2008–09 Dinamo Riga season

The 2008–09 Dinamo Riga season was the first season of the franchise in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). This was also inaugural season for the league. Dinamo Riga played most of their home games in Arena Riga, however some matches were held in other locations.[1] Dinamo Riga were playing in Kharlamov division along with Avangard Omsk, Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, HC Lada Togliatti, HC Sibir Novosibirsk and Amur Khabarovsk.

2008–09 Dinamo Riga
Division	2nd Kharlamov
2008–09 record	24-23-5-4 (W-L-OTW-OTL)
Home record	14-9-3-2
Road record	10-14-2-2
Goals for	132
Goals against	156
Team information
General Manager	Normunds Sējējs
Coach	Július Šupler
Captain	Aleksejs Širokovs
Alternate captains	Atvars Tribuncovs Matt Ellison
Arena	Arena Riga inbox.lv Arena
Average attendance	6,093
Team leaders
Goals	Marcel Hossa (22)
Assists	Marcel Hossa (22)
Points	Marcel Hossa (44)
Penalty minutes	Marcel Hossa (118)
Plus/minus	Marcel Hossa (+3)
Wins	Sergejs Naumovs (12)
Goals against average	Martin Prusek (1.70)

Pre-season

As it is the first season for the franchise, Dinamo Riga had to gather their roster from nothing. Most of the team players are members of Latvia national team. First players for the team were announced on April 25.[2] First foreign player to join the team was Czech Filip Novák on June 26.[3] The team roster was completed, when the last two legionaries Duvie Westcott and Mark Hartigan joined the team on July 22.[4]

Dinamo Riga started their pre-season training camp on July 15. The camp continued till July 28 and took place in Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia.[5] The first game in franchise history was held on July 25, when Dinamo Riga defeated MHk 32 Liptovský Mikuláš in a shootout after a 1-1 in regular time.

On August 2 Dinamo played their first home game, when they won against Amur Khabarovsk in Riga. Then at the "Inbox.lv hall" in Riga, Dinamo won the Inbox.lv tournament, in which they defeated Dinamo Minsk and Barys Astana. In August the team also participated in the Tampere Cup (Tampere) and the Governor's Cup (Mytishchi).

Results

• Green background indicates win. (3 points)
• Red indicates loss. (0 points)
• Beige background indicates overtime/shootout win. (2 points)
• White background indicates overtime/shootout loss (1 point).

2008–09 pre-season games

Record: 5–3–1–3 (home: 3–0–0–0; road: 1–2–1–1; neutral: 1–2–0–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap 1 July 25 Dinamo Riga 3 – 1 MHk 32 Liptovský Mikuláš SO Masaļskis ? 0–0–1–0 2 August 2 Amur Khabarovsk 2 – 3 Dinamo Riga Masaļskis 1,214 1–0–1–0 3 August 4 Dinamo Minsk 1 – 5 Dinamo Riga Naumovs ? 2–0–1–0 4 August 6 Barys Astana 2 – 7 Dinamo Riga Masaļskis ? 3–0–1–0 5 August 13 Dinamo Riga 3 – 1 Tappara Naumovs ? 4–0–1–0 6 August 14 Dinamo Riga 1 – 3 Ilves Masaļskis ? 4–1–1–0 7 August 15 Espoo Blues 3 – 2 Dinamo Riga in Tampere, Finland SO Naumovs ? 4–1–1–1 8 August 16 Dinamo Riga 3 – 4 Espoo Blues in Tampere, Finland Muštukovs ? 4–2–1–1 9 August 23 Dinamo Riga 1 – 3 Atlant Mytishchi Masaļskis 4,000 4–3–1–1 10 August 24 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk 3 – 2 Dinamo Riga in Mytishchi, Russia OT Masaļskis 400 4–3–1–2 11 August 26 Dinamo Riga 4 – 2 HC Lada Togliatti in Mytishchi, Russia Masaļskis 250 5–3–1–2 12 August 27 Dinamo Riga 2 – 3 Atlant Mytishchi SO Masaļskis ? 5–3–1–3

Regular season

Dinamo Riga will play 56 games in regular season. The season will begin on September 2, 2008, it is coming to close on February 26, 2008.

