Team Facts

2018-2019 Roster
# N Player A Born Birthplace HT WT S Ctrct
GOALTENDERS
#82 Timur Bilyalov (G) 24 1995 Kazan, RUS 5'11" 176 L 18/19
#50 Kristers Gudlevskis (G) 26 1992 Aizkraukle, LAT 6'4" 214 L 18/19
DEFENSEMEN
#4 Nerijus Alisauskas (D) 27 1991 Elektrenai, LTU 6'0" 185 R 18/19
#26 Uvis Janis Balinskis (D) 22 1996 Ventspils, LAT 6'0" 185 L 18/19
#56 Sergei Gimayev (D) 35 1984 Moskva, RUS 6'2" 190 L 18/19
#18
Mathew Maione (D) 28 1990 Toronto, ON, CAN 5'9" 196 L 18/19
#93 Ruslan Pedan (D) 24 1994 Kaunas, LTU 6'0" 194 L 18/19
#63 Dmitri Shulenin (D) 23 1995 Moskva, RUS 6'4" 214 R 19/20
#11 Kristaps Sotnieks (D)   “A” 32 1987 Riga, LAT 6'0" 216 L 18/19
#51 Marc Zanetti (D) 27 1991 Richmond Hill, ON, CAN 6'0" 214 L 18/19
#7 Kristaps Zile (D) 21 1997 Riga, LAT 6'1" 187 L 18/19
FORWARDS
#95 Oskars Batna (C) 23 1995 Riga, LAT 6'4" 196 L 19/20
#91 Daniels Berzins (C) 20 1999 Riga, LAT 6'1" 181 L 18/19
#10 Lauris Darzins (LW)   “C” 34 1985 Riga, LAT 6'3" 201 R 18/19
#25 Andris Dzerins (C) 31 1988 Jekabpils, LAT 6'1" 192 L 18/19
#16 Martins Dzierkals (RW) 22 1997 Riga, LAT 5'11" 174 L 18/19
#49 Emils Gegeris (LW) 19 1999 Riga, LAT 6'1" 185 L 18/19
#27 Colton Gillies (C/W) 30 1989 White Rock, BC, CAN 6'4" 209 L 18/19
#97 Roberts Lipsbergs (W/C) 24 1994 Riga, LAT 5'11" 194 L 18/19
#88 Brandon McMillan (LW/C)   “A” 29 1990 Delta, BC, CAN 5'11" 190 L 18/19
#87 Gints Meija (RW)   “A” 31 1987 Riga, LAT 6'1" 201 L 18/19
#15 Matias Myttynen (C/LW) 29 1990 Tampere, FIN 6'2" 203 L 18/19
#79 Vitalijs Pavlovs (C/RW) 29 1989 Riga, LAT 6'4" 223 L 18/19
#41 Frenks Razgals (LW/RW) 22 1996 Riga, LAT 6'1" 179 L 19/20
#19 Mikelis Redlihs (RW)   “A” 34 1984 Riga, LAT 5'11" 179 L 18/19
#13 Gunars Skvorcovs (RW) 29 1990 Saldus, LAT 6'1" 190 L 18/19
#55 Linus Videll (W/C) 33 1985 Stockholm, SWE 6'4" 218 L 18/19
Position: G:2 D:9 F:16 | Av Age: 26.96 years | Av Ht: 6'1" | Av Wt 196 lbs | Compare with other teams
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Arena Information
  • Arena Name Arena Riga
  • Location Riga
  • Capacity 10 300
  • Construction Year 2006
  • Secondary Arena Inbox.lv ledus halle
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Latest Transactions
DATE STATUS PLAYER TEAM SOURCE
03/14/2019
03/14/2019 Rumour Leaving Timur Bilyalov (G) Leaving for Ak Bars Kazan
03/06/2019
03/06/2019 Confirmed Leaving Rihards Marenis (F) Leaving for HK MOGO
01/03/2019
01/03/2019 Confirmed Leaving Kevin Clark (F) Leaving for Rapperswil
12/27/2018
12/27/2018 Confirmed Joining Ruslan Pedan (D) Joining from Spartak Moskva
12/21/2018
12/21/2018 Confirmed Leaving Artyom Alyayev (D) Leaving for Unknown
12/10/2018
