| Birth Date: | 29 November 1975 |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 1 |
| Weight Lb: | 216 |
| Position: | Centre |
| Shoots: | Left |
| Played For: | HK Essamika Ogre ESC Harzer Wölfe Braunlage EHC Neuwied EHC Timmendorfer Strand HK Riga 2000 EV Füssen EV Landshut Dinamo-2 Minsk Dinamo Minsk Dinamo Riga |
| Ntl Team: | LAT |
| Career Start: | 1991 |
| Career End: | 2013 |
Ģirts Ankipāns (born 29 November 1975) is a retired Latvian ice hockey player and coach. Currently he serves as the head coach of Dinamo Riga in KHL.
He started his professional ice hockey career in Latvia, where he played for various local teams. During the 1996-97 season, he became the best goal-scorer of the Latvian Hockey League. Next 7 seasons Ankipāns spent playing in German hockey leagues. Before the 2003-04 season, he returned to Latvia and joined HK Riga 2000.He played five seasons with Dinamo Riga in KHL before retiring as player.
He has played for the Latvia men's national ice hockey team in 2003, 2005 and 2009 World Championships as well as in 2006 Winter Olympics.
After ending his career as player Ankipāns joined Dinamo coaching staff as assistant coach.[1] On September 28, 2017, he became the interim head coach of the team, replacing Sandis Ozoliņš. On March 29, 2018 Ankipāns was signed as the head coach.[2]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1991–92 | HK Cēsis Vendenieki | LAT | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1992–93 | HK Essamika Ogre | LAT | 22 | 43 | 35 | 78 | 67 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1993–94 | HK Essamika Ogre | LAT | 21 | 20 | 22 | 42 | 69 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | ||
| 1994–95 | HK Essamika Ogre | LAT | 24 | 17 | 22 | 39 | 46 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1995–96 | HK Essamika Ogre | LAT | 29 | 19 | 14 | 33 | 64 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1996–97 | Juniors Rīga | EEHL | 32 | 21 | 18 | 39 | 46 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1996–97 | Juniors Rīga | LAT | 19 | 34 | 34 | 68 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997–98 | Juniors Essamika Rīga | EEHL | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997–98 | Lillehammer IK | NOR | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997–98 | Harzer Wölfe Braunlage | DEU.2 | 36 | 24 | 32 | 56 | 63 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1998–99 | Harzer Wölfe Braunlage | DEU.2 | 29 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1998–99 | EHC Neuwied | DEU.2 | 24 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1999–2000 | EC Timmendorfer Strand | DEU.3 | 50 | 51 | 90 | 141 | 94 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2000–01 | EC Timmendorfer Strand | DEU.3 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 20 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | HK Rīga 2000 | EEHL | 8 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | EV Füssen | DEU.3 | 44 | 30 | 50 | 80 | 42 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002–03 | Landshut Cannibals | DEU.2 | 40 | 15 | 25 | 40 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | HK Rīga 2000 | LAT | 16 | 13 | 16 | 29 | 34 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 6 | ||
| 2003–04 | HK Rīga 2000 | EEHL | 25 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004–05 | HK Rīga 2000 | BLR | 42 | 13 | 25 | 38 | 46 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2004–05 | HK Rīga 2000 | LAT | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 6 | ||
| 2005–06 | HK Rīga 2000 | BLR | 41 | 10 | 30 | 40 | 38 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | ||
| 2005–06 | HK Rīga 2000 | LAT | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2006–07 | Dinamo Minsk | BLR | 23 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | Dinamo–2 Minsk | BLR.2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | HK Rīga 2000 | LAT | 26 | 17 | 30 | 47 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 13 | ||||
| 2007–08 | HK Rīga 2000 | LAT | 28 | 12 | 25 | 37 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | ||
| 2008–09 | Dinamo Rīga | KHL | 51 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | ||
| 2008–09 | HK Rīga 2000 | BLR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | Dinamo Rīga | KHL | 52 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2010–11 | Dinamo Rīga | KHL | 50 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 36 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 2011–12 | Dinamo Rīga | KHL | 31 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2012–13 | Dinamo Rīga | KHL | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2012–13 | HK Liepājas Metalurgs | BLR | 13 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| LAT totals | 202 | 180 | 204 | 384 | 316 | 26 | 18 | 27 | 45 | 28 | ||||
| BLR totals | 120 | 26 | 67 | 93 | 96 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| KHL totals | 202 | 28 | 42 | 70 | 108 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 18 | ||||
| Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Latvia | EJC C1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1995 | Latvia | WJC C1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2003 | Latvia | WC | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2005 | Latvia | OGQ | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2005 | Latvia | WC | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2006 | Latvia | OG | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 | Latvia | OGQ | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2009 | Latvia | WC | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | |
| 2010 | Latvia | OG | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2011 | Latvia | WC | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Junior totals | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | |||
| Senior totals | 40 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 10 | |||