Division standings

as before 25 October 2008

Kharlamov division	GP	W	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	PTS
Avangard Omsk	20	11	7	1	1	69	55	36
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	18	11	5	0	2	51	36	35
Dinamo Riga	20	9	7	1	3	49	60	32
Lada Togliatti	19	6	9	2	2	45	50	24
Sibir Novosibirsk	19	5	8	3	3	45	57	24
Amur Khabarovsk	21	4	13	2	2	38	64	18

League standings

as before 25 October 2008

Kontinental Hockey League	GP	W	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	PTS
Atlant Mytishchi	20	14	2	2	2	77	40	48
Salavat Yulaev Ufa	19	13	3	2	1	70	32	44
Ak Bars Kazan	19	11	4	2	2	65	50	39
Avangard Omsk	20	11	7	1	1	69	55	36
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	18	11	5	0	2	51	36	35
CSKA Moscow	18	9	4	3	2	55	42	35
Metallurg Magnitogorsk	20	9	7	3	1	56	53	34
Traktor Chelyabinsk	19	9	5	1	4	54	55	33
Dynamo Moscow	18	8	5	4	1	51	39	33
Spartak Moscow	21	8	8	4	1	75	68	33
Dinamo Riga	20	9	7	1	3	49	60	32
Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	20	9	6	0	5	50	50	32
Barys Astana	21	7	8	5	1	65	59	32
Severstal Cherepovets	19	8	7	3	1	56	61	31
SKA Saint Petersburg	19	7	8	4	0	44	34	29
Metallurg Novokuznetsk	21	6	10	3	2	57	57	26
Lada Togliatti	19	6	9	2	2	45	50	24
Sibir Novosibirsk	19	5	8	3	3	45	57	24
MVD Moscow Oblast	20	5	11	3	1	47	60	22
Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod	20	6	12	0	2	46	60	20
Amur Khabarovsk	21	4	13	2	2	38	64	18
Vityaz Chekhov	20	2	9	2	7	47	71	17
Dinamo Minsk	20	3	14	2	1	36	72	14
Khimik Voskresensk	19	3	11	0	5	34	57	14

Results

• Green background indicates win. (3 points)
• Red indicates loss. (0 points)
• Beige background indicates overtime/shootout win. (2 points)
• White background indicates overtime/shootout loss (1 point).

