Alexey Dmitriev
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Alexey Dmitriev is a Belarus
ian-born German
professional ice hockey
player currently playing for the Kölner Haie
of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga.
Dmitriev moved to Germany from Belarus as a 10-year-old with his family. His father Andrey was also a professional ice hockey player and had represented HC Dynamo Minsk in the Soviet Hockey League
before the move to the German lower league team Herner EG, where also Alexey Dmitriev later began his career.
Although Alexey Dmitriev found some early success in inline hockey
winning the German championship with Wilhelmshaven Skating Sharks in 2000, he moved on to search for a professional ice hockey career leaving Herne in 2003 and first playing for the lower division team Moskitos Essen for two seasons and then joining the DEL team Iserlohn Roosters
in 2005. After two seasons with Iserlohn and a short spell at the lower division team EV Landsberg
, Dmitriev joined his current DEL team Kölner Haie
in 2007.
Belarus
Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
ian-born German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
professional ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
player currently playing for the Kölner Haie
Kölner Haie
The Kölner Haie are an ice hockey club based in Cologne, Germany that plays in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. The team was one of the founding members of the DEL.The team colours are red and white....
of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga.
Dmitriev moved to Germany from Belarus as a 10-year-old with his family. His father Andrey was also a professional ice hockey player and had represented HC Dynamo Minsk in the Soviet Hockey League
Soviet Hockey League
The Soviet Championship was the highest level ice hockey league in the Soviet Union, running from 1946 to 1992. Before the 1940s the game of ice hockey was not cultivated in Russia, instead the more popular form of hockey was bandy, with history of the game in Russia dating several centuries into...
before the move to the German lower league team Herner EG, where also Alexey Dmitriev later began his career.
Although Alexey Dmitriev found some early success in inline hockey
Inline hockey
Inline hockey, often referred to as roller hockey in the United States, is a sport similar to ice hockey but played with inline skates. Like its parent sport, skaters on two teams use hockey sticks to direct a disk-shaped puck into the opponent's goal; however, various details of the game, such as...
winning the German championship with Wilhelmshaven Skating Sharks in 2000, he moved on to search for a professional ice hockey career leaving Herne in 2003 and first playing for the lower division team Moskitos Essen for two seasons and then joining the DEL team Iserlohn Roosters
Iserlohn Roosters
The Iserlohn Roosters are a professional ice hockey team based in Iserlohn, North-Rhine-Westphalia. They are members of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga since 2000 and play their home games at the Eissporthalle Iserlohn which is also known as Eissporthalle am Seilersee. Playing nine years in the DEL the...
in 2005. After two seasons with Iserlohn and a short spell at the lower division team EV Landsberg
EV Landsberg
EV Landsberg is an ice hockey team in Landsberg, Germany. They play in the Oberliga, the third level of ice hockey in Germany. The club was founded in 2000....
, Dmitriev joined his current DEL team Kölner Haie
Kölner Haie
The Kölner Haie are an ice hockey club based in Cologne, Germany that plays in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. The team was one of the founding members of the DEL.The team colours are red and white....
in 2007.