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Arturs Kulda

#32 HK Dukla Michalovce / Slovakia - 24/25

Date of Birth

Jul 25, 1988

Position

Age

Height

6'2" / 188 cm

Place of Birth

Leipzig, GER

Weight

212 lbs / 96 kg

Nation

Latvia

Shoots

Youth Team

Prizma Riga

Contract

24/25

Drafted

2006 round 7 #200 overall by Atlanta Thrashers

Agency

PREMIUM

Kulda is a stay-at-home defenseman who plays a physical game. He can hit hard, but also skates well. Owns a hard slapshot from the powerplay point. Could improve his positional play.

Brother: Edgars Kulda

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Arturs Kulda Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-		POST	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
2003-04	Prizma Riga	Latvia	11*	0*	0*	0*	8*	-*	\|	Playoffs	2	0	0	0	0	-
	Latvia U18	WJC-18 D1	5*	0*	1*	1*	6*	0*	\|
2004-05	SDYUSHOR CSKA Moskva	MosJHL	25*	1*	11*	12*	14*	-*	\|
	Latvia U18	WJC-18 D1	5*	0*	2*	2*	18*	3*	\|
2005-06	CSKA Moskva-2	Russia3	40*	3*	9*	12*	24*	-*	\|
	SDYUSHOR CSKA Moskva	MosJHL	2*	0*	2*	2*	2*	-*	\|
	Latvia U18	WJC-18 D1	5*	1*	2*	3*	12*	10*	\|
	Latvia U20	WJC-20	6*	0*	1*	1*	6*	0*	\|
	Latvia (all)	International	3*	0*	0*	0*	0*	-*	\|
2006-07	Peterborough Petes	OHL	58*	2*	9*	11*	83*	9*	\|
	Latvia U20	WJC-20 D1	5*	0*	2*	2*	27*	3*	\|
2007-08	Peterborough Petes	OHL	55*	7*	27*	34*	87*	-13*	\|	Playoffs	5	1	3	4	6	0
	Chicago Wolves	AHL	5*	0*	1*	1*	10*	3*	\|	Playoffs	21	1	5	6	32	12
	Latvia U20	WJC-20 D1	5*	1*	4*	5*	12*	2*	\|
2008-09	Chicago Wolves	AHL	57*	1*	14*	15*	59*	7*	\|
2009-10	Atlanta Thrashers	NHL	4*	0*	2*	2*	2*	2*	\|
	Chicago Wolves	AHL	66*	6*	19*	25*	46*	47*	\|	Playoffs	14	1	4	5	8	-5
	Latvia	WC	3*	0*	0*	0*	2*	0*	\|
	Latvia (all)	International	3*	0*	0*	0*	2*	0*	\|
2010-11	Atlanta Thrashers	NHL	2*	0*	0*	0*	2*	-2*	\|
	Chicago Wolves	AHL	69*	5*	12*	17*	73*	-1*	\|
	Latvia	WC	3*	0*	0*	0*	6*	-1*	\|
	Latvia (all)	International	3*	0*	0*	0*	6*	-1*	\|
2011-12	Winnipeg Jets	NHL	9*	0*	0*	0*	4*	3*	\|
	St. John's IceCaps	AHL	63*	6*	14*	20*	62*	18*	\|	Playoffs	13	0	1	1	8	-3
2012-13	Sibir Novosibirsk	KHL	50*	9*	6*	15*	55*	-3*	\|	Playoffs	7	0	1	1	0	1
	Latvia	OGQ	3*	0*	0*	0*	0*	0*	\|
	Latvia	WC	7*	1*	1*	2*	8*	-5*	\|
	Latvia (all)	International	12*	2*	1*	3*	10*	-*	\|
2013-14	Salavat Yulaev Ufa	KHL	43*	1*	9*	10*	42*	4*	\|	Playoffs	18	1	4	5	18	0
	Latvia	OG	5*	0*	1*	1*	2*	-3*	\|
	Latvia “A”	WC	6*	4*	1*	5*	4*	2*	\|
	Latvia (all)	International	16*	5*	6*	11*	8*	-*	\|
2014-15	Salavat Yulaev Ufa	KHL	45*	4*	5*	9*	28*	-9*	\|	Playoffs	5	0	0	0	2	0
2015-16	Jokerit	KHL	42*	1*	5*	6*	36*	14*	\|	Playoffs	6	0	0	0	4	-3
	Latvia (all)	International	2*	0*	2*	2*	0*	3*	\|
2016-17	Jokerit	KHL	44*	0*	11*	11*	28*	11*	\|	Playoffs	3	0	1	1	4	-1
	Latvia	OGQ	3*	0*	0*	0*	0*	1*	\|
	Latvia “A”	WC	7*	0*	1*	1*	6*	-1*	\|
	Latvia (all)	International	19*	0*	1*	1*	18*	-5*	\|
2017-18	Kunlun Red Star	KHL	47*	2*	4*	6*	33*	-9*	\|
	HC Sparta Praha	Czechia	3*	0*	0*	0*	0*	0*	\|	Playoffs	3	0	0	0	2	-1
	Latvia (all)	International	1*	0*	0*	0*	0*	0*	\|
2018-19	Severstal Cherepovets	KHL	59*	2*	5*	7*	42*	-8*	\|
	Latvia	WC	7*	0*	1*	1*	2*	3*	\|
	Latvia (all)	International	13*	0*	1*	1*	4*	-*	\|
2019-20	Dinamo Riga	KHL	6*	0*	2*	2*	0*	-6*	\|
	Severstal Cherepovets	KHL	20*	1*	4*	5*	8*	1*	\|
	Latvia (all)	International	3*	0*	0*	0*	2*	-*	\|
2020-21	Nürnberg Ice Tigers	DEL	33*	1*	17*	18*	40*	-7*	\|
	Latvia	WC	4*	0*	0*	0*	2*	0*	\|
	Latvia (all)	International	9*	0*	0*	0*	8*	-*	\|
2021-22	Krefeld Pinguine “A”	DEL	55*	4*	9*	13*	30*	-24*	\|
	Latvia	OG	3*	0*	0*	0*	0*	-3*	\|
	Latvia “A”	WC	5*	1*	0*	1*	4*	-1*	\|
	Latvia (all)	International	11*	2*	0*	2*	8*	-*	\|
2022-23	Villacher SV	ICEHL	46*	5*	20*	25*	51*	19*	\|	Playoffs	5	0	0	0	2	-4
2023-24	Villacher SV	ICEHL	43*	2*	11*	13*	29*	6*	\|
2024-25	HK Dukla Michalovce	Slovakia	5*	1*	0*	1*	8*	2*	\|
	Projected	Slovakia	43*	9*	0*	9*	69*	17*	\|

