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Latvia Arturs Kulda
SC Csíkszereda / Erste Liga - 25/26
1-time AHL Calder Cup Champion 1
Date of Birth
Jul 25, 1988
Position
D
Age
37
Height
6'2" / 188 cm
Place of Birth
Leipzig, GER
Weight
212 lbs / 96 kg
Nation
Latvia
Shoots
L
Youth Team
Prizma Riga
Contract
24/25
Drafted
2006 round 7 #200 overall by Atlanta Thrashers
Agency
PREMIUM

Kulda is a stay-at-home defenseman who plays a physical game. He can hit hard, but also skates well. Owns a hard slapshot from the powerplay point. Could improve his positional play.

Brother: Edgars Kulda

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Arturs Kulda Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
2003-04 Prizma Riga Latvia 11* 0* 0* 0* 8* -* | Playoffs 2 0 0 0 0 -
Latvia U18 WJC-18 D1 5* 0* 1* 1* 6* 0* |
2004-05 SDYUSHOR CSKA Moskva MosJHL 25* 1* 11* 12* 14* -* |
Latvia U18 WJC-18 D1 5* 0* 2* 2* 18* 3* |
2005-06 CSKA Moskva-2 Russia3 40* 3* 9* 12* 24* -* |
SDYUSHOR CSKA Moskva MosJHL 2* 0* 2* 2* 2* -* |
Latvia U18 WJC-18 D1 5* 1* 2* 3* 12* 10* |
Latvia U20 WJC-20 6* 0* 1* 1* 6* 0* |
Latvia (all) International 3* 0* 0* 0* 0* -* |
2006-07 Peterborough Petes OHL 58* 2* 9* 11* 83* 9* |
Latvia U20 WJC-20 D1 5* 0* 2* 2* 27* 3* |
2007-08 Peterborough Petes OHL 55* 7* 27* 34* 87* -13* | Playoffs 5 1 3 4 6 0
Chicago Wolves AHL 5* 0* 1* 1* 10* 3* | Playoffs 21 1 5 6 32 12
Latvia U20 WJC-20 D1 5* 1* 4* 5* 12* 2* |
2008-09 Chicago Wolves AHL 57* 1* 14* 15* 59* 7* |
2009-10 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 4* 0* 2* 2* 2* 2* |
Chicago Wolves AHL 66* 6* 19* 25* 46* 47* | Playoffs 14 1 4 5 8 -5
Latvia WC 3* 0* 0* 0* 2* 0* |
Latvia (all) International 3* 0* 0* 0* 2* 0* |
2010-11 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 2* 0* 0* 0* 2* -2* |
Chicago Wolves AHL 69* 5* 12* 17* 73* -1* |
Latvia WC 3* 0* 0* 0* 6* -1* |
Latvia (all) International 3* 0* 0* 0* 6* -1* |
2011-12 Winnipeg Jets NHL 9* 0* 0* 0* 4* 3* |
St. John's IceCaps AHL 63* 6* 14* 20* 62* 18* | Playoffs 13 0 1 1 8 -3
2012-13 Sibir Novosibirsk KHL 50* 9* 6* 15* 55* -3* | Playoffs 7 0 1 1 0 1
Latvia OGQ 3* 0* 0* 0* 0* 0* |
Latvia WC 7* 1* 1* 2* 8* -5* |
Latvia (all) International 12* 2* 1* 3* 10* -* |
2013-14 Salavat Yulaev Ufa KHL 43* 1* 9* 10* 42* 4* | Playoffs 18 1 4 5 18 0
Latvia OG 5* 0* 1* 1* 2* -3* |
Latvia “A” WC 6* 4* 1* 5* 4* 2* |
Latvia (all) International 16* 5* 6* 11* 8* -* |
2014-15 Salavat Yulaev Ufa KHL 45* 4* 5* 9* 28* -9* | Playoffs 5 0 0 0 2 0
2015-16 Jokerit KHL 42* 1* 5* 6* 36* 14* | Playoffs 6 0 0 0 4 -3
Latvia (all) International 2* 0* 2* 2* 0* 3* |
2016-17 Jokerit KHL 44* 0* 11* 11* 28* 11* | Playoffs 3 0 1 1 4 -1
Latvia OGQ 3* 0* 0* 0* 0* 1* |
Latvia “A” WC 7* 0* 1* 1* 6* -1* |
Latvia (all) International 19* 0* 1* 1* 18* -5* |
2017-18 Kunlun Red Star KHL 47* 2* 4* 6* 33* -9* |
HC Sparta Praha Czechia 3* 0* 0* 0* 0* 0* | Playoffs 3 0 0 0 2 -1
Latvia (all) International 1* 0* 0* 0* 0* 0* |
2018-19 Severstal Cherepovets KHL 59* 2* 5* 7* 42* -8* |
Latvia WC 7* 0* 1* 1* 2* 3* |
Latvia (all) International 13* 0* 1* 1* 4* -* |
2019-20 Dinamo Riga KHL 6* 0* 2* 2* 0* -6* |
Severstal Cherepovets KHL 20* 1* 4* 5* 8* 1* |
Latvia (all) International 3* 0* 0* 0* 2* -* |
2020-21 Nürnberg Ice Tigers DEL 33* 1* 17* 18* 40* -7* |
Latvia WC 4* 0* 0* 0* 2* 0* |
Latvia (all) International 9* 0* 0* 0* 8* -* |
2021-22 Krefeld Pinguine “A” DEL 55* 4* 9* 13* 30* -24* |
Latvia OG 3* 0* 0* 0* 0* -3* |
Latvia “A” WC 5* 1* 0* 1* 4* -1* |
Latvia (all) International 11* 2* 0* 2* 8* -* |
2022-23 Villacher SV ICEHL 46* 5* 20* 25* 51* 19* | Playoffs 5 0 0 0 2 -4
2023-24 Villacher SV ICEHL 43* 2* 11* 13* 29* 6* |
2024-25 HK Dukla Michalovce Slovakia 35* 3* 5* 8* 55* 7* | Playoffs 5 0 1 1 2 4
2025-26 Villacher SV ICEHL 22* 1* 6* 7* 14* 6* |
SC Csíkszereda Erste Liga 1* 0* 2* 2* 0* 3* |

