Sandis Ozolins

Date of Birth: Aug 03, 1972
Age: 54
Place of Birth: Sigulda, LAT
Nation: Latvia
Youth Team: LB
Position: D
Height: 190 cm / 6'3"
Weight: 97 kg / 214 lbs
Shoots: L
Status: Retired

Sandis Ozolins Facts

Player Type: Offensive Defenseman
Drafted: 1991 round 2 #30 overall by San Jose Sharks

Ozolins was a very offensive-minded defenseman, with excellent passing skills and great vision. He was a true power play specialist that usually delivered very good passes. Had an excellent wrist shot. Ozolins was a great leader.

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Sandis Ozolins Statistics

									Post
1990-1991	Dinamo Riga	Soviet	44	0	3	3	51	-
1990-1991	RASMS Riga	Soviet3	11	3	1	4	18	-
1990-1991	Soviet Union U20	WJC-20	7	1	2	3	6	-
1991-1992	Stars Riga	Soviet	30	6	0	6	42	-
1991-1992	Kansas City Blades	IHL	34	6	9	15	20	-	Playoffs	15	2	5	7	22	-
1991-1992	CIS U20	WJC-20	7	1	5	6	4	7
1992-1993	San Jose Sharks	NHL	37	7	16	23	40	-9
1993-1994	San Jose Sharks	NHL	81	26	38	64	24	16	Playoffs	14	0	10	10	8	3
1994-1995	San Jose Sharks	NHL	48	9	16	25	30	-6	Playoffs	11	3	2	5	6	-13
1995-1996	San Jose Sharks	NHL	7	1	3	4	4	2
1995-1996	Colorado Avalanche	NHL	66	13	37	50	50	0	Playoffs	22	5	14	19	16	5
1995-1996	San Francisco Spiders	IHL	2	1	0	1	0	-3
1996-1997	Colorado Avalanche	NHL	80	23	45	68	88	4	Playoffs	17	4	13	17	24	-1
1997-1998	Colorado Avalanche	NHL	66	13	38	51	65	-12	Playoffs	7	0	7	7	14	-3
1997-1998	Latvia	WC	4	1	2	3	4	7
1998-1999	Colorado Avalanche	NHL	39	7	25	32	22	10	Playoffs	19	4	8	12	22	-5
1999-2000	Colorado Avalanche	NHL	82	16	36	52	46	17	Playoffs	17	5	5	10	20	1
2000-2001	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	72	12	32	44	71	-25	Playoffs	6	0	2	2	5	-2
2000-2001	Latvia	WC	6	0	5	5	2	7
2000-2001	Latvia (all)	International	6	0	5	5	2	7
2001-2002	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	46	4	19	23	34	-4
2001-2002	Florida Panthers "A"	NHL	37	10	19	29	24	-3
2001-2002	Latvia Olympics	OG	1	0	4	4	0	-1
2001-2002	Latvia	WC	6	2	1	3	12	-7
2001-2002	Latvia (all)	International	8	2	6	8	12	-
2002-2003	Florida Panthers	NHL	51	7	19	26	40	-16
2002-2003	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	NHL	31	5	13	18	16	10	Playoffs	21	2	6	8	10	8
2003-2004	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	NHL	36	5	11	16	24	-7
2004-2005	Latvia Olympics "A"	OGQ	3	0	1	1	4	2
2004-2005	Latvia (all)	International	3	0	1	1	4	2
2004-2005	Did not play		-	-	-	-	-	-
2005-2006	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	NHL	17	3	3	6	8	-4
2005-2006	New York Rangers	NHL	19	3	11	14	20	2	Playoffs	3	0	0	0	6	-3
2005-2006	Latvia Olympics	OG	5	1	3	4	0	0
2005-2006	Latvia (all)	International	5	1	3	4	0	0
2006-2007	New York Rangers	NHL	21	0	3	3	8	-8
2007-2008	San Jose Sharks	NHL	39	3	13	16	24	-11
2007-2008	Worcester Sharks	AHL	2	0	1	1	0	0
2008-2009	Did not play		-	-	-	-	-	-
2009-2010	Dinamo Riga "C"	KHL	43	6	18	24	109	0	Playoffs	6	0	3	3	24	-3
2010-2011	Dinamo Riga "C"	KHL	41	5	26	31	62	5	Playoffs	11	0	7	7	12	-2
2011-2012	Dinamo Riga "C"	KHL	50	10	10	20	28	-17	Playoffs	7	1	1	2	2	-5
2012-2013	Atlant Mytishchi "C"	KHL	42	2	18	20	26	6	Playoffs	5	0	1	1	2	-7
2012-2013	Latvia Olympics	OGQ	3	0	0	0	2	0
2012-2013	Latvia (all)	International	3	0	0	0	2	0
2013-2014	Dinamo Riga "C"	KHL	48	5	17	22	46	4	Playoffs	7	0	2	2	24	-5
2013-2014	Latvia Olympics "C"	OG	5	0	0	0	8	-1
2013-2014	Latvia (all)	International	5	0	0	0	8	-1

Sandis Ozolins Tournament Statistics

									Post
1990-1991	Dinamo Riga	Fr-Tour	1	0	0	0	0	-
2011-2012	Dinamo Riga	Spengler Cup	4	1	0	1	4	-

Sandis Ozolins Career Totals by League


AHL	1	2	0	1	1	0.50	0	0	0
Fr-Tour	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	0	-	0
IHL	2	36	7	9	16	0.44	20	-3*	1	15	2	5	7	0.47	22	-
International	6	30	3	15	18	0.60	28	8*	0
KHL	5	224	28	89	117	0.52	271	-2	5	36	1	14	15	0.42	64	-22
NHL	15	875	167	397	564	0.64	638	-44	10	137	23	67	90	0.66	131	-10
OG	3	11	1	7	8	0.73	8	-2	0
OGQ	2	6	0	1	1	0.17	6	2	0
Soviet	2	74	6	3	9	0.12	93	-	0
Soviet3	1	11	3	1	4	0.36	18	-	0
Spengler Cup	1	4	1	0	1	0.25	4	-	0
WC	3	16	3	8	11	0.69	18	7	0
WJC-20	2	14	2	7	9	0.64	10	7*	0

* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

Sandis Ozolins Career Totals by Team


Atlant Mytishchi	1	42	2	18	20	0.48	26	6	1	5	0	1	1	0.20	2	-7
Carolina Hurricanes	2	118	16	51	67	0.57	105	-29	1	6	0	2	2	0.33	5	-2
CIS U20	1	7	1	5	6	0.86	4	7	0
Colorado Avalanche	5	333	72	181	253	0.76	271	19	5	82	18	47	65	0.79	96	-3
Dinamo Riga	5	231	27	74	101	0.44	300	-8*	4	31	1	13	14	0.45	62	-15
Florida Panthers	2	88	17	38	55	0.63	64	-19	0
Kansas City Blades	1	34	6	9	15	0.44	20	-	1	15	2	5	7	0.47	22	-
Latvia	3	16	3	8	11	0.69	18	7	0
Latvia (all)	6	30	3	15	18	0.60	28	8*	0
Latvia Olympics	5	17	1	8	9	0.53	14	0	0
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	3	84	13	27	40	0.48	48	-1	1	21	2	6	8	0.38	10	8
New York Rangers	2	40	3	14	17	0.43	28	-6	1	3	0	0	0	0.00	6	-3
RASMS Riga	1	11	3	1	4	0.36	18	-	0
San Francisco Spiders	1	2	1	0	1	0.50	0	-3	0
San Jose Sharks	5	212	46	86	132	0.62	122	-8	2	25	3	12	15	0.60	14	-10
Soviet Union U20	1	7	1	2	3	0.43	6	-	0
Stars Riga	1	30	6	0	6	0.20	42	-	0
Worcester Sharks	1	2	0	1	1	0.50	0	0	0

* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

Sandis Ozolins Career Highlights

Season	Awards
1990-1991	U20 WJC Silver Medal
1991-1992	IHL Turner Cup Champion U20 WJC Gold Medal
1993-1994	NHL All-Star Game
1995-1996	NHL Playoffs Most Assists by Defenseman (14) NHL Playoffs Most Goals by Defenseman (5) NHL Playoffs Most Points by Defenseman (19) NHL Stanley Cup Champion
1996-1997	NHL All-Star Game NHL Best Defenseman (Norris Trophy) Finalist NHL First All-Star Team NHL Most Game Winning Goals by Defenseman (4) NHL Most Goals by Defenseman (23) NHL Playoffs Most Assists by Defenseman (13) NHL Playoffs Most Goals by Defenseman (4) NHL Playoffs Most Points by Defenseman (17)
1997-1998	NHL All-Star Game
1998-1999	NHL Playoffs Most Goals by Defenseman (4)
1999-2000	NHL All-Star Game NHL Playoffs Most Goals by Defenseman (5)
2000-2001	NHL All-Star Game
2001-2002	NHL All-Star Game
2002-2003	NHL All-Star Game
2009-2010	KHL All-Star Game
2010-2011	KHL All-Star Game KHL Defenseman of the Month (September) KHL First All-Star Team
2011-2012	KHL All-Star Game Spengler Cup All-Star Team
2013-2014	KHL All-Star Game

Transactions

Date	Status	From	To
05/28/2014	Confirmed	Dinamo Riga	Retired
05/08/2013	Confirmed	Atlant Mytishchi	Dinamo Riga
09/25/2012	Confirmed	Dinamo Riga	Atlant Mytishchi

Sandis Ozolins Biography and Trivia

Number 8 retired by Dinamo Riga
Cult/Star player for Anaheim Ducks
Cult/Star player for Colorado Avalanche
Cult/Star player for Dinamo Riga
Cult/Star player for Latvia
Cult/Star player for San Jose Sharks

Career transactions
- 2014-05-27 • Announced his retirement
- 2013-05-08 • Signed by Dinamo Riga
- 2012-09-25 • Signed by Atlant Mytishchi
- 2009-07-07 • Signed by Dinamo Riga
- 2007-11-01 • Signed by the San Jose Sharks
- 2006-03-09 • Traded to the New York Rangers for a 2006 3rd round pick (John de Gray)
- 2003-01-30 • Traded to the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim with Lance Ward for Matt Cullen, Pavel Trnka & a 2003 4th round pick (James Pemberton)
- 2002-01-16 • Traded to the Florida Panthers with Byron Ritchie for Bret Hedican, Tomas Malec, Kevyn Adams & a 2003 conditional 2nd round pick
- 2000-06-24 • Traded to the Carolina Hurricanes with a 2000 2nd round pick (Tomas Kurka) for Nolan Pratt, a 2000 1st round pick (Václav Nedorost), a 2000 2nd round pick (Jared Aulin) & a 2000 2nd round pick (Agris Saviels)
- 1995-10-26 • Traded to the Colorado Avalanche for Owen Nolan
- 1991-06-09 • Selected 30th overall in the NHL Entry Draft by the San Jose Sharks