2008–09 game log
September: 5–3–1–2 (home: 3–0–0–0; road: 2–3–1–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 September 2 Dinamo Riga 4 – 2 Amur Khabarovsk Masaļskis 7,100 1–0–0–0 3 2 September 3 Dinamo Riga 6 – 7 Amur Khabarovsk SO Masaļskis 7,100 1–0–0–1 4 3 September 5 Dinamo Riga 0 – 7 Metallurg Novokuznetsk Naumovs 4,500 1–1–0–1 4 4 September 7 Dinamo Riga 1 – 2 Sibir Novosibirsk OT Masaļskis 6,000 1–1–0–2 5 5 September 8 Dinamo Riga 1 – 6 Sibir Novosibirsk Masaļskis 5,000 1–2–0–2 5 6 September 11 MVD Moscow Oblast 1 – 2 Dinamo Riga Masaļskis 10,232 2–2–0–2 8 7 September 14 Atlant Mytishchi 0 – 2 Dinamo Riga Masaļskis 7,502 3–2–0–2 11 8 September 15 Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod 1 – 4 Dinamo Riga Masaļskis 4,936 4–2–0–2 14 9 September 22 Dinamo Riga 4 – 3 CSKA Moscow Naumovs 2,500 5–2–0–2 17 10 September 24 Dinamo Riga 1 – 5 Spartak Moscow Naumovs 1,500 5–3–0–2 17 11 September 26 Dinamo Riga 3 – 2 Vityaz Chekhov SO Naumovs 1,800 5–3–1–2 19
October: 4–7–0–1 (home: 2–5–0–1; road: 2–2–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 12 October 1 Dynamo Moscow 3 – 4 Dinamo Riga Naumovs 8,528 6–3–1–2 22 13 October 6 Dinamo Minsk 5 – 8 Dinamo Riga Naumovs 2,300 7–3–1–2 25 14 October 9 SKA Saint Petersburg 2 – 1 Dinamo Riga SO Naumovs 9,950 7–3–1–3 26 15 October 11 Severstal Cherepovets 2 – 1 Dinamo Riga Naumovs 7,582 7–4–1–3 26 16 October 13 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 3 – 2 Dinamo Riga Naumovs 6,350 7–5–1–3 26 17 October 18 Dinamo Riga 2 – 1 Khimik Voskresensk Sperrle 3,000 8–5–1–3 29 18 October 20 Dinamo Riga 0 – 3 Barys Astana Sperrle 5,000 8–6–1–3 29 19 October 22 Dinamo Riga 3 – 2 Avangard Omsk Naumovs 9,300 9–6–1–3 32 20 October 23 Dinamo Riga 0 – 3 Avangard Omsk Sperrle 9,100 9–7–1–3 32 21 October 26 Ak Bars Kazan 3 – 2 Dinamo Riga (in Espoo) Naumovs 2,800 9–8–1–3 32 22 October 27 Lada Togliatti 6 – 0 Dinamo Riga (in Espoo) Naumovs, Sperrle 1,600 9–9–1–3 32 23 October 29 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk 5– 1 Dinamo Riga Naumovs 2,000 9–10–1–3 32
November: 0–2–0–0 (home: 0–0–0–0; road: 0–2–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 24 November 13 Dinamo Riga 3 – 5 Metallurg Magnitogorsk Prusek 3,900 9–11–1–3 32 25 November 15 Dinamo Riga 3 – 4 Traktor Chelyabinsk Prusek, Naumovs 3,500 9–12–1–3 32 26 November 17 Dinamo Riga 0 – 4 Salavat Yulaev Ufa Naumovs, Avotiņš, Naumovs 8,400 9–13–1–3 32 27 November 24 Lada Togliatti Dinamo Riga 28 November 26 Traktor Chelyabinsk Dinamo Riga 29 November 27 Metallurg Magnitogorsk Dinamo Riga 30 November 29 Salavat Yulaev Ufa Dinamo Riga
December: 0–0–0–0 (home: 0–0–0–0; road: 0–0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 31 December 3 Dinamo Riga Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 32 December 5 Dinamo Riga Dinamo Minsk 33 December 7 Dinamo Riga Ak Bars Kazan 34 December 9 Dinamo Riga Lada Togliatti 35 December 11 Dinamo Riga Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk 36 December 24 Avangard Omsk Dinamo Riga 37 December 27 Khimik Voskresensk Dinamo Riga 38 December 28 Barys Astana Dinamo Riga
January: 0–0–0–0 (home: 0–0–0–0; road: 0–0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 39 January 3 Dinamo Riga SKA Saint Petersburg 40 January 5 Dinamo Riga Severstal Cherepovets 41 January 7 Dinamo Riga Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 42 January 9 Dinamo Riga Lada Togliatti 43 January 16 Avangard Omsk Dinamo Riga 44 January 19 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Dinamo Riga 45 January 22 Dinamo Riga Dynamo Moscow 46 January 25 Vityaz Chekhov Dinamo Riga 47 January 28 Spartak Moscow Dinamo Riga 48 January 29 CSKA Moscow Dinamo Riga
February: 0–0–0–0 (home: 0–0–0–0; road: 0–0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 49 February 12 Dinamo Riga MVD Moscow Oblast 50 February 14 Dinamo Riga Atlant Mytishchi 51 February 16 Dinamo Riga Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod 52 February 20 Sibir Novosibirsk Dinamo Riga 53 February 21 Sibir Novosibirsk Dinamo Riga 54 February 23 Metallurg Novokuznetsk Dinamo Riga 55 February 25 Amur Khabarovsk Dinamo Riga 56 February 26 Amur Khabarovsk Dinamo Riga

Player stats

Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
Marcel Hossa	20	12	7	19	0	49
Matt Ellison	20	5	12	17	0	39
Mark Hartigan	19	8	4	12	–1	34
Filip Novák	19	2	6	8	–3	22
Aleksandrs Ņiživijs	20	2	6	8	–6	4
Aleksejs Širokovs	20	2	6	8	–2	8
Duvie Westcott	19	1	7	8	0	47
Mārtiņš Cipulis	20	1	5	6	–6	8
Miķelis Rēdlihs	19	5	0	5	–4	8
Lauris Dārziņš	20	1	4	5	–2	22
Ronald Petrovický	19	2	2	4	–2	33
Rodrigo Laviņš	20	1	3	4	0	12
Ģirts Ankipāns	17	2	1	3	–2	4
Viktors Bļinovs	18	2	1	3	–2	8
Juris Štāls	14	1	2	3	2	8
Atvars Tribuncovs	16	1	2	3	–3	38
Armands Bērziņš	9	0	2	2	1	31
Oļegs Sorokins	12	0	2	2	–2	16
Aigars Cipruss	3	0	1	1	–2	4
Guntis Galviņš	15	0	1	1	–4	8
Maksims Širokovs	1	0	0	0	–1	0
Krišjānis Rēdlihs	1	0	0	0	–1	4
Sergejs Pečura	2	0	0	0	0	0
Ronalds Cinks	2	0	0	0	0	0
Agris Saviels	2	0	0	0	0	4
Kristaps Sotnieks	15	0	0	0	–4	6

