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Elvis Merzlikins

Элвис Мерзликиньш

Position: goalkeeper
Player status: active player
Gender: male
Nationality: Latvia
Birth date: 13.04.1994 (31 years)
Birth place: Riga, Latvia

Height: 191 cm / 6' 4"
Weight: 85 kg / 187 lbs
Catch: left
Draft 1: Columbus Blue Jackets, year: 2014, round: 3, position: 76
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Trivia:
Best G.A.A. rating WJC18 D1A 2010-11

Best Saves% WJC18 D1A 2010-11

Named Best Goaltender WJC18 D1A 2010-11

Drafted 2012, 3 #87 by Dinamo Riga in the KHL Draft

Named National League Most Improved Player 2013-14

Named National League Rookie of the Year 2013-14

Named National League Goaltender of the Year 2015-16, 2017-18

Named to Spengler Cup All-Star team 2016-17

Named to NHL All-Rookie team 2019-20

Season	Team	League	#	GP	GD	MIN	AVG	PER	SO	G	A	PIM
2023-24	Latvia	National team games		2
2023-24	Latvia	World Championship	30	4	7	200	4.80	0.826		0	0	2
2021-22	Latvia	World Championship	80	5	6	225	4.27	0.861		0	0	0
2021-22	Latvia	National team games	80	1
2018-19	Latvia	World Championship	30	5	7	237	2.78	0.914	0	0	0	0
2017-18	Latvia	World Championship		6	7	360	1.50	0.940	2	0	0	0
2017-18	Latvia	National team games		1
2016-17	Latvia	World Championship		6	6	364	1.98	0.934	1	0	0	0
2016-17	Latvia	National team games		3
2016-17	Latvia	Olympic Qual.		2	3	90	1.33	0.931		0	0	0
2015-16	Latvia	National team games		3
2015-16	Latvia	World Championship		5	8	268	2.91	0.912	0	0	0	0
2014-15	Latvia	National team games		4			4.65	0.813
2013-14	Latvia	National team games		1			2.08		0
2013-14	Latvia	U20 National team games (U20)		1
2013-14	Latvia	WJC d1A (U20)		3	5	127	2.36	0.900	1	0	0	0
2012-13	Latvia	U20 National team games (U20)		4
2012-13	Latvia	WJC (U20)		3	3	133	5.85	0.860	0	0	0	0
2011-12	Latvia	U20 National team games (U20)		2
2011-12	Latvia	U18 National team games (U18)		4
2011-12	Latvia	WJC18 (U18)		4	5	184	4.89	0.885	0	0	0	0
2011-12	Latvia	WJC (U20)		1	3	60	14.00	0.720	0	0	0	0
2010-11	Latvia	EYOF (U18)		3			3.95	0.885
2010-11	Latvia	U18 National team games (U18)		3
2010-11	Latvia	U17 National team games (U17)		1
2010-11	Latvia	WJC18 d1 (U18)		3	2	120	0.50	0.978	1	0	0	0

Season	Team	League	#	GP	GD	MIN	AVG	PER	SO	G	A	PIM
2025-26	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL
2024-25	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	90	53		3171	3.18	0.892	1	0	1	8
2023-24	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	90	41		2259	3.45	0.897	1	0	0	4
2022-23	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	90	30		1560	4.23	0.876	0	0	1	4
2021-22	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	90	59		3320	3.22	0.907	2	0	2	8
2020-21	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	90	28		1497	2.77	0.916	2	0	1	0
2019-20	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL (Play-off)		2	4	122	1.97	0.946	0	0	1	0
2019-20	Cleveland Monsters	AHL		2		119	1.52	0.949	0	0	0	0
2019-20	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL		33		1815	2.35	0.923	5	0	0
2018-19	HC Lugano	Swiss Ice Hockey Cup		0		0
2018-19	HC Lugano	National League (Play-off)		4	4	273	3.96	0.872	0	0	0	2
2018-19	HC Lugano	National League		43	44	2558	2.44	0.921	5	0	0	8
2018-19	HC Lugano	CHL		8	8	475	2.27	0.923	2	0	0	2
2017-18	HC Lugano	Swiss Ice Hockey Cup		0		0
2017-18	HC Lugano	National League (Play-off)		18	18	1103	2.17	0.935	2	0	0	0
2017-18	HC Lugano	National League		42	48	2430	2.72	0.921	4	0	2	6
2016-17	HC Lugano	Spengler Cup		4			2.14	0.940	1
2016-17	HC Lugano	Swiss Ice Hockey Cup		0		0
2016-17	HC Lugano	NLA (Play-off)		11	11	654	2.29	0.933	0	0	0	10
2016-17	HC Lugano	NLA		41	44	2408	2.89	0.916	3	0	0	2
2016-17	HC Lugano	CHL		6	8	363	2.15	0.939	0	0	0	4
2015-16	HC Lugano	Spengler Cup		4			3.01	0.907	1
2015-16	HC Lugano	Swiss Ice Hockey Cup		0		0
2015-16	HC Lugano	NLA (Play-off)		15	15	929	2.32	0.937	0	0	0	0
2015-16	HC Lugano	NLA		46	50	2713	2.76	0.922	1	0	1	4
2014-15	HC Lugano	Swiss Ice Hockey Cup		1			2.00		0
2014-15	HC Lugano	NLA (Play-off)		1	6	37	3.33	0.857	0	0	0	0
2014-15	HC Lugano	NLA		22	49	1309	2.61	0.914	1	0	3	8
2013-14	HC Lugano	NLA (Play-off)		1	1	80	0.75	0.976	0	0	0	0
2013-14	HC Lugano	Elite Jr. A (U20, Play-off)		10			1.68		3
2013-14	HC Lugano	NLA		22	36	1270	2.13	0.924	1	0	0	2
2013-14	HC Lugano	Elite Jr. A (U20)		12			2.07		0
2012-13	HC Lugano	Elite Jr. A (U20, Play-off)		4			3.84		0
2012-13	HC Lugano	NLA (Play-off)		0	7	0	0.00	0.000	0	0	0	0
2012-13	HC Lugano	NLA		0	9	0	0.00	0.000	0	0	0	0
2012-13	HC Lugano	Elite Jr. A (U20)		30			2.76		2
2011-12	HC Ceresio	1. Liga		0		0
2011-12	HC Lugano	Elite Jr. A (U20, Play-off)		3			5.07		0
2011-12	HC Lugano	Elite Jr. A (U20)		8			3.52		0
2010-11	HC Lugano	Novizen Elite (U17, Play-off)		5			3.80		0
2010-11	HC Lugano	Novizen Elite (U17)		28			3.95		0
2009-10	HC Lugano	Elite Jr. A (U20)		0		0
2009-10	HC Lugano	Novizen Elite (U17, Play-off)		12			3.29		2
2009-10	HC Lugano	Novizen Elite (U17)		25			3.05		2

Note: All games might not be included

Date	League	Teams	Score		SA		GA		MIN		%
May. 21 2024 16:20	World Championship	Latvia USA	3-6	\|		\|		\|		\|
May. 19 2024 20:20	World Championship	Slovakia Latvia	2-3 SO	\|		\|		\|		\|
May. 18 2024 12:20	World Championship	Latvia Sweden	2-7	\|	20	\|	6	\|	35:36	\|	70.00
May. 15 2024 16:20	World Championship	Germany Latvia	8-1	\|	21	\|	4	\|	35:58	\|	80.95
May. 14 2024 16:20	World Championship	Kazakhstan Latvia	0-2	\|		\|		\|		\|
May. 12 2024 16:20	World Championship	Latvia France	3-2 OT	\|	29	\|	2	\|	64:59	\|	93.10
May. 11 2024 16:20	World Championship	Poland Latvia	4-5 OT	\|	22	\|	4	\|	63:29	\|	81.82

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