Playing career Weight 79 kg Parents Inta Pelss, Einars Pelss | Shot Left Name Kristians Pelss Height 1.80 m Salary 50,000 USD (2013) | |
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Played for DHK LatgaleOklahoma City Barons NHL Draft 181st overall, 2010Edmonton Oilers Siblings Lauma Pelss, Lev Pelss, Lasma Pelss | ||
Kristians Pelss scores a beauty (19.02.2011)
Kristiāns Pelšs (9 September 1992 – 11 June 2013) was a Latvian ice hockey player. Son of poet and translator Einārs Pelšs. At the time of his death, he played for the Oklahoma City Barons of the American Hockey League (AHL) as a prospect of the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League.
Contents
- Kristians Pelss scores a beauty 19022011
- All points of Kristians Pelss in WHL
- Playing career
- References
On 11 June 2013 Pelšs died after leaping from the Stone Bridge in Riga, Latvia. It was confirmed that Pelšs' death was accidental.
All points of Kristians Pelss in WHL
Playing career
Pelšs was selected by the Edmonton Oilers in the 7th round (181st overall) of the 2010 NHL Entry Draft. He made his European Elite debut with DHK Latgale of the Belarusian Extraleague during the 2008-09 season. In 2010 he moved to North America and signed to play major junior hockey in the Western Hockey League (WHL) with the Edmonton Oil Kings.
Pelšs participated at the 2012 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships as a member of the Latvia men's national junior ice hockey team.
On 1 May 2012, it was announced that Pelšs signed a three-year entry level contract with the Edmonton Oilers.
