Birth Date: | 31 March 1980 |
Birth Place: | Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union |
Height Ft: | 5 |
Height In: | 9 |
Weight Lb: | 172 |
Position: | Goaltender |
Catches: | Left |
Played For: | HK Lido Nafta Riga HK Riga HK Liepājas Metalurgs HC Sibir Novosibirsk Mörrums GoIS IK HC Karlovy Vary Dukla Jihlava IHC Písek Neftyanik Almetievsk EHC Freiburg Metallurg Zhlobin Dinamo Riga EV Duisburg Die Füchse HC Yugra HK Poprad HC Ambrì-Piotta HC Lada Togliatti |
Ntl Team: | LAT |
Career Start: | 1996 |
Career End: | 2017 |
Edgars Masaļskis (born 31 March 1980) is a Latvian ice hockey coach and former player. Playing as a goaltender, Masaļskis represented the Latvian national team, and has played for a number of clubs, with five seasons in Liepājas Metalurgs as his longest stay at any club. He retired after the 2016–17 season, and joined Dinamo Riga's coaching staff on 2 October 2017.[1]
Masaļskis has played twelve World Hockey Championships, four Winter Olympic Games tournaments and two World Junior Hockey Championships tournaments.
He was named to the Latvia men's national ice hockey team for competition at the 2014 IIHF World Championship.[2]