Arturs Kulda Tournament Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
2014-15 Salavat Yulaev Ufa Spengler Cup 5* 0* 0* 0* 8* 1* |
2015-16 Jokerit Spengler Cup 3* 1* 3* 4* 4* 4* |
2020-21 Latvia Deutschland Cup 3* 0* 0* 0* 6* -1* |
2022-23 Villacher SV Champions HL 5* 0* 0* 0* 4* -4* |

Arturs Kulda Career Totals

League Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/- | Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/-
AHL 5 260* 18* 60* 78* 0.30* 250* 74* | 3 48 2 * 10 * 12 * 0.25 * 48 * 4 *
Champions HL 1 5* 0* 0* 0* 0.00* 4* -4* | 0 * * * * * *
Czechia 1 3* 0* 0* 0* 0.00* 0* 0* | 1 3 0 * 0 * 0 * 0.00 * 2 * -1 *
DEL 2 88* 5* 26* 31* 0.35* 70* -31* | 0 * * * * * *
Deutschland Cup 1 3* 0* 0* 0* 0.00* 6* -1* | 0 * * * * * *
Erste Liga 1 1* 0* 2* 2* 2.00* 0* 3* | 0 * * * * * *
ICEHL 3 111* 8* 37* 45* 0.41* 94* 31* | 1 5 0 * 0 * 0 * 0.00 * 2 * -4 *
International 12 95* 9* 11* 20* 0.21* 66* -3* | 0 * * * * * *
KHL 8 356* 20* 51* 71* 0.20* 272* -5* | 5 39 1 * 6 * 7 * 0.18 * 28 * -3 *
Latvia 1 11* 0* 0* 0* 0.00* 8* -* | 1 2 0 * 0 * 0 * 0.00 * 0 * - *
MosJHL 2 27* 1* 13* 14* 0.52* 16* -* | 0 * * * * * *
NHL 3 15* 0* 2* 2* 0.13* 8* 3* | 0 * * * * * *
OG 2 8* 0* 1* 1* 0.13* 2* -6* | 0 * * * * * *
OGQ 2 6* 0* 0* 0* 0.00* 0* 1* | 0 * * * * * *
OHL 2 113* 9* 36* 45* 0.40* 170* -4* | 1 5 1 * 3 * 4 * 0.80 * 6 * 0 *
Russia3 1 40* 3* 9* 12* 0.30* 24* -* | 0 * * * * * *
Slovakia 1 35* 3* 5* 8* 0.23* 55* 7* | 1 5 0 * 1 * 1 * 0.20 * 2 * 4 *
Spengler Cup 2 8* 1* 3* 4* 0.50* 12* 5* | 0 * * * * * *
WC 8 42* 6* 4* 10* 0.24* 34* -3* | 0 * * * * * *
WJC-18 D1 3 15* 1* 5* 6* 0.40* 36* 13* | 0 * * * * * *
WJC-20 1 6* 0* 1* 1* 0.17* 6* 0* | 0 * * * * * *
WJC-20 D1 2 10* 1* 6* 7* 0.70* 39* 5* | 0 * * * * * *
* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

