Latvia men's national ice hockey team

Latvia
Ranking

Association	Latvian Ice Hockey Federation
Head coach	Bob Hartley
Assistants	Artis Ābols Jacques Cloutier Kārlis Zirnis
Captain	Kaspars Daugaviņš
Most games	Rodrigo Laviņš (230)
Top scorer	Leonīds Tambijevs (66)
Most points	Leonīds Tambijevs (150)
Home stadium	Arena Riga
Team colors
IIHF code	LAT

Current IIHF	12 2
Highest IIHF	9 (first in 2005)
Lowest IIHF	12 (first in 2010)
First international
Latvia 3–0 Lithuania (Riga, Latvia; 27 February 1932)^[1]
Biggest win
Latvia 32–0 Israel (Bled, Slovenia; 15 March 1993)^[1]
Biggest defeat
Canada 14–0 Latvia (Davos, Switzerland; 20 January 1935)^[1]
IIHF World Championships
Appearances	25 (first in 1933)
Best result	7th (1997, 2004, 2009)
IIHF European Championships
Appearances	1
Best result	8th (1932)
Olympics
Appearances	5 (first in 1936)
International record (W–L–T)
192–160–39

The Latvian men's national ice hockey team represents Latvia in international ice hockey. The team is currently ranked 12th in the world by IIHF as of 2016. The team is controlled by the Latvian Ice Hockey Federation. Their best ever finish at the World Championships was 7th place in 1997, 2004 and 2009. At the 2014 World Championship the team finished 11th. Latvia reached the quarterfinals at the 2014 Winter Olympics, losing 2–1 to Canada. Latvia has 6,699 registered players (0.34% of its population).

Overview

Rank	Olympics	World Championships	European Championships
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th		1997, 2004, 2009
8th	2014	2000	1932
9th	2002	1998, 2003, 2005
10th		1933, 1938, 1939, 2006, 2012, 2017
11th		1999, 2002, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2014
12th	2006, 2010
13th	1936	1935, 1996 (1.B)↑, 2001, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2016
14th		1994 (2.B), 1995 (2.B)
15th
16th
↑: promoted, ↓: relegated, (3.B): (rank.pool)

Tournament record

Olympic Games

Games	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Coach	Captain	Finish
1936 Garmisch- Partenkirchen	3	0	3	0	3	27	?	Leonīds Vedējs	Finished tied in 13th place
2002 Salt Lake City	3	1	1	1	11	12	Curt Lindström	Harijs Vītoliņš	Finished in 9th place
2006 Turin	5	0	4	1	11	29	Leonīds Beresņevs	Kārlis Skrastiņš	Finished in 12th place
2010 Vancouver	3	0	3	0	4	19	Oļegs Znaroks	Kārlis Skrastiņš	Finished in 12th place
2014 Sochi	5	1	4	0	9	13	Ted Nolan	Sandis Ozoliņš	Finished in 8th place

