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Rihards Bukarts

#13 HC Vítkovice / Czechia - 24/25

Date of Birth

Dec 31, 1995

Position

Age

Height

5'11" / 180 cm

Place of Birth

Jurmala, LAT

Weight

190 lbs / 86 kg

Nation

Latvia

Shoots

Youth Team

SK Saga

Contract

24/25

Agency

PREMIUM

Brothers: Roberts Bukarts, Rodzers Bukarts
Father: Ralfs Bukarts

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Rihards Bukarts Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-		POST	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
2009-10	SK Riga 18	Latvia U18	9*	7*	11*	18*	2*	-*	\|
2010-11	HS Riga 16	Latvia U16	-*	8*	9*	17*	-*	-*	\|
	Latvia U17 (all)	International-Jr	3*	2*	2*	4*	0*	-*	\|
2011-12	Kapitan Stupino	MHL	47*	11*	11*	22*	22*	-3*	\|
	Latvia U18	WJC-18	6*	0*	5*	5*	2*	-2*	\|
	Latvia U18 (all)	International-Jr	8*	0*	7*	7*	2*	-*	\|
	Latvia U20 (all)	International-Jr	3*	2*	0*	2*	2*	-*	\|
2012-13	HK Riga	MHL	62*	18*	17*	35*	44*	-4*	\|	Playoffs	3	0	0	0	0	-2
	HK Juniors Riga	Latvia	0*	0*	0*	0*	0*	-*	\|	Playoffs	2	0	1	1	0	-
	Latvia U18 “A”	WJC-18	6*	1*	1*	2*	0*	-7*	\|
	Latvia U18 (all)	International-Jr	11*	4*	5*	9*	0*	-*	\|
	Latvia U20	WJC-20	6*	0*	1*	1*	6*	-1*	\|
	Latvia U20 (all)	International-Jr	14*	3*	9*	12*	8*	-*	\|
2013-14	Brandon Wheat Kings	WHL	65*	28*	26*	54*	50*	2*	\|	Playoffs	9	0	4	4	0	-2
	Latvia U20 (all)	International-Jr	3*	1*	1*	2*	0*	-*	\|
2014-15	Brandon Wheat Kings	WHL	62*	33*	41*	74*	16*	21*	\|	Playoffs	16	4	14	18	18	8
2015-16	Brandon Wheat Kings	WHL	10*	5*	4*	9*	11*	1*	\|
	Portland Winterhawks	WHL	55*	26*	27*	53*	24*	-8*	\|	Playoffs	4	2	1	3	6	-3
	Portland Pirates	AHL	1*	0*	1*	1*	0*	1*	\|
2016-17	Springfield Thunderbirds	AHL	14*	0*	3*	3*	4*	-1*	\|
	Manchester Monarchs	ECHL	37*	16*	17*	33*	26*	7*	\|
	Latvia	WC	7*	0*	3*	3*	2*	-1*	\|
	Latvia (all)	International	13*	2*	4*	6*	8*	0*	\|
2017-18	Berani Zlín	Czechia	17*	2*	2*	4*	20*	-4*	\|
	Dinamo Riga	KHL	14*	1*	0*	1*	0*	-1*	\|
	Eisbären Berlin	DEL	2*	0*	1*	1*	0*	1*	\|	Playoffs	16	4	4	8	6	3
	Latvia	WC	8*	1*	2*	3*	4*	0*	\|
	Latvia (all)	International	14*	3*	5*	8*	12*	-*	\|
2018-19	Schwenninger Wild Wings	DEL	42*	9*	13*	22*	14*	2*	\|
	Latvia	WC	7*	0*	3*	3*	4*	-3*	\|
	Latvia (all)	International	11*	0*	4*	4*	4*	-*	\|
2019-20	Düsseldorfer EG	DEL	48*	10*	9*	19*	24*	0*	\|
	Latvia (all)	International	2*	0*	1*	1*	0*	-*	\|
2020-21	Dinamo Riga	KHL	33*	11*	6*	17*	10*	-10*	\|
	Latvia	WC	7*	1*	0*	1*	0*	-4*	\|
	Latvia (all)	International	12*	2*	0*	2*	0*	-*	\|
2021-22	Admiral Vladivostok	KHL	25*	6*	3*	9*	12*	-5*	\|
	Latvia	OGQ	3*	1*	1*	2*	0*	2*	\|
	Latvia	OG	4*	0*	0*	0*	0*	-3*	\|
	Latvia	WC	7*	2*	3*	5*	0*	-2*	\|
	Latvia (all)	International	25*	5*	10*	15*	2*	-*	\|
2022-23	EC-KAC	ICEHL	28*	13*	12*	25*	8*	8*	\|	Playoffs	5	1	2	3	0	-1
	Latvia	WC	10*	3*	8*	11*	8*	3*	\|
	Latvia (all)	International	16*	4*	11*	15*	10*	-*	\|
2023-24	EHC Biel-Bienne	NL	11*	1*	1*	2*	0*	-1*	\|
	HC Vítkovice	Czechia	18*	7*	4*	11*	10*	6*	\|	Playoffs	3	1	1	2	0	-2
	Latvia	WC	7*	1*	1*	2*	4*	-5*	\|
	Latvia (all)	International	14*	6*	2*	8*	4*	-*	\|
2024-25	HC Vítkovice	Czechia	16*	2*	3*	5*	8*	-1*	\|	Playoffs	4	0	0	0	2	-1
	Latvia	OGQ	3*	1*	1*	2*	0*	0*	\|
	Latvia	WC	7*	1*	0*	1*	2*	-6*	\|
	Latvia (all)	International	20*	5*	3*	8*	4*	-13*	\|
2025-26	Latvia (all)	International	5*	0*	1*	1*	0*	1*	\|

