Vitālijs Samoilovs (; born 17 April 1962) is a former Latvian professional

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player who played in the Soviet Championship League. He played for Dynamo Riga and Sokil Kyiv. The best season of his career was 1987-88, in which he made the Soviet National Team, but as a back-up goaltender, he never actually played in a national team game. He was the third-string goaltender at the 1987 Canada Cup and didn't appear in any games. He was selected for the gold-medal-winning Soviet team at the 1988 Winter Olympics but was Sergei Mylnikov back-up. Also, he was Yevgeni Belosheikin back-up at the 1987 Ice Hockey World Championships where he won a silver medal. Lastly, that season, he led Dinamo Riga to a surprising third-place finish in the Championship League. The following year an injury caused him to lose his starting job in Riga to Arturs Irbe.

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at Latvian Olympic Committee 1962 births Living people Dinamo Riga players Latvian ice hockey goaltenders Olympic medalists in ice hockey Sokil Kyiv players Ice hockey people from Riga Ice hockey players at the 1988 Winter Olympics Olympic ice hockey players for the Soviet Union Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Medalists at the 1988 Winter Olympics Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR Soviet ice hockey goaltenders {{USSR-Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub