Kaspars Daugaviņš (born May 18, 1988) is a Latvian professional ice hockey player who is a forward for EC Kassel Huskies of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga 2. Daugaviņš has played professionally in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Ottawa Senators and Boston Bruins. The Senators selected him in the third round, 91st overall, in the 2006 NHL entry draft.
Playing career As a youth, Daugaviņš played in the 2002 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a team from Riga.
Professional After the Toronto St. Michael's Majors failed to qualify for the playoffs in the 2006–07 season, the Ottawa Senators assigned Daugaviņš to the Binghamton Senators to finish the 2006–07 AHL season. In 11 games with Binghamton, Daugaviņš had two goals, both coming against the Albany River Rats goaltender Tyler Weiman in a 5–4 Binghamton win. On June 1, 2007, Daugaviņš signed a three-year, entry-level contract with the Ottawa Senators.
He spent the 2009–10 season with Binghamton, scoring 21 goals and 46 points in 72 games as the team failed to reach the playoffs. Daugaviņš also made his NHL debut on January 14, 2010, against the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden, going pointless in 8:26 of ice time in a 2–0 Ottawa victory.
Daugaviņš scored his first NHL goal on October 30, 2011, beating Jonas Gustavsson of the Toronto Maple Leafs in a 3–2 Ottawa victory. As the 2011–12 season progressed, Daugaviņš became a regular in the Ottawa lineup, playing 65 games and scoring five goals and six assists. In July 2012, he was scheduled for an arbitration hearing with the Senators, but the salary negotiation process was avoided when he agreed with the team to a one-year, one-way deal worth $635,000.
After his fifth season in the KHL and completing his third season with Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod in 2017–18, Daugaviņš left as a free agent to sign a two-year contract with his fourth KHL club, Spartak Moscow, on May 3, 2018.
After two productive seasons with Spartak, Daugaviņš left as a free agent, signing a one-year contract with Vityaz Podolsk on May 3, 2020.
On June 10, 2021, Daugaviņš returned to the National League and signed a two-year deal with SC Bern.
He left Bern after just one season with the team, signing with German club, Iserlohn Roosters of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL), on August 8, 2022. In the 2022–23 season with the Roosters, he led the team in scoring with 21 goals and 49 points through 55 regular season games. With Iserlohn missing the playoffs for a second consecutive season, he left the club at the conclusion of his contract on March 10, 2023.
On September 13, 2023, Daugaviņš signed a two-year contract with Dukla Michalovce of the Slovak Extraliga.
On November 25, 2024, the Michalovce club announced that Daugaviņš had retired, despite having recorded 20 points in 19 games.
International play
Daugaviņš represented Latvia as its captain at the 2023 IIHF World Championship where he recorded three goals and four assists and won a bronze medal, Latvia's first ever IIHF World Championship medal. Daugaviņš has served as the teams captain at every World Championship he's played at since, as well as for the 2026 Winter Olympics.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs Regular season PlayoffsSeasonTeamLeagueGPGAPtsPIMGPGAPtsPIM 2003–04 Riga 2000 EEHL 2 0 1 1 0 — — — — — 2003–04 Prizma/Riga 86 LAT 14 6 6 12 10 2 1 1 2 4 2003–04 Riga 2000 LAT U18 22 28 50 — — — — — 2004–05 CSKA–2 Moscow RUS.3 25 0 3 3 4 — — — — — 2005–06 Riga 2000 BLR454111516 4 0 0 0 0 2006–07 Toronto St. Michael's Majors OHL 61 18 42 60 64 — — — — — 2006–07 Binghamton Senators AHL 11 2 0 2 9 — — — — — 2007–08Mississauga St. Michael's MajorsOHL 62 40 34 74 42 4 2 1 3 4 2007–08Binghamton SenatorsAHL 3 0 1 1 0 — — — — — 2008–09 Mississauga St. Michael's Majors OHL30 111728351127914 2008–09Binghamton SenatorsAHL232 139 ————— 2009–10 Binghamton Senators AHL72 21254616————— 2009–10 Ottawa Senators NHL10000————— 2010–11 Binghamton Senators AHL73 19355434231010208 2011–12 Binghamton Senators AHL7 4260————— 2011–12 Ottawa SenatorsNHL6556111210000 2012–13 Dinamo Riga KHL35 591426————— 2012–13 Ottawa SenatorsNHL191239—————2012–13 Boston BruinsNHL6011060002 2013–14 Genève-Servette HC NLA44182644241258132 2014–15 Dynamo MoscowKHL562215 37 26111343 2015–16 Dynamo MoscowKHL81342—————2015–16 Torpedo Nizhny NovgorodKHL44142135121132525 2016–17 Torpedo Nizhny NovgorodKHL471022324141232 2017–18 Torpedo Nizhny NovgorodKHL561116271840220 2018–19 Spartak MoscowKHL581323366120110 2019–20 Spartak MoscowKHL591921402261342 2020–21 Vityaz PodolskKHL5817324938————— 2021–22 SC BernNL3410152514————— 2022–23 Iserlohn Roosters DEL5521284914————— 2023–24 Dukla Michalovce Slovak 47 11 43 54 20 11 5 6 11 2 2024–25 Dukla Michalovce Slovak 19 6 14 20 24 — — — — —2025–26HK MogoLAT12417216—————2025-26EC Kassel HuskiesDEL222369481340NHL totals 91 6 9 15 21 7 0 0 0 2KHL totals 421 112 162 274 246 38 6 13 19 35
International Bold indicates led tournament Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM 2004 Latvia WJC18 D1 4th50228 2005LatviaWJC18 D1 2nd 5 21318 2006 Latvia WJC 9th60224 2006LatviaWJC18 D1 1st554920 2006 Latvia WC 10th30112 2007LatviaWJC D1 2nd537102 2007LatviaWC 13th63360 2008LatviaWJC D1 1st 5 2 8 10 4 2008LatviaWC 11th60000 2010Latvia OG 12th40002 2010LatviaWC 11th62130 2012LatviaWC 10th71128 2014LatviaOG 8th40220 2014LatviaWC 11th723542 2015LatviaWC 13th75494 2016LatviaWC 13th72240 2016Latvia OGQ 2nd32352 2017 Latvia WC DNQ71232 2021LatviaWC 11th50114 2021 Latvia OGQ Q 3 1 1 2 2 2022 Latvia OG 11th 4 0 0 0 2 2023 Latvia WC 10 3 4 7 10 2024 Latvia WC 9th 7 4 3 7 0 2024 Latvia OGQ Q 3 0 4 4 0 2025 Latvia WC 10th 7 0 1 1 42026LatviaOG10th40112 Junior totals 31 12 24 36 56 Senior totals 100 26 36 62 84
Awards and honours Award Year RefOHLAll-Rookie Team2006–07AHL Calder Cup champion 2011 Spengler CupSpengler Cup champion2013All-Star Team2013InternationalWorld Championship Top 3 Player on Team2014, 2015, 2023, 2024KHLAll-Star Game2016
References
External links
Kaspars Daugavins at Milano Cortina 2026