Dinamo Riga

Full name	Dinamo Riga
Founded	2008
Based In	Riga, Latvia
Arena	Arena Riga (Capacity: 12,000)
League	KHL 2008–present
Division	Bobrov
Team Colors	White, red, silver
Owner(s)	Itera Latvija Guntis Ulmanis Viesturs Koziols Aigars Kalvītis Aldis Pauniņš Guntis Rāvis Juris Savickis
GM	Normunds Sējējs
Head Coach	Július Šupler
Captain	Sandis Ozoliņš
Affiliates	Dinamo-Juniors Riga (BLR)
Website	DinamoRiga.eu

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Dinamo Riga is an ice hockey club, based in Riga, Latvia, currently playing in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). It was founded on 7 April 2008 as a successor of a former hockey team with the same name, which ceased to exist in 1995. The club owners are Itera Latvija, Guntis Ulmanis (fifth President of Latvia), Viesturs Koziols (former director of Riga 2000), Aigars Kalvītis (former Prime Minister of Latvia), Aldis Pauniņš, Guntis Rāvis, and Juris Savickis. Kirovs Lipmans (the incumbent president of Latvian Hockey Federation) was also one of the founders, but he announced leaving this project shortly after the founding of the club.

Július Šupler is the head coach of Dinamo Riga and he is assisted by the Slovak Miroslav Miklošovič and Latvian Artis Ābols.

HK Riga 2000 of the Belarusian Extraliga and Latvian Hockey League was the farm club of Dinamo in its first season. Dinamo-Juniors Riga is the current farm club.

On 30 July 2008, head coach Július Šupler announced that the team would be captained by Aleksejs Širokovs, with Matt Ellison and Atvars Tribuncovs as his alternates.^[1] Over the course of the season, however, Širokovs turned the captaincy over to Rodrigo Laviņš, citing that it is too much pressure to be a captain. Sandis Ozoliņš is the current captain of the team, with his alternates being Aleksandrs Niživijs and Marcel Hossa.

In December 2009, it was announced that 15 players from Dinamo Riga would be on the 2010 Olympic roster for Latvia's Ice Hockey team.^[2]

Contents 1 Players 1.1 Current roster 1.2 Franchise scoring leaders 2 Trivia 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Players

[edit] Current roster

Updated November 12, 2009.^[3]

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
75	Latvia 	Ankipāns, ĢirtsĢirts Ankipāns	6.0 LW	L	34	2008	Riga, Latvian SSR
15	United States 	Arnason, TylerTyler Arnason	4.0 C	L	30	2009	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
83	Latvia 	Berziņš, ArmandsArmands Berziņš	4.0 C	L	26	2008	Riga, Latvian SSR
21	Latvia 	Bukarts, RobertsRoberts Bukarts	3.0 F	L	19	2009	Jūrmala, Latvian SSR
44	Latvia 	Cibuļskis, OskarsOskars Cibuļskis	2.0 D	L	21	2009	Riga, Latvian SSR
47	Latvia 	Cipulis, MārtiņšMārtiņš Cipulis	6.0 LW	L	29	2008	Cēsis, Latvian SSR
10	Latvia 	Dārziņš, LaurisLauris Dārziņš	6.0 LW	R	24	2008	Riga, Latvian SSR
12	Latvia 	Džerinš, AndrisAndris Džerinš	7.0 RW	L	21	2009	Aiviekste, Latvian SSR
13	Latvia 	Galviņš, GuntisGuntis Galviņš	2.0 D	L	23	2008	Riga, Latvian SSR
81	Slovakia 	Hossa, MarcelMarcel Hossa	6.0 LW	L	28	2008	Ilava, Czechoslovakia
37	Canada 	Iggulden, MikeMike Iggulden	7.0 RW	R	27	2009	St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
89	Canada 	Kariya, MartinMartin Kariya (A)	7.0 RW	R	28	2009	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
2	Latvia 	Laviņš, RodrigoRodrigo Laviņš	2.0 D	L	35	2008	Riga, Latvian SSR
31	Latvia 	Masaļskis, EdgarsEdgars Masaļskis	1.0 G	L	29	2009	Riga, Latvian SSR
87	Latvia 	Meija, GintsGints Meija	3.0 F	L	22	2008	Riga, Latvian SSR
34	Latvia 	Mustukovs, ErvinsErvins Mustukovs	1.0 G	L	25		Riga, Latvian SSR
17	Latvia 	Niživijs, AlexandersAlexanders Niživijs (A)	7.0 RW	R	33	2008	Riga, Latvian SSR
8	Latvia 	Ozolinš, SandisSandis Ozolinš (C)	2.0 D	L	37	2009	Riga, Latvian SSR
35	Czech Republic 	Prusek, MartinMartin Prusek	1.0 G	L	34	2008	Ostrava, Czechoslovakia
14	Latvia 	Rēdlihs, JēkabsJēkabs Rēdlihs	2.0 D	L	27	2009	Riga, Latvian SSR
9	Latvia 	Rēdlihs, KrišjānisKrišjānis Rēdlihs	2.0 D	L	28	2008	Riga, Latvian SSR
19	Latvia 	Rēdlihs, MiķelisMiķelis Rēdlihs	7.0 RW	L	25	2008	Riga, Latvian SSR
28	Latvia 	Sorokins, OļegsOļegs Sorokins	2.0 D	L	35	2008	Riga, Latvian SSR
11	Latvia 	Sotnieks, KristapsKristaps Sotnieks	2.0 D	L	22	2008	Riga, Latvian SSR
5	Latvia 	Sprukts, JānisJānis Sprukts	4.0 C	L	27	2009	Riga, Latvian SSR
3	United States 	Sweatt, LeeLee Sweatt	2.0 D	R	24	2009	Elburn, Illinois, USA
16	Slovakia 	Petrovický, RóbertRóbert Petrovický	4.0 C	L	36	2009	Košice, Slovakia

[edit] Franchise scoring leaders

These are the top-ten point-scorers in franchise history. Figures are updated after each completed KHL regular season.

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games Played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; * = current Dinamo Riga player

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts
Marcel Hossa*	LW	52	22	22	44
Mark Hartigan	C	55	20	18	38
Matt Ellison	C	55	15	22	37
Aleksandrs Ņiživijs*	RW	53	9	18	27
Mārtiņš Cipulis*	LW	56	9	11	20
Duvie Westcott	D	51	2	18	20
Filip Novák	D	50	4	14	18
Miķelis Rēdlihs*	RW	55	9	8	17
Lauris Dārziņš*	LW	56	8	8	16
Ģirts Ankipāns*	LW	51	7	7	14

[edit] Trivia

Three brothers, Miķelis, Jēkabs and Krišjānis Rēdlihs, in 2009–10 KHL season will play for Dinamo Riga. As well, all three have appeared together for the Latvian national team.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official website (Latvian)
• International version of the official website
• Fan website

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