World Championship

Championships	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Coach	Captain	Finish
1930 Chamonix/Vienna/Berlin	Did not participate
1931 Krynica-Zdrój	Did not participate
1933 Prague	4	1	0	3	3	9	?	Arvīds Jurgens	Finished in 10th place
1934 Milan	Did not participate
1935 Davos	5	1	0	4	11	25	?	Leonīds Vedējs	Finished in 13th place
1937 London	Did not participate
1938 Prague	4	1	0	3	4	8	?	?	Finished tied in 10th place
1939 Zürich/Basel	3	1	0	2	6	21	Larry Marsh	?	Finished in 10th place
World Championships not held from 1940–1946 during World War II
Did not participate from 1947–1992. Latvia was a part of USSR
1993 Bled/Ljubljana (Group C)	7	6	1	0	101	9	Helmuts Balderis	?	Finished in 21st place (Won Group C)
1994 Copenhagen/Aalborg (Group B)	7	6	0	1	61	9	Helmuts Balderis	?	Finished in 14th place (2nd in Group B)
1995 Bratislava (Group B)	7	6	0	1	65	16	Ēvalds Grabovskis	?	Finished in 14th place (2nd in Group B)
1996 Eindhoven (Group B)	7	6	1	0	41	16	Leonīds Beresņevs	Oļegs Znaroks	Finished in 13th place (Won Group B)
1997 Helsinki/Tampere/Turku	8	4	2	2	37	23	Leonīds Beresņevs	Normunds Sējējs	Finished in 7th place
1998 Zürich/Basel	6	3	1	2	21	18	Leonīds Beresņevs	Oļegs Znaroks	Finished in 9th place
1999 Oslo/Hamar/Lillehammer	6	2	0	4	24	22	Leonīds Beresņevs	Oļegs Znaroks	Finished in 11th place
2000 Saint Petersburg	7	3	1	3	15	17	Haralds Vasiļjevs	Harijs Vītoliņš	Finished in 8th place
2001 Nuremberg/Cologne/Hanover	6	3	1	2	19	13	Haralds Vasiļjevs	Harijs Vītoliņš	Finished in 13th place
2002 Gothenburg/Karlstad/Jönköping	6	1	0	5	11	18	Curt Lindström	?	Finished in 11th place
2003 Helsinki/Tampere/Turku	6	3	0	3	14	16	Curt Lindström	Harijs Vītoliņš	Finished in 9th place
2004 Prague/Ostrava	7	2	2	3	12	14	Curt Lindström	Sergejs Žoltoks	Finished in 7th place
2005 Vienna/Innsbruck	6	2	1	3	10	21	Leonīds Beresņevs	Kārlis Skrastiņš	Finished in 9th place
2006 Riga	6	2	1	3	12	24	Petr Vorobiev	Aleksandrs Semjonovs	Finished in 10th place

Championships	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Coach	Captain	Finish
2007 Moscow	6	2	0	1	3	20	22	Oļegs Znaroks	Rodrigo Laviņš	Finished in 13th place
2008 Halifax/Quebec City	6	2	0	0	4	11	19	Oļegs Znaroks	Rodrigo Laviņš	Finished in 11th place
2009 Bern/Kloten	7	2	2	0	3	15	23	Oļegs Znaroks	Kārlis Skrastiņš	Finished in 7th place
2010 Cologne/Mannheim/Gelsenkirchen	6	2	0	0	4	15	18	Oļegs Znaroks	Herberts Vasiļjevs	Finished in 11th place
2011 Bratislava/Košice	6	2	0	2	2	18	19	Oļegs Znaroks	Herberts Vasiļjevs	Finished in 13th place
2012 Helsinki/Stockholm	7	2	0	0	5	11	19	Ted Nolan	Jānis Sprukts	Finished in 10th place
2013 Stockholm/Helsinki	7	2	0	1	4	14	25	Ted Nolan	Lauris Dārziņš	Finished in 11th place
2014 Minsk	7	3	0	0	4	20	24	Ted Nolan	Herberts Vasiļjevs	Finished in 11th place
2015 Prague/Ostrava	7	0	2	1	4	11	25	Aleksandrs Beļavskis	Kaspars Daugaviņš	Finished in 13th place
2016 Moscow/Saint Petersburg	7	1	0	3	3	13	22	Leonīds Beresņevs	Kaspars Daugaviņš	Finished in 13th place
2017 Cologne/Paris	7	3	0	1	3	14	18	Bob Hartley	Kaspars Daugaviņš	Finished in 10th place

European Championship

1932 – Finished in 8th place

Team

Current roster

Roster for the 2017 IIHF World Championship.^[2]

