Herberts Vasiļjevs

Herberts Vasiļjevs (born May 23, 1976) is a Latvian ice hockey player who plays as a center and right winger. He currently plays for Krefeld Pinguine of DEL.
==Playing career ==
Herberts Vasiļjevs is a son of Haralds Vasiļjevs, a well-known Latvian ice hockey player and coach, who coached the Latvian national ice hockey team from 1999 to 2001. He grew up in Latvia but came to Germany in early 1990s when his father became a coach for the junior team of Krefeld Pinguine of DEL (Deustche Eishockey League). 
After playing the 1994/95 season for Krefeld Pinguine, Herberts Vasiļjevs moved to North America where he played junior and minor league hockey in North America. He was then signed by Florida Panthers of NHL as a free agent in 1998. Vasiļjevs is one of only three Latvian players who have reached NHL without ever being drafted in an NHL Entry Draft. (The other two were Pēteris Skudra and Raitis Ivanāns.) From 1998 to 2002, Vasiļjevs played 51 NHL games with Florida Panthers, Atlanta Thrashers and Vancouver Canucks, scoring 8 goals and 7 assists. After spending all of 2002–03 with Vancouver Canucks' minor league affiliate, Manitoba Moose of the AHL, Vasiļjevs was not resigned by Canucks. He has played professional hockey in Russian Elite League and DEL since then. Since 2005, he has been with Krefeld Pinguine, the team where he started his professional hockey career 11 years earlier. In the summer of 2010, after long negotiations, Vasiļjevs resigned a new contract with Krefeld up until 2013.
==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
1994–95 	Krefeld Pinguine 	DEL 		42 	4 	5 	9 	24 		15 	1 	4 	5 	10
1995–96 	Guelph Storm 	OHL 		65 	34 	33 	67 	63 		16 	6 	13 	19 	6
1996–97 	Carolina Monarchs 	AHL 		54 	13 	18 	31 	30 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1996–97 	Port Huron Border Cats 	CoHL 		3 	3 	2 	5 	4 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1997–98 	Beast of New Haven 	AHL 		76 	36 	30 	66 	60 		3 	1 	0 	1 	2
1998–99 	Florida Panthers 	NHL 		5 	0 	0 	0 	2 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1998–99 	Kentucky Thoroughblades	AHL 		76 	28 	48 	76 	66 		12 	2 	1 	3 	4
1999–00 	Atlanta Thrashers 	NHL 		7 	1 	0 	1 	4 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1999–00 	Orlando Solar Bears 	IHL 		73 	25 	35 	60 	60 		6 	2 	2 	4 	6
2000–01 	Orlando Solar Bears 	IHL 		58 	22 	26 	48 	32 		12 	8 	3 	11 	14
2000–01 	Atlanta Thrashers 	NHL 		21 	4 	5 	9 	14 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2001–02 	Vancouver Canucks 	NHL 		18 	3 	2 	5 	2 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2001–02 	Manitoba Moose 	AHL 		31 	12 	14 	26 	10 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2002–03 	Manitoba Moose 	AHL 		69 	10 	29 	39 	30 		14 	3 	5 	8 	8
2003–04 	Amur Khabarovsk 	RSL 		37 	4 	7 	11 	38 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2004–05 	Nuremberg Ice Tigers 	DEL 		39 	15 	23 	38 	40 		6 	1 	2 	3 	6
2005–06 	Krefeld Pinguine 	DEL 		50 	24 	21 	45 	67 		5 	2 	3 	5 	4
2006–07 	Krefeld Pinguine 	DEL 		51 	30 	24 	54 	78 		2 	1 	2 	3 	0
2007–08 	Krefeld Pinguine 	DEL 		53 	24 	33 	57 	54 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2008–09 	Krefeld Pinguine 	DEL 		52 	20 	35 	55 	40 		7 	3 	1 	4 	2
2009–10 	Krefeld Pinguine 	DEL 		51 	22 	36 	58 	92 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2010–11 	Krefeld Pinguine 	DEL 		52 	16 	33 	49 	38 		8 	6 	3 	9 	32
NHL totals	NHL totals 	NHL totals		51 	8 	17 	25 	52 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
===International===
Year 	Team 	Comp 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
1998 	Latvia 	WC 	6 	0 	2 	2 	4
2000 	Latvia 	WC 	1 	0 	0 	0 	4
2004 	Latvia 	WC 	7 	0 	1 	1 	0
2005 	Latvia 	WC 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
2006 	Latvia 	OG 	4 	1 	0 	1 	4
2006 	Latvia 	WC 	6 	1 	0 	1 	10
2007 	Latvia 	WC 	6 	2 	3 	5 	8
2008 	Latvia 	WC 	6 	2 	1 	3 	10
2009 	Latvia 	WC 	7 	3 	6 	9 	6
2010 	Latvia 	OG 	4 	1 	1 	2 	6
2010 	Latvia 	WC 	6 	0 	3 	3 	8
Senior int'l totals	Senior int'l totals	Senior int'l totals	59	10	17	27 	60
==References==
==External links==
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Category:Born in 1976
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