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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 () is a professional ice hockey team based in Riga, Latvia. It most recently was a member of the Latvian Hockey Higher League. The club is affiliated with HK Zemgale/LBTU. The club was re-founded on 7 April 2008 as a successor of a D ...
of the
Kontinental Hockey League The Kontinental Hockey League (KHL; ) is an international professional ice hockey league founded in 2008. It comprises member clubs based in Russia (20), Belarus (1), Kazakhstan (1), and China (1) for a total of 23 clubs. It was considered in ...
. 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
MHC Martin MHA Martin is a professional ice hockey team playing in the Slovak 1. Liga. History The club was established in 1932 as Slávia Martin. Later the name was changed to Sokol, ŠK, ZŤS, Hutník, Martimex ZŤS, Martimex and MHC Martin (2000–2010) ...
in Slovakia, Upitis moved to the UK to sign for the
Edinburgh Capitals The Edinburgh Capitals are a Scottish ice hockey club, playing in the Scottish National League (SNL). They are based in the Scottish capital, Edinburgh. The team play at the Murrayfield Ice Rink, close to Murrayfield Rugby stadium. In Apr ...
in August 2017.


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* 1991 births Dinamo Riga players Edinburgh Capitals players Latvian expatriate ice hockey players in Russia HK Liepājas Metalurgs players MHC Martin players HK Riga players Prizma Riga players Yermak Angarsk players Sokol Krasnoyarsk players Latvian ice hockey left wingers Living people Ice hockey people from Riga Latvian expatriate sportspeople in Scotland Expatriate ice hockey players in Scotland Latvian expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate ice hockey players in France Latvian expatriate ice hockey players in Germany Latvian expatriate ice hockey players in Slovakia Latvian expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan Expatriate ice hockey players in Kazakhstan {{latvia-icehockey-bio-stub