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- Griffins
- Published: Jan. 06, 2026, 11:22 p.m.
Grand Rapids Griffins correct helping Eduards Tralmaks connected Tuesday was selected to Latvia’s Olympic team for nan Winter Games adjacent period successful Cortina and Milan, Italy.
Tralmaks (6-4, 225) is tied for 2nd connected nan Griffins pinch 14 goals, down John Leonard, who’s presently connected nan Detroit Red Wings roster, and has 18 points successful 31 games.
The Red Wings signed Tralmaks, 28, to a one-year, two-way contract past March aft he led nan Czech Extraliga successful scoring pinch 51 points, including 23 goals successful 48 games for that country’s apical master league.
He helped Latvia gain a berth successful nan Olympics by scoring a extremity successful 3 games during nan last qualifying round.
Latvia’s champion decorativeness successful nan Olympics came successful 2014 erstwhile it reached nan quarterfinals. That was nan astir caller tourney successful which NHL players participated.
Tralmaks has represented Latvia successful nan past 2 World Championships. He tallied 7 points (three goals, 4 assists) successful 7 games past year.
The undrafted Tralmaks has nary NHL experience. He played parts of 3 seasons pinch AHL Providence, nan Boston Bruins’ affiliate, collecting 22 goals and 41 points successful 87 games.
Tralmaks joins Dylan Larkin (USA), Moritz Seider (Germany) and Lucas Raymond (Sweden) as players successful nan Red Wings statement participating successful nan Olympics.
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