Arturs Kulda Tournament Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
2014-15	Salavat Yulaev Ufa	Spengler Cup	5*	0*	0*	0*	8*	1*	\|
2015-16	Jokerit	Spengler Cup	3*	1*	3*	4*	4*	4*	\|
2020-21	Latvia	Deutschland Cup	3*	0*	0*	0*	6*	-1*	\|
2022-23	Villacher SV	Champions HL	5*	0*	0*	0*	4*	-4*	\|

Arturs Kulda Career Totals

League	Years	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-	\|	Years	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
AHL	5	260*	18*	60*	78*	0.30*	250*	74*	\|	3	48	2 *	10 *	12 *	0.25 *	48 *	4 *
Champions HL	1	5*	0*	0*	0*	0.00*	4*	-4*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
Czechia	1	3*	0*	0*	0*	0.00*	0*	0*	\|	1	3	0 *	0 *	0 *	0.00 *	2 *	-1 *
DEL	2	88*	5*	26*	31*	0.35*	70*	-31*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
Deutschland Cup	1	3*	0*	0*	0*	0.00*	6*	-1*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
ICEHL	2	89*	7*	31*	38*	0.43*	80*	25*	\|	1	5	0 *	0 *	0 *	0.00 *	2 *	-4 *
International	12	95*	9*	11*	20*	0.21*	66*	-3*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
KHL	8	356*	20*	51*	71*	0.20*	272*	-5*	\|	5	39	1 *	6 *	7 *	0.18 *	28 *	-3 *
Latvia	1	11*	0*	0*	0*	0.00*	8*	-*	\|	1	2	0 *	0 *	0 *	0.00 *	0 *	- *
MosJHL	2	27*	1*	13*	14*	0.52*	16*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
NHL	3	15*	0*	2*	2*	0.13*	8*	3*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
OG	2	8*	0*	1*	1*	0.13*	2*	-6*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
OGQ	2	6*	0*	0*	0*	0.00*	0*	1*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
OHL	2	113*	9*	36*	45*	0.40*	170*	-4*	\|	1	5	1 *	3 *	4 *	0.80 *	6 *	0 *
Russia3	1	40*	3*	9*	12*	0.30*	24*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
Slovakia	1	5*	1*	0*	1*	0.20*	8*	2*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
Spengler Cup	2	8*	1*	3*	4*	0.50*	12*	5*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
WC	8	42*	6*	4*	10*	0.24*	34*	-3*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
WJC-18 D1	3	15*	1*	5*	6*	0.40*	36*	13*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
WJC-20	1	6*	0*	1*	1*	0.17*	6*	0*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
WJC-20 D1	2	10*	1*	6*	7*	0.70*	39*	5*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*

* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

Arturs Kulda Career Highlights

Season

Awards by season

2004-2005
- U18 WJC (D1|B) Silver Medal
2005-2006
- U18 WJC (D1|B) Gold Medal
2006-2007
- U20 WJC (D1|A) Silver Medal
2007-2008
2009-2010
- AHL Best Plus/Minus (+47)
2013-2014
- World Championship Most Goals by Defenseman (4)
- World Championship Top 3 Player on Team
2014-2015
- KHL Most Blocked Shots (113)
2015-2016
- Spengler Cup All-Star Team

Transactions

DATE	STATUS	FROM	TO
10/15/2024
10/15/2024	Confirmed	Villacher SV	HK Dukla Michalovce
03/24/2023
03/24/2023	Extension	Villacher SV	Villacher SV
07/15/2022
07/15/2022	Confirmed	Krefeld Pinguine	Villacher SV
07/07/2021
07/07/2021	Confirmed	Nürnberg Ice Tigers	Krefeld Pinguine
12/18/2020
12/18/2020	Confirmed	No team	Nürnberg Ice Tigers
12/27/2019
12/27/2019	Confirmed	Dinamo Riga	Severstal Cherepovets
12/05/2019
12/05/2019	Confirmed	No team	Dinamo Riga
08/27/2018
08/27/2018	Confirmed	HC Sparta Praha	Severstal Cherepovets
01/31/2018
01/31/2018	Confirmed	Kunlun Red Star	HC Sparta Praha
06/09/2017
06/09/2017	Confirmed	Jokerit	Kunlun Red Star
04/12/2016
04/12/2016	Extension	Jokerit	Jokerit
10/04/2015
10/04/2015	Confirmed	Salavat Yulaev Ufa	Jokerit
07/14/2014
07/14/2014	Extension	Salavat Yulaev Ufa	Salavat Yulaev Ufa
10/03/2013
10/03/2013	Confirmed	Sibir Novosibirsk	Salavat Yulaev Ufa
07/15/2012
07/15/2012	Confirmed	St. John's IceCaps	Sibir Novosibirsk
07/18/2011
07/18/2011	Extension	Winnipeg Jets	Winnipeg Jets

Player Biography and Trivia

Drafted 2006, 1 #48 overall by Peterborough Petes in the CHL Import Draft

Career transactions
- 2013-07-15 • Signed to a two-year contract by Salavat Yulaev Ufa
- 2013-03-18 • Signed to a one-year contract by the Winnipeg Jets (did not dress)
- 2012-07-15 • Signed to a one-year contract by Sibir Novosibirsk
- 2011-07-18 • Re-signed to a one-year contract by the Winnipeg Jets
- 2011-06-21 • NHL rights transferred to the Winnipeg Jets after the the Atlanta Thrashers franchise relocated
- 2008-05-22 • Signed to a three-year entry level contract by the Atlanta Thrashers
- 2008-03-30 • Signed to an amateur tryout by the Chicago Wolves
Memorable dates
- 2010-02-13 • Recorded 1 NHL career assist (vs Chicago)
- 2010-02-12 • Made NHL debut (vs Minnesota)