The Tartu Big Diamonds were an Estonian professional ice hockey team who played in the Latvian Hockey Higher League (Samsung premjerliga). They were founded in 2007, and played their first game, a friendly match against Eesti Noortekoondis on the 6th of August in 2007 in Narva. the Big Diamonds won the game 20 to 2. The club played 10 of the team's home games in Tartu, 4 in Narva, 4 in Tallinn, and 2 in Kohtla-Järve. They dissolved in the summer of 2008 due to financial problems.
Final roster #PlayerPos.CatchesHeightWeightPlace of BirthAndrei BondrovG177 cm75 kgNarva, EstoniaMark RajevskiGL171 cm78 kgTallinn, EstoniaAleksei TerentjevGL178 cm78 kgNarva, Estonia
#PlayerPos.ShootsHeightWeightPlace of BirthArtjom AbramovDL191 cm88 kgKristaps BuzatsDL182 cm80 kgLiepāja, LatviaSergei GulovDL198 cm94 kgKirill KolpakovDL187 cm88 kgAleksandr OssipovDR179 cm82 kgNarva, EstoniaMark SamorukovDL189 cm99 kgTallinn, EstoniaOleg SmirnovDL188 cm78 kgNarva, EstoniaIlja UrõševDL188 cm92 kgTallinn, Estonia
#PlayerPos.ShootsHeightWeightPlace of BirthAleksandr SidorenkovFR180 cm93 kgMaksim BrandisFL172 cm72 kgIlja IljinF182 cm85 kgNarva, EstoniaAnton JastrebovFL189 cm82 kgNarva, EstoniaDeniss KonoshevFL184 cm89 kgToronto, Ontario, CanadaDmitri LavrovFL179 cm84 kgViktors LobacovsFFilip MlekoFL178 cm81 kgAlexander PolozovFR168 cm73 kgKohtla-Järve, EstoniaJan RajevskiFL177 cm84 kgAleksei SibirtsevFL178 cm78 kgNarva, EstoniaAleksandr SidorenkovF175 cm70 kg
Notable players D 4 Aleksandr Ossipov 07.08.1987 175/80 D 7 Kirill Kolpakov 19.07.1982 F 10 Aleksei Sibirtsev 05.12.1987 180/75 F 13 Maksim Brandis 30.08.1988 175/80 D 14 Anton Levkovitsh 25.04.1983 182/76 F 17 Dmitri Lavrov 17.10.1984 178/82 F 19 Aleksandr Polozov 16.04.1986 175/80 F 21 Ilja Iljin 15.08.1987 180/77 F 23 Anton Jastrebov 05.03.1988 180/77 F 25 Viktors Lobacovs 15.04.1986 F 27 Oleg Puzanov 19.01.1967 176/76 D 28 Kristaps Bužāts 04.01.1989 F -- Deniss Konosev 24.03.1983 184/89 D -- Robert Pukalovic 11.07.1984 185/82 F -- Oleg Puzanov 19.01.1967 176/67 D -- Ilja Urõšev 16.06.1987 184/79
Notable coaches C -- Leonīds Beresņevs 06.07.1958 (to ASK Ogre)
References Estonian Ice Hockey Association HC Big Diamonds Tartu details Eurohockey.com
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