Dinamo Riga

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by FrescoBot (talk | contribs) at 15:39, 11 June 2020 (Bot: link syntax and minor changes). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Dinamo Riga
CityRiga, Latvia
LeagueKontinental Hockey League
Founded2008
Home arenaArēna Rīga
(capacity: 10,000)
AffiliateHK Rīga (MHL)
Websitewww.dinamoriga.lv
2019/2020 season

Dinamo Riga (Latvian: Rīgas Dinamo) is a professional ice hockey team based in Riga, Latvia. It is a member of the Kontinental Hockey League. Dinamo Riga is one of the six KHL teams that are not located in the Russian Federation. The club has an affiliated club HK Rīga, which plays in the MHL.

The club was re-founded on 7 April 2008 as a successor of a former hockey team (also named "Dinamo Riga"), which was founded in 1946, but ceased to exist in 1995. Since being re-established, Dinamo Riga plays their home games at the Arēna Rīga, which can accommodate attendance of 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, Aigars Kalvītis, 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.[1] After the first season, Viesturs Koziols also left the project.[2]

Július Šupler became the first head coach of the club.[3] For the first two seasons, he was assisted by Miroslav Miklošovič and Artis Ābols, but in 2010, Viktors Ignatjevs replaced Miklošovič. On 27 April 2011, the new head coach, Pekka Rautakallio, was announced.

In the first season of the franchise, the team was led by players like Masaļskis, Prusek, Westcott, Ņiživijs, Hossa and others. After 2008-09, forward Aigars Cipruss decided to retire and instantly became the manager of Dinamo Riga's farm club, Dinamo-Juniors Riga. The team finished the regular season in tenth position, higher than anyone would have predicted before the start of the season. However, in the first round of the league playoffs, Dinamo lost to Dynamo Moscow 0–3, which later advanced to the Gagarin Cup semifinals.

Following the first season, Dinamo managed to sign legendary Sandis Ozoliņš, as well as Jānis Sprukts, Mārtiņš Karsums and others. The team finished the regular season in eighth place of the Western Conference, which qualified them for the playoffs. In the first round of the playoffs, Dinamo faced SKA Saint Petersburg with players like Sergei Zubov, Petr Čajánek, Maxim Sushinsky and Alexei Yashin on the roster. Still, Dinamo managed to beat SKA 3–1 and advance to the Western Conference semifinals. In the semifinals, Dinamo was defeated by later Gagarin Cup finalist HC MVD, 1–4.

After his league-leading performance, Marcel Hossa signed a two-year contract with the then-current KHL champions Ak Bars Kazan. Martin Kariya signed a two-year contract with Swiss NLA's HC Ambrì-Piotta. New players signed during the off-season include Tomáš Surový, Brock Trotter, Mikael Tellqvist and the returning Mark Hartigan. Július Šupler resumed his post as the head coach.

The team finished the season in seventh place in the Western Conference and thirteenth in the league, as the team qualified to the playoffs. In the first round, their opponents were Dynamo Moscow. Dinamo won the series 4–2, advancing to the next round and facing Lokomotiv Yaroslavl. Dinamo lost the series 1–4.

As of the end of the third season, head coach Július Šupler left the team to be the coach of CSKA Moscow. On April 27, 2011, Dinamo signed Pekka Rautakallio for the head coach position. Also, all the foreign players with no active contracts left the team to play somewhere else. Brock Trotter also left using his chance to play in the NHL with the Montreal Canadiens.

Dinamo signed numerous new players for the upcoming season, from Latvia: Mārtiņš Cipulis, Māris Jučers and for probationary period: Kristiāns Pelšs, Armands Bērziņš and foreign players: Jamie Lundmark, Niclas Lucenius, Björn Melin, Fredrik Warg. Soon, however, Melin was fired. During the season, the team added also Jakub Šindel, Ville Nieminen, and Marcel Hossa to its roster, but Jakub Šindel and Ville Nieminen also got fired.

Season-by-season record

This is a partial list of the last ten seasons completed by Dinamo Riga. For the full season-by-season history, see List of Dinamo Riga seasons.

