Kristers Gudlevskis

Slovan Bratislava | Goaltender

Player Info

Full Name: Kristers Gudlevskis

Nationality: Latvia

Position: Goaltender

Born: 31 Jul 1992

Height: 6'4" / 192 cm

Weight: 214 lbs / 97 kg

Club Info

Team: Slovan Bratislava

Sport: Ice Hockey

About Kristers Gudlevskis

Kristers Gudļevskis (born 31 July 1992) is a Latvian professional ice hockey player who is a goaltender for the Fischtown Pinguins of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). Gudļevskis was selected by the Tampa Bay Lightning in the fifth round, 124th overall, of the 2013 NHL entry draft.

Gudļevskis is the only player to have played in the ECHL, AHL, NHL, Olympic Games, and IIHF World Championships in the same season.

Playing career
Europe
Gudļevskis started his professional career in the 2009–10 season playing for HK Ogre of the Latvian Hockey League. In the following season, he moved on to play for Dinamo Riga affiliate HK Rīga of the Minor Hockey League (MHL). He played for three seasons with HK Rīga. Throughout the 2010–11 and 2011–12 seasons, he made the Dinamo Riga roster several times as a healthy scratch. On 5 October 2012, he finally made his debut during a 2–1 overtime win against Vityaz Chekhov, replacing injured Mikael Tellqvist after the second period tied at 0–0. Later in the season he played his first full game as a starter in a 2–0 loss against Sibir Novosibirsk.