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Tartu Big Diamonds

Tartu Big Diamonds
CityTartu, Estonia
LeagueLatvian Hockey Higher League, Estonia Cup
Founded2007 (2007)
Folded2008 (2008)
Home arenaLõunakeskus Ice Hall
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Tartu Big Diamonds was 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. 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

Goaltenders
# Player Pos. Catches Height Weight Place of Birth
Estonia Andrei Bondrov G 177 cm 75 kg Narva, Estonia
Estonia Mark Rajevski G L 171 cm 78 kg Tallinn, Estonia
Estonia Aleksei Terentjev G L 178 cm 78 kg Narva, Estonia
Defensemen
# Player Pos. Shoots Height Weight Place of Birth
Estonia Artjom Abramov D L 191 cm 88 kg
Latvia Kristaps Buzats D L 182 cm 80 kg Liepāja, Latvia
Estonia Sergei Gulov D L 198 cm 94 kg
Estonia Kirill Kolpakov D L 187 cm 88 kg
Estonia Aleksandr Ossipov D R 179 cm 82 kg Narva, Estonia
Estonia Mark Samorukov D L 189 cm 99 kg Tallinn, Estonia
Estonia Oleg Smirnov D L 188 cm 78 kg Narva, Estonia
Estonia Ilja Urõšev D L 188 cm 92 kg Tallinn, Estonia
Forwards
# Player Pos. Shoots Height Weight Place of Birth
Russia Aleksandr Sidorenkov F R 180 cm 93 kg
Estonia Maksim Brandis F L 172 cm 72 kg
Estonia Ilja Iljin F 182 cm 85 kg Narva, Estonia
Estonia Anton Jastrebov F L 189 cm 82 kg Narva, Estonia
Estonia Deniss Konoshev F L 184 cm 89 kg Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Estonia Dmitri Lavrov F L 179 cm 84 kg
Latvia Viktors Lobacovs F
Czech Republic Filip Mleko F L 178 cm 81 kg
Estonia Alexander Polozov F R 168 cm 73 kg Kohtla-Järve, Estonia
Estonia Jan Rajevski F L 177 cm 84 kg
Estonia Aleksei Sibirtsev F L 178 cm 78 kg Narva, Estonia
Estonia Aleksandr Sidorenkov F 175 cm 70 kg

Notable players

  • D 4 Estonia Aleksandr Ossipov 07.08.1987 175/80
  • D 7 Estonia Kirill Kolpakov 19.07.1982
  • F 10 Estonia Aleksei Sibirtsev 05.12.1987 180/75
  • F 13 Estonia Maksim Brandis 30.08.1988 175/80
  • D 14 Estonia Anton Levkovitsh 25.04.1983 182/76
  • F 17 Russia Dmitri Lavrov 17.10.1984 178/82
  • F 19 Estonia Aleksandr Polozov 16.04.1986 175/80
  • F 21 Estonia Ilja Iljin 15.08.1987 180/77
  • F 23 Estonia Anton Jastrebov 05.03.1988 180/77
  • F 25 Latvia Viktors Lobacovs 15.04.1986
  • F 27 Estonia Oleg Puzanov 19.01.1967 176/76
  • D 28 Latvia Kristaps Bužāts 04.01.1989
  • F -- Estonia Deniss Konosev 24.03.1983 184/89
  • D -- Slovakia Robert Pukalovic 11.07.1984 185/82
  • F -- Estonia Oleg Puzanov 19.01.1967 176/67
  • D -- Estonia Ilja Urõšev 16.06.1987 184/79

Notable coaches

References