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Dinamo Riga
Rīgas Dinamo
Full name Dinamo Riga Founded 2008 Based In Riga, Latvia 
Arena Arena Riga
(Capacity: 10,300)League KHL 2008–present Division Bobrov Conference Western Uniform 
Team Colors President Juris SavickisGM Normunds SējējsHead Coach 
Pekka RautakallioCaptain Sandis OzoliņšAffiliates HK Riga (MHL) Website dinamoriga.eu This article is about the current hockey club. For the previous hockey club with this name, see Dinamo Riga (original).Dinamo Riga (Latvian: Rīgas Dinamo) is a professional ice hockey team based in Riga, Latvia. It is a member of the Bobrov Division of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Dinamo Riga is one of the four KHL teams that are not located in Russian Federation. The club has an affiliated club HK Riga, 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 Arena Riga, which can accommodate attendance of 10,300 spectators.
Július Šupler became the first head coach of the club.[1] For the first two seasons he was assisted by Miroslav Miklošovič and Artis Ābols, but in 2010 Viktors Ignatjevs replaced Miklošovič. On April 27, 2011 the new head coach Pekka Rautakallio was announced.
Sandis Ozoliņš is the current captain of the team, with his alternates being Aleksandrs Ņiživijs and Rodrigo Laviņš.[2]
Contents
History
Season 2008-09
Main article: 2008–09 Dinamo Riga seasonThe club was re-founded on 7 April 2008 and among the founders of the club were Guntis Ulmanis, Kirovs Lipmans, Aigars Kalvītis, Juris Savickis 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.[3] After the first season, also Viesturs Koziols left the project.[4]
In the first season of the franchise 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 farm club Dinamo-Juniors Riga. 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 league playoffs Dinamo lost to HC Dynamo Moscow, which later achieved Gagarin Cup semifinals.
Season 2009-10
Following the first season, Dinamo managed to sign legendary Sandis Ozoliņš, as well as Jānis Sprukts, Mārtiņš Karsums and others. The team finished regular season in the eighth place of Western Conference, which qualified them for the playoffs. In the first round of the playoffs Dinamo faced SKA St. Petersburg with players like Zubov, Cajanek, Sushinsky and Yashin on the roster. Still, Dinamo managed to beat SKA and advance to Western Conference semifinals. In the semifinals, Dinamo was defeated by later Gagarin Cup finalist HC MVD 1-4.
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.[5] Mārtiņš Karsums was then added to Dinamo Riga in January 2010; along with Marcel Hossa representing Slovakia, 17 players in all from the club played in the Olympics.
Season 2010-11
After his league-leading performance, Marcel Hossa signed a 2-year contract with the current KHL champions Ak Bars Kazan. Martin Kariya signed a 2-year contract with Swiss NLA's HC Ambri-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.
Team finished season in seventh place in Western Conference and thirteenth in league, as the team qualified to the playoffs. In first round their opponents were UHC Dynamo. Dinamo won the series 2-4, advancing to next round and facing Lokomotiv Yaroslavl. Dinamo lost series 1-4.
Season 2011-12
As of the end of 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 chance to play in NHL, 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.
Players
Current roster
Updated November 16, 2011.[6][7]
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; P/G = Points per game; bold = current Dinamo player
Points
Player Pos GP G A Pts P/G 
Marcel HossaLW 108 57 42 99 0.92 Aleksandrs ŅiživijsRW 156 33 66 99 0.64 Lauris DārziņšLW 155 43 48 91 0.59 Miķelis RēdlihsRW 165 42 46 88 0.53 
Mark HartiganC 100 36 26 62 0.62 Jānis SpruktsC 106 21 41 62 0.58 Ģirts AnkipānsLW 153 21 36 57 0.37 Sandis OzoliņšD 84 12 44 56 0.67 Mārtiņš KarsumsRW 64 21 19 40 0.63 Guntis GalviņšD 144 8 30 38 0.26 Goals
Player Pos G Marcel HossaLW 57 Lauris DārziņšLW 43 Miķelis RēdlihsRW 42 Mark HartiganC 36 Aleksandrs ŅiživijsRW 33 Ģirts AnkipānsLW 21 Jānis SpruktsC 21 Mārtiņš KarsumsRW 21 Mārtiņš CipulisLW 17 Matt EllisonC 15 Assists
