Georgijs Pujacs

Georgijs Pujacs (born on June 11, 1981 in Riga, U.S.S.R.) is a Latvian ice hockey defencemen who is currently on try-out at the Sm-liiga team Jokerit.

Playing career

Pujacs was drafted by Boston Bruins as the 264th pick in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft, after a strong performance in 1999 Division 1 European Junior Championships. After being drafted, he played minor league ice hockey in North America for a year but did not reach NHL. He then returned to Latvia and has mostly played in from Latvian teams in the Latvian League and Eastern European Hockey League. In July 2006, Pujacs signed a two-year contract with Khimik Moscow Oblast of Russian Elite League.

As of July 2006, Pujacs has played 48 games for Latvian national team (including 2006 Winter Olympics, 2006 World Championships and many exhibition games), with 2 goals and 6 assists.

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