Māris Jass (born January 18, 1985) is a Latvian professional

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forward. He is currently playing a

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having last played for

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of the

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Playing career

He started his career in Stalkers/Juniors of the

Latvian Hockey League The Latvian Hockey Higher League (), also known as the Optibet Hockey League () since 2017 due to sponsorship by Optibet, is the top tier league of ice hockey in Latvia. The league is competed by nine teams from Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia. Pr ...

. After spending two seasons in the lower-tier Russian league, he spent the next six seasons with HK Liepājas Metalurgs, playing also for

HC Lada Togliatti HC Lada Togliatti () is a professional ice hockey club based in Tolyatti, Russia. It is a member of the Kharlamov Division in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Togliatti were participants in the inaugural season of the KHL in 2008-09 KHL seas ...

and

HC Slavia Praha HC Slavia Praha (eng: HC Slavia Prague) is a Czech professional ice hockey team located in Prague playing in the Czech 1st National Hockey League, the second-highest league in the country. Slavia played in the Czech Extraliga from 1994 until ...

. In 2009-10 he played for HK Ardo Nitra of the

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. Jass remained in

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for 2010-11, signing with

HK 36 Skalica HK Skalica is a professional ice hockey team based in Skalica, Slovakia. It has been a member of the Slovak Extraliga since 1997–98 season, when the squad was promoted from the Slovak 1.Liga. Team is currently playing in the second highest lea ...

, however in November he joined Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jass, Maris 1985 births Living people Buran Voronezh players Dinamo Riga players GKS Katowice (ice hockey) players Gothiques d'Amiens players Hannover Scorpions players JKH GKS Jastrzębie players HC Lada Togliatti players Latvian ice hockey defencemen HK Liepājas Metalurgs players HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk players HK Nitra players HC Nové Zámky players Orli Znojmo players Piráti Chomutov players HK 36 Skalica players HC Slavia Praha players HC Slovan Bratislava players Sportspeople from Daugavpils HC Valpellice players Latvian people of Georgian descent Latvian expatriate sportspeople in France Latvian expatriate ice hockey players in Russia Latvian expatriate ice hockey players in the Czech Republic Expatriate ice hockey players in France Latvian expatriate ice hockey players in Germany Latvian expatriate ice hockey players in Slovakia Expatriate ice hockey players in Poland Latvian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate ice hockey players in Italy