Leonids Tambijevs
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Leonīds Tambijevs is a retired ice hockey
left winger
, currently the head coach of HK Riga.
youth team. As a junior he played with several Latvia
n teams. He debuted at the USSR Tier III level with RASMS-Energo, but soon joined USSR top level team Leningrad SKA
for the 1990/1991 season. He then returned to Riga
where had played until 1995 with ex-USSR league premier level teams Riga-Stars and HK Pardaugava.
After the disbanding of Riga premier league teams in 1995, Tambijevs moved abroad and played with Denmark
team Hvidovre IK. A career highpoint includes a spot with Finnish SM-liiga
at Rauma Lukko
. He then played in Germany, Denmark
, Russia, Switzerland, Italy
, and spent his final season with EV Zeltweg in Austria
Tambijevs has an extensive Latvian national ice hockey team
career. He made his debut at the first official renewed national teams' game in 1992 and has played at every world championship, Olympic qualifier and Olympic Games for the Latvian team until 2007. On 13 April, 2007 in a Latvian game against Finland
, Tambijevs and Aleksandrs Semjonovs
became the first two players to play 200 games for the Latvia national team. He has played the most games and scored the most points for the national team.
International statistics
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...
left winger
Winger (ice hockey)
Winger, in the game of hockey, is a forward position of a player whose primary zone of play on the ice is along the outer playing area. They typically work by flanking the centre forward. Originally the name was given to forward players who went up and down the sides of the rink...
, currently the head coach of HK Riga.
Playing career
Tambijevs began his career with the Dinamo RigaDinamo Riga
Dinamo Riga was an ice hockey club, based in Riga, Latvia. It was founded in 1946 and disestablished in 1995 as Pārdaugava Rīga.-History of Dinamo Riga:...
youth team. As a junior he played with several Latvia
Latvia
Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...
n teams. He debuted at the USSR Tier III level with RASMS-Energo, but soon joined USSR top level team Leningrad SKA
SKA Saint Petersburg
SKA Saint Petersburg is a Russian professional ice hockey club that plays in the Kontinental Hockey League. SKA is an abbreviation for "Sports Club of the Army"...
for the 1990/1991 season. He then returned to Riga
Riga
Riga is the capital and largest city of Latvia. With 702,891 inhabitants Riga is the largest city of the Baltic states, one of the largest cities in Northern Europe and home to more than one third of Latvia's population. The city is an important seaport and a major industrial, commercial,...
where had played until 1995 with ex-USSR league premier level teams Riga-Stars and HK Pardaugava.
After the disbanding of Riga premier league teams in 1995, Tambijevs moved abroad and played with Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
team Hvidovre IK. A career highpoint includes a spot with Finnish SM-liiga
SM-liiga
The SM-liiga is the top professional ice hockey league in Finland. As of March 2008, it is ranked by the IIHF as the second strongest league in Europe. It was created in 1975 to replace the SM-sarja, which was fundamentally an amateur league. The SM-liiga is not directly overseen by the Finnish Ice...
at Rauma Lukko
Lukko
Lukko is an ice hockey team in the SM-liiga, formed 1936. The full name of the club is Rauman Lukko. They play in Rauma, Finland at the Äijänsuo Arena. They have won the national championship once, in 1963...
. He then played in Germany, Denmark
Oddset Ligaen
AL-Bank Ligaen is the premier league in Danish ice hockey. The teams are semi-professional with only the best Danish and foreign players being fully professional.- History :The name is a result of a sponsorship deal with a Danish bank Arbejdernes Landsbank...
, Russia, Switzerland, Italy
Serie A (hockey)
Serie A is the name of the top tier of professional ice hockey in Italy, which first began play in 1924. They are conducted under the authority of the Federazione Italiana Sport del Ghiaccio...
, and spent his final season with EV Zeltweg in Austria
Tambijevs has an extensive Latvian national ice hockey team
Latvian national ice hockey team
The Latvian men's national ice hockey team is currently ranked 12th in the world by IIHF as of 2011. The team is controlled by the Latvian Ice Hockey Federation. Its current head coach is Ted Nolan. Their best finishes ever at the World Championships were in 1997, 2000, 2004 and 2009 where they...
career. He made his debut at the first official renewed national teams' game in 1992 and has played at every world championship, Olympic qualifier and Olympic Games for the Latvian team until 2007. On 13 April, 2007 in a Latvian game against Finland
Finnish national men's ice hockey team
The Finnish men's national ice hockey team, or Leijonat / Lejonen , as it is called in Finland, is governed by the Finnish Ice Hockey Association...
, Tambijevs and Aleksandrs Semjonovs
Aleksandrs Semjonovs
Aleksandrs Semjonovs is a retired professional ice hockey centre who is currently general manager of IFK Arboga IK in the Swedish Division 1 league....
became the first two players to play 200 games for the Latvia national team. He has played the most games and scored the most points for the national team.
