Andris Džeriņš (born February 14, 1988, in

Jēkabpils Jēkabpils () is a state city in Jēkabpils Municipality in southeastern Latvia, located roughly halfway between the capital Riga and Daugavpils, and spanning the Daugava River. The name of the city literally translates into "Castle of Jacob". H ...

) is a Latvian professional

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player for Steinbach Black Wings 1992 in the

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(ICEHL).

Playing career

He previously played two seasons of North American junior hockey with the

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of the

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. He has also spent two seasons in the

Czech Extraliga The Czech Extraliga () is the highest-level ice hockey league in the Czech Republic. It was created in 1993 following the peaceful dissolution of Czechoslovakia midway through the 1992–93 Czechoslovak Extraliga season (which all Slovak and ...

with

Mountfield HK Mountfield Hokejovy Klub (full name: Mountfield Hradec Králové, a.s.) is a Czech ice hockey club based in Hradec Králové, active in the Czech Extraliga since the 2013–14 season. The club colors are white, red, black and yellow. Partner clu ...

and 10 seasons in the

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(KHL) with

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

International play

Džeriņš represented Latvia at the

2023 IIHF World Championship The 2023 IIHF World Championship was co-hosted by Tampere, Finland, and Riga, Latvia. The tournament was held from 12 to 28 May 2023, organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). Canada men's national ice hockey team, Canada won ...

where he recorded three assists and won a bronze medal, Latvia's first ever IIHF World Championship medal.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

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* * * * * 1988 births Living people People from Jēkabpils EHC Black Wings Linz players Dinamo Riga players Kingston Frontenacs players Latvian ice hockey centres Stadion Hradec Králové players HK Riga 2000 players Ice hockey players at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic ice hockey players for Latvia Latvian expatriate sportspeople in Austria Latvian expatriate ice hockey players in Sweden Latvian expatriate ice hockey players in Finland Expatriate ice hockey players in Austria Latvian expatriate ice hockey players in Canada Latvian expatriate ice hockey players in the Czech Republic Latvian expatriate ice hockey players in Denmark {{Latvia-icehockey-bio-stub