Dinamo Riga

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Dinamo Riga was an ice hockey club in Riga, Latvia.

Founded: 1946
Retired: 1995
Nation: Latvia
Location: Rīga
Home Arena: Rīgas Sporta Pils

[edit] History

Latvia's Dinamo Rīga team was one of eleven teams which played in the first Soviet championship tournament in 1946/1947 winter. Dinamo Rīga ended that championship in 4th place behind Dynamo Moscow, CSKA Moscow and Spartak Moscow

In season 1987-88 Dinamo Rīga finished 2nd place in playoffs behind just CSKA Moscow.

In 1975, Viktor Hatulev of Dinamo Rīga became the first ice hockey player from the Soviet Union drafted by the National Hockey League but never had a chance to play, as Soviet players were not allowed to play for foreign teams.

In season 1976-77 Dinamo Rīga star Helmuts Balderis was nominated as the Scoring leader by points, Scoring leader by goals, best player of the season {MVP}. Also in season of 1975-76 Balderis was nominated as the scoring leader by goals. Also in the season of 1983 he was the best scorer. He scored 333 goals in Soviet union league.

After the end of Soviet Union, the team continued to play in the International Hockey League (Mezhnacionalnaya Liga), the successor of Soviet hockey league until 1995. During this period, the team was called Stars Rīga and Pārdaugava Rīga.

[edit] Season-by-season record

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes

Season	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA	PIM	Finish	Playoffs	Player statistics
1978-79	44	19	18	7	45	150	132	625	6	None	[1]
1979-80	44	16	24	4	36	134	162		8	None	[2]
1980-81	49	22	21	6	50	163	157		5	None	[3]
1981-82	56	17	33	6	40	202	234		8	None	[4]
1982-83	56	27	24	5	59	240	212	619	5	None	[5]
1983-84	44	17	19	8	42	146	172		8	None	[6]
1984-85	52	18	25	9	45	170	196	531	7	None	[7]
1985-86	40	19	15	6	44	138	128	452	5	None	[8]
1986-87	40	14	21	5	33	117	132	485	7	None	[9]
1987-88 (Stage 1)	26	10	12	4	24	88	92		10
1987-88 (Stage 2)	18	11	3	4	25	66	46		3	Lost in finals	[10]
1988-89	44	18	20	6	42	115	131	489	6	None	[11]
1989-90	48	26	15	7	59	148	117		5	None	[12]
1990-91	46	25	16	5	55	187	138		5	None	[13]