Haralds Vasiļjevs (born February 11, 1952) is a Latvian professional

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coach and former player. He is the head coach of the youth programs for the

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/ref> He is a former national team head coach. He played for Dinamo Riga in the USSR Championship.

Coaching career

Vasiļjevs started coaching with an internship with Dinamo Riga after completing the Russian hockey coaching school after being deemed to have the highest qualification to coach necessary. He then had an internship with his original coach Viktor Tikhonov. From 1985 to 1990, he was the head coach of RASMS Riga, the Dinamo Riga farm club. In 1990, he took the head coaching job at

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and through 1994 brought the team up from the Landesliga to the 2nd Bundesliga. From 1994 to 2001, Vasiļjevs held various coaching positions in the

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organisation, including head coach of the club's Junior team in the Deutsche Nachwuchs-Liga. In 2000, he received the highest approval from the

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and received his Level A Head Coach license. He was the assistant coach of the Krefeld from 1998 to 2001. He was the head coach of the Pinguine until 2004. He was most recently the head coach of HK Riga 2000.

Latvian national team

Vasiļjevs was coach of the

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from 1999 to 2001 and coached in 34 games. He won two tournaments as the head coach: the 1999

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qualifier held in

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and the

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Qualification that was held in

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. Under his tutelage, the Latvians best finish at the World Championships was 8th place in 2000.

Personal life

Vasiļjevs's son, Herberts, was also a professional ice hockey player, and holds the Deutsche Eishockey Liga record for points in a single game with 8 (4 goals, 4 assists).

References

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