HK Olimp/Venta 2002

HK Olimp/Venta 2002 are a Latvian ice hockey team that plays in the Optibet Hockey League, the top tier of the sport in Latvia. The team is based in Riga and play their home games at the Inbox Ice Arena.
==History==
HK Olimp was founded in 2018, and the following year joined the Optibet Hockey League where they were immediately considered to be dark horses for the championship, due to have several Latvian national team members as part of their roster, including Georgijs Pujacs and Aleksejs Širokovs, both of whom also had KHL significant experience. The dark horse appellation turned out to be prescient as the team were in 1st place in their inaugural season, before the play-offs were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. During the off-season, the team partnered with junior side Venta 2002, and as a result rebranded as HK Olimp/Venta 2002. 
As a result of 1st place finish when the season was cancelled, Olimp qualified for the 2020–21 IIHF Continental Cup where they were scheduled to face-off in Group E against Shakhtyor Soligorsk of Belarus, Slovenian team Olimpija Ljubljana and the winner of Group B (made up of Crvena Zvezda Belgrade of Serbia, Mladost Zagreb from Croatia, Bulgarian side Irbis-Skate Sofia and Turkish outfit Buz Beykoz Istanbul). However, two months later, the IIHF cancelled the Continental Cup due to the Pandemic.
==Roster== 
Updated February 11, 2021.
Goaltenders	Goaltenders	Goaltenders 	Goaltenders	Goaltenders	Goaltenders
Number 	 	Player 	Catches 	Acquired 	Place of Birth
79 	 	Andrej Bonch-Brujevič	L 	2019 	Saint Petersburg, Russia
30 	 	Rūdolfs Gusts Lazdiņš	L 	2020 	Riga, Latvia
35 	 	Kārlis Zakrevskis 	L 	2020 	Riga, Latvia
Defencemen	Defencemen	Defencemen 	Defencemen	Defencemen	Defencemen 	Defencemen
Number 	 	Player 	Shoots 	Acquired 	Place of Birth	
61 	 	Krists Apsītis 	L 	2019 	Riga, Latvia 	
77 	 	Vladislavs Balakuns 	L 	2019 	Riga, Latvia 	
65 	 	Arvils Bergmanis 	L 	2020 	Riga, Latvia 	
71 	 	Aleksejs Popovs 	L 	2021 	Riga, Latvia 	
23 	 	Aleksandrs Jerofejevs	L 	2019 	Riga, Latvia 	
81 	 	Georgijs Pujacs (C) 	L 	2019 	Riga, Latvia 	
33 	 	Maksims Širokovs (A) 	R 	2019 	Riga, Latvia 	
Forwards	Forwards	Forwards 	Forwards	Forwards	Forwards	Forwards
Number 	 	Player 	Shoots 	Position	Acquired	Place of Birth
59 	 	Lauris Bajaruns 	R 	RW 	2020 	Ventspils, Latvia
93 	 	Edijs Brahmanis 	R 	LW 	2019 	Riga, Latvia
28 	 	Emīls Ezītis 	L 	C 	2019 	Riga, Latvia
47 	 	Kirils Galoha 	R 	C/RW 	2020 	Riga, Latvia
18 	 	Sandis Grīnbergs 	L 	W 	2020 	-
52 	 	Arjoms Koppass 	L 	F 	2020 	Valka, Latvia
17 	 	Dmitrijs Korņilovs 	L 	W 	2019 	Sigulda, Latvia
14 	 	Ričards Landmanis 	L 	F 	2020 	Ventspils, Latvia
15 	 	Sandis Mežaraups 	R 	F 	2019 	Jēkabpils, Latvia
10 	 	Roberts Potapenko 	L 	LW/RW 	2019 	-
19 	 	Miķelis Rēdlihs 	L 	RW 	2020 	Riga, Latvia
72 	 	Roberts Siliņš 	L 	F 	2020 	-
62 	 	Aleksejs Širokovs (A)	R 	C 	2019 	Riga, Latvia
44 	 	Gatis Sprukts 	L 	LW/C 	2020 	Jelgava, Latvia
84 	 	Renārs Undelis 	L 	C 	2019 	Riga, Latvia
21 	 	Valerii Vorozhontsov 	L 	F 	2020 	Yekaterinburg, Russia
68 	 	Fedor Yarionovskii 	L 	F 	2020 	Saint Petersburg, Russia
11 	 	Ņikita Zantmans 	R 	F 	2020 	-
==Season-by-season record==
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes
Season 	League 	GP	W 	L	T	OTW	OTL	Pts	GF 	GA	Finish	Playoffs
2019-20	Optibet Hockey League	35	22	5	—	4 	4 	56 	121	67	1st 	Playoffs cancelled
==Team records==
===Career===
These are the top five scorers in HK Olimpa history.
Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games Played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points
Player 	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts
Nikolajs Jeļisejevs	F 	48	32	28	60
Kirils Galoha 	F 	45	21	32	53
Emīls Ezītis 	F 	60	23	27	50
Georgijs Pujacs 	D 	60	16	25	41
Aleksejs Širokovs 	F 	52	13	25	38
Penalty minutes: Aleksejs Širokovs, 101
===Season===
==== Regular season ====
* Most goals in a season: Nikolajs Jeļisejevs, 19 (2019-20)
* Most assists in a season: Emīls Ezītis, 20 (2020-21)
* Most points in a season: Nikolajs Jeļisejevs, 36 (2019-20)
* Most penalty minutes in a season: Aleksandrs Jerofejevs, 68 (2019–20)
==Notable players==
* Miķelis Rēdlihs
* Georgijs Pujacs
* Aleksandrs Jerofejevs
==References==
==External links==
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Category:Established in 2018
Category:Latvian Hockey League teams
Category:Ice hockey teams in Latvia