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. Dinamo Riga were playing in Kharlamov division along with Avangard Omsk, Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, HC Lada Togliatti, HC Sibir Novosibirsk and Amur Khabarovsk.

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. First foreign player to join the team was Czech Filip Novák on June 26. The team roster was completed, when the last two legionaries Duvie Westcott and Mark Hartigan joined the team on July 22.

Dinamo Riga started their pre-season training camp on July 15. The camp continued till July 28 and took place in Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia. 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#PlayerPos.CatchesHeightWeightPlace of birth30Sergejs NaumovsGL178 cm78 kgRiga, Latvia35Martin PrusekGL185 cm78 kgOstrava, Czech Republic39Ervīns MuštukovsGR188 cm68 kgRiga, Latvia40Uģis AvotiņšG 185 cm70 kgRiga, Latvia

Defencemen#PlayerPos.ShootsHeightWeightPlace of birth2C Rodrigo LaviņšDL180 cm84 kgRiga, Latvia4Agris SavielsDL187 cm90 kgJūrmala, Latvia5Guntis GalviņšDL187 cm86 kgTalsi, Latvia9Krišjānis RēdlihsDL189 cm86 kgRiga, Latvia11Kristaps SotnieksDL180 cm80 kgRiga, Latvia13Maksims ŠirokovsDL181 cm87 kgRiga, Latvia14Filip NovákDL182 cm82 kgBudweis, S. Bohemia, Czech Republic15Duvie WestcottDR180 cm89 kgWinnipeg, Manitoba, Canada23A Atvars TribuncovsDL188 cm100 kgOgre, Latvia28Oļegs SorokinsDL178 cm80 kgRiga, Latvia

Forwards#PlayerPos.ShootsHeightWeightPlace of birth3Ronalds CinksRWL183 cm80 kgRiga, Latvia6Juris ŠtālsRWL191 cm91 kgRiga, Latvia8Viktors BļinovsFL178 cm80 kgRiga, Latvia10Lauris DārziņšLWR190 cm90 kgRiga, Latvia12Mark HartiganCL185 cm93 kgFort St. John, British Columbia, Canada17Aleksandrs ŅiživijsRWR177 cm77 kgRiga, Latvia19Miķelis RēdlihsFL179 cm78 kgRiga, Latvia21Armands BērziņšCL192 cm90 kgRiga, Latvia22Toms HartmanisCL183 cm82 kgOgre, Latvia24 Aleksejs ŠirokovsCR182 cm86 kgRiga, Latvia27Ronald PetrovickýRWR183 cm86 kgŽilina, Žilina, Slovakia29Aigars CiprussLWL178 cm80 kgRiga, Latvia47Mārtiņš CipulisLWL180 cm81 kgRiga, Latvia75Ģirts AnkipānsLWL186 cm96 kgRiga, Latvia81Marcel HossaLWL192 cm100 kgIlava, Trenčín, Slovakia83A Matt EllisonCR183 cm87 kgDuncan, British Columbia, Canada87Gints MeijaFL183 cm72 kgRiga, Latvia

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