# Armands Bērziņš

Armands Bērziņš (born 27 December 1983) is a Latvian professional ice hockey centre currently playing for HK Prizma Riga of the Optibet Hockey League. He played for Dinamo Riga of the Kontinental Hockey League and HPK of the Finnish SM-liiga. He was drafted by the Minnesota Wild in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft, 155th overall. Internationally Bērziņš has played for the Latvian national team at multiple tournaments, including the 2006, 2010, and 2014 Winter Olympics.

## International

He was named to the Latvia men's national ice hockey team for competition at the 2014 IIHF World Championship.

## Career statistics
### Regular season and playoffs

| | | | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| 1999–2000 | Juniors Essamika Rīga | EEHL B | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1999–2000 | LB Prizma Rīga | LAT | 11 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2000–01 | LB Prizma Rīga | LAT | 21 | 9 | 11 | 20 | | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2000–01 | HK Rīga 2000 | LAT | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2000–01 | HK Rīga 2000 | EEHL | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2001–02 | Shawinigan Cataractes | QMJHL | 63 | 17 | 18 | 35 | 59 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2002–03 | Shawinigan Cataractes | QMJHL | 59 | 24 | 19 | 43 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| 2003–04 | Louisiana IceGators | ECHL | 67 | 14 | 12 | 26 | 48 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004–05 | Wheeling Nailers | ECHL | 57 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2005–06 | HK Rīga 2000 | BLR | 48 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 46 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2006–07 | Vsetínská hokejová | ELH | 35 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 76 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2006–07 | HK Rīga 2000 | LAT | 23 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 26 | | 5 | 6 | 11 | |
| 2007–08 | HK Rīga 2000 | LAT | 11 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 27 |
| 2007–08 | HK Jestřábi Prostějov | CZE.2 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2007–08 | HK Ardo Nitra | SVK | 16 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2008–09 | Dinamo Rīga | KHL | 44 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 79 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2009–10 | HK Dinamo/Juniors | BLR | 25 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2009–10 | Dinamo Rīga | KHL | 22 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010–11 | HPK | SM-l | 55 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011–12 | Yunost Minsk | BLR | 43 | 8 | 27 | 35 | 70 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 2012–13 | Kompanion Kyiv | UKR | 27 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 26 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| 2013–14 | Beibarys Atyrau | KAZ | 43 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 61 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| 2014–15 | HC Pustertal Wölfe | ITA | 37 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 61 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2015–16 | Dinamo Rīga | KHL | 48 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 27 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2016–17 | Gothiques d'Amiens | FRA | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017–18 | Füchse Duisburg | DEU.3 | 41 | 11 | 28 | 39 | 57 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| 2018–19 | HK Prizma Rīga | LAT | 32 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 68 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019–20 | HK Prizma/IHS | LAT | 35 | 9 | 25 | 34 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2020–21 | HK Prizma/IHS | LAT | 35 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2021–22 | HK Prizma/IHS | LAT | 33 | 12 | 10 | 22 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2021–22 | HK Liepāja | LAT | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| LAT totals | LAT totals | LAT totals | 205 | 62 | 94 | 156 | 207 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 33 |
| BLR totals | BLR totals | BLR totals | 112 | 22 | 44 | 66 | 140 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| KHL totals | KHL totals | KHL totals | 114 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 128 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
* LAT totals do not include stats from the 2006–07 playoffs.

### International

| Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| 2000 | Latvia | WJC18 B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2001 | Latvia | WJC D1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 2001 | Latvia | WJC18 D1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| 2002 | Latvia | WJC D2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 20 |
| 2003 | Latvia | WJC D1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 24 |
| 2005 | Latvia | OGQ | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2006 | Latvia | OG | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2007 | Latvia | WC | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 2008 | Latvia | WC | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 2009 | Latvia | WC | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2010 | Latvia | OG | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | Latvia | WC | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2012 | Latvia | WC | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 |
| 2013 | Latvia | OGQ | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2013 | Latvia | WC | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 27 |
| 2014 | Latvia | OG | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | Latvia | WC | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2015 | Latvia | WC | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Junior totals | Junior totals | Junior totals | 24 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 50 |
| Senior totals | Senior totals | Senior totals | 68 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 83 |