Vitālijs Pavlovs (born 17 June 1989) is a

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n professional

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player who is currently playing for the

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of the

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Playing career

Pavlovs signed a two-year contract with

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 ...

on August 9, 2012 and made his debut on December 5, 2012, in a loss to

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, he had 6 goals and 8 assists in 19 games which is good for 3rd place in points inside the team. Pavlovs was sanctioned by the International Olympics Committee for failing an anti-doping test in the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. He tested positive for

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, a banned stimulant found in certain

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s. On October 1, 2014, Pavlovs left Dinamo as a free agent to sign his first North American contract on a one-year deal with the

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of the ECHL.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

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* 1989 births Colorado Eagles players Dinamo Riga players Doping cases in ice hockey HK Liepājas Metalurgs players Ice hockey players at the 2014 Winter Olympics Latvian ice hockey forwards Latvian sportspeople in doping cases Living people Olympic ice hockey players of Latvia Ice hockey people from Riga HK Dukla Michalovce players {{Latvia-icehockey-bio-stub