HK Riga 2000 was an ice hockey team based in

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. The team had played in the LHL since it was founded. In 2004-05 and 2005-06 seasons the club also iced a team in the Belarusian Hockey League, and in 2005-06 finished 3rd. HK Riga 2000 was first foreign team to finish in top three of Belarusian Open Championship. The club has also played several years in the Continental Cup, winning silver in 2005-06 and 2007-08. Before the 2009-2010 KHL season the team was merged into HK Dinamo/Juniors Rīga, the farm club of KHL side Dinamo Rīga.

Notable players

Noteworthy Players

* Artūrs Irbe *

Kārlis Skrastiņš Kārlis Skrastiņš (July 9, 1974 – September 7, 2011) was a Latvian professional ice hockey player. Skrastiņš was drafted by the Nashville Predators of the National Hockey League in 1998 as a defenceman and spent twelve years in the leag ...

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* Darby Hendrickson

Retired numbers

The Rīga 2000 have retired one number.

Awards and trophies

Latvian Hockey Higher League * 2000–01, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06

References

HK Riga 2000 official web site

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