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Karlis Skrastins

D | 6'1", 208 lbs. |

Birth Date:July 9, 1974 (37 years old)
Place of Birth:Riga, LAT
Shoots:L

Experience:12 years
Drafted:Drafted by Nashville in 1998 (9/230).

Movements & Injuries

2011
9/07/2011	Died on September 7, 2011.
5/17/2011	Signed with the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).
4/02/2011	Missed 4 games (lacerated leg).
3/23/2011	Lacerated leg, day-to-day.
1/15/2011	Missed 3 games (broken nose).
1/07/2011	Broken nose, day-to-day.
2010
12/26/2010	Missed 1 game (quadriceps injury).
12/23/2010	Quadriceps injury, day-to-day.
2009
12/11/2009	Missed 2 games (finger injury).
12/05/2009	Finger injury, day-to-day.
7/02/2009	Signed as an unrestricted free agent by the Dallas Stars to a two-year contract.
2008
10/16/2008	Missed 2 games (neck injury).
10/08/2008	Neck injury, sidelined indefinitely.
2/26/2008	Acquired from the Colorado Avalanche.
2007
11/20/2007	Missed 12 games (separated shoulder).
10/21/2007	Separated shoulder, sidelined indefinitely.
3/27/2007	Missed 13 games (knee injury).
2/25/2007	Knee injury, day-to-day.
2006
6/30/2006	Re-signed by the Colorado Avalanche to a multi-year contract.
2005
8/09/2005	Re-signed as a restricted free agent by the Colorado Avalanche.
7/28/2005	Colorado Avalanche tendered a qualifying offer.
2/16/2005	Left HK Riga 2000 (Latvia).
2004
9/25/2004	NHL lockout: Signed with the HK Riga 2000 (Latvia).
7/01/2004	Re-signed by the Colorado Avalanche to a one-year contract.
2003
7/15/2003	Signed by the Colorado Avalanche to a one-year contract.
6/30/2003	Acquired from the Colorado Avalanche.

Career Transactions

2009
7/02/2009	Signed as an unrestricted free agent by the Dallas Stars.
2008
2/26/2008	Florida Panthers traded Ruslan Salei to the Colorado Avalanche for Karlis Skrastins and a 3rd round selection in 2008.
2003
6/30/2003	Nashville Predators traded Karlis Skrastins to the Colorado Avalanche for future considerations.
1998
6/27/1998	Drafted by the Nashville Predators in the 9th round (230th overall) in 1998.

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Career Regular Season Statistics

