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Helmuts Balderis

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Latvian ice hockey player

AthletesBorn 1952 · age 74
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Helmuts Balderis-Sildedzis is a former Soviet and Latvian professional ice hockey player. He played on the right wing and participated at the 1980 Winter Olympics, where the Soviet team unexpectedly lost to the United States.

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Teams 2

Minnesota North Stars
Dinamo Riga

Awards 3

Order of the Three Stars
Order of Friendship of Peoples
Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR

Connected to Helmuts 6

Neal BrotenAlso played for Minnesota North StarsJim CraigAlso played for Minnesota North StarsAleksandrs ŅiživijsAlso played for Dinamo RigaMike ModanoAlso played for Minnesota North StarsMark JohnsonAlso played for Minnesota North StarsMiks IndrašisAlso played for Dinamo Riga

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Helmuts Balderis-Sildedzis is a former Soviet and Latvian professional ice hockey player. He played on the right wing and participated at the 1980 Winter Olympics, where the Soviet team unexpectedly lost to the United States. He played part of a single season in the National Hockey League after being drafted in 1989 by the Minnesota North Stars, becoming the oldest player to be drafted by an NHL team at the age of 36. In 1998, he was inducted into International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame.

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Dates
Born 1952 · age 74
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