Birth Date: | 1984 4, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union |
Position: | Goaltender |
Catches: | Left |
League: | Czech2 |
Team: | HC RT Torax Poruba |
Former Teams: | |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 1 |
Weight Lb: | 187 |
Ntl Team: | LAT |
Career Start: | 2003 |
Career End: | present |
Ervīns Muštukovs (born 7 April 1984) is a Latvian professional ice hockey goaltender. He plays for HC RT Torax Poruba in the Czech2.[1]
He has played for Drummondville Voltigeurs in the QMJHL, the Knoxville Ice Bears in the SPHL, the Toledo Storm and the Elmira Jackals in the ECHL. He has played for Dinamo Riga in the Kontinental Hockey League. He was also a backup for the Latvian National Team at the 2010 Winter Olympic Hockey Tournament. He signed to play for the Sheffield Steelers of the United Kingdom's Elite Ice Hockey League in 2010–2011, where his performances helped the team win the Elite League Title again. He was also a part of the Elite League Select team that played the Boston Bruins in an exhibition game at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast. After a superb season in Sheffield, where he broke the record for the most number of shutouts in a season, Ervins decided to move on and has signed for the Odense Bulldogs of the Danish Ice Hockey League for the 2011–12 season.
Ervins rejoined the Sheffield Steelers for the 2016–17 season, departing for a second time in 2018. He has since had spells in France with Nice hockey Côte d'Azur and Scorpions de Mulhouse, before returning to Latvia to sign for Olimp Riga.