Tartu Kalev-Välk

Tartu Välk 494 is an ice hockey team located in Tartu, Estonia, and playing in the Coolbet Hokiliiga, the top tier of ice hockey in Estonia. They play home games at the Astri Arena.
==History==
Tartu Välk 494 was founded in April 1994, and the team won their first Meistriliiga Championshipin 1997. Since then, team have gone on to win the league a further 10 times, with the most recent victory coming in 2020. In addition, they have twice won the now-defunct Estonian Cup, in 1997 and 1998. 
By performing well in the Meistriliiga, Välk 494 have subsequently represented Estonia in continental competition on several occasions, initially during the 1997–98 IIHF Continental Cup where they finished 3rd in the group, after suffering losses to Latvian side Juniors Riga and the Ukrainian Sokil Kyiv, but they did manage a victory over Romanian outfit SC Miercurea Ciuc. They played in the Continental Cup the following year, finishing 2nd in their group having beaten HK Vojvodina and KHK Crvena zvezda, both Yugoslavian teams, but suffering a heavy loss to Ukrainian side HC Berkut-Kiev. The 2009–10 Cup saw Välk 494 represent Estonia once again, beating the Lithuanian side SC Energija in Overtime, whilst suffering heavy losses against Kazakhstan's Saryarka Karaganda and KS Cracovia Kraków of Poland. Välk 494 would once again participate in the 2011–12 edition, comfortably beating Turkish side Başkent Yıldızları, before being beaten themselves by White Caps Turnhout of Belgium.
In 2020 Välk 494 took place in the inaugural Baltic Hockey League, a competition made up of two teams from each of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. They finished top of their group after beating Kaunas Hockey, however, their final game against HK Mogo was cancelled after 4 of the Välk 494 squad tested positive for COVID-19. Despite this, both Välk 494 and HK Mogo qualified for the final round, as both teams had already beaten the Lithuanian team. The finals of the tournament are scheduled to take place in February 2021, having been postponed from December 2020 to several HK Mogo players contracting the virus. 
===Name===
Välk is the Estonian word for lightning, whilst the 494 in the team name refers to the month and year the club was founded. From their inception through to 2007 the team was known as Tartu Välk 494, before changing their name to Tartu Kalev-Välk. This moniker lasted until 2018, when the team reverted to the Välk 494 brand.
==Roster== 
Updated January 13, 2021.
Goaltenders	Goaltenders	Goaltenders 	Goaltenders	Goaltenders	Goaltenders
Number 	 	Player 	Catches 	Acquired 	Place of Birth
1 	 	Andrei Bunin 	- 	2019 	St. Petersburg, Russia
33 	 	Juri Bahturin	L 	2019 	Tartu, Estonia
31 	 	Maksims Furss	L 	2020 	Latvia
Defencemen	Defencemen	Defencemen 	Defencemen	Defencemen	Defencemen 	Defencemen
Number 	 	Player 	Shoots 	Acquired 	Place of Birth 	
21 	 	Maksim Rõbushkin 	R 	2018 	Narva, Estonia 	
71 	 	Igor Savvov 	L 	2017 	Kohtla-Järve, Estonia 	
95 	 	Dmitri Shapovalov	- 	2019 	St. Petersburg, Russia	
27 	 	Artem Kints 	L 	2019 	Prokopyevsk, Russia 	
57 	 	Anatoli Jakovlev 	L 	2017 	Narva, Estonia 	
26 	 	Pavel Prokopenko 	L 	2017 	Kohtla-Järve, Estonia 	
92 	 	Nikita Tsyganov 	L 	2018 	St. Petersburg, Russia	
78 	 	Ilja Škljarov 	R 	2020 	Tallinn, Estonia 	
2 	 	Jānis Brakšs 	L 	2020 	Riga, Latvia 	
Forwards	Forwards	Forwards 	Forwards	Forwards	Forwards	Forwards
Number 	 	Player 	Shoots 	Position	Acquired	Place of Birth
77 	 	Vassili Titarenko 	R 	RW 	2017 	Kohtla-Järve, Estonia
97 	 	Fyodor Gusynin 	L 	F 	2020 	Russia
67 	 	Danil Galimullin 	L 	F 	2019 	Yekaterinburg, Russia
87 	 	Oleksii Voitsekhovskyi	L 	F 	2020 	Kiev, Ukraine
12 	 	Dmitri Kuznetsov 	L 	F 	2017 	Tartu, Estonia
19 	 	Harri Koll 	L 	F 	2019 	Jõhvi, Estonia
9 	 	Mark Tihhomirov 	L 	F 	2017 	Tartu, Estonia
10 	 	Artur Fedoruk 	R 	C 	2020 	Tallinn, Estonia
91 	 	Maksim Turovski 	L 	F 	2018 	Tartu, Estonia
88 	 	Aleks Morozov 	L 	F 	2020 	Tallinn, Estonia
88 	 	Stefan Garanin 	R 	F 	2020 	St. Petersburg, Russia
11 	 	Nikita Garanin 	L 	F 	2018 	St. Petersburg, Russia
79 	 	Ivan Akimov 	R 	C 	2019 	St. Petersburg, Russia
==Honours==
Meistriliiga Championships:
* 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019, 2020
Estonian Cup: 
* 1997 & 1998
==References==
==External links==
* 
*eestihoki.ee 
Category:Established in 1994
Category:Ice hockey teams in Estonia
Category:Meistriliiga teams