Juris Upītis (born June 16, 1991) is a Latvian

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. He was also a part of Latvian national junior team. On October 30, 2011, due to injury of

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Upītis was called to

Dinamo Riga Dinamo Riga ( lv, Rīgas Dinamo) is a professional ice hockey team based in Riga, Latvia. It is a member of the Latvian Hockey Higher League. The club is affiliated with HK Zemgale/LLU. The club was re-founded on 7 April 2008 as a successor of ...

of the

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. On his debut against

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he scored his first

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goal, a second period equalizer, the regulation ended at 1-1. Dinamo won the game in shootout. After spells with HK Kurbads in Latvia and

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in Slovakia, Upitis moved to the UK to sign for the

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in August 2017.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

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