Grigorijs Panteļejevs (born November 13, 1972, in Gastello,

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) is a Latvian ice hockey coach and former player.

Career

The 5th choice, 136th overall selection of the

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in the 1992 NHL Entry Draft, Panteļejevs came to

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and the

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in 1992-93 after spending the past two seasons with Dynamo Riga. Upon his arrival in North America, diminutive forward went on to split his first season with

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and their AHL affiliate in Providence before spending the majority of the next two seasons in Providence. After three seasons in the Bruins organization, Panteļejevs was released following the 1994-95 season only to be signed as a free agent by the

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in September 1995. Panteļejevs played only four games with the Islanders while playing the majority of the 1995-96 season with the IHL's

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and

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. In 1996-97, Panteļejevs joined the IHL's San Antonio Dragons and went on to play a little over one season with the team before being dealt to the Orlando Solar Bears early into the 1997-98 IHL season. The Gastello, USSR native returned to

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the following year before heading overseas in 99-2000 as a member of the

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of the Bundesliga/Deutsche Eishockey Liga and went on to represent

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in the 2000 World Championships. After only one season in

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, jumped to the

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then to the Swedish Elite League before landing in

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in 2002-03. During those three seasons, the diminutive forward went on to represent Latvia two more times at the

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, once in 2001 and again in 2003. Panteļejevs made himself available for the 2004 World Championships held in

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, and did the same in 2005. He has played in 9 World championships and 2006 Olympics for Latvian national team. He is currently the head coach of HK Rostov.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

References

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pantelejevs, Grigorijs 1972 births Living people Bolzano HC players Boston Bruins draft picks Boston Bruins players Dinamo Riga players EHC Olten players EK Zell am See players EV Landsberg players EV Zug players Hannover Scorpions players HC Martigny players HK Riga 2000 players Ice hockey players at the 2002 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 2006 Winter Olympics IFK Arboga IK players Lahti Pelicans players Las Vegas Thunder players Latvian expatriate ice hockey players in Russia Latvian ice hockey left wingers Lokomotiv Yaroslavl players New York Islanders players Olympic ice hockey players for Latvia Orlando Solar Bears (IHL) players Providence Bruins players San Antonio Dragons players SG Pontebba players Södertälje SK players Soviet ice hockey players Utah Grizzlies (IHL) players