Frederikshavn (Denmark), Oct. 5, LETA. Latvian defender Kristiāns Rubīns has been leased to the Danish club Frederikshavn “White Hawks” until the start of the National Hockey League (NHL) training camp, the unit informs.
The 22-year-old Ruby could be in the Danish club until December or January, but the White Hawks allow him to play for the team all season.
In early April, Ruby signed a two-year entry-level contract with the NHL team “Maple Leafs” in Toronto. He spent the past two seasons at the Maple Leafs Farm Club in Toronto, the Marlies, who play in the American Hockey League (AHL).
In the 2019/2020 season, Ruby went on the field in 47 games, in which he scored two goals, made 12 assists and accumulated a positive efficiency of +1. Last season, he made his debut in the AHL, where he scored in 15 matches with three assists and a negative utility of -2.
Rubin spent most of the 2018/2019 season in the ECHL or former East Coast Hockey League, where he represented Newfoundland’s Growlers. He scored two goals in 56 duels in the regular championship, made 16 assists and scored a positive efficiency of +17, but the “play-off” Latvian scored 1 + 2 in 17 fights, as well as a positive efficiency of +5, helping the team to triumph in the Kelly Cup.
The ruby entered the Maple Leafs system in August 2018 when it signed an ECHL contract with the Growlers team. Less than three months later, he signed his first AHL contract, but last July the agreement was extended.
At the junior level, Ruby played in the Western Hockey League (WHL) team in the Tennessee of Medisinhet, where in two seasons a total of 126 games scored 11 goals, yielding 51 assists, earning a positive performance of +35.
Prior to that, Rubin played for three seasons in Sweden, where he played for the youth teams of the club “Vasteras”, as well as in the main unit.
Ruby represented the Latvian national team in the 2018 World Championship, scoring a goal against Canada. He has also played in the Latvian youth national team.
The White Hawks currently rank fifth in the nine-team competition, while John Vor’s Redovres Mighty Bulls are in eighth place.
Of the Latvian hockey players, Sergejs Senins, Vyacheslav Fandul, Oreg Sorokin and Roberts Jekimov have also played “White Hawks”.
