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Juniors Rīga
The Juniors Riga were an ice hockey team in Riga, Latvia. They played in the Latvian Hockey Higher League and the Eastern European Hockey League. History The Juniors Riga were founded in 1993 and first took part in the Latvian Hockey Higher League. With the establishment of the East European Hockey League in 1996, the Juniors were included in this multinational league, and finished runner-up in their first season. They joined the LHL for the semifinals this year. A year later, Juniors Riga were EEHL champions by defeating Sokil Kiev in five games. They participated in the 1997–98 IIHF Continental Cup. Before the 1997-98 season, the team found a new sponsor, so they were renamed Essamika Juniors Riga. They finished fourth in the EEHL. Due to financial problems, an affiliation with LB Prizma Riga was set up for 1998. The affiliate played in the LHL as LB/Essamika/Juniors-82 Riga. The club folded after the 1999-00 season, in which they participated in the Latvian Hockey L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riga
Riga (; lv, Rīga , liv, Rīgõ) is the capital and largest city of Latvia and is home to 605,802 inhabitants which is a third of Latvia's population. The city lies on the Gulf of Riga at the mouth of the Daugava river where it meets the Baltic Sea. Riga's territory covers and lies above sea level, on a flat and sandy plain. Riga was founded in 1201 and is a former Hanseatic League member. Riga's historical centre is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, noted for its Art Nouveau/Jugendstil architecture and 19th century wooden architecture. Riga was the European Capital of Culture in 2014, along with Umeå in Sweden. Riga hosted the 2006 NATO Summit, the Eurovision Song Contest 2003, the 2006 IIHF Men's World Ice Hockey Championships, 2013 World Women's Curling Championship and the 2021 IIHF World Championship. It is home to the European Union's office of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC). In 2017, it was named the European Region of Gastronomy. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimirs Mamonovs
Vladimirs Mamonovs (born April 22, 1980 in Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union) is a Latvian professional ice hockey player. He plays Left wing Left-wing politics describes the range of political ideologies that support and seek to achieve social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy. Left-wing politics typically involve a concern for those in soci .... He currently plays for Sary-Arka Karaganda of the Kazakhstani Championship. Career statistics Regular season and playoffs *LAT totals do not include numbers from the 2002–03, 2005–06, 2008–09 and 2010–11 seasons. International External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mamonovs, Vladimirs 1980 births HK Liepājas Metalurgs players HK Riga 2000 players Ice hockey players at the 2006 Winter Olympics Latvian ice hockey left wingers Living people Olympic ice hockey players for Latvia Ice hockey people from Riga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern European Hockey League Teams
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Latvian Hockey League Teams
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Defunct Ice Hockey Teams In Latvia
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Ice Hockey Teams In Riga
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Jēkabs Rēdlihs
Jēkabs Rēdlihs (born March 29, 1982) is a Latvian ice hockey Defender currently playing for HK Kurbads in the Latvian Hockey League (LHL). Playing career Rēdlihs was selected in the fourth round 119th overall by the Columbus Blue Jackets in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft. Drafted from the New York Applecore of the EJHL, Rēdlihs then enrolled with Boston University of the Hockey East and completed a four-collegiate career with the Terriers earning Hockey East All-Rookie honors in his freshman year. After his 2005–06 senior season with the Hockey East champions, Rēdlihs made his professional debut when he signed an ATO contract with the Blue Jackets affiliate, the Syracuse Crunch of the AHL on March 30, 2006. Un-signed by Columbus, Rēdlihs was invited to the Blue Jackets training camp for the 2006–07 season but was then reassigned to play with the Syracuse Crunch and second tier affiliate, the Dayton Bombers of the ECHL. He was again invited to the Blue Jackets 2007–0 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jānis Sprukts