Arturs Kulda Career Highlights

Season
Awards by season
Transactions
DATE STATUS FROM TO SOURCE
01/16/2026
01/16/2026 Confirmed Villacher SV SC Csíkszereda
01/13/2026
01/13/2026 Confirmed Villacher SV Unknown
10/21/2025
10/21/2025 Confirmed HK Dukla Michalovce Villacher SV
10/15/2024
10/15/2024 Confirmed Villacher SV HK Dukla Michalovce
03/24/2023
03/24/2023 Extension Villacher SV Villacher SV
07/15/2022
07/15/2022 Confirmed Krefeld Pinguine Villacher SV
07/07/2021
07/07/2021 Confirmed Nürnberg Ice Tigers Krefeld Pinguine
12/18/2020
12/18/2020 Confirmed No team Nürnberg Ice Tigers
12/27/2019
12/27/2019 Confirmed Dinamo Riga Severstal Cherepovets
12/05/2019
12/05/2019 Confirmed No team Dinamo Riga
08/27/2018
08/27/2018 Confirmed HC Sparta Praha Severstal Cherepovets
01/31/2018
01/31/2018 Confirmed Kunlun Red Star HC Sparta Praha
06/09/2017
06/09/2017 Confirmed Jokerit Kunlun Red Star
04/12/2016
04/12/2016 Extension Jokerit Jokerit
10/04/2015
10/04/2015 Confirmed Salavat Yulaev Ufa Jokerit
07/14/2014
07/14/2014 Extension Salavat Yulaev Ufa Salavat Yulaev Ufa
10/03/2013
10/03/2013 Confirmed Sibir Novosibirsk Salavat Yulaev Ufa
07/15/2012
07/15/2012 Confirmed St. John's IceCaps Sibir Novosibirsk
07/18/2011
07/18/2011 Extension Winnipeg Jets Winnipeg Jets
Player Biography and Trivia

Drafted 2006, 1 #48 overall by Peterborough Petes in the CHL Import Draft

Career transactions
- 2013-07-15 • Signed to a two-year contract by Salavat Yulaev Ufa
- 2013-03-18 • Signed to a one-year contract by the Winnipeg Jets (did not dress)
- 2012-07-15 • Signed to a one-year contract by Sibir Novosibirsk
- 2011-07-18 • Re-signed to a one-year contract by the Winnipeg Jets
- 2011-06-21 • NHL rights transferred to the Winnipeg Jets after the the Atlanta Thrashers franchise relocated
- 2008-05-22 • Signed to a three-year entry level contract by the Atlanta Thrashers
- 2008-03-30 • Signed to an amateur tryout by the Chicago Wolves
Memorable dates
- 2010-02-13 • Recorded 1 NHL career assist (vs Chicago)
- 2010-02-12 • Made NHL debut (vs Minnesota)