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2021-2022 Roster
# N Player A Born Birthplace HT WT S Ctrct
GOALTENDERS
#35 Julius Hudacek (G) 33 1988 Spisska Nova Ves, SVK 6'1" 187 R 21/22
#33 Johan Mattsson (G) 29 1992 Huddinge, SWE 6'4" 194 L 21/22
DEFENSEMEN
#4 Nerijus Alisauskas (D) 30 1991 Elektrenai, LTU 6'0" 185 R 21/22
#27 Oskars Cibulskis (D)   “A” 33 1988 Riga, LAT 6'2" 190 L 21/22
#2 Karlis Cukste (D) 24 1997 Riga, LAT 6'4" 220 L 21/22
#29 Ralfs Freibergs (D) 30 1991 Riga, LAT 5'11" 192 L 21/22
#3 Brandon Gormley (D) 29 1992 Murray River, PE, CAN 6'2" 196 L 21/22
#55 Patriks Ozols (D) 20 2001 Riga, LAT 5'11" 185 L 21/22
#24 Reece Scarlett (D) 28 1993 Edmonton, AB, CAN 6'1" 185 R 21/22
#13 Gunars Skvorcovs (D/RW) 31 1990 Saldus, LAT 6'1" 190 L 21/22
#11 Kristaps Sotnieks (D) 34 1987 Riga, LAT 6'0" 207 L 21/22
#44 Jordon Southorn (D) 31 1990 Montréal, QC, CAN 6'1" 185 L 21/22
#7 Kristaps Zile (D) 23 1997 Riga, LAT 6'1" 187 L 21/22
FORWARDS
#91 Daniels Berzins (C) 22 1999 Riga, LAT 6'1" 181 L 21/22
#22 Filips Buncis (C) 24 1997 Jelgava, LAT 6'4" 220 L 21/22
#85 Rudolf Cerveny (W/C) 32 1989 Ceske Budejovice, CZE 6'0" 187 L 21/22
#10 Lauris Darzins (RW/LW)   “C” 36 1985 Riga, LAT 6'3" 201 R 21/22
#69 Nikolajs Jelisejevs (LW)   27 1994 Riga, LAT 5'11" 176 R 21/22
#26 Jere Karjalainen (RW) 29 1992 Helsinki, FIN 5'9" 176 R 21/22
#15 Martins Karsums (LW/RW)   35 1986 Riga, LAT 5'10" 209 R 21/22
#32 Edgars Kulda (LW) 27 1994 Riga, LAT 6'0" 192 L 21/22
#82 Matt Lorito (W/C) 31 1990 Oakville, ON, CAN 5'9" 172 L 21/22
#87 Gints Meija (RW) 34 1987 Riga, LAT 6'1" 203 L 21/22
#19 Émile Poirier (C/W) 26 1994 Montréal, QC, CAN 6'2" 196 L 21/22
#47 Alexander Protapovich (C/W) 25 1996 Novotroitsk, RUS 6'3" 209 R 21/22
#52 Lukas Radil (LW/RW) 31 1990 Caslav, CZE 6'3" 201 L 21/22
#9 Hunter Shinkaruk (C/LW)   “A” 27 1994 Calgary, AB, CAN 5'10" 181 L 21/22
#72 Janis Svanenbergs (C) 20 2001 Riga, LAT 6'3" 190 R 21/22
#74 Peter Tiivola (C) 28 1993 Helsinki, FIN 6'4" 203 L 21/22
#90 Klavs Veinbergs (F) 18 2003 6'3" 198 L Junior
#34 Deniss Vilmans (W) 19 2002 Liepaja, LAT 6'3" 192 R
Position: G: 2, D: 11, F: 18 | Av Age: 27.94 years | Av Ht: 6'1" | Av Wt: 193 lbs | Compare with other teams
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Arena Information
  • Arena Name Arena Riga
  • Location Riga
  • Capacity 10 300
  • Construction Year 2006
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Latest Transactions
DATE STATUS PLAYER TEAM SOURCE
11/28/2021
11/28/2021 Up/Down Joining Deniss Vilmans (F) Joining from HK Riga
11/18/2021
11/18/2021 Confirmed Leaving Matej Machovsky (G) Leaving for HC Sparta Praha
11/15/2021
11/15/2021 Confirmed Leaving Patriks Zabusovs (F) Leaving for Berani Zlin
11/12/2021