12/10/2018 Confirmed Leaving Maxim Tretiak (G) Leaving for Unknown
10/29/2018
10/29/2018 Confirmed Leaving Cade Fairchild (D) Leaving for KalPa
10/19/2018
10/19/2018 Confirmed Joining Artyom Alyayev (D) Joining from Spartak Moskva
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Team History and Standings
Season League GP W T L OTW OTL GF GA TP Rank Postseason
Dinamo Riga
1979-1980 Soviet 44 16 4 24 - - 134 162 36 8 -
1980-1981 Soviet 49 22 6 21 - - 163 157 50 5 -
1981-1982 Soviet 56 17 6 33 - - 202 234 40 8 -
1982-1983 Soviet 56 27 5 24 - - 240 212 59 5 -
1983-1984 Soviet 44 17 8 19 - - 146 172 42 8 -
1984-1985 Soviet 22 7 5 10 - - 63 71 19 8 -
Soviet 36 9 6 21 - - 108 149 24 7 -
Soviet 52 18 9 25 - - 170 196 45 7 -
1985-1986 Soviet 40 19 6 15 - - 139 129 44 5 -
1986-1987 Soviet 40 14 5 21 - - 117 132 33 7 -
1987-1988 Soviet 26 10 4 12 - - 88 92 24 10 -
Soviet 18 11 3 4 - - 66 46 25 3 Final loss
1988-1989 Soviet 36 13 3 20 - - 93 121 29 9 -
Soviet 26 11 5 10 - - 72 71 27 8 -
1989-1990 Soviet 48 26 7 15 - - 148 117 59 4 -
1990-1991 Soviet 46 25 5 16 - - 187 138 55 5 -
HK Riga
1991-1992 Soviet 30 10 0 20 - - 94 127 20 14 -
Pardaugava Riga
1993-1994 Russia 46 21 6 19 - - 153 155 48 12 First round loss
1994-1995 Russia 52 14 4 34 - - 99 168 32 14 Did not make playoffs
Dinamo Riga
2008-2009 KHL 56 24 - 23 5 4 132 156 86 10 Conference QF loss
2009-2010 KHL 56 23 - 22 4 7 174 175 84 13 Conference SF loss
2010-2011 KHL 54 20 - 20 7 7 160 149 81 13 Conference SF loss
2011-2012 KHL 54 19 - 25 3 7 119 129 70 15 Conference QF loss
2012-2013 KHL 52 13 - 31 4 4 109 151 51 24 Did not make playoffs
2013-2014 KHL 54 22 - 16 11 5 141 122 93 10 Conference QF loss
2014-2015 KHL 60 22 - 30 3 5 136 160 77 21 Did not make playoffs
2015-2016 KHL 60 17 - 27 8 8 129 151 75 22 Did not make playoffs
2016-2017 KHL 60 11 - 34 10 5 116 158 58 28 Did not make playoffs
2017-2018 KHL 56 9 - 31 7 9 105 153 50 26 Did not make playoffs
2018-2019 KHL 62 18 - 26 8 10 129 155 62 5 Did not make playoffs
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Tournament Statistics
Season Tournament GP W T L OTW OTL GF GA TP Rank Postseason
Dinamo Riga
1971-1972 SovSport Cup 4 1 2 1 - - 18 15 4 3 Did not make playoffs
1972-1973 SovSport Cup 4 4 0 0 - - 19 7 8 1 -
1975-1976 Expolaris Cup 4 4 0 0 - - 46 9 8 -
Pardaugava Riga
1993-1994 European Cup 3 2 1 0 - - 32 6 5 1 Promoted
European Cup 3 1 1 1 - - 6 9 3 2 -
1994-1995 European Cup 3 1 0 2 - - 9 18 2 3 Promoted
European Cup 3 2 0 1 - - 13 4 4 2 Promoted
European Cup 3 1 0 2 - - 9 14 2 3 Final group
Dinamo Riga
2011-2012 Spengler Cup 2 2 - 0 0 0 12 3 6 1 Final loss
2017-2018 Spengler Cup 2 0 - 1 1 0 5 9 2 2 Playoffs Qualifier loss

