HK Dinaburga are a

professional A professional is a member of a profession or any person who works in a specified professional activity. The term also describes the standards of education and training that prepare members of the profession with the particular knowledge and ski ...

Latvian

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice h ...

team that plays in the Optibet Hockey League, the top tier of the sport in Latvia. The team is based in Daugavpils and play their home games at the

Daugavpils Ice Arena Daugavpils Ice Arena is an ice arena in Daugavpils, Latvia. The construction works were started in early 1999, but the arena was opened already on 16 November 1999. There are 1234 seats and 750 standing places. It is the home arena for HK Dina ...

History

The team was founded in 2013, initially playing under the name of the city in which they're located; Daugavpils. The previous team in the city, DHK Latgale, folded at the culmination of the 2011-12 season. They began play in the Latvian Hockey League, the top tier of hockey in Latvia, during the 2013-14 season, however, they performed poorly winning only one game. Following this, the team dropped down a league to the newly formed Latvian 1st Division where they remained until 2019. Daugavpils would find more success in the second tier of Latvian hockey, winning the league in 2016, and finishing top of the table in the regular season in both 2017 and 2019. Following the culmination of the 2019 Daugavpils changed their name to HK Dinaburga, taking the moniker of a nearby castle, and rejoined the Latvian Hockey League, now known as the Optibet Hockey League for sponsorship reasons. In their first season back in the top tier, Dinaburga were in 6th place out of 8 teams before the play-offs were cancelled due to the

COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identi ...

Roster

Updated February 11, 2021.

Season-by-season record

''Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes''

Team records

Career

These are the top five scorers in HK Dinaburga history. ''Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points Penalty minutes: Maris Lescovs, 182

Season

Regular season

* Most goals in a season: Artūrs Kuzmenkovs, 35 (2018-19) * Most assists in a season: Artūrs Kuzmenkovs, 66 (2018-19) * Most points in a season: Artūrs Kuzmenkovs, 101 (2018-19) * Most penalty minutes in a season: Maris Lescovs, 86 (2019–20)

Playoffs

* Most goals in a playoff season: Daniil Kulikov, 10 (2015–16) * Most assists in a playoff season: Daniil Kulikov, 12 (2015–16) * Most points in a playoff season: Daniil Kulikov, 22 (2015–16) * Most penalty minutes in a playoff season: Artūrs Kuzmenkovs, 36 (2018-19)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:HK Dinaburga Ice hockey clubs established in 2013 Latvian Hockey League teams 2013 establishments in Latvia Sport in Daugavpils Ice hockey teams in Latvia