Archive for July 31st, 2010
Dinamo Riga roster presented
A week after the beginning of Dinamo Riga pre-season camp, the roster has been officially announced. However, not a single new player was announced.
Unlike players, who drove to Arena Riga with their cars, head coach Julius Supler arrived on a white horse and there was a reason for it – right before the end of the 2009/10 regular season Supler agreed to a dare with captain Sandis Ozolinsh. The dare was for Supler to ride a white horse around the Riga center, if the team reached Western Conference semifinals, which they eventually did, beating SKA St. Petersburg.
However, two players, which were previously listed with Dinamo Riga, were not announced during the roster presentation. For some obvious reasons, sixteen-year-old Ivars Punnenovs was not presented together with Dinamo Riga, eventhough he is currently training together with the team. The other player not presented was Russian Igor Biryukov. As there has been no official announcement regarding him, we can only guess, whether he is still with the team or not.
Meanwhile, players like Ronalds Cinks, Raimonds Vilkoits and Juris Upitis were announced during the HK Riga roster presentation, which might mean that they will not pursue their pre-season preparation together with Dinamo Riga, but, once again, no official confirmation for that.
Also, in an short interview, general manager Normunds Sejejs said that the roster is done and within the next week the latest additions to the team will be announced.
Dinamo Riga roster at the presentation:
| G | Chris Holt | USA | |
| G | Edgars Lusins | Latvia | |
| D | Janis Andersons | Latvia | |
| D | Oskars Cibulskis | Latvia | |
| D | Guntis Galvins | Latvia | |
| D | Martins Jakovlevs | Latvia | |
| D | Rodrigo Lavins | Latvia | |
| D | Sandis Ozolins | Latvia | |
| D | Jekabs Redlihs | Latvia | |
| D | Krisjanis Redlihs | Latvia | |
| D | Arvids Rekis | Latvia | |
| D | Kristaps Sotnieks | Latvia | |
| F | Girts Ankipans | Latvia | |
| F | Kenneth Bergqvist | Sweden | Try-out |
| F | Roberts Bukarts | Latvia | |
| F | Lauris Darzins | Latvia | |
| F | Andris Dzerins | Latvia | |
| F | Mark Hartigan | Canada | |
| F | Martins Karsums | Latvia | |
| F | Vitaly Karamnov | Russia | Try-out |
| F | Gints Meija | Latvia | |
| F | Aleksandrs Nizivijs | Latvia | |
| F | Eriks Ozollapa | Latvia | Try-out |
| F | Sergejs Pecura | Latvia | Try-out |
| F | Ainars Podzins | Latvia | Try-out |
| F | Mikelis Redlihs | Latvia | |
| F | Juraj Simek | Switzerland | Try-out |
| F | Janis Sprukts | Latvia | |
| F | Juris Stals | Latvia | Try-out |
| F | Tomas Surovy | Czech Rep. | |
| F | Brock Trotter | USA |