Player Pos A Aleksandrs ŅiživijsRW 66 Lauris DārziņšLW 48 Miķelis RēdlihsRW 46 Sandis OzoliņšD 44 Marcel HossaLW 42 Jānis SpruktsC 41 Ģirts AnkipānsLW 36 Guntis GalviņšD 30 Mark HartiganC 26 Matt EllisonC 22 Franchise records
Regular season
- Most goals in a season: Marcel Hossa, 35 (2009-10)
- Most assists in a season: Sandis Ozoliņš, 26 (2010-11)
- Most points in a season: Marcel Hossa, 54 (2009-10)
- Most penalty minutes in a season: Duvie Westcott, 124 (2008-09)
- Most points in a season, defenseman: Sandis Ozoliņš, 32 (2010-11)
- Most points in a season, rookie: Roberts Bukarts, 7 (2009-10)
Playoffs
- Most goals in a playoff season: Lauris Dārziņš, 5 (2010-11)
- Most assists in a playoff season: Sandis Ozoliņš, 7 (2010-11)
- Most points in a playoff season: Lauris Dārziņš, 10 (2010-11)
- Most penalty minutes in a playoff season: Duvie Westcott, 33 (2008-09)
- Most points in a playoff season, defenseman: Sandis Ozoliņš & Oskars Cibuļskis (2010–11), 7
- Most points in a playoff season, rookie: Roberts Bukarts (2009-10) & Ainārs Podziņš (2010–11), 1
Franchise history
Regular season record
GP = games played, W = wins in regular time, OT/SO = in overtime/shoot-out, L = losses in regular time, Pts = points , GF/GA = goals for/against
Season GP W (OT/SO) L (OT/SO) Pts Pts/GP GF – GA Rank (league/conference) 2008–09 56 24 (3/2) 23 (1/3) 86 1.54 132 – 156 10th / — 2009–10 56 23 (1/3) 22 (3/4) 84 1.50 174 – 175 13th / 8th 2010–11 54 20 (2/5) 20 (5/2) 81 1.50 160 – 149 13th / 7th KHL totals 166 67 (6/10) 65 (9/9) 251 1.51 466 – 480 Best: 10th / 7th Play-off series
Year Round Opponent Series result (match results) 2009 1st round 
Dynamo Moscow0–3 loss (0–4, 1–7, 3–4) 2010 Conference quarter-final SKA Saint Petersburg3–1 win (2–0, 3–1, 2–4, 4–2) Conference semi-final HC MVD1–4 loss (1–4, 0–2, 3–1, 5–4 OT, 2–3 OT) 2011 Conference quarter-final UHC Dynamo4–2 win (2–1 OT, 4–8, 5–1, 2–1 OT, 1–3, 2–1 OT) Conference semi-final Lokomotiv Yaroslavl1–4 loss (2–4, 5–3, 4–8, 2–6, 4–5 OT) Milestones
Event Date Details First KHL match (and first win) 2 September 2008 4–2 win at Amur Khabarovsk First KHL home match (and first home win) 11 September 2008 2–1 win vs HC MVD First KHL play-off match 1 March 2009 0–4 loss at Dynamo Moscow First KHL play-off match won 10 March 2010 2–0 win at SKA Saint Petersburg First KHL play-off series won 14 March 2010 3–1 series win vs SKA Saint Petersburg References
- ^ "Šuplers apstiprināts". http://esports.lv/hokejs/22052008-vai_suplers_apstiprinats. (Latvian)
- ^ "Sandis Ozoliņš ievēlēts par Dinamo kapteini - dinamoriga.lv". Dinamoriga.eu. 2009-07-27. http://www.dinamoriga.eu/lv/news/view/sandis-ozolins-ievelets-par-dinamo-kapteini. Retrieved 2011-10-06.
- ^ "Lipmans izstājies no a/s "Rīgas Dinamo"". esports.lv. http://esports.lv/hokejs/27052008-lipmans_izstajies_no_a_s_rigas_dinamo. (Latvian)
- ^ "Koziols: "Par paveikto nekaunos"". esports.lv. http://esports.lv/hokejs/khl/02042009-koziols_par_paveikto_nekaunos. (Latvian)
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- ^ "Team Roster". www.dinamoriga.lv. http://www.dinamoriga.eu/en/players. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
- ^ "Dinamo Riga team roster". www.khl.ru. http://en.khl.ru/clubs/dinamo_r. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
External links
Affiliates Coaches Šupler • Rautakallio
General managers Broadcasters TVRadioRadio SWH
2008–09 2010s 2009–10 • 2010–11Kontinental Hockey League Western Conference Eastern Conference Bobrov Division Dinamo RigaLev PopradTarasov Division Kharlamov Division Yugra Khanty-MansiyskChernyshev Division TopicsSeasons2008–09 • 2009–10 • 2010–11 • 2011–12Junior drafts2009 • 2010 • 2011Games and CupsAll-Star Game • Gagarin Cup • KHL Conference Finals • Continental Cup • Lokomotiv Cup • Russian Championship • KHL vs NHLSee alsoTeam changes • Potential expansion • List of goal scoring champions • List of scoring champions • List of territorial draft picks • Rivalries in the KHLCategories:- Dinamo Riga
- Ice hockey teams in Latvia
- Ice hockey teams in Riga
- Sports clubs established in 2008
- Kontinental Hockey League teams
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