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Kaspars Daugavins was drafted 91 overall in the 2006 NHL Draft by the Ottawa Senators. He moved from his native Latvia to Toronto and joined the Toronto St. Michael’s Majors of the OHL. Failing to make the playoffs with Toronto, the Ottawa Senators assigned Daugavins to their AHL team, the Binghamton Senators.

After helping to win the 2010–11 AHL Calder Cup with the Binghamton Senators, Kaspars Daugavins moved up to the big club where he became a regular in the Ottawa lineup. Popular with teammates and fans, he finished the season with 11 points in 65 games.

The strong left winger excels on the penalty kill and is tough along the boards. During the 2012-13 NHL lockout, Daugavins has been playing for Dinamo Riga of the KHL as well as represented Latvia again at the 2012 IIHF World Championship.

Articles about Kaspars Daugavins

Hoffman says hello, Daugavins says goodbye

It was, as the kids like to say these days, an “awkward” few moments inside the Ottawa Senators dressing room following practice Wednesday.

D-Day for Senators: Daugavins placed on waivers, Dziurzynski sent to Binghamton

Ottawa Senators players knew something was going to happen before next Wednesday’s trade deadline. They might not have expected the start of the transactions so soon, however.

Ottawa Senators post-game report: Patrice Bergeron’s faceoff magic, the late-period lapses and quotes about the game that got away

When it comes to winning faceoffs, Patrice Bergeron is the best in the business.

All about Daugavins and the Riga Wraparound

A running joke Tuesday was that Kaspars Daugavins was a leading candidate to become the new Pope.

After all, his name was everywhere you turned on the Internet. Hockey traditionalists were outraged at Daugavins, suggesting the Ottawa Senators left winger broke some type of Cardinal sin within the hockey world for his unique shootout attempt in Monday’s 3-2 loss to the Boston Bruins.

The Ottawa Senators post-game report: Kaspars Daugavins. Remember the name, remember the move.

Welcome to the cyberspace spotlight, Kaspars Daugavins.

For a guy who has scored exactly zero goals in 17 games this season, the Senators fourth line winger was trending all over the hockey world late Monday night and early Tuesday morning for his unique – and ultimately failed – shootout attempt during the Senators’ 3-2 shootout loss to the Boston Bruins.