HK Liepajas Metalurgs

HK Liepājas Metalurgs is a Belarusian Extraliga team based in Liepāja, Latvia. The club's 2nd team plays in the Latvian Hockey League.
== History ==
Football and Hockey Club 'Liepajas Metalurgs founded in 1997. In the company of the same name board chairman Sergei Zaharjins decided to support the city football. In 1998 the arena of the team - Olimpiskā ledus halle was built. Season set out to create a professional hockey team, which would serve as an example and should aim to be pursued for young hockey players.
During this time, Liepājas Metalurgs six times (1998/99, 1999/00, 2001/02, 2002/03, 2007/2008, 2008/2009) has become the Latvian champions, twice won silver awards (2000/01, 2005/06) and has claimed the third spot three times (2003/04, 2004/05, 2006/07). Six times the team played the Eastern Hockey League, wich was won in 2002. Later, the team appeared in the Belarus Championship.
Ice Hockey Liepaja sporting life over the years has taken his own special place. Set up a pyramid of ice hockey from the smallest, with only learn to skate until meistarkomandai. Furthermore, the new generation of local hockey is already perceptible addition to Latvian youth, after years of samples and hopefully also complement the adult sample. Already, "Liepajas Metalurgs players are summoned to the Latvian valstsvienība.Last year they had Juris Ozols, Vents Feldmanis and Dmitry Zhabotinsky. Last year, the Turin Winter Olympic Games went Vladimir Mamonov, he also participated in the World Championship in Riga. For many seasons the audience with their hit game delight Roman Nikitin, but a true team captain became Eduard Ivanov, who Liepajas Metalurgs is the very first season.
== Notable Players ==
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* Māris Jass
* Sergejs Louskins
==Current roster==
Goaltenders	Goaltenders	Goaltenders 	Goaltenders	Goaltenders	Goaltenders	Goaltenders	Goaltenders 	Goaltenders
# 	 	Player 	Pos. 	Catches 	Height 	Weight 	D.O.B. 	Place of Birth
1 	 	Imants Legzda 	G 	L 	186 cm 	98 kg 	Mar. 4, 1983 	Riga, Latvia
31 	 	Māris Jucers 	G 	L 	190 cm 	80 kg 	Jun. 18, 1987	Priekule, Latvia
61 	 	Dmitrijs Žabotinskis	G 	L 	170 cm 	79 kg 	Jan. 19, 1980	Ogre, Latvia
Defensemen	Defensemen	Defensemen 	Defensemen	Defensemen	Defensemen	Defensemen	Defensemen 	Defensemen
# 	 	Player 	Pos. 	Catches 	Height 	Weight 	D.O.B. 	Place of Birth
3 	 	Vents Feldmanis 	D 	L 	177 cm 	83 kg 	Mar. 7, 1977 	Jūrmala, Latvia
5 	 	Sergei Gubin 	D 	L 	175 cm 	80 kg 	Jun. 19, 1977	Novosibirsk, Russia
7 	 	Edmunds Kniksts 	D 	L 	185 cm 	87 kg 	Mar. 10, 1982	Riga, Latvia
8 	 	Sergejs Tjoluškins	D 	L 	176 cm 	80 kg 	May 7, 1983 	Riga, Latvia
21 	 	Eduards Ivanovs 	D 	L 	187 cm 	97 kg 	Jan. 22, 1978	Jūrmala, Latvia
29 	 	Aleksejs Bihanovs 	D 	 	179 cm 	75 kg 	Jan. 28, 1984	Riga, Latvia
70 	 	Sergei Olkhovtsev 	D 	L 	184 cm 	84 kg 	Oct. 19, 1987	Moscow, Russia
Forwards	Forwards	Forwards 	Forwards	Forwards	Forwards	Forwards	Forwards 	Forwards
# 	 	Player 	Pos. 	Catches 	Height 	Weight 	D.O.B. 	Place of Birth
9 	 	Mārcis Zembergs 	F 	R 	185 cm 	85 kg 	Dec. 3, 1988 	Riga, Latvia
15 	 	Māris Grāvītis 	F 	L 	179 cm 	87 kg 	Mar. 14, 1981	Riga, Latvia
16 	 	Valerijs Fiļimonovs 	C 	L 	177 cm 	87 kg 	Aug. 17, 1979	Riga, Latvia
17 	 	Edijs Brahmanis 	F 	R 	184 cm 	88 kg 	Nov. 17, 1983	Riga, Latvia
18 	 	Sergejs Daņilovs 	F 	R 	187 cm 	80 kg 	Feb. 16, 1989	Madona, Latvia
19 	 	Bruno Zabis 	F 	L 	177 cm 	73 kg 	Jan. 15, 1991	Liepāja, Latvia
22 	 	Aldis Āboliņš 	F 	L 	184 cm 	85 kg 	Mar. 6, 1985 	Talsi, Latvia
24 	 	Raivis Kurnigins 	F 	L 	183 cm 	73 kg 	Dec. 13, 1989	Aizkraukle, Latvia
28 	 	Vladimirs Mamonovs 	LW 	L 	176 cm 	86 kg 	Apr. 22, 1980	Riga, Latvia
32 	 	Juris Ozols 	C 	L 	183 cm 	83 kg 	Apr. 6, 1977 	Riga, Latvia
33 	 	Darius Pliskauskas 	C 	L 	178 cm 	88 kg 	Sep. 29, 1980	Elektrėnai, Lithuania
49 	 	Oļegs Koreškovs 	F 	L 	186 cm 	90 kg 	Aug. 16, 1984	Riga, Latvia
55 	 	Jānis Puriņš 	F 	L 	190 cm 	96 kg 	Jun. 13, 1987	Riga, Latvia
67 	 	Konstantin Mikhailov	F 	L 	181 cm 	79 kg 	Feb. 12, 1983	Moscow, Russia
71 	 	Toms Zeltiņš 	F 	 	184 cm 	75 kg 	Aug. 10, 1986	Riga, Latvia
81 	 	Arturs Mickēvičs 	F 	 	182 cm 	70 kg 	Jan. 2, 1991 	Talsi, Latvia
87 	 	Gunārs Skvorcovs 	F 	L 	186 cm 	86 kg 	Jan. 13, 1990	Saldus, Latvia
93 	 	Aleksandr Gorshkov 	F 	L 	186 cm 	100 kg 	Jan. 23, 1988	Moscow, Russia
==Awards==
*Latvian hockey league champions - 2000, 2002, 2003 and 2008.
*Eastern European Hockey League champions - 2002.
==References==
*HK Liepājas Metalurgs official web site
Category:Latvian ice hockey teams
Category:Latvian Hockey League teams
Category:Established in 1998