HK Prizma Riga

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HK Prizma Rīga/IHS
HK Prizma logo.png
City Riga, Latvia
League OHL
Founded1997 [1]
Home arena Volvo Sports Centre
(capacity: 2000 [2] )
ColoursRed, dark blue, white
   
Owner(s) SIA Prizma [3]
General manager Juris Jegorovs
Head coachĒriks Miļuns
Website hkprizma.lv
Franchise history
1998–2002LB Prizma Rīga
2002–2004HK Prizma Rīga
2003–2004Prizma/Riga 86
2008–2009HS Riga/Prizma-Hanza
2010–2017HK Prizma Rīga
2017–2021HK Prizma/IHS
2021–presentHK Prizma Rīga
Championships
Playoff championships1 (2014)

HK Prizma Riga/IHS [4] is a professional ice hockey team in Riga, Latvia, that plays in the Latvian Hockey Higher League, the top tier of the sport in Latvia. The team is based in Riga and play their home games at the Volvo Sports Centre. HK Prizma previously played in both the Eastern European Hockey League and the MHL B.

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History

The team was founded in 1997 by logistics company SIA Prizma, [3] originally operating under the name LB/Prizma Riga having partnered up with a team founded by timber company Latvijas Bērzs, [5] and began play in the Latvian Hockey Higher League during the 1998–99 season. They would have an abject debut season losing every one of their games and finishing the season in last place. [6] The following season saw the team continue to struggle, as they lost all but one of their games, and had one tie; they again finished at the foot of the table. [7] In the off-season, they separated from Latvijas Bērzs and rebranded as HK Prizma. [8] Playing under a new name saw the team's fortunes improve; they finished the 2000-01 season in 4th place after winning 8 games. [9] The 2001-02 season saw Prizma field a team in both the Latvian Hockey League and Division B of the Eastern European Hockey League, a trans-national league made up of teams from Belarus, Latvia, Lithuania and Ukraine amongst others. Prizma achieved mid-table positions in both leagues, and the following season would return to the EEHL, however, the team struggled, winning only 3 of their 18 games. [10] During this season, Prizma did not compete in the LHL, however, they did field a team in the Pirma Liga, the 2nd tier of the sport in the country, in which they finished 3rd. [11]

Prizma returned solely to the LHL for the 2003-04 under the name of Prizma/Riga 86, and had a good season, finishing 3rd in Group B before losing in the play-off finals. [12] During this season, future NHL and KHL player Kaspars Daugaviņš played for the team. [13] After the culmination of the season, Prizma pulled out of organised hockey, save for a single season in the LHL as HS Riga/Prizma-Hanza in 2008, until returning to the LHL for the 2010–11 season. During this time, the team relocated to the Volvo Sports Centre which had been constructed by team owners SIA Prizma in 2005. [3] HK Prizma's return to the LHL was a tepid affair, finishing 7th out of nine teams, before losing in the play-off quarter-finals. [14] The following season, Prizma again fielded teams in two leagues; they remained in the LHL but also competed in the MHL B, a junior league based predominately in Russia. However, they continue to would struggle in both leagues, regularly finishing near the bottom of the table for the next two seasons. The 2013–14 season however was one of mixed success. Whilst the MHL squad finished dead last out of 32 teams, [15] the LHL side would find success by finishing 3rd in the regular season, before going on to win their first Latvian Championship, beating HK Kurbads in the play-off finals. [16] The season marked the last that Prizma would field a team in the MHL B; moving forward the team focused solely on the LHL. [8]

The 2014–15 season saw Prizma defending their championship, however, they were unable to retain it having finished 4th in the regular season, before losing in the opening round of the play-offs to HK Zemgale/JLSS. They finished 5th the following season, and subsequently made it to the Bronze-medal game which they ultimately lost to HK Mogo. [17] Prizma remained towards to the foot of the table during the 2016–17 season, winning 10 of their 30 games, finishing 6th out of 7 teams before ultimately losing in the opening round of the play-offs. [18] The team would struggle during the following season in the newly renamed Optibet Hockey League too, finishing dead last having only won 4 games and failing to qualify for the play-offs. [19] In the pursuing off-season, Prizma signed former Olympian and KHL player Armands Bērziņš, who had previously played for the team as a junior. [20] With Bērziņš on board the team's fortunes improved, as they finished 4th out of 7 teams in the 2018-19 season however, they lost in the opening round of the play-offs. [21] The team would regress during the 2019-20 season, finishing in 7th place besting only HS Rīga before the play-offs were cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic. [22]

