Starting his 11th season and second with the Stars...Signed as a free agent last season by Dallas and competed in 79 games for the club…Has played in 80 or more games in six seasons (including five seasons were he played all 82 games)…Has appeared in 758 career NHL games collecting 128 points (29g, 99a)…Represented Latvia in three different Olympics, including the 2010 Olympic Games when he served as the captain for the team playing in four games…Was drafted in the ninth-round (230th overall) in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft by Nashville.

Karlis lists his favorite movie as Gladiator…If he wasn’t a hockey player, Karlis says he would be a soccer player…His favorite food is chicken...In the summer, Karlis goes home to Riga, Latvia with his wife Zane and his daughters Karolina and Laurena.