Career statistics
| Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987-88 | Latvijas bērzs | LAT Latvian Hockey League The Latvian Hockey League is a professional ice hockey league based in Latvia. It is also known in Latvian as Latvijas atklātais čempionāts hokejā .... |
?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ||
| 1988-89 | RASMS-Energo | USSR Tier III | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ||
| 1988-89 | RASMS | LAT | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ||
| 1989-90 | SKA Leningrad SKA Saint Petersburg SKA Saint Petersburg is a Russian professional ice hockey club that plays in the Kontinental Hockey League. SKA is an abbreviation for "Sports Club of the Army"... II |
USSR Tier III | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ||
| 1990-91 | SKA Leningrad | USSR | 23 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 12 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1991-92 | RASMS-Energo | USSR Tier III | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ||
| 1991-92 | Rīga-Stars | RUS | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1992-93 | HK Pārdaugava | RUS | 41 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1992-93 | HK Pārdaugava II | LAT | 11 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 14 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1993-94 | HK Pārdaugava | RUS | 42 | 18 | 10 | 28 | 22 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1994-95 | HK Pārdaugava | RUS | 47 | 21 | 7 | 28 | 56 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1995-96 | Hvidovre IK TOTEMPO HvIK TOTEMPO HvIK are a Danish professional ice hockey team playing in the top Danish ice hockey league Oddset Ligaen. The team is located in Hvidovre, a suburb of Copenhagen.-History:... |
DEN Oddset Ligaen AL-Bank Ligaen is the premier league in Danish ice hockey. The teams are semi-professional with only the best Danish and foreign players being fully professional.- History :The name is a result of a sponsorship deal with a Danish bank Arbejdernes Landsbank... |
42 | 61 | 38 | 99 | 74 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1995-96 | Ogres "Essamika" | LAT | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ?? | 5 | 8 | 12 | ?? | ||
| 1996-97 | Hvidovre IK | DEN | 43 | 37 | 35 | 72 | 102 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1997-98 | Hvidovre IK | DEN | 20 | 29 | 13 | 42 | 18 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1997-98 | Lukko Rauma Lukko Lukko is an ice hockey team in the SM-liiga, formed 1936. The full name of the club is Rauman Lukko. They play in Rauma, Finland at the Äijänsuo Arena. They have won the national championship once, in 1963... |
FIN SM-liiga The SM-liiga is the top professional ice hockey league in Finland. As of March 2008, it is ranked by the IIHF as the second strongest league in Europe. It was created in 1975 to replace the SM-sarja, which was fundamentally an amateur league. The SM-liiga is not directly overseen by the Finnish Ice... |
25 | 12 | 10 | 22 | 14 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1998-99 | Lukko Rauma | FIN | 53 | 26 | 23 | 49 | 97 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1999-00 | Lukko Rauma | FIN | 52 | 19 | 15 | 34 | 48 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2000-01 | 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... |
GER | 60 | 19 | 18 | 37 | 82 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2001-02 | Rødovre IK Rødovre Mighty Bulls Rødovre Mighty Bulls is the professional ice hockey team of the Rødovre Skating and Ice hockey Club... |
DEN | 30 | 25 | 23 | 48 | ?? | 9 | 4 | 6 | 10 | ?? | ||
| 2002-03 | Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod is an ice hockey club in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. They are members of the Tarasov Division in the Kontinental Hockey League.... |
RUS Tier II | 41 | 30 | 27 | 57 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 4 | ||
| 2003-04 | Amur Khabarovsk Amur Khabarovsk Amur Khabarovsk is a professional hockey team based in Khabarovsk, Russia playing in the Kontinental Hockey League... |
RUS | 13 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2003-04 | Tappara Tampere Tappara Tappara is an ice hockey team in the SM-liiga. They play in Tampere, Finland at Tampereen jäähalli. The team have won 15 league championships .... |
FIN | 12 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 12 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2003-04 | EHC Chur EHC Chur Eishockey Club Chur is a Swiss professional ice hockey team.-Not to be Forgotten:* Ken Baumgartner* Renato Tosio* Fausto Mazzoleni* Dino Kessler* Thomas Vrabec* Harijs Vitolinsh-External links:*... |
SUI Tier II | 8 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 | ||
| 2004-05 | EHC Chur | SUI Tier II | 43 | 29 | 31 | 60 | 54 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2005-06 | EHC Basel EHC Basel EHC Basel, also known as Eishockey Club Basel are a professional Swiss ice hockey team. They are based out of the St. Jakob Arena in Basel, Switzerland. EHC Basel was founded on October 14, 1932. Were promoted to the Nationalliga A for 2005–06 after winning the Nationalliga B the previous season... |
SUI | 21 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2005-06 | EHC Olten EHC Olten EHC Olten is a Swiss professional ice hockey team based in Olten, Switzerland.-External links:*... |
SUI Tier II | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2006-07 | DHK Latgale DHK Latgale DHK Latgale is a Latvian hockey league team based in Daugavpils, Latvia.-Current roster:... |
LAT | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2006-07 | HC Merano HC Merano HC Merano is an ice hockey team in Merano, Italy. They play in the Serie A2.-History:Merano was founded in 1968. They won the Serie A twice, in 1986 and 1999. In 2004, they were relegated to the Serie A2.... |
ITL Serie A (hockey) Serie A is the name of the top tier of professional ice hockey in Italy, which first began play in 1924. They are conducted under the authority of the Federazione Italiana Sport del Ghiaccio... Tier II |
30 | 21 | 32 | 53 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 14 | ||
| 2007-08 | EV Zeltweg | AUT Tier II | 37 | 25 | 30 | 55 | 65 | |||||||
International statistics
