Background
He is the son of former Latvian ice hockey player and current Dinamo Riga head coach Artis Ābols.
He is the son of former Latvian ice hockey player and current Dinamo Riga head coach Artis Ābols.
Ābols began playing in minor and junior hockey in Sweden when his father played there. He joined Dinamo Riga junior club, Hong Kong Riga of MHL in 2013-2014 season after he was drafted 143rd overall in the KHL Junior Draft by the club He then played his first senior game for Dinamo Riga in the Kontinental Hockey League, coached by his father, on 27 December 2014 in a OT loss against rivals Dinamo Minsk.
He made his senior international debut at the 2015 IIHF World Championships in Prague.
Ābols participated at the 2013 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships as a member of the Latvian national junior team