In 2005 SIA Prizma founded the 'Pārdaugava' sports school, [3] which focuses on ice hockey and figure skating. The year after its establishment, Pārdaugava was the first private sports education provider in Latvia to receive accreditation from the Latvian Ministry of Education and Science. [23] [24] During the 2019 off-season the team changed its name to HK Prizma/IHS in order to highlight its new partnership with the International Hockey School also based out of the Volvo Sports Centre. [25] [26]

As a result of winning the Latvian Championship in 2014, Prizma qualified for the IIHF Continental Cup in 2015. They were drawn in Group C alongside KH Sanok of Poland, Romanian champions Corona Brașov and Hungarian side Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák. [27] Prizma beat Sanok, but lost to both Corona Brașov and Dunaújvárosi; [28] as a result they finished last in the group based on goal difference and did not progress to the next round. [29]

Roster

Updated February 22, 2021. [4]

Goaltenders
NumberPlayerCatchesAcquiredPlace of Birth
32 Flag of Latvia.svg Jāzeps Lukjanskis L2020-
1 Flag of Russia.svg Kirill Merkulov L2020-
71 Flag of Latvia.svg Rihards Norvaišs L2019-
84 Flag of Latvia.svg Reinis Petkus L2020 Aizpute, Latvia
32 Flag of Latvia.svg Niklāvs Rauza L2019 Riga, Latvia
Defencemen
NumberPlayerShootsAcquiredPlace of Birth
69 Flag of Latvia.svg Artūrs Apfelbaums L2016 Riga, Latvia
96 Flag of Latvia.svg Rihards Dombrovskis R2019-
5 Flag of Russia.svg Mykyta Gladky L2016-
23 Flag of Russia.svg Vadim Kolpakov L2020 Chelyabinsk, Russia
3 Flag of Latvia.svg Ņikita Kuprijanovs L2018 Riga, Latvia
52 Flag of Latvia.svg Rihards Ķuzis L2020-
98 Flag of Latvia.svg Iļja Lankovskis L2019-
2 Flag of Ukraine.svg Ivan Mykoliuk R2020 Donetsk, Ukraine
59 Flag of Latvia.svg Rūdolfs Romans L2019 Riga, Latvia
47 Flag of Latvia.svg Jānis Šmits L2020 Riga, Latvia
15 Flag of Latvia.svg Artūrs Treimanis L2018-
19 Flag of Latvia.svg Iļja Žuļevs L2018-
61 Flag of Latvia.svg Haralds Jirgens L2020 Riga, Latvia
Forwards
NumberPlayerShootsPositionAcquiredPlace of Birth
77 Flag of Latvia.svg Valters Apfelbaums LW2015 Riga, Latvia
21 Flag of Latvia.svg Armands Bērziņš (A)LC2018 Riga, Latvia
41 Flag of Russia.svg Boriss Bessemertnyy LF2018 Saint Petersburg, Russia
29 Flag of Belarus.svg Aleksey Borodich LLW/RW2020 Minsk, Belarus
94 Flag of Latvia.svg Renārs Cipruss RRW2020-
27 Flag of Latvia.svg Gusts Jegorovs LF2019-
55 Flag of Latvia.svg Raivis Kurnigins LW2020 Aizkraukle, Latvia
97 Flag of Latvia.svg Ēriks Ozollapa LRW/LW2019 Riga, Latvia
29 Flag of Latvia.svg Everts Ozols RC2019-
18 Flag of Latvia.svg Ričards Puriņš LC2020 Riga, Latvia
89 Flag of Latvia.svg Kristaps Riekstiņš RF2015-
28 Flag of Latvia.svg Ņikita Šaburovs RR2018 Riga, Latvia
74 Flag of Latvia.svg Deivids Šeflands LF2020-
33 Flag of Latvia.svg Jēkabs Siliņš LF2019-
13 Flