Uvis Balinskis
{{Short description|Latvian ice hockey player (born 1996)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| image = Latvijas hokeja izlases sveikšana - Uvis Jānis Balinskis.jpg
| image_size = 230px
| caption = Balinskis in 2023
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|8|1|df=y}}
| birth_place = Ventspils, Latvia
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 10
| weight_lb = 168
| position = Defence
| shoots = Left
| league = NHL
| team = Florida Panthers
| prospect_team =
| prospect_league = AHL
| former_teams = Dinamo Riga
HK Liepāja
HC Litvínov
HC Bílí Tygři Liberec
| ntl_team = LAT
| draft = Undrafted
| career_start = 2015
| career_end =
}}
Uvis Jānis Balinskis (born 1 August 1996) is a Latvian professional ice hockey defenceman for the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League (NHL).
Playing career
On 18 April 2023, Balinskis signed a one-year, entry-level contract with the Florida Panthers.{{cite web |title=Florida Panthers Agree to Terms with Defenseman Uvis Balinskis |url=https://www.nhl.com/panthers/news/florida-panthers-agree-to-terms-with-defenseman-uvis-balinskis/c-343606986 |website=NHL.com |access-date=17 May 2023 |date=18 April 2023}}
International play
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{{MedalSport|Ice hockey}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalBronze|2023 Finland/Latvia|}}
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He participated at the 2017 IIHF World Championship,[https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/416/IHM4160LAT_33_1_1_LAT.pdf 2017 World Championship roster] 2018 IIHF World Championship and 2019 IIHF World Championship.
He represented Latvia at the 2023 IIHF World Championship where he recorded two assists and won a bronze medal, Latvia's first ever IIHF World Championship medal.{{cite web|url=https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2023/wm/news/45379/usa-lat |title=Latvia wins historic bronze in OT |date=28 May 2023 |work=IIHF |access-date=28 May 2023}}
Career statistics
=Regular season and playoffs=
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! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Regular season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Playoffs | ||||||||
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! Season ! Team ! League ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM | ||||||||
| 2011–12
| Tukums | LAT U16 | 26 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 12
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2012–13 | Tukums | LAT U18 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 6
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2013–14
| GER.2 U18 | 27 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 32
| 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2013–14 | Augsburger Panther | GER.2 U20 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2014–15
| Augsburger Panther | DNL Q | 20 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 42
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2014–15 | Augsburger Panther | DNL2 | 20 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 14
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2015–16
| HK Riga | MHL | 36 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 24
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2015–16 | KHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2016–17
| HK Riga | MHL | 30 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 24
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2016–17 | Dinamo Riga | KHL | 21 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2017–18
| Dinamo Riga | KHL | 28 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4
| — | — | — | — | — |
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| 2017–18 | LAT | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2018–19
| Dinamo Riga | KHL | 37 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 16
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2019–20 | Dinamo Riga | KHL | 48 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 20
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2020–21
| ELH | 48 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 18
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2021–22 | HC Verva Litvínov | ELH | 42 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 22
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2022–23
| ELH | 50 | 11 | 24 | 35 | 22
| 10 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2023–24 | NHL | 26 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2023–24
| AHL | 37 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 31
| — | — | — | — | — |
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! colspan="3" | KHL totals ! 135 !! 10 !! 24 !! 34 !! 46 ! — !! — !! — !! — !! — | ||||||||
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! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 26 !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 8 ! — !! — !! — !! — !! — |
=International=
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! Year ! Team ! Event ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM | ||||
| 2016
| Latvia | WJC D1A | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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| 2017 | Latvia | WC | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2018
| Latvia | WC | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2019 | Latvia | WC | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2021
| Latvia | WC | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2021 | Latvia | OGQ | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022
| Latvia | OG | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2023 | Latvia | WC | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | Senior totals ! 43 !! 1 !! 13 !! 14 !! 16 |
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- {{Ice hockey stats}}
- {{Olympedia}}
- {{Olympics.com|uvis-janis-balinskis|Uvis Janis Balinskis}}
- {{LOK profile|701|Uvis Jānis Balinskis}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Balinskis, Uvis Janis}}
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Category:HK Liepājas Metalurgs players
Category:Ice hockey players at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Category:Latvian expatriate ice hockey players in Germany
Category:Latvian expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic
Category:Latvian ice hockey defencemen
Category:21st-century Latvian sportsmen
Category:Olympic ice hockey players for Latvia
Category:Sportspeople from Ventspils
Category:Undrafted National Hockey League players
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