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Ralfs Grīnbergs
Ralfs Grīnbergs (born 10 November 1995) is a Latvian former ice hockey player who played for the HK Rīga of the MHL. Playing career Grīnbergs began his hockey career playing in minor and junior Latvian hockey leagues. In 2013/2014 season he joined HK Rīga Dinamo Rīga minor league affiliate. He made his KHL debut on 15 October in defeat against Jokerit. International Grīnbergs participated at the 2014 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships The 2014 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (formerly called the IIHF U20 World Championship) was the 38th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship (WJHC), hosted in Malmö, Sweden. The 13,700-seat Malmö Arena was the main venue, ... as a member of the Latvia men's national junior ice hockey team. References External links * * 1995 births Living people Latvian ice hockey defencemen HK Riga players Dinamo Riga players Mississippi RiverKings (SPHL) players 21st-century Latvian sportsmen Peoria Rivermen (SP ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Defenceman
Defence or defense (in American English) in ice hockey is a player position that is primarily responsible for preventing the opposing team from Goal (ice hockey), scoring. They are often referred to as defencemen, D, D-men or blueliners (the latter a reference to the blue line in ice hockey which represents the boundary of the offensive zone; defencemen generally position themselves along the line to keep the puck in the zone). They were once called cover-point. In regular play, two defencemen complement three Forward (ice hockey), forwards and a goaltender on the ice. Exceptions include Overtime (ice hockey), overtime during the regular season and when a team is short-handed (i.e. has been assessed a penalty), in which two defencemen are typically joined by only two forwards and a goaltender; when a team is on the Power play (sporting term), power play (i.e. the opponent has been assessed a penalty), teams will often play only one defenceman, joined by four forwards and a goal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dinamo Rīga
Dinamo Riga () is a professional ice hockey team based in Riga, Latvia. It most recently was a member of the Latvian Hockey Higher League. The club is affiliated with HK Zemgale/LBTU. The club was re-founded on 7 April 2008 as a successor of a former team (also named "Dinamo Riga"), which was founded in 1946, but ceased to exist in 1995. Since being re-established, Dinamo Riga played their home games at the Arēna Rīga until 2022, which could accommodate 10,300 spectators. History The club was re-founded on 7 April 2008 and among the founders of the club were Guntis Ulmanis, Kirovs Lipmans, Mały Snopp, Juris Savickis, Viesturs Koziols and others. However, on 27 May, Latvian Ice Hockey Federation president Kirovs Lipmans stepped out of the project because of a possible clash of interests. After the first season, Viesturs Koziols also left the project. Július Šupler became the first head coach of the club. For the first two seasons, he was assisted by Miroslav Mikl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21st-century Latvian Sportsmen
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Mississippi RiverKings (SPHL) Players
The Mississippi RiverKings were a professional minor league ice hockey team. The RiverKings were a member of the Southern Professional Hockey League from 2011 to 2018 after playing their first nineteen seasons (1992–2011) in the Central Hockey League. On July 2, 2007, after 15 seasons as the Memphis RiverKings, the team's name was changed to Mississippi RiverKings. For their first eight seasons, the team played their home games in the Mid-South Coliseum in Memphis, Tennessee. From 2000 to 2018, their home was the Landers Center in Southaven, Mississippi, a suburb of Memphis. On June 13, 2011, it was announced the RiverKings had left the CHL to join the SPHL. On May 24, 2018, the RiverKings' ownership announced it had suspended operations for the 2018–19 season, but the team never took the ice again. Championships Season-by-season record ''Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T/OTL = Ties/Overtime losses/Shootout losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dinamo Riga Players
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HK Riga Players
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Latvian Ice Hockey Defencemen
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Living People
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1995 Births
1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government no longer providing public funding, marking the beginning of the Information Age. America Online and Prodigy offered access to the World Wide Web system for the first time this year, releasing browsers that made it easily accessible to the general public. Events January * January 1 ** The World Trade Organization (WTO) is established to replace the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). ** Austria, Finland and Sweden join the European Union. * January 9 – Valeri Polyakov completes 366 days in space while aboard then '' Mir'' space station, breaking a duration record. * January 10– 15 – The World Youth Day 1995 festival is held in Manila, Philippines, culminating in 5 million people gathering for John Paul II's concl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latvia Men's National Junior Ice Hockey Team
The Latvian men's national under 20 ice hockey team is the national under-20 ice hockey team in Latvia. The team represents Latvia at the International Ice Hockey Federation's IIHF World Junior Championship. They have played at the top division of the tournament seven times; it has been at the top division since the 2022 tournament, where Latvia was called up to replace Russia in the rescheduled tournament due to the country being banned from international ice hockey (Latvia had originally been promoted for 2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...). During the tournament, Latvia won its first-ever preliminary round game in the top division. In the 2025 edition of the tournament, the Latvians had a major upset win over Canada, regarded as one of the best upsets in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
The 2014 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (formerly called the IIHF U20 World Championship) was the 38th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship (WJHC), hosted in Malmö, Sweden. The 13,700-seat Malmö Arena was the main venue, with the smaller Malmö Isstadion the secondary venue. It began on December 26, 2013, and ended with the gold medal game on January 5, 2014. Finland defeated host team Sweden in the final 3–2 in overtime and won their first gold medal since 1998, as well as their third gold medal in total. It was also their first medal in the tournament since 2006. Sweden earned their second consecutive silver medal, their ninth silver medal in total, as well as their third consecutive medal in the tournament. For the first time since 1979– 81, Canada failed to capture a medal for the second consecutive year by losing the bronze medal game 1–2 to Russia, who captured the team's fourth consecutive medal at the tournament. The 2014 tournament marked ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jokerit
Helsingin Jokerit (, English: Joker (playing card), Jokers or Jesters of Helsinki) is a professional ice hockey team based in Helsinki, Finland, which competes in Mestis. Jokerit plays its home games at the Helsinki Ice Hall and Helsinki Halli in Helsinki. Founded in 1967, the team has a rich history of success, having secured six league championships as a prominent member of the Finnish Liiga, SM-liiga in the years 1972–73 SM-sarja season, 1973, 1991–92 SM-liiga season, 1992, 1993–94 SM-liiga season, 1994, 1995–96 SM-liiga season, 1996, 1996–97 SM-liiga season, 1997, and 2001–02 SM-liiga season, 2002. Additionally, Jokerit has three European championships to its name, having triumphed in the IIHF European Cup in 1994 IIHF European Cup, 1994 and 1995 IIHF European Cup, 1995, as well as the IIHF Continental Cup in 2002–03 IIHF Continental Cup, 2003. Starting in the 2014–15 KHL season, 2014–15 season, Jokerit became part of the Bobrov Division of the Kontinental H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
