Zemgus Girgensons

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Born
1994 (31 years old)
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Riga, Latvia

Position
Forward/Center

Status
Active

Ethnicity
White

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Height
6'2" / 188 cm

Weight
212 lbs / 96 kg

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Ice Hockey

Team
Tampa Bay Lightning

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NHL

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Zemgus Girgensons (born 5 January 1994) is a Latvian professional ice hockey centre currently playing for the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected 14th overall in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft by the Buffalo Sabres. With this selection, Girgensons became the highest-drafted Latvian in NHL history, 16 spots higher than previous highest selection, Sandis Ozoliņš, in 1991. In the previous year, Girgensons was selected in the second round, 28th overall, in the 2011 Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) Junior Draft by CSKA Moscow.

On July 1, 2024 he signed a three-year contract worth an AAV of $850,000 with Tampa.

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