| Year | Team | Comp | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Latvia Latvian national ice hockey team The Latvian men's national ice hockey team is currently ranked 12th in the world by IIHF as of 2011. The team is controlled by the Latvian Ice Hockey Federation. Its current head coach is Ted Nolan. Their best finishes ever at the World Championships were in 1997, 2000, 2004 and 2009 where they... |
IHWC pool C | 7 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 2 |
| 1993 | Latvia | OG Ice hockey at the 1994 Winter Olympics Ice hockey at the 1994 Winter Olympics was held at the Fjellhallen in Gjøvik and the Håkons Hall in Lillehammer, Norway. The competition, held from February 12 to February 27, was won by Sweden and Canada as runner-up.-Final rankings:Source:* Gold -... qualif |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 1994 | Latvia | IHWC pool B | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1995 | Latvia | IHWC pool B | 7 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 8 |
| 1996 | Latvia | IHWC pool B | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 1997 | Latvia | OG Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics was played at The Big Hat and Aqua Wing Arena in Nagano, Japan.-Men's tournament:The 1998 Olympic men's ice hockey tournament was the first in which professional players from the National Hockey League were allowed to participate, allowing national teams to... qualif |
4 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 0 |
| 1997 | Latvia | IHWC pool A | 8 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| 1998 | Latvia | IHWC | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 1999 | Latvia | IHWC | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| 2000 | Latvia | IHWC 2000 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships -World Championship Group A :Final standings# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # — relegated to Division I for 2001# -World Championship Group B :... |
6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 2001 | Latvia | OG Ice hockey at the 2002 Winter Olympics Ice hockey at the 2002 Winter Olympics were held at the E Center in West Valley City and Peaks Ice Arena in Provo, Utah. Both the men's and women's tournaments were won by Canada, defeating the host USA in both games.-Men:... qualif |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | Latvia | IHWC 2001 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships -Championship:Final standings# # # # # # # # # # # # # # — relegated to Division I for 2002# — relegated to Division I for 2002# - Group A :Group A was played in Grenoble, France between April 16 and April 22, 2001... |
6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 2002 | Latvia | OG Ice hockey at the 2002 Winter Olympics Ice hockey at the 2002 Winter Olympics were held at the E Center in West Valley City and Peaks Ice Arena in Provo, Utah. Both the men's and women's tournaments were won by Canada, defeating the host USA in both games.-Men:... |
4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 2002 | Latvia | IHWC 2002 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships The 2002 Men's Ice Hockey Championships were held between April 26 and May 11, 2002 in Gothenburg, Karlstad and Jönköping, Sweden.It was the 66th annual event, and was run by the International Ice Hockey Federation .- Championship :... |
6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2003 | Latvia | IHWC 2003 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships -Relegation round: avoids relegation by defeating 4-1 in the 2004 IIHF World Championship Far East Qualification game. and are demoted to Division I at the 2004 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships.-Scoring leaders:-Goaltending leaders:-Group A:... |
6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 2004 | Latvia | IHWC 2004 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships The 2004 Men's Ice Hockey Championships were held April 24-May 9, 2004, in Prague and Ostrava, Czech Republic. Games for this Ice Hockey World Championships tournament were played at Sazka Arena and ČEZ Aréna... |
7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2005 | Latvia | OG Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics -Leading scorers:-Leading goaltenders:Goalkeepers with 40% or more of their team's total minutes.-Awards:Antero Niittymäki was named the most valuable player and received the Directorate Award for best goaltender of the tournament. Directorate Awards also went to Teemu Selänne for best forward, and... qualif |
3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2005 | Latvia | IHWC 2005 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships The 2005 Men's Ice Hockey Championships were held March 7 - May 15, 2005, in 7 cities in 6 countries: Vienna and Innsbruck, Austria ; Debrecen, Hungary ; Eindhoven, the Netherlands ; Zagreb, Croatia ; Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro ; Mexico City, Mexico... |
6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 2006 | Latvia | OG Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics -Leading scorers:-Leading goaltenders:Goalkeepers with 40% or more of their team's total minutes.-Awards:Antero Niittymäki was named the most valuable player and received the Directorate Award for best goaltender of the tournament. Directorate Awards also went to Teemu Selänne for best forward, and... |
5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 2006 | Latvia | IHWC 2006 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships The 2006 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships was the 70th such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Teams representing 45 countries participated in four levels of competition. The competition also served as qualifications for the 2007 competition... |
6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 2007 | Latvia | IHWC 2007 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships -Championship:Final standings# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # — relegated to Division I for 2008# — relegated to Division I for 2008- Group A :Final standings# — promoted to Championship for 2008# # # #... |
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