Kaspars Daugavià Âà ¡ (born May 18, 1988) is a Latvian professional ice hockey player who is a forward for EC Kassel Huskies of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga 2. Daugavià Âà ¡ has played professionally in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Ottawa Senators and Boston Bruins. The Senators selected him in the third round, 91st overall, in the 2006 NHL entry draft.
As a youth, Daugavià Âà ¡ played in the 2002 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a team from Riga.
After the Toronto St. Michael's Majors failed to qualify for the playoffs in the 2006âÂÂ07 season, the Ottawa Senators assigned Daugavià Âà ¡ to the Binghamton Senators to finish the 2006âÂÂ07 AHL season. In 11 games with Binghamton, Daugavià Âà ¡ had two goals, both coming against the Albany River Rats goaltender Tyler Weiman in a 5âÂÂ4 Binghamton win. On June 1, 2007, Daugavià Âà ¡ signed a three-year, entry-level contract with the Ottawa Senators.
He spent the 2009âÂÂ10 season with Binghamton, scoring 21 goals and 46 points in 72 games as the team failed to reach the playoffs. Daugavià Âà ¡ also made his NHL debut on January 14, 2010, against the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden, going pointless in 8:26 of ice time in a 2âÂÂ0 Ottawa victory.
Daugavià Âà ¡ scored his first NHL goal on October 30, 2011, beating Jonas Gustavsson of the Toronto Maple Leafs in a 3âÂÂ2 Ottawa victory. As the 2011âÂÂ12 season progressed, Daugavià Âà ¡ became a regular in the Ottawa lineup, playing 65 games and scoring five goals and six assists. In July 2012, he was scheduled for an arbitration hearing with the Senators, but the salary negotiation process was avoided when he agreed with the team to a one-year, one-way deal worth $635,000.
After his fifth season in the KHL and completing his third season with Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod in 2017âÂÂ18, Daugavià Âà ¡ left as a free agent to sign a two-year contract with his fourth KHL club, Spartak Moscow, on May 3, 2018.
After two productive seasons with Spartak, Daugavià Âà ¡ left as a free agent, signing a one-year contract with Vityaz Podolsk on May 3, 2020.
On June 10, 2021, Daugavià Âà ¡ returned to the National League and signed a two-year deal with SC Bern.
He left Bern after just one season with the team, signing with German club, Iserlohn Roosters of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL), on August 8, 2022. In the 2022âÂÂ23 season with the Roosters, he led the team in scoring with 21 goals and 49 points through 55 regular season games. With Iserlohn missing the playoffs for a second consecutive season, he left the club at the conclusion of his contract on March 10, 2023.
On September 13, 2023, Daugavià Âà ¡ signed a two-year contract with Dukla Michalovce of the Slovak Extraliga.
On November 25, 2024, the Michalovce club announced that Daugavià Âà ¡ had retired, despite having recorded 20 points in 19 games.
Daugavià Âà ¡ represented Latvia as its captain at the 2023 IIHF World Championship where he recorded three goals and four assists and won a bronze medal, Latvia's first ever IIHF World Championship medal.