Kristers Gudļevskis Kristers Gudlevskis ( born July 31 , 1992 ) is a Latvian ice hockey goaltender . He is currently playing with the Syracuse Crunch of the AHL . Gudļevskis was selected by the Tampa Bay Lightning in the 5th round ( 124th overall ) of the 2013 NHL Entry Draft . Gudlevskis 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 next season , he moved on to play for Dinamo Riga affiliate HK Riga of the MHL . He played for three seasons with HK Riga . Throughout the 2010 / 11 and 2011 / 12 seasons he made the Dinamo Riga roster several times as a healthy scratch . On October 5 , 2012 , he finally made his debut during a 2 – 1 overtime win against Vityaz , replacing injured Mikael Tellqvist after the second period tied at 0 – 0 . Later in the season he played his first full game as starter in a 2 – 0 loss against Sibir . Tampa Bay Lightning . Gudļevskis is only the second ( after Artūrs Irbe ) and highest - ranked Latvian goaltender ever selected in NHL entry draft . Dinamo Riga agreed to release Gudļevskis from the final year of his contract ; he later signed a three - year entry - level contract with the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League . Following the Lightning ' s 2013 pre - season camp , he was re - assigned to their ECHL affiliate , the Florida Everblades . While attending pre - season training camp with the Everblades , Gudļevskis was recalled to join the Lightning . He was later reassigned to the Everblades without making the Lightning roster , and made his official North American debut with 20 saves in a 4 – 1 win over the Orlando Solar Bears . Gudļevskis was recalled to the Syracuse Crunch of the AHL on October 24 , 2013 due to an injury to Riku Helenius . He made his AHL debut on October 26 , 2013 with a shutout against the Bridgeport Sound Tigers . Gudlevskis became the fifth goaltender in Crunch history to post a shutout upon debut . After four games with the Crunch , Gudļevskis once again was reassigned to the Everblades . On December 7 , 2013 Gudļevskis was promoted to the Syracuse Crunch in order to give him more AHL ice time . Gudļevskis cemented his place on the Crunch roster posting 10 wins in 21 games . On January 15 , 2014 Gudlevskis was named the CCM / AHL Player of the Week . On January 31 , 2014 , due to injuries of Ben Bishop and Anders Lindback , Gudlevskis received an emergency call - up to the Lightning along with Cedrick Desjardins . Kristers made his first NHL start on April 11 , 2014 in a game between the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Columbus Blue Jackets , he stopped 36 shots in a 3 – 2 win for Tampa . He made his NHL Playoff debut after replacing Anders Lindback mid - game on April 18 , 2014 against the Montreal Canadiens in the second game of the first round . He replaced Lindback in game four of the series as well . International play . Gudļevskis became the starting goaltender for Team Latvia in the 2013 IIHF World Championship after original starter Edgars Masaļskis could not recover game form coming from injury . He registered 2 – 2 win - loss record and was named one of three best players for Team Latvia in the tournament . On January 7 , 2014 , Gudļevskis was named to the Latvian national team roster for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics . Latvia entered the qualification playoff stage ranked as one of the lowest seeds ( ahead of only Norway ) , amassing no points in group play . In the second round , Gudļevskis got the start in the matchup against reigning Olympic champions Canada , despite the Latvian team upsetting Switzerland earlier with goalie Edgars Masaļskis . In what was expected to be a routine victory for the Canadian squad , the Latvian team responded with an early equalizer and managed to stay alive behind Gudļevskis ' goaltending ( saving 55 of 57 shots he faced ) until late into the third period , eventually falling in a 2 – 1 loss . To get an understanding of disparities , Canada entered the tournament ranked fifth and is home to roughly 2450 indoor rinks to Latvia ' s 11th - place ranking and 17 rinks . As a result , Gudļevskis was noted , especially in Canadian media and sports commentary , for his performance in the quarter - final against the Canadian national team .