Retired Numbers

Stars and Cult Players

Where are they now?
# Player Season Team League GP G A TP PIM
1. Arturs Kuzmenkovs (F) 2018-2019 Daugavpils Latvia2 31 35 66 101 24
2. Matt Ellison (F) 2018-2019 Metallurg Magnitogorsk KHL 62 20 35 55 34
3. Brock Trotter (F) 2018-2019 Dornbirner EC EBEL 42 14 41 55 40
4. Filipp Toluzakov (F) 2018-2019 KRS-ORG Beijing VHL 53 27 20 47 14
5. Martins Cipulis (F) 2018-2019 HK Kurbads Latvia 36 20 26 46 12
6. Juris Upitis (F) 2018-2019 HK Kurbads Latvia 35 18 24 42 43
7. Janis Sprukts (F) 2018-2019 HK Kurbads Latvia 35 11 30 41 18
8. Elvijs Biezais (F) 2018-2019 Gap France 37 17 23 40 20
9. Georgs Golovkovs (F) 2018-2019 Milton Keynes Lightning EIHL 54 16 24 40 12
10. Stanislav Chistov (F) 2018-2019 Lada Togliatti VHL 53 11 28 39 16
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Franchise All-Time Points
# Player GP G A TP
1. Helmuts Balderis (F) 497 332 216 545
2. Aleksejs Frolikovs (F) 370 142 112 254
3. Mikelis Redlihs (F) 489 108 144 252
4. Lauris Darzins (F) 422 102 146 248
5. Vladimirs Sernajevs (F) 311 164 56 220
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Franchise All-Time Goals
# Player GP G A TP
1. Helmuts Balderis (F) 497 332 216 545
2. Juris Reps (F) 337 180 49 206
3. Vladimirs Sernajevs (F) 311 164 56 220
4. Mihails Denisovs (F) 421 153 88 182
5. Zigvards Salcevics (F) 250 147 28 110
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Franchise All-Time Assists
# Player GP G A TP
1. Helmuts Balderis (F) 497 332 216 545
2. Lauris Darzins (F) 422 102 146 248
3. Mikelis Redlihs (F) 489 108 144 252
4. Olegs Znaroks (F) 336 100 119 219
5. Aleksejs Frolikovs (F) 370 142 112 254
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Franchise All-Time PIM
# Player GP G TP PIM
1. Vladimirs Durdins (F) 590 58 132 537
2. Vjaceslavs Nazarovs (D) 577 54 152 387
3. Helmuts Balderis (F) 497 332 545 373
4. Mikelis Redlihs (F) 489 108 252 316
5. Sandis Ozolins (D) 226 26 100 296
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Franchise All-Time Games played
# Player GP G A TP
1. Vladimirs Durdins (F) 590 58 74 132
2. Vjaceslavs Nazarovs (D) 577 54 109 152
3. Helmuts Balderis (F) 497 332 216 545
4. Haralds Vasiljevs (F) 495 102 24 105
5. Mikelis Redlihs (F) 489 108 144 252
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Franchise All-Time Points per Game
# Player GP G TP PPG
1. Helmuts Balderis (F) 497 332 545 1.097
2. Boriss V. Ponomarjovs (F) 182 126 160 0.879
3. Mathew Maione (D) 58 11 46 0.793
4. Marcel Hossa (F) 215 94 170 0.791
5. Linus Videll (F) 107 34 82 0.766
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Franchise All-Time Points per Season
# Player Season League GP G A TP PPG PIM
1. Boriss V. Ponomarjovs (F) 1972-1973 Soviet2 48 44 29 73 1.52 0
2. Helmuts Balderis (F) 1976-1977 Soviet 35 40 23 63 1.80 57
3. Helmuts Balderis (F) 1981-1982 Soviet 50 39 24 63 1.26 50
4. Helmuts Balderis (F) 1982-1983 Soviet 40 32 31 63 1.58 39
5. Juris Reps (F) 1965-1966 Soviet2 45 48 10 58 1.29 46
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Franchise All-Time Goals per Season
# Player Season League GP G A TP PPG PIM
1. Juris Reps (F) 1965-1966 Soviet2 45 48 10 58 1.29 46
2. Boriss V. Ponomarjovs (F) 1972-1973 Soviet2 48 44 29 73 1.52 0
3. Vladimirs Sernajevs (F) 1972-1973 Soviet2 48 44 8 52 1.08 10
4. Anatolijs Krseminskis (F) 1969-1970 Soviet3 - 42 - - - -
5. Valerijs Lomakins (F) 1969-1970 Soviet3 - 41 - - - -
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Franchise All-Time Assists per Season
# Player Season League GP G A TP PPG PIM
1. Mathew Maione (D) 2018-2019 KHL 58 11 35 46 0.79 22
2. Helmuts Balderis (F) 1982-1983 Soviet 40 32 31 63 1.58 39
3. Mikelis Redlihs (F) 2011-2012 KHL 54 13 31 44 0.81 49
4. Boriss V. Ponomarjovs (F) 1972-1973 Soviet2 48 44 29 73 1.52 0
5. Boriss V. Ponomarjovs (F) 1971-1972 Soviet2 45 26 27 53 1.18 19
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Franchise All-Time PIM per Season
# Player Season League GP G A TP PPG PIM
1. Duvie Westcott (D) 2008-2009 KHL 51 2 18 20 0.39 124
2. Marcel Hossa (F) 2008-2009 KHL 52 22 22 44 0.85 118
3. Mark Hartigan (F) 2008-2009 KHL 55 20 18 38 0.69 115
4. Sandis Ozolins (D) 2009-2010 KHL 43 6 18 24 0.56 109
5. Jekabs Redlihs (D) 2009-2010 KHL 35 1 2 3 0.09 86
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Average Height, Weight, Age per Season
Season Roster Height Weight Age
2018-2019 View roster 6'1" 196 lbs 26.96
2017-2018 View roster 6'1" 193 lbs 26.72
2016-2017 View roster 6'1" 193 lbs 27.60
2015-2016 View roster 6'1" 194 lbs 26.88
2014-2015 View roster 6'1" 196 lbs 28.03
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Nationalities Throughout History

Elite Prospects Notes and Trivia
Former names:
1949-1958 Daugava Rīga
1958-1960 RVR Rīga
1960-1967 Daugava Rīga

Ceased to exist in 1991, re-established in 2008.