11/12/2021 Confirmed Joining Julius Hudacek (G) Joining from No team
11/10/2021
11/10/2021 Confirmed Joining Matt Lorito (F) Joining from Djurgårdens IF
11/09/2021
11/09/2021 Up/Down Joining Klavs Veinbergs (F) Joining from HK Riga
11/05/2021
11/05/2021 Confirmed Joining Jordon Southorn (D) Joining from Orli Znojmo
11/01/2021
11/01/2021 Confirmed Leaving Frank Corrado (D) Leaving for Unknown
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Team History and Standings
Season League GP W T L OTW OTL GF GA TP P/GP Rank Postseason
Dinamo Riga
1980-1981 Soviet 49 22 6 21 - - 163 157 50 1.02 5 -
1981-1982 Soviet 56 17 6 33 - - 202 234 40 0.71 8 -
1982-1983 Soviet 56 27 5 24 - - 240 212 59 1.05 5 -
1983-1984 Soviet 44 17 8 19 - - 146 172 42 0.95 8 -
1984-1985 Soviet 52 18 9 25 - - 170 196 45 0.87 7 -
1985-1986 Soviet 40 19 6 15 - - 139 129 44 1.10 5 -
1986-1987 Soviet 40 14 5 21 - - 117 132 33 0.83 7 -
1987-1988 Soviet 26 10 4 12 - - 88 92 24 0.92 10 -
Soviet 18 11 3 4 - - 66 46 25 1.39 3 Final loss
1988-1989 Soviet 36 13 3 20 - - 93 121 29 0.81 9 -
Soviet 26 11 5 10 - - 72 71 27 1.04 8 -
1989-1990 Soviet 48 26 7 15 - - 148 117 59 1.23 4 -
1990-1991 Soviet 46 25 5 16 - - 187 138 55 1.20 5 -
HK Riga
1991-1992 Soviet 30 10 0 20 - - 94 127 20 0.67 14 -
Pardaugava Riga
1993-1994 Russia 46 21 6 19 - - 153 155 48 1.04 12 First round loss
1994-1995 Russia 52 14 4 34 - - 99 168 32 0.62 14 Did not make playoffs
Dinamo Riga
2008-2009 KHL 56 24 - 23 5 4 132 156 86 1.54 10 Conference QF loss
2009-2010 KHL 56 23 - 22 4 7 174 175 84 1.50 13 Conference SF loss
2010-2011 KHL 54 20 - 20 7 7 160 149 81 1.50 13 Conference SF loss
2011-2012 KHL 54 19 - 25 3 7 119 129 70 1.30 15 Conference QF loss
2012-2013 KHL 52 13 - 31 4 4 109 151 51 0.98 24 Did not make playoffs
2013-2014 KHL 54 22 - 16 11 5 141 122 93 1.72 10 Conference QF loss
2014-2015 KHL 60 22 - 30 3 5 136 160 77 1.28 21 Did not make playoffs
2015-2016 KHL 60 17 - 27 8 8 129 151 75 1.25 22 Did not make playoffs
2016-2017 KHL 60 11 - 34 10 5 116 158 58 0.97 28 Did not make playoffs
2017-2018 KHL 56 9 - 31 7 9 105 153 50 0.89 26 Did not make playoffs
2018-2019 KHL 62 18 - 26 8 10 129 155 62 1.00 16 Did not make playoffs
2019-2020 KHL 62 11 - 38 6 7 103 187 41 0.66 23 Did not make playoffs
2020-2021 KHL 60 5 - 41 4 10 126 211 28 0.47 23 Did not make playoffs
2021-2022 KHL 33 9 - 16 1 7 65 100 27 0.82 6 -
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Tournament Statistics
Season Tournament GP W T L OTW OTL GF GA TP P/GP Rank Postseason
Dinamo Riga
1971-1972 SovSport Cup 4 1 2 1 - - 18 15 4 1.00 3 Did not make playoffs
1972-1973 SovSport Cup 4 4 0 0 - - 19 7 8 2.00 1 -
1975-1976 Expolaris Cup 4 4 0 0 - - 46 9 8 2.00 -
1988-1989 Soviet League Cup 10 3 3 4 - - 28 34 9 0.90 4 Did not make playoffs
