Leonīds Beresņevs
| Leonīds Beresņevs | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 6, 1958 Kirov Oblast, USSR |
| Position | Defence |
| Played for | Traktor Chelyabinsk Dinamo Riga Izhstal Izhevsk Latvijas Zelts Riga HK Nik's Brih Riga HK Lido Nafta Riga |
| Playing career | 1977–1997 |
Leonīds Beresņevs (born 6 July 1958)[1] is a Latvian former ice hockey player, who played in defence.
Born in Kirov Oblast he is coach of the Latvian U-20 junior team.
His first term of coaching the Latvian national team was from 1996 till 1999. In the 1996 world championships, when Latvia were playing in division B, they won it and first time were promoted to division A where they were at 7th place in 1997. From that time they have remained in that division.
Beresņevs's second term started in 2004 and ended in 2006. Latvia in 2005 qualified for Torino Olympics where they took last place.
Beresņevs has been coach for almoust all the best Latvian icehockey clubs since 1995. In 1996/1997 his coached Juniors Riga took gold at EEHL. In 2003/2004 Beresņevs was head coach in Russian Hockey Super League team Amur Khabarovsk. In 2007-08 he trained Estonian ice hockey club Tartu Big Diamonds and in 2008-09 he became the coach of Latvian club ASK/Ogre.
Career statistics (as a player)
| Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1985-86 | Dinamo Rīga | Russian Hockey Super League | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1986-87 | Dinamo Rīga | Russian Hockey Super League | 37 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1987-88 | Izhstal Izhevsk | Russian Hockey Super League | 26 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1990-91 | Dinamo Rīga | EEHL Div. B | 43 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1992-93 | Latvijas Zelts Rīga | Latvian hockey league | 22 | 6 | 35 | 41 | 22 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1993-94 | Latvijas Zelts Rīga | Latvian hockey league | 15 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 20 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1994-95 | HK Nik's Brih Riga | Latvian hockey league | 12 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 8 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1996-97 | HK Lido Nafta Riga | Latvian hockey league | 15 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
References
- ↑ "Leonid Beresnev hockey statistics & profile at hockeydb.com". hockeydb.com. Retrieved 2010-04-19.
External links
- Leonīds Beresņevs – player profile and career stats at European Hockey.Net
- Leonīds Beresņevs's career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database
- Leonīds Beresņevs's career statistics at EliteProspects.com
| Preceded by Ēvalds Grabovskis |
Latvian national ice hockey team coach 1996 – 1999 |
Succeeded by Haralds Vasiļjevs |
| Preceded by Curt Lindström |
Latvian national ice hockey team coach 2004 – 2006 |
Succeeded by Pjotrs Vorobjovs |