Gunārs Skvorcovs (born 13 January 1990) is a Latvian
ice hockey
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right winger
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, currently playing for
Odense Bulldogs
The Odense Bulldogs are a professional ice hockey team based in Odense, Denmark. They currently play in Ret&Råd Fyn Arena in the Bolbro area, as a part of the best Danish league Metal Ligaen, and they are furthermore the only hockey team from Fu ...
.
Playing career
Skvorcovs made his debut for
Metalurgs already in 2004-05, when he was only fourteen years old and continued to play in the club system for eight seasons. When in 2012-13 season
Liepājas Metalurgs became affiliate of
Dinamo Riga of
KHL
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, Svorcovs made his debut in KHL.
Eventually he split season between Dinamo and Metalurgs.
International play
Skvorcovs has played for
Latvian national team in the
2008
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U18 championship, as well as three
World Juniors Championships.
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1990 births
Living people
People from Saldus
Dinamo Riga players
HC Kunlun Red Star players
Latvian ice hockey right wingers
HK Liepājas Metalurgs players
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