Name Krisjanis Redlihs Height 1.89 m Date joined 2002 | Shoots Left Playing career Role Ice hockey player Weight 93 kg | |
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KHL teamFormer teams Dinamo RigaHK Liepajas MetalurgsAlbany River RatsFribourg-GotteronAmur KhabarovskLinkoping HCHamburg Freezers NHL Draft 154th overall, 2002New Jersey Devils Current teams Siblings Mikelis Redlihs, Jekabs Redlihs People also search for Mikelis Redlihs, Jekabs Redlihs, Kristaps Redlihs | ||
Latvia vs Italy Krisjanis Redlihs 5 goal , IIHF WC 2012 08.05.2012.flv
Krišjānis Rēdlihs (born January 15, 1981) is a Latvian ice hockey player who currently plays as defenceman for Dinamo Riga of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).
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Playing career
Krišjānis Rēdlihs started his playing career by playing for HK Liepājas Metalurgs in the Latvian hockey league and Eastern European Hockey League. In 2002, he unexpectedly made the Latvia men's national ice hockey team for 2002 Ice Hockey World Championships. Following the World Championships, Rēdlihs was drafted in 2002 NHL Entry Draft by New Jersey Devils, in the 5th round, 154th overall. He has played for Albany River Rats, the AHL affiliate of New Jersey Devils since then. In 2006, Rēdlihs was briefly called up from Albany to New Jersey Devils but did not play for Devils. He has played for Latvian national team in three World Championships and 2006 Winter Olympics.
Krišjānis Rēdlihs has three brothers - two of them are also professional hockey players - Jēkabs Rēdlihs and Miķelis Rēdlihs.