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, OTW = Overtime/Shootout Wins, OTL = Overtime/Shootout Losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Season GP W L OTW OTL Pts GF GA Finish Playoffs
2008–09 56 24 23 5 4 86 132 156 2nd, Kharlamov Lost in First Round, 0–3 (Dynamo Moscow)
2009–10 56 23 22 4 7 84 174 175 5th, Bobrov Lost in Conference Semifinals, 1–4 (MVD)
2010–11 54 20 20 7 7 81 160 149 4th, Bobrov Lost in Conference Semifinals, 1–4 (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl)
2011–12 54 24 5 4 23 86 132 156 3rd, Bobrov Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 3–4 (Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod)
2012–13 52 13 31 4 4 51 109 151 7th, Bobrov Did not qualify
2013–14 54 22 16 11 5 93 141 122 3rd, Bobrov Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 3–4 (Donbass Donetsk)
2014–15 60 22 30 3 5 77 136 160 5th, Bobrov Did not qualify
2015–16 60 17 34 8 8 75 129 151 7th, Bobrov Did not qualify
2016–17 60 11 34 10 5 58 116 158 7th, Bobrov Did not qualify
2017–18 56 9 31 7 9 50 105 153 6th, Bobrov Did not qualify
2018–19 62 18 26 8 10 62 129 155 5th, Bobrov Did not qualify
2019–20 62 11 38 6 7 41 103 187 6th, Bobrov Did not qualify
2020–21

Players

Current roster

Retired numbers

The team has retired one number in its history.

Dinamo Riga retired numbers
No. Player Position Career
8 Sandis Ozoliņš D 2009–2014

Team captains

Head coaches

Franchise records and leaders

Scoring leaders

Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIM
Latvia Lauris Dārziņš Dinamo Riga 506 124 175 299 -14 282
Latvia Miķelis Rēdlihs Dinamo Riga 581 120 173 293 -41 386
Latvia Miks Indrašis Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod 319 88 98 186 +6 113
Slovakia Marcel Hossa Retired 241 105 80 185 -12 252
Latvia Aleksandrs Niživijs Retired 290 45 108 153 -46 127
Latvia Guntis Galviņš HC Ocelari Trinec 416 31 112 143 –1 230
Latvia Krišjānis Rēdlihs HK Kurbads 449 37 99 136 -13 205
Latvia Gints Meija Dinamo Riga 541 51 69 120 -53 210
Latvia Mārtiņš Karsums Traktor Chelyabinsk 196 62 57 119 +3 183
Latvia Jānis Sprukts HK Kurbads 186 42 73 115 +12 130
Latvia Sandis Ozoliņš Retired 213 27 84 111 -23 307
Latvia Andris Džeriņš Dinamo Riga 381 50 43 93 -39 215
Latvia Kristaps Sotnieks HC Sochi 554 28 60 88 -84 298
Sweden Linus Videll Avangard Omsk 107 34 48 82 +1 44
Latvia Ģirts Ankipāns Retired 223 31 43 74 0 126
Canada Mark Hartigan Retired 112 40 32 72 6 189
Canada Paul Szczechura Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod 103 25 42 67 +16 66
Canada Brandon McMillan Avangard Omsk 132 30 31 61 -28 162
Latvia Mārtiņš Cipulis HK Kurbads 261 28 31 59 -33 115
Latvia Roberts Bukarts Severstal Cherepovets 225 27 28 55 -16 58
Latvia Māris Bičevskis BK Mladá Boleslav 291 18 37 55 -24 162
Latvia Oskars Cibuļskis HK Hradec Kralove 303 16 39 55 -18 194
Canada Kyle Wilson Retired 77 18 35 53 +13 34
Latvia Gunārs Skvorcovs HC Kunlun Red Star 309 21 28 49 -39 186
Italy Mathew Maione Dinamo Riga 62 11 36 47 -13 24
Latvia Vitālijs Pavlovs Dinamo Riga 281 19 22 41 -46 137
Slovakia Tomáš Surový Retired 65 18 20 38 -4 66
Canada Matt Ellison Retired 58 15 23 38 -2 84
Canada Brock Trotter Ak Bars Kazan 76 14 23 37 -7 62
United States Tim Sestito Retired 103 26 9 35 -12 127
Latvia Uvis Jānis Balinskis Dinamo Riga 135 10 24 34 -29 46
Canada Mike Iggulden Retired 60 13 20 33 +5 46
Latvia Rodrigo Laviņš Retired 227 8 23 31 +5 131
Slovakia Róbert Petrovický Retired 74 10 20 30 -12 67
Canada Mat Robinson HC CSKA Moscow 61 10 19 29 +17 14
Canada Martin Kariya Retired 47 7 21 28 +8 18
Latvia Georgijs Pujacs HK Olimp Riga 155 7 19 26 0 135
Canada Carter Ashton Dinamo Riga 62 15 10 25 -14 39