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games Played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTW = Overtime/Shootout Wins; OTL = Overtime/Shootout Losses; GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average

Player	GP	Min	W	L	OTW	OTL	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA
Sergejs Naumovs	11	588:15	5	4	1	1	33	0	0.899	3.37
Edgars Masaļskis	8	406:40	4	2	0	2	18	1	0.915	2.66
Daniel Sperrle	4	219:38	1	3	0	0	7	0	0.926	1.91

Roster

Goaltenders
#		Player	Pos.	Catches	Height	Weight	Place of birth
30		Sergejs Naumovs	G	L	178 cm	78 kg	Riga, Latvia
35		Martin Prusek	G	L	185 cm	78 kg	Ostrava, Czech Republic
39		Ervīns Muštukovs	G	R	188 cm	68 kg	Riga, Latvia
40		Uģis Avotiņš	G		185 cm	70 kg	Riga, Latvia

Defencemen
#		Player	Pos.	Shoots	Height	Weight	Place of birth
2		C Rodrigo Laviņš	D	L	180 cm	84 kg	Riga, Latvia
4		Agris Saviels	D	L	187 cm	90 kg	Jūrmala, Latvia
5		Guntis Galviņš	D	L	187 cm	86 kg	Talsi, Latvia
9		Krišjānis Rēdlihs	D	L	189 cm	86 kg	Riga, Latvia
11		Kristaps Sotnieks	D	L	180 cm	80 kg	Riga, Latvia
13		Maksims Širokovs	D	L	181 cm	87 kg	Riga, Latvia
14		Filip Novák	D	L	182 cm	82 kg	Budweis, S. Bohemia, Czech Republic
15		Duvie Westcott	D	R	180 cm	89 kg	Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
23		A Atvars Tribuncovs	D	L	188 cm	100 kg	Ogre, Latvia
28		Oļegs Sorokins	D	L	178 cm	80 kg	Riga, Latvia

Forwards
#		Player	Pos.	Shoots	Height	Weight	Place of birth
3		Ronalds Cinks	RW	L	183 cm	80 kg	Riga, Latvia
6		Juris Štāls	RW	L	191 cm	91 kg	Riga, Latvia
8		Viktors Bļinovs	F	L	178 cm	80 kg	Riga, Latvia
10		Lauris Dārziņš	LW	R	190 cm	90 kg	Riga, Latvia
12		Mark Hartigan	C	L	185 cm	93 kg	Fort St. John, British Columbia, Canada
17		Aleksandrs Ņiživijs	RW	R	177 cm	77 kg	Riga, Latvia
19		Miķelis Rēdlihs	F	L	179 cm	78 kg	Riga, Latvia
21		Armands Bērziņš	C	L	192 cm	90 kg	Riga, Latvia
22		Toms Hartmanis	C	L	183 cm	82 kg	Ogre, Latvia
24		Aleksejs Širokovs	C	R	182 cm	86 kg	Riga, Latvia
27		Ronald Petrovický	RW	R	183 cm	86 kg	Žilina, Žilina, Slovakia
29		Aigars Cipruss	LW	L	178 cm	80 kg	Riga, Latvia
47		Mārtiņš Cipulis	LW	L	180 cm	81 kg	Riga, Latvia
75		Ģirts Ankipāns	LW	L	186 cm	96 kg	Riga, Latvia
81		Marcel Hossa	LW	L	192 cm	100 kg	Ilava, Trenčín, Slovakia
83		A Matt Ellison	C	R	183 cm	87 kg	Duncan, British Columbia, Canada
87		Gints Meija	F	L	183 cm	72 kg	Riga, Latvia

See also

• 2008-09 Kontinental Hockey League season
• Ice hockey in Europe
• Hockey Europe

Minor League affiliates

• BEL - HK Riga 2000

References

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3. "First foreigner in Dinamo" (in Latvian). eSports. 2008-06-26. Archived from the original on 5 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-26.
4. "Rīgas Dinamo pievienojas divkārtējs Stenlija kausa ieguvējs" (in Latvian). DinamoRiga.lv. June 22, 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-07-27. Retrieved 2008-07-26.
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