Rihards Bukarts Tournament Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
2010-11	Latvia U17	EYOF	3*	2*	2*	4*	0*	2*	\|
2012-13	HK Riga	JCWC	4*	1*	1*	2*	2*	1*	\|
2017-18	Dinamo Riga	Spengler Cup	2*	0*	0*	0*	0*	0*	\|
2020-21	Latvia	Deutschland Cup	3*	1*	0*	1*	0*	-1*	\|
2023-24	EHC Biel-Bienne	Champions HL	2*	0*	2*	2*	2*	-4*	\|
2025-26	Latvia	Deutschland Cup	3*	0*	1*	1*	0*	1*	\|

Rihards Bukarts Career Totals

League	Years	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-	\|	Years	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
AHL	2	15*	0*	4*	4*	0.27*	4*	0*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
Champions HL	1	2*	0*	2*	2*	1.00*	2*	-4*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
Czechia	3	51*	11*	9*	20*	0.39*	38*	1*	\|	2	7	1 *	1 *	2 *	0.29 *	2 *	-3 *
DEL	3	92*	19*	23*	42*	0.46*	38*	3*	\|	1	16	4 *	4 *	8 *	0.50 *	6 *	3 *
Deutschland Cup	2	6*	1*	1*	2*	0.33*	0*	0*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
ECHL	1	37*	16*	17*	33*	0.89*	26*	7*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
EYOF	1	3*	2*	2*	4*	1.33*	0*	2*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
ICEHL	1	28*	13*	12*	25*	0.89*	8*	8*	\|	1	5	1 *	2 *	3 *	0.60 *	0 *	-1 *
International	10	132*	27*	41*	68*	0.52*	44*	-12*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
International-Jr	4	42*	12*	24*	36*	0.86*	12*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
JCWC	1	4*	1*	1*	2*	0.50*	2*	1*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
KHL	3	72*	18*	9*	27*	0.38*	22*	-16*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
Latvia	1	0*	0*	0*	0*	-*	0*	-*	\|	1	2	0 *	1 *	1 *	0.50 *	0 *	- *
Latvia U16	1	-*	8*	9*	17*	-*	-*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
Latvia U18	1	9*	7*	11*	18*	2.00*	2*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
MHL	2	109*	29*	28*	57*	0.52*	66*	-7*	\|	1	3	0 *	0 *	0 *	0.00 *	0 *	-2 *
NL	1	11*	1*	1*	2*	0.18*	0*	-1*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
OG	1	4*	0*	0*	0*	0.00*	0*	-3*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
OGQ	2	6*	2*	2*	4*	0.67*	0*	2*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
Spengler Cup	1	2*	0*	0*	0*	0.00*	0*	0*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
WC	8	60*	9*	20*	29*	0.48*	24*	-18*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
WHL	3	192*	92*	98*	190*	0.99*	101*	16*	\|	3	29	6 *	19 *	25 *	0.86 *	24 *	3 *
WJC-18	2	12*	1*	6*	7*	0.58*	2*	-9*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
WJC-20	1	6*	0*	1*	1*	0.17*	6*	-1*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*

* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

Rihards Bukarts Career Highlights

Season

Awards by season

2009-2010
- Latvia U18 Champion
2013-2014
- WHL Most Goals by Rookie (28)
2014-2015
- WHL Player of the Week (Feb. 8)
2015-2016
- WHL Player of the Week (Dec. 7 - Dec. 13)
2021-2022
- World Championship Top 3 Player on Team
2022-2023
- World Championship Bronze Medal

Transactions

DATE	STATUS	FROM	TO
04/02/2025
04/02/2025	Confirmed	HC Vítkovice	Unknown
01/18/2024
01/18/2024	Confirmed	EHC Biel-Bienne	HC Vítkovice
10/24/2023
10/24/2023	Confirmed	No team	EHC Biel-Bienne
11/02/2022
11/02/2022	Confirmed	Admiral Vladivostok	EC-KAC
08/17/2021
08/17/2021	Confirmed	Dinamo Riga	Admiral Vladivostok
11/14/2020
11/14/2020	Confirmed	No team	Dinamo Riga
05/13/2019
05/13/2019	Confirmed	Schwenninger Wild Wings	Düsseldorfer EG
07/13/2018
07/13/2018	Confirmed	Eisbären Berlin	Schwenninger Wild Wings
02/28/2018
02/28/2018	Confirmed	Dinamo Riga	Eisbären Berlin
11/23/2017
11/23/2017	Confirmed	Berani Zlín	Dinamo Riga
08/21/2017
08/21/2017	Confirmed	Springfield Thunderbirds	Berani Zlín
09/13/2016
09/13/2016	Confirmed	Portland Winterhawks	Springfield Thunderbirds
04/04/2016
04/04/2016	Confirmed	Portland Winterhawks	Portland Pirates
10/29/2015
10/29/2015	Confirmed	Brandon Wheat Kings	Portland Winterhawks
07/19/2013
07/19/2013	Confirmed	HK Riga	Brandon Wheat Kings

Player Biography and Trivia

Drafted 2013, 1 #7 overall by Brandon Wheat Kings in the CHL Import Draft

Drafted 2012, 1 #9 overall by Dinamo Riga in the KHL Draft

2014 NHL Entry Draft: Ranked #182 by FCHockey

Cult/Star player for Brandon Wheat Kings

Memorable dates
- 2011-09-16 • Youngest player ever to score a goal in the MHL