis Sprukts (born August 29, 1996) is a Latvian professional

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currently playing for

HK Olimp/Venta 2002 HK Olimp/Venta 2002 are a Latvian ice hockey team that plays in the Optibet Hockey League, the top tier of the sport in Latvia. The team is based in Riga and play their home games at the Inbox Ice Arena. History HK Olimp was founded in 2018, a ...

of the Latvian Hockey Higher League. Sprukts played one game for

Dinamo Riga Dinamo Riga ( lv, Rīgas Dinamo) is a professional ice hockey team based in Riga, Latvia. It is a member of the Latvian Hockey Higher League. The club is affiliated with HK Zemgale/LLU. The club was re-founded on 7 April 2008 as a successor of ...

during the

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. He later played in the Alps Hockey League for

EC Kitzbühel EC Kitzbuhel is an ice hockey team in Kitzbühel, Austria. History The club was founded in 1910. From 1965–1973, Kitzbuhel played in the Erste Bank Eishockey Liga, the top level of ice hockey in Austria. In their eight seasons there, the club ne ...

Gatis Sprukts verstärkt das Adler-Team
(in German) and in the

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for

Albatros de Brest Brest Albatros Hockey is an ice hockey team in Brest, France. They were founded in 1991, and currently play in the FFHG Division 1, the top level of ice hockey in France. Albatros won the league championship in 1996 and 1997. The team also previou ...

before joining HK Zemgale on July 31, 2019.

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