Sandis Ozoliņš

Sandis Ozoliņš or Sandis Ozolinsh (born the August 3rd 1972 with Rīga) is a Latvian player professional of Hockey which plays at present for Sharks de San Jose in the National league of hockey.

One learned on November 3rd, 2007, which it signed a one year old contract evaluated with 625.000$US with Sharks, the team of which it was fished out.

Before joining Sharks, he played in the following franknesses:

Sharks de San Jose,
Avalanche of Colorado,
Hurricanes of the Caroline,
Panthers of Florida,
Mighty Ducks d' Anaheim.
Rangers of New York

Career of player

Ozoliņš was initially fished out by the Sharks de San Jose with the 2nd turn, 30e choice on the whole, with the Repêchage of entry in the LNH 1991.

Ozoliņš is recognized as being excellent a offensive defender having in more the capacity to join the attack and one better player of support at the time of a numerical advantage of the National league of hockey. Its defensive play, by moments unstable, created however some problems with its fellow-members. In spite of this gap, it was one of the three finalists to the Trophée Norris at the end of the Saison LNH 1996-97. It also took part in 7 matches of stars.

Ozoliņš was distinguished from the other defenders of the league with the passing of years as being a wild candidate in series who can produce things at the good moment. He was member of Sharks of 1994 and 1995, two teams neglected which passed nevertheless in second round eliminatory series while eliminating from the large teams supposed to come easily to end.

Transferred the following year to Colorado, it was distinguished in many gained prolongations and decisive seventh matches, gaining the Coupe Stanley in 1996.

He played an important role in the unexpected race of Ducks in 2003 until the Final of the Coupe Stanley. In December 2005, Ozoliņš missed a drive and did not present itself for a court travels of the team abroad. Little time after, it is voluntarily registered with the programme of detoxication of the LNH and found placed indefinitely with the variation of the play.

It was exchanged by Ducks in Rangers against a choice of round third to the deadline of the transactions, the March 9th 2006; it helped Rangers has to take part in the series for the first time in 8 years.

Trophies LNH

Cut Stanley : 1996

Others

Ozoliņš has moreover the Vilki OP/LaRocca Championnat of Latvia of hockey; it has also the very first ground of Golf 18 holes of Latvia, the Ozo Golf Club .

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