Leading goaltenders

Player Team GP TOI W L GA SO SV% GAA
Latvia Uģis Avotiņš Retired 1 0:13 0 0 0 0 - 0.00
Russia Timur Bilyalov Ak Bars Kazan 38 2035:59 15 14 74 4 93.0% 2.18
Latvia Jānis Kalniņš Jokerit 72 3835:47 18 34 143 4 92.7% 2.24
Sweden Mikael Tellqvist Retired 103 5880:56 44 42 232 5 91.8% 2.37
Czech Republic Jakub Sedláček HC Sparta Praha 126 7082:09 41 58 286 10 91.8% 2.42
Sweden Joacim Eriksson Schwenninger Wild Wings 34 1934:53 9 17 78 2 91.9% 2.42
United States Chris Holt Retired 90 5246:44 37 34 214 6 91.7% 2.45
Lithuania Mantas Armalis Djurgårdens IF 12 576:37 3 5 24 0 91.1% 2.50
Czech Republic Alexander Salak Dinamo Riga 32 1835:38 8 19 77 2 91.2% 2.52
Latvia Kristers Gudļevskis Fischtown Pinguins 42 2255:16 13 24 98 3 90.1% 2.61
Sweden Daniel Sperrle Retired 5 252:56 1 3 11 0 90.8% 2.61
Czech Republic Martin Prusek Retired 55 3017:36 18 26 132 6 91.6% 2.62
Latvia Edgars Lūsiņš Retired 4 182:10 1 2 8 0 89.7% 2.63
Canada Jeff Deslauriers Retired 13 743:08 4 8 33 1 90.3% 2.66
Latvia Māris Jučers HK Liepāja 38 1939:58 5 20 90 0 89.7% 2.78
Latvia Edgars Masaļskis Retired 63 3327:21 26 23 158 4 90.7% 2.85
Latvia Ervīns Muštukovs HC RT Torax Poruba 2 80:00 0 1 4 0 90.5% 3.00
Russia Andrei Makarov Dinamo Riga 19 866:24 4 11 45 0 90.6% 3.12
Russia Maxim Tretyak HC Sochi 5 154:03 0 2 8 0 87.9% 3.12
Latvia Jānis Voris HK Rīga 7 354:09 1 4 19 1 89.3% 3.22
Canada Justin Peters BK Mladá Boleslav 14 689:55 2 11 40 0 86.9% 3.48
Latvia Sergejs Naumovs Retired 30 1501:46 12 12 89 0 89.2% 3.56
Latvia Reinis Liepiņš HK Rīga 2 28:52 0 1 2 0 86.7% 4.16
Latvia Antons Naumovs HK Olimp Riga 0 - 0 0 0 0 - -
Latvia Artūrs Šilovs Barrie Colts 0 - 0 0 0 0 - -
Latvia Rihards Cimermanis HC Zemgale/LUA 0 - 0 0 0 0 - -
Latvia Gustavs Dāvis Grigals Alaska Nanooks 0 - 0 0 0 0 - -
Latvia Kristaps Nazarovs IK Guts 0 - 0 0 0 0 - -
Latvia Niklāvs Rauza HK Prizma Riga 0 - 0 0 0 0 - -
Latvia Nils Grīnfogels CG Puigcerdà 0 - 0 0 0 0 - -

References

  1. ^ "Lipmans izstājies no a/s "Rīgas Dinamo"". esports.lv. (in Latvian)
  2. ^ "Koziols: "Par paveikto nekaunos"". esports.lv. (in Latvian)
  3. ^ "Šuplers apstiprināts". (in Latvian)

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dinamo Riga.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dinamo_Riga&oldid=962007499"