Position Right Wing/Centre Playing career Weight 98 kg NHL Draft Undrafted Height 1.95 m | National team Latvia Role Ice hockey player Shoots Left Name Vitalijs Pavlovs Date joined 2013 | |
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Born June 17, 1989 (age 34)
Riga, Soviet Union ( 1989-06-17 ) KHL team
Former teams Dinamo Riga
Colorado Eagles | ||
Pavlovs destroys arena with Mnatsyan
Vitalijs Pavlovs (born June 17, 1989) is a Latvian professional ice hockey player who is currently playing for the Dinamo Riga in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).
Pavlos signed a two-year contract with Dinamo Riga on August 9, 2012 and made his debut on December 5, 2012, in a loss to Yugra. Pavlovs started the 2012–13 season with Jokipojat in Mestis, he had 6 goals and 8 assists in 19 games which is good for 3rd place in points inside the team.
Pavlovs was sanctioned by the International Olympics Committee for failing an anti-doping test in the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. He tested positive for methylhexanamine, a banned stimulant found in certain food supplements.
On October 1, 2014, Pavlovs left Dinamo as a free agent to sign his first North American contract on a one-year deal with the Colorado Eagles of the ECHL.