Head coach: Bob Hartley

No.	Pos.	Name	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Team
4	D	Bindulis, KristofersKristofers Bindulis	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	7001860000000000000♠86 kg (190 lb)	(1995-09-17) September 17, 1995	Lake Superior State Lakers
5	F	Sprukts, JānisJānis Sprukts – A	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	7002102000000000000♠102 kg (225 lb)	(1982-01-31) January 31, 1982	Ritten Sport
11	D	Sotnieks, KristapsKristaps Sotnieks	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	7001930000000000000♠93 kg (205 lb)	(1987-01-29) January 29, 1987	HC Lada Togliatti
13	F	Skvorcovs, GunārsGunārs Skvorcovs	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	7001970000000000000♠97 kg (214 lb)	(1990-01-13) January 13, 1990	Dinamo Riga
14	F	Bukarts, RihardsRihards Bukarts	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)	7001840000000000000♠84 kg (185 lb)	(1995-12-31) December 31, 1995	Springfield Thunderbirds
16	F	Daugaviņš, KasparsKaspars Daugaviņš – C	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	7001970000000000000♠97 kg (214 lb)	(1988-05-18) May 18, 1988	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
23	F	Bļugers, TeodorsTeodors Bļugers	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	7001840000000000000♠84 kg (185 lb)	(1994-08-15)August 15, 1994 (aged 22)	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins
25	F	Džeriņš, AndrisAndris Džeriņš	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	7001850000000000000♠85 kg (187 lb)	(1988-02-14) February 14, 1988	Mountfield HK
26	D	Balinskis, Uvis JānisUvis Jānis Balinskis	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)	7001760000000000000♠76 kg (168 lb)	(1996-08-01) August 1, 1996	Dinamo Riga
27	D	Cibuļskis, OskarsOskars Cibuļskis	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	7001860000000000000♠86 kg (190 lb)	(1988-04-09) April 9, 1988	Dinamo Riga
28	F	Girgensons, ZemgusZemgus Girgensons	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	7001920000000000000♠92 kg (203 lb)	(1994-01-05) January 5, 1994	Buffalo Sabres
29	D	Freibergs, RalfsRalfs Freibergs	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	7001870000000000000♠87 kg (192 lb)	(1991-05-17) May 17, 1991	Dinamo Riga
30	G	Merzļikins, ElvisElvis Merzļikins	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	7001850000000000000♠85 kg (187 lb)	(1994-04-13) April 13, 1994	HC Lugano
32	D	Kulda, ArtūrsArtūrs Kulda – A	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	7001970000000000000♠97 kg (214 lb)	(1988-07-25) July 25, 1988	Jokerit
41	F	Razgals, FrenksFrenks Razgals	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	7001810000000000000♠81 kg (179 lb)	(1996-08-08) August 8, 1996	HK Rīga
58	D	Galviņš, GuntisGuntis Galviņš	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	7001870000000000000♠87 kg (192 lb)	(1986-01-25) January 25, 1986	Dinamo Riga
70	F	Indrašis, MiksMiks Indrašis	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	7001850000000000000♠85 kg (187 lb)	(1990-09-30) September 30, 1990	Dinamo Riga
71	F	Bukarts, RobertsRoberts Bukarts	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	7001840000000000000♠84 kg (185 lb)	(1990-06-27) June 27, 1990	PSG Zlín
72	D	Jaks, JānisJānis Jaks	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	7001860000000000000♠86 kg (190 lb)	(1995-08-22) August 22, 1995	American International Yellow Jackets
74	G	Punnenovs, IvarsIvars Punnenovs	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	7001850000000000000♠85 kg (187 lb)	(1994-05-30) May 30, 1994	SCL Tigers
79	F	Pavlovs, VitalijsVitalijs Pavlovs	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	7002100000000000000♠100 kg (220 lb)	(1989-06-17) June 17, 1989	Dinamo Riga
87	F	Meija, GintsGints Meija	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	7001900000000000000♠90 kg (200 lb)	(1987-09-04) September 4, 1987	Dinamo Riga
91	F	Ķēniņš, RonaldsRonalds Ķēniņš	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	7001910000000000000♠91 kg (201 lb)	(1994-07-29) July 29, 1994	ZSC Lions
96	F	Bičevskis, MārisMāris Bičevskis	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	7001820000000000000♠82 kg (181 lb)	(1991-08-03) August 3, 1991	Dinamo Riga
98	G	Kalniņš, JānisJānis Kalniņš	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	7001870000000000000♠87 kg (192 lb)	(1991-12-13) December 13, 1991	Dinamo Riga