Year	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG	TOI	S	PtsPG
2010-11	Dallas	NHL	74	3	5	8	-1	38	0	0	1	17:57	30	0.11
2009-10	Dallas	NHL	79	2	11	13	-4	24	0	0	1	19:34	53	0.16
	Latvia	Olympic	4	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0	21:12	2	0.00
2008-09	Florida	NHL	80	4	14	18	9	30	0	0	0	20:33	55	0.23
2007-08	Florida	NHL	17	1	0	1	-9	12	0	0	1	20:03	11	0.06
	Colorado	NHL	43	1	3	4	-2	20	0	0	0	18:02	34	0.09
	Total Col/Fla	NHL	60	2	3	5	-11	32	0	0	1	18:36	45	0.08
2006-07	Colorado	NHL	68	0	11	11	0	30	0	0	0	21:13	65	0.16
2005-06	Colorado	NHL	82	3	11	14	-7	65	0	2	0	21:49	58	0.17
	Latvia	Olympic	5	0	1	1	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	0.20
2004-05	Latvia	WC	6	2	0	2	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	0.33
	Riga	Blr	34	8	17	25	-	30	-	-	-	-	-	0.74
	Riga	Lat	4	0	4	4	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	1.00
2003-04	Colorado	NHL	82	5	8	13	18	26	0	1	1	21:49	102	0.16
2002-03	Nashville	NHL	82	3	10	13	-18	44	0	1	0	20:17	86	0.16
	Latvia	WC	6	3	3	6	-	27	-	-	-	-	-	1.00
2001-02	Nashville	NHL	82	4	13	17	-12	36	0	0	1	20:29	84	0.21
	Latvia	Olympic	1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	-	1	0.00
2000-01	Nashville	NHL	82	1	11	12	-12	30	0	0	1	19:12	66	0.15
	Latvia	WC	6	3	0	3	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	0.50
1999-00	Nashville	NHL	59	5	6	11	-7	20	1	0	2	20:51	51	0.19
	Milwaukee	IHL	19	3	8	11	-6	10	2	0	1	-	56	0.58
	Latvia	WC	7	1	2	3	-	4	1	0	0	-	-	0.43
1998-99	Nashville	NHL	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	11:47	0	0.50
	Milwaukee	IHL	75	8	36	44	-15	47	5	0	0	-	131	0.59
	Latvia	WC	6	1	1	2	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	0.33
1997-98	TPS	Fin	48	4	15	19	-	67	-	-	-	-	-	0.40
	TPS	EuroHL	6	0	1	1	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	0.17
1996-97	TPS	Fin	50	2	8	10	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	0.20
	Latvia	WC	8	0	3	3	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	0.38
	TPS	EuroHL	6	0	1	1	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	0.17
1995-96	TPS	Fin	50	4	11	15	-	32	-	-	-	-	-	0.30
	Latvia	WC-B	7	2	2	4	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	0.57
1994-95	Riga	CIS	52	4	14	18	-	69	-	-	-	-	-	0.35
	Latvia	WC-B	7	1	1	2	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	0.29
1993-94	Riga	CIS	42	7	5	12	-	18	-	-	-	-	-	0.29
	Latvia	WJC-C	4	1	5	6	-	33	-	-	-	-	-	1.50
	Latvia	WC-B	7	3	5	8	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	1.14
1992-93	Riga	CIS	40	3	5	8	-	16	-	-	-	-	-	0.20
	Latvia	WC-C	7	1	6	7	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	1.00
NHL	Total	NHL	832	32	104	136	-45	375	1	4	8	-	695	0.16
IHL	Total	IHL	94	11	44	55	-21	57	7	0	1	-	187	0.59
Fin	Total	Fin	148	10	34	44	-	119	-	-	-	-	-	0.30
Rus	Total	Rus	134	14	24	38	-	103	-	-	-	-	-	0.28
Blr	Total	Blr	34	8	17	25	-	30	-	-	-	-	-	0.74
EuroHL	Total	EuroHL	12	0	2	2	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	0.17
Lat	Total	Lat	4	0	4	4	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	1.00
Olympic	Total	Olympic	10	0	1	1	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	0.10
WC	Total	WC	39	10	9	19	-	43	-	-	-	-	-	0.49
WC-B	Total	WC-B	21	6	8	14	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	0.67
WC-C	Total	WC-C	7	1	6	7	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	1.00
WJC-C	Total	WJC-C	4	1	5	6	-	33	-	-	-	-	-	1.50

Career Playoff Statistics

Year	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG	TOI	S	PtsPG
2010-11	Dallas	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
2009-10	Dallas	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
2008-09	Florida	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
2007-08	Florida	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
2006-07	Colorado	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
2005-06	Colorado	NHL	9	0	1	1	-3	10	0	0	0	23:24	9	0.11
2004-05	Riga	Blr	3	0	0	0	-	25	-	-	-	-	-	0.00
	Riga	Lat	9	3	10	13	-	33	-	-	-	-	-	1.44
2003-04	Colorado	NHL	11	0	2	2	-2	2	0	0	0	-	14	0.18
2002-03	Nashville	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
2001-02	Nashville	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
2000-01	Nashville	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
1999-00	Nashville	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
	Milwaukee	IHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
1998-99	Nashville	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
	Milwaukee	IHL	2	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	-	5	0.50
1997-98	TPS	Fin	4	0	0	0	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	0.00
	TPS	EuroHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
1996-97	TPS	Fin	12	0	4	4	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	0.33
	TPS	EuroHL	4	0	0	0	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	0.00
1995-96	TPS	Fin	11	2	2	4	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	0.36
1994-95	Riga	CIS	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
1993-94	Riga	CIS	2	1	0	1	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	0.50
1992-93	Riga	CIS	2	0	0	0	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	0.00
NHL	Total	NHL	20	0	3	3	-5	12	0	0	0	-	23	0.15
IHL	Total	IHL	2	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	-	5	0.50
Fin	Total	Fin	27	2	6	8	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	0.30
Rus	Total	Rus	4	1	0	1	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	0.25
Blr	Total	Blr	3	0	0	0	-	25	-	-	-	-	-	0.00
EuroHL	Total	EuroHL	4	0	0	0	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	0.00
Lat	Total	Lat	9	3	10	13	-	33	-	-	-	-	-	1.44

Career Highs (SEASON)

	TOTAL	SEASON
Games	82	5 times-last: 2005-06 (Col)
Goals	5	2 times-last: 2003-04 (Col)
Assists	14	2008-09 (Fla)
Points	18	2008-09 (Fla)
Penalty Minutes	65	2005-06 (Col)
Plus/Minus	+18	2003-04 (Col)
Power Play Goals	1	1999-00 (Nas)
Shorthanded Goals	2	2005-06 (Col)
Shots	102	2003-04 (Col)

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