Helmuts Balderis
ABOUT HELMUTS BALDERIS
Latvian ice hockey player who played right wing for Dinamo Riga.
He was drafted by the Minnesota North Stars in the 1989 NHL draft.
He won the Player of the Year award in 1977 in the Soviet Hockey League.
He was raised in Riga, Latvia.
He played opposite John Harrington in the "Miracle on Ice" game.
