Tartu Big Diamonds

   

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
		Andrei Bondrov	G		177 cm	75 kg	Narva, Estonia
		Mark Rajevski	G	L	171 cm	78 kg	Tallinn, Estonia
		Aleksei Terentjev	G	L	178 cm	78 kg	Narva, Estonia

Defensemen
#		Player	Pos.	Shoots	Height	Weight	Place of Birth
		Artjom Abramov	D	L	191 cm	88 kg
		Kristaps Buzats	D	L	182 cm	80 kg	Liepāja, Latvia
		Sergei Gulov	D	L	198 cm	94 kg
		Kirill Kolpakov	D	L	187 cm	88 kg
		Aleksandr Ossipov	D	R	179 cm	82 kg	Narva, Estonia
		Mark Samorukov	D	L	189 cm	99 kg	Tallinn, Estonia
		Oleg Smirnov	D	L	188 cm	78 kg	Narva, Estonia
		Ilja Urõšev	D	L	188 cm	92 kg	Tallinn, Estonia

Forwards
#		Player	Pos.	Shoots	Height	Weight	Place of Birth
		Aleksandr Sidorenkov	F	R	180 cm	93 kg
		Maksim Brandis	F	L	172 cm	72 kg
		Ilja Iljin	F		182 cm	85 kg	Narva, Estonia
		Anton Jastrebov	F	L	189 cm	82 kg	Narva, Estonia
		Deniss Konoshev	F	L	184 cm	89 kg	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
		Dmitri Lavrov	F	L	179 cm	84 kg
		Viktors Lobacovs	F
		Filip Mleko	F	L	178 cm	81 kg
		Alexander Polozov	F	R	168 cm	73 kg	Kohtla-Järve, Estonia
		Jan Rajevski	F	L	177 cm	84 kg
		Aleksei Sibirtsev	F	L	178 cm	78 kg	Narva, Estonia
		Aleksandr Sidorenkov	F		175 cm	70 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

External links

• Homepage