Raitis Ivanāns

Infobox Ice Hockey Player


position = Left Wing
shoots = Left
height_ft = 6
height_in = 3
weight_lb = 263
nickname = Bam Bam
team = Los Angeles Kings
league = NHL
former_teams = Montreal Canadiens
played_for = Flint Generals
Macon Whoopee
Tulsa Oilers
Pensacola Ice Pilots
New Haven Knights
Hershey Bears
Toledo Storm
Baton Rouge Kingfish
Rockford IceHogs
Milwaukee Admirals
Hamilton Bulldogs
nationality = LAT
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birth_date = Birth date and age|1979|1|3|mf=y
birth_place = Riga, USSR
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draft = undrafted
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career_start = 1997
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Raitis Ivanāns is a Latvian ice hockey forward and enforcer.

Raitis currently plays for the National Hockey League's Los Angeles Kings. In 1997, he came over to North America and played for the Flint Generals. In 2005, he made his NHL debut with the Montreal Canadiens, accumulating 9 penalty minutes in 4 games. He got into a fight in his first game, against the Ottawa Senators, with Zdeno Chara, and sustained a broken orbital bone due to a late punch after he was down. [ [http://www.sportingnews.com/nhl/articles/20060123/698559-p.html Canadiens get Downey on waivers] , from the Sporting News, January 23 2006.] [ [http://www.habsworld.net/article.php?id=950 From Habsworld.com] .]

On July 13 2006, he signed a one-year deal with the Los Angeles Kings. Ivanāns scored his first NHL goal against the Dallas Stars on October 12, 2006.

On March 18, 2007, he signed his second one-year deal with the Los Angeles Kings-a one-way contract.

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* [http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/players/3626 Yahoo! Sports profile of Raitis Ivanāns]