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Metalurgs finishes last at Continental Cup
For the past couple of days Latvian club Metalurgs Liepaja participated in the Continental Cup third round, which was held in Rouen. Unfortunately, Liepaja lost in all three of its games, finishing last in the group. The winner of the group (Rouen) qualified for the Continental Cup Final Four.
Throughout the history of Continental Cup the only Latvian club to play in the Final Four was HK Riga 2000, who finished in the second place in both 2006 and 2008. However, in 2008 the tournament was held in Riga, so that HK Riga 2000 had a guaranteed place there.
Final standings:
| GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | GD | Pts | |
| Rouen | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12:6 | 7 |
| Coventry Blaze | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:9 | 6 |
| Cracovia Krakow | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10:12 | 5 |
| Metalurgs Liepaja | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7:17 | 0 |
Metalurgs Liepaja games:
| November 26 | Coventry Blaze | 1:6 |
| November 27 | Rouen | 1:4 |
| November 28 | Cracovia Krakow | 5:7 |
Metalurgs Liepaja player statistics:
| GP | G | A | P | PIM | |
| Vladimirs Mamonovs | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Edgars Brancis | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Juris Stals | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Yuri Navarenko | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 27 |
| Viktors Blinovs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Edmunds Kniksts | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Janis Andersons | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Toms Zeltins | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Arturas Katulis | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Nerius Alisauskas | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Vents Feldmanis | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Kristers Freibergs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gunars Skvorcovs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vitalijs Pavlovs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maris Gravitis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lauris Bajaruns | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Koba Jass | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Valeri Bobkov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Renars Demiters | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Valerijs Filimonovs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| GP | GAA | TOI | |
| Maris Jucers | 3 | 5.71 | 126:03 |
| Dmitrijs Zabotinskis | 2 | 5.56 | 53:57 |
Written by Didzis Rudmanis
November 29, 2010 at 16:48
Posted in Metalurgs Liepaja
Tagged with Arturas Katulis, Continental Cup, Coventry Blaze, Cracovia Krakow, Dmitrijs Zabotinskis, Edgars Brancis, Edmunds Kniksts, Gunars Skvorcovs, HK Riga 2000, Janis Andersons, Juris Stals, Koba Jass, Kristers Freibergs, Lauris Bajaruns, Maris Gravitis, Maris Jucers, Metalurgs Liepaja, Nerius Alisauskas, Renars Demiters, Rouen, Toms Zeltins, Valeri Bobkov, Valerijs Filimonovs, Vents Feldmanis, Viktors Blinovs, Vitalijs Pavlovs, Vladimirs Mamonovs, Yuri Navarenko
Metalurgs Liepaja wins Polish national team
Latvian club Metalurgs Liepaja spent the last few days in Poland, where it took part in the Sosnowiec Cup, as a part of the team’s pre-season schedule. On August 21, the last day of the cup, Metalurgs Liepaja managed to win over Polish national team and finish the tournament in second place.
On Day 1 Metalurgs Liepaja faced HC Ocelari Trinec of the Czech Extraleague and lost 2:4. Goals for Liepaja were scored by Edgars Brancis and Vladimirs Mamonovs.
Metalurgs line-up:
Dmitrijs Zabotinskis
Vents Feldmanis – Yuri Navarenko; Vladimirs Mamonovs – Artem Gnidenko – Valerijs Filimonovs
Arturas Katulis – Sergei Gubin; Edijs Brahmanis – Edgars Brancis – Gunars Skvorcovs
Renars Demiters – Edmunds Kniksts; Lauris Bajaruns – Vitalijs Pavlovs – Toms Zeltins
Nerius Alisauskas – Glebs Rogoza; Koba Jass – Maris Gravitis – Maris Dilevka(Aldis or Edgars Abolins)
The roster of Metalurgs Liepaja stayed exactly like this for the rest of the tournament. On Day 2 Metalurgs won local Zaglebie Sosnowiec 5:2 with two goals scored by Ukrainian Artem Gnidenko, as well as Lithuanian Arturas Katulis, Vladimirs Mamonovs and Valerijs Filimonovs. In the team’s 2:1 win over Polish NT the goal scorers were Filimonovs and Skvorcovs.
On September 3 Metalurgs Liepaja will play their last exhibition game against Dinamo Riga. The team will begin the regular season on September 8, when it will play against Khimvolokno Mogilev.
Written by Didzis Rudmanis
August 22, 2010 at 16:36
Posted in Metalurgs Liepaja
Tagged with Aldis Abolins, Artem Gnidenko, Arturas Katulis, Czech Extraleague, Dinamo Riga, Dmitrijs Zabotinskis, Edgars Abolins, Edgars Brancis, Edijs Brahmanis, Edmunds Kniksts, Glebs Rogoza, Gunars Skvorcovs, HC Ocelari Trinec, Khimvolokno Mogilev, Koba Jass, Lauris Bajaruns, Maris Dilevka, Maris Gravitis, Metalurgs Liepaja, Nerius Alisauskas, Polish national team, Renars Demiters, Sergei Gubin, Sosnowiec Cup, Toms Zeltins, Valerijs Filimonovs, Vents Feldmanis, Vitalijs Pavlovs, Vladimirs Mamonovs, Yuri Navarenko, Zaglebie Sosnowiec
Metalurgs Liepaja is ready to start
It has been already some time, since the Latvian club Metalurgs Liepaja began their thirteenth pre-season camp. For the fifth time the team will play in the Belarusian league. After the current Latvian champion Dinamo Juniors Riga ceased their existence, Metalurgs will also take part in the Continental Cup.
The team is traditionally built around long-time Metalurgs veterans, such as Filimonovs, Zabotinskis, Feldmanis, Mamonovs. The team consists also of many younger players, who have learned the game of hockey in Liepaja. Besides Lithuanian Nerius Alisauskas and Russian Sergei Gubin, who have played in Liepaja for several years, this season the team also includes Lithuanian defender Arturas Katulis and two Ukrainians – Yuri Navarenko and Artem Gnidenko. All three have appeared in several Worlds Championships for their respective national teams.
Two players, who played for Metalurgs almost since the first day, Eduards Ivanovs and Juris Ozols after the previous season have decided to retire from hockey. Eduards Ivanovs already has been announced as one of the Metalurgs-2 Liepaja coaches for 2010/11.
Metalurgs Liepaja current roster:
| G | Dmitrijs Zabotinskis | Latvia | 1980 |
| G | Maris Jucers | Latvia | 1987 |
| G | Janis Kalnins | Latvia | 1991 |
| G | Nauris Grinvalds | Latvia | 1990 |
| D | Vents Feldmanis | Latvia | 1977 |
| D | Edmunds Kniksts | Latvia | 1982 |
| D | Renars Demiters | Latvia | 1986 |
| D | Nerius Alisauskas | Lithuania | 1991 |
| D | Glebs Rogoza | Latvia | 1991 |
| D | Karlis Liepins | Latvia | 1990 |
| D | Martins Gipters | Latvia | 1989 |
| D | Sergei Gubin | Russia | 1977 |
| D | Arturas Katulis | Lithuania | 1981 |
| D | Yuri Navarenko | Ukraine | 1979 |
| F | Valerijs Filimonovs | Latvia | 1979 |
| F | Vladimirs Mamonovs | Latvia | 1980 |
| F | Maris Gravitis | Latvia | 1981 |
| F | Edijs Brahmanis | Latvia | 1983 |
| F | Gunars Skvorcovs | Latvia | 1990 |
| F | Sergejs Danilovs | Latvia | 1989 |
| F | Vitalijs Pavlovs | Latvia | 1989 |
| F | Toms Zeltins | Latvia | 1986 |
| F | Aldis Abolins | Latvia | 1985 |
| F | Lauris Bajaruns | Latvia | 1989 |
| F | Arturs Mickevics | Latvia | 1991 |
| F | Edgars Brancis | Latvia | 1985 |
| F | Maris Dilevka | Latvia | 1992 |
| F | Artem Gnidenko | Ukraine | 1980 |
Written by Didzis Rudmanis
July 26, 2010 at 10:06
Posted in Metalurgs Liepaja
Tagged with Aldis Abolins, Artem Gnidenko, Arturas Katulis, Arturs Mickevics, Belarusian league, Continental Cup, Dinamo-Juniors Riga, Dmitrijs Zabotinskis, Edgars Brancis, Edijs Brahmanis, Edmunds Kniksts, Eduards Ivanovs, Glebs Rogoza, Gunars Skvorcovs, Janis Kalnins, Juris Ozols, Karlis Liepins, Lauris Bajaruns, Maris Dilevka, Maris Gravitis, Maris Jucers, Martins Gipters, Metalurgs Liepaja, Metalurgs-2 Liepaja, Nauris Grinvalds, Nerius Alisauskas, Renars Demiters, Sergei Gubin, Sergejs Danilovs, Toms Zeltins, Valerijs Filimonovs, Vents Feldmanis, Vitalijs Pavlovs, Vladimirs Mamonovs, World Championships, Yuri Navarenko
