Jānis Sprukts

Jānis Sprukts (born January 31, 1982) is a retired Latvian professional ice hockey forward.

As a youth, Sprukts played in the 1996 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a team from Riga.

On April 6, 2007, Jānis scored his first career NHL goal against Marc Denis and the Tampa Bay Lightning in a Panthers 7-2 victory.

[2] In 2009, he left North America and then played in the KHL for Dinamo Riga and CSKA Moscow.

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