Nauris Sējējs
Nauris Sējējs | |||
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Born |
Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic | March 15, 2001||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||
Weight | 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb) | ||
Position | Defence | ||
Shoots | Left | ||
NL team (P) Cur. team |
Genève-Servette HC HC La Chaux-de-Fonds (SL) | ||
National team | Latvia | ||
Playing career | 2021–present |
Nauris Sējējs (born 15 March 2001) is a Latvian professional ice hockey defenceman who is currently playing with HC La Chaux-de-Fonds of the Swiss League (SL) as a prospect to Genève-Servette HC of the National League (NL).
Sējējs played his junior hockey in Switzerland which allows him to compete in the NL and the SL with a Swiss player-license.
Playing career
[edit]On April 6, 2021, Sējējs was signed by Genève-Servette HC to his first professional contract, agreeing to a one-year deal.[1][2]
On May 5, 2021, it was announced that Sējējs would be loaned to HC La Chaux-de-Fonds of the Swiss League (SL) for the 2021/22 season.[3][4]
Personal life
[edit]His twin brother, Nils Sējējs, also plays professional hockey with Genève-Servette HC as a winger. They were born in the Czech Republic where their father Normunds was playing hockey at the time, though the family returned to Latvia within a few years.
Both twins left Latvia and moved to Geneva in 2016 at age 15 to continue their junior careers.
Career statistics
[edit]Regular season and playoffs
[edit]Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
2015–16 | Dinamo Rīga | LAT U16 | 26 | 13 | 17 | 30 | 48 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2016–17 | Genève–Servette HC | SUI U17 | 37 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
2017–18 | Genève–Servette HC | SUI U17 | 32 | 2 | 20 | 22 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | ||
2018–19 | Genève–Servette HC | SUI U20 | 44 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
2019–20 | Genève–Servette HC | SUI.2 U20 | 44 | 6 | 24 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||
2020–21 | Genève–Servette HC | SUI.2 U20 | 45 | 7 | 29 | 36 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2021–22 | HC La Chaux–de–Fonds | SUI.2 | 40 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
SUI.2 totals | 40 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
International
[edit]Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
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2018 | Latvia | WJC18 D1A | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2019 | Latvia | WJC18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2022 | Latvia | OG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Junior totals | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Senior totals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Mercier, Winnik and Moy extends, first contract for the Sejejs brothers". gshc.ch. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
- ^ "GSHC signs Mercier, Winnik and Moy to contract extensions". swisshockeynews.ch. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
- ^ "Final roster". hccnet.ch. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
- ^ "The Sejejs twins to skate with HC La Chaux-de-Fonds". swisshabs.ch. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
External links
[edit]- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com
- Nauris Sējējs at Olympedia
- Nauris Sējējs at Olympics.com
- Nauris Sējējs at the Latvijas Olimpiskā komiteja (in Latvian) (English translation)
- 2001 births
- Living people
- Genève-Servette HC players
- HC La Chaux-de-Fonds players
- Latvian ice hockey defencemen
- Ice hockey players at the 2022 Winter Olympics
- Olympic ice hockey players for Latvia
- Latvian twins
- Ice hockey people from Riga
- Sportspeople from Karlovy Vary
- Ice hockey people from the Karlovy Vary Region
- Latvian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
- Latvian expatriate ice hockey people
- Expatriate ice hockey players in Switzerland
- Latvian ice hockey biography stubs