Pardaugava Riga
1993-1994 European Cup 3 2 1 0 - - 32 6 5 1.67 1 Promoted
European Cup 3 1 1 1 - - 6 9 3 1.00 2 -
1994-1995 European Cup 3 1 0 2 - - 9 18 2 0.67 3 Promoted
European Cup 3 2 0 1 - - 13 4 4 1.33 2 Promoted
European Cup 3 1 0 2 - - 9 14 2 0.67 3 Final group
Dinamo Riga
2011-2012 Spengler Cup 2 2 - 0 0 0 12 3 6 3.00 1 Final loss
2017-2018 Spengler Cup 2 0 - 1 1 0 5 9 2 1.00 2 Playoffs Qualifier loss

Retired Numbers

Stars and Cult Players

Where are they now?
# Player Season Team League GP G A TP PIM
1. Elvijs Biezais (F) 2021-2022 Herforder EV Germany3 17 13 27 40 31
2. Rustams Begovs (F) 2021-2022 Herforder EV Germany3 17 15 18 33 22
3. Roberts Lipsbergs (F) 2021-2022 EC Bregenzerwald AlpsHL 16 11 22 33 6
4. Arturs Kuzmenkovs (F) 2021-2022 Kraft II-divisioona 9 6 23 29 16
5. Matt White (F) 2021-2022 Eisbären Berlin DEL 24 11 16 27 10
6. Filipp Toluzakov (F) 2021-2022 AKM Novomoskovsk VHL 23 12 13 25 8
7. Pavel Chernov (F) 2021-2022 Shakhter Soligorsk Belarus 30 7 18 25 12
8. Karlis Bucenieks (F) 2021-2022 HK Mogo Latvia 15 5 19 24 4
9. Ricards Grinbergs (F) 2021-2022 HK Mogo Latvia 17 11 11 22 14
10. Brock Trotter (F) 2021-2022 ASC Corona Brasov Erste Liga 11 9 13 22 14
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Franchise All-Time Points
# Player GP G A TP
1. Helmuts Balderis (F) 497 332 216 545
2. Lauris Darzins (F) 543 122 195 317
3. Mikelis Redlihs (F) 559 114 159 273
4. Aleksejs Frolikovs (F) 370 142 112 254
5. Miks Indrasis (F) 368 104 121 225
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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) 543 122 195 317
3. Mikelis Redlihs (F) 559 114 159 273
4. Miks Indrasis (F) 368 104 121 225
5. Olegs Znaroks (F) 336 100 119 219
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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) 559 114 273 362
5. Kristaps Sotnieks (D) 566 28 88 298
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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. Kristaps Sotnieks (D) 566 28 60 88
4. Gints Meija (F) 562 48 72 120
5. Mikelis Redlihs (F) 559 114 159 273
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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. Marcel Hossa (F) 215 94 170 0.791
4. Linus Videll (F) 107 34 82 0.766
5. Pyotr Prirodin (F) 110 45 82 0.745
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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
2021-2022 View roster 6'1" 193 lbs 27.94
2020-2021 View roster 6'1" 192 lbs 27.12
2019-2020 View roster 6'1" 196 lbs 27.62
2018-2019 View roster 6'1" 196 lbs 27.21
2017-2018 View roster 6'1" 194 lbs 27.26
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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.