Edgars Siksna (born January 15, 1993) is a
Latvia
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n professional
ice hockey
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defenceman
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. He is currently playing for
HK Rīga
HK Riga is an ice hockey club, based in Riga, Latvia. It was founded in 2009 to serve as the farm club of former Kontinental Hockey League club Dinamo Riga. The club played the 2009–10 season in both the Latvian Hockey Higher League (which they ...
in the
MHL.
Playing career
Siksna started his professional career playing for
Liepājas Metalurgs. In August 2013
Dinamo Rīga announced they had signed a contract with Siksna. He played his first KHL game on September 22, 2013 against
Vityaz.
International
He participated at the
2012 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
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as a member of the
Latvia men's national junior ice hockey team.
References
External links
1993 births
Living people
Ice hockey people from Riga
Latvian ice hockey defencemen
HK Liepājas Metalurgs players
Dinamo Riga players
HK Riga players
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