^[3]===Coaching history===

	Coach	GP	W	T	L	GD	P-ts
1992—1994	Helmuts Balderis	34	25	2	7	256:86	52
1994	Mihails Beskašnovs	2	0	0	2	3:6	0
1995	Ēvalds Grabovskis	11	9	0	2	79:25	18
1996—1999	Leonīds Beresņevs	56	36	7	13	275:143	79
1999—2001	Haralds Vasiļjevs	32	12	8	12	81:76	32
2001—2004	Curt Lindström	65	32	8	25	202:161	72
2004—2006	Leonīds Beresņevs	32	25	3	14	112:113	53
2006	Petr Vorobiev	11	4	1	6	25:35	9
2006—2011	Oļegs Znaroks
2011—2014	Ted Nolan
2014-2015	Aleksandrs Beļavskis
2016	Leonīds Beresņevs
2016	Haralds Vasiļjevs
2017-present	Bob Hartley	7	3	0	4	14:18

^[4]===Coaching history===

	Coach	GP	W	T	L	GD	P-ts
1992—1994	Helmuts Balderis	34	25	2	7	256:86	52
1994	Mihails Beskašnovs	2	0	0	2	3:6	0
1995	Ēvalds Grabovskis	11	9	0	2	79:25	18
1996—1999	Leonīds Beresņevs	56	36	7	13	275:143	79
1999—2001	Haralds Vasiļjevs	32	12	8	12	81:76	32
2001—2004	Curt Lindström	65	32	8	25	202:161	72
2004—2006	Leonīds Beresņevs	32	25	3	14	112:113	53
2006	Petr Vorobiev	11	4	1	6	25:35	9
2006—2011	Oļegs Znaroks
2011—2014	Ted Nolan
2014-2015	Aleksandrs Beļavskis
2016	Leonīds Beresņevs
2016	Haralds Vasiļjevs
2017-present	Bob Hartley	7	3	0	4	14:18	10

Coaching history

	Coach	GP	W	T	L	GD	P-ts
1992—1994	Helmuts Balderis	34	25	2	7	256:86	52
1994	Mihails Beskašnovs	2	0	0	2	3:6	0
1995	Ēvalds Grabovskis	11	9	0	2	79:25	18
1996—1999	Leonīds Beresņevs	56	36	7	13	275:143	79
1999—2001	Haralds Vasiļjevs	32	12	8	12	81:76	32
2001—2004	Curt Lindström	65	32	8	25	202:161	72
2004—2006	Leonīds Beresņevs	32	25	3	14	112:113	53
2006	Petr Vorobiev	11	4	1	6	25:35	9
2006—2011	Oļegs Znaroks
2011—2014	Ted Nolan
2014-2015	Aleksandrs Beļavskis
2016	Leonīds Beresņevs
2016	Haralds Vasiļjevs
2017-present	Bob Hartley	7	3	0	4	14:18	10

Notable players

Aleksandrs Beļavskis 1992–2002
Aigars Cipruss 1992–2009
Vjačeslavs Fanduļs 1992–2004
Aleksandrs Kerčs 1992–2004
Rodrigo Laviņš 1992–2014
Aleksandrs Semjonovs 1992–2007
Kārlis Skrastiņš 1992–2010
Leonīds Tambijevs 1992–2007
Artūrs Irbe 1993–2006
Sergejs Naumovs 1993–2010
Aleksandrs Ņiživijs 1993–2014

Harijs Vītoliņš 1993–2002
Oļegs Znaroks 1993–1999
Grigorijs Panteļejevs 1994–2007
Sergejs Žoltoks 1994–2004
Sandis Ozoliņš 1996–2014
Herberts Vasiļjevs 1997–
Edgars Masaļskis 2000–2017
Jānis Sprukts 2000–
Krišjānis Rēdlihs 2002–
Lauris Dārziņš 2003–
Miķelis Rēdlihs 2003–

References

1 2 3 Includes Olympics, World Championships, World Cups, Canada Cups and Summit Series.
↑ 2017 IIHF World Championship roster
↑ 2017 IIHF World Championship
↑ 2017 IIHF World Championship

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