Jānis Sprukts (born January 31, 1982) is a Latvian professional ice hockey forward (ice hockey), forward. Biography As a youth, Sprukts played in the 1996 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a team from Riga. He was drafted by Panthers as their eighth-round pick, #234 overall, in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft. Sprukts has played two seasons of hockey in North America, then three seasons in Europe with Odense Bulldogs, ASK/Ogre, HK Rīga 2000, HPK. In 2006, he returned to North America, where he signed with the Florida Panthers. He started the 2006/2007 season in Panthers farmclub American Hockey League team Rochester Americans. In October 2006, after 4 games in AHL, he was called up to the Florida Panthers. On 20 October he played his first NHL game against the Philadelphia Flyers, but on 21 December, playing against the New York Rangers, recorded his first point in the NHL. On April 6, 2007, Jānis scored his first career NHL goal against Marc Denis and the Tampa Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergejs Višegorodcevs
Sergejs Višegorodcevs (born May 22, 1976) is a Latvian former professional ice hockey defenceman. Career Višegorodcevs played in the Russian Superleague for HC CSKA Moscow (1996–2002), CSKA Moscow from 1996 to 1998 and again from 2001 to 2002. He also played the Metal Ligaen in Denmark for the Odense Bulldogs and the Ligue Magnus in France for Ours de Villard-de-Lans. He also played for the Minnesota Blue Ox in Roller Hockey International during the 1999 RHI season. Career statistics References External links * 1976 births Living people Asheville Aces players ASK/Ogre players HC CSKA Moscow players HK Mogo players HK Ozolnieki/Monarhs players Jacksonville Barracudas (SPHL) players Juniors Riga players Latvian ice hockey defencemen HK Liepājas Metalurgs players Memphis RiverKings players Minnesota Blue Ox players Odense Bulldogs players Ours de Villard-de-Lans players HK Riga 2000 players Rockford IceHogs (UHL) players San Diego Gulls (WCHL) players Ice hockey p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raitis Ivanāns
Raitis Ivanāns (born January 3, 1979) is a Latvian former professional ice hockey forward (ice hockey), forward who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) and was known primarily as an enforcer (ice hockey), enforcer. Playing career In 1997, Ivanāns came over to North America and played for the Flint Generals. In 2005, he made his National Hockey League, NHL debut with the Montreal Canadiens, accumulating 9 penalty minutes in 4 games. He got into a fight in his second game, against the Ottawa Senators, with Zdeno Chára, and sustained a broken orbital bone due to a late punch after he was down. On July 13, 2006, he signed a one-year deal with the Los Angeles Kings. Ivanāns scored his first NHL goal against Marty Turco the Dallas Stars on October 12, 2006. On March 18, 2007, he signed a one-year, one-way deal with the Los Angeles Kings. On January 29, 2008, Ivanāns signed a two-year contract extension with the Kings. In each of his four consecutive seasons in Los Angeles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latvia
Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is one of the Baltic states; and is bordered by Estonia to the north, Lithuania to the south, Russia to the east, Belarus to the southeast, and shares a maritime border with Sweden to the west. Latvia covers an area of , with a population of 1.9 million. The country has a temperate seasonal climate. Its capital and largest city is Riga. Latvians belong to the ethno-linguistic group of the Balts; and speak Latvian, one of the only two surviving Baltic languages. Russians are the most prominent minority in the country, at almost a quarter of the population. After centuries of Teutonic, Swedish, Polish-Lithuanian and Russian rule, which was mainly executed by the local Baltic German aristocracy, the independent R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edijs Brahmanis
Edijs Brahmanis (born November 17, 1983, in Riga, Soviet Union) is a Latvian ice hockey left winger, currently playing for HK Olimp/Venta 2002 of the Latvian Hockey Higher League. In 2004-05, while playing for ASK/Ogre, he was the top goal scorer of Latvian league. During 2008-09 Brahmanis also played four games for the Kontinental Hockey League club Dinamo Riga Dinamo Riga ( lv, Rīgas Dinamo) is a professional ice hockey team based in Riga, Latvia. It is a member of the Latvian Hockey Higher League. The club is affiliated with HK Zemgale/LLU. The club was re-founded on 7 April 2008 as a successor of .... External links * 1983 births Living people Latvian ice hockey left wingers ASK/Ogre players Basingstoke Bison players Dinamo Riga players Arystan Temirtau players Saryarka Karagandy players ETC Crimmitschau players HK Liepājas Metalurgs players HK Riga 2000 players HK Zemgale players Prizma Riga players HK Gomel players HC Shakhtyor Soligorsk player ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
