Kaspars Astašenko
| Kaspars Astašenko | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
17 February 1975 Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union | ||
| Died |
20 November 2012 (aged 37) Riga, Latvia | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | ||
| Weight | 206 lb (93 kg; 14 st 10 lb) | ||
| Position | Defence | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for |
HK Pārdaugava Rīga HC CSKA Moscow Tampa Bay Lightning Ilves HPK HC Slovan Bratislava Ritten Sport Beibarys Atyrau Belfast Giants | ||
| National team |
 Latvia | ||
| NHL draft |
127th overall, 1999 Tampa Bay Lightning | ||
| Playing career | 1993–2012 | ||
Kaspars Astašenko (17 February 1975[1] – 20 November 2012) was a Latvian professional ice hockey player. Astašenko was born in Riga, Latvia. Astašenko was drafted by the Tampa Bay Lightning in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft, 127th overall. Astašenko played parts of two seasons in the National Hockey League with the Lightning.
Playing career
Junior
Astašenko began his career in his native Riga with HK Pārdaugava Rīga, competing in both the Latvian top league and later to Russian Superleague before signing with Russian club, HC CSKA Moscow in 1995.
North America
In 1998, Astašenko signed with the Cincinnati Cyclones of the International Hockey League. After a stint with the Cyclones, Astašenko was surprisingly drafted by Tampa Bay and went on to play 23 regular games in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Lightning as well as playing for the IHL's Detroit Vipers and Long Beach Ice Dogs. He later played in the American Hockey League for the Springfield Falcons and the Lowell Lock Monsters.
Europe
He would return to Europe in 2003, with stops at Finland's SM-liiga with Ilves and HPK, back in Russia with Khimik Voskresensk, the Slovak Extraliga with HC Slovan Bratislava, Ritten Sport of Italy's Serie A and the United Kingdom's Elite Ice Hockey League for the Belfast Giants as well as brief spells in his native Latvia and the lower leagues in Finland.[2]
International play
Astašenko played for the Latvian national team in the Ice Hockey World Championships in 2001 and 2006, as well as the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.[2]
Personal life
In 2003, Astašenko was arrested for possession of heroin in the United States, effectively ending his North American career. After suffering from various addictions, Astašenko died on 20 November 2012.[3][4][5]
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1991–92 | HK Cesis Vendenieki | LAT | 12 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 1991–92 | RASMS Rīga | CIS-3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 1992–93 | Pārdaugava Rīga | LAT | 20 | 15 | 15 | 30 | 24 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 1993–94 | Pārdaugava Rīga | RUS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 1993–94 | Hokeja Centrs Rīga | LAT | 21 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||
| 1994–95 | Pārdaugava Rīga | RUS | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 1994–95 | Pārdaugava–2 Rīga | LAT | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 1995–96 | CSKA Moscow | RUS | 26 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 1995–96 | CSKA–2 Moscow | RUS-2 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 1996–97 | CSKA Moscow | RSL | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 1997–98 | CSKA Moscow | RSL | 25 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 1998–99 | Cincinnati Cyclones | IHL | 74 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 166 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||
| 1998–99 | Dayton Bombers | ECHL | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 1999–00 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 1999–00 | Detroit Vipers | IHL | 51 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 86 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 1999–00 | Long Beach Ice Dogs | IHL | 14 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 2000–01 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 2000–01 | Detroit Vipers | IHL | 51 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 58 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 2001–02 | Springfield Falcons | AHL | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 15 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 2001–02 | Lowell Lock Monsters | AHL | 37 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 39 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 2002–03 | Lowell Lock Monsters | AHL | 47 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 60 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 2003–04 | HK Rīga 2000 | LAT | 11 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 24 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 2003–04 | Ilves | SM-l | 23 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 60 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||
| 2004–05 | Esbjerg IK | DEN | 24 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 71 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 2004–05 | ASK/Ogre | LAT | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||
| 2005–06 | Khimik Voskresensk | RUS-2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 2005–06 | Khimik–2 Voskresensk | RUS-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 2005–06 | HPK | SM-l | 28 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 112 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 49 | ||
| 2006–07 | HC Slovan Bratislava | SVK | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 59 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 2006–07 | ASK/Ogre | LAT | 17 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 46 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 2007–08 | Ritten Sport | ITA | 29 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 76 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 36 | ||
| 2008–09 | Ritten Sport | ITA | 41 | 10 | 34 | 44 | 128 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 2010–11 | Beibarys Atyrau | KAZ | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 24 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 2010–11 | Belfast Giants | EIHL | 14 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 2011–12 | HK SMScredit | LAT | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 2011–12 | Muik Hockey | FIN-4 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 20 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| LAT totals | 84 | 36 | 45 | 81 | 144 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 14 | ||||
| IHL totals | 190 | 10 | 34 | 44 | 320 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||||
| NHL totals | 23 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
International
| Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Latvia | EJC C | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | |
| 1994 | Latvia | WJC C | 4 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 4 | |
| 1995 | Latvia | WJC C1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |
| 2001 | Latvia | WC | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | |
| 2002 | Latvia | OG | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2006 | Latvia | WC | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Junior totals | 12 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 30 | |||
| Senior totals | 13 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 14 | |||
References
- ^ "Kaspars Astašenko". SR/Olympics. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
- ^ a b "Kaspars Astashenko hockey statistics and profile at hockeydb.com". The Internet Hockey Database. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
- ^ "Latvian former NHL player Astasenko found dead". The Baltic Course. 23 November 2012. Archived from the original on 2 February 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
- ^ "Former Latvian Hockey player dies, at 37". lenta.ru. 23 November 2012. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
- ^ "Kaspars Astasenko dies suddenly". rus.delfi.lv (in Latvian). 22 November 2012. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- 1975 births
- 2012 deaths
- Belfast Giants players
- Cincinnati Cyclones (IHL) players
- HC CSKA Moscow players
- Dayton Bombers players
- Detroit Vipers players
- HPK players
- Ilves players
- Latvian ice hockey defencemen
- Long Beach Ice Dogs (IHL) players
- Lowell Lock Monsters players
- Olympic ice hockey players of Latvia
- Ice hockey players at the 2002 Winter Olympics
- Ice hockey people from Riga
- HC Slovan Bratislava players
- Springfield Falcons players
- Tampa Bay Lightning draft picks
- Tampa Bay Lightning players
- Latvian expatriate ice hockey people
- Latvian expatriate sportspeople in Russia
- Latvian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Latvian expatriate sportspeople in Finland
- Latvian expatriate sportspeople in Denmark
- Latvian expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia
- Latvian expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Latvian expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan
- Latvian expatriate sportspeople in Northern Ireland
- Expatriate ice hockey players in Northern Ireland
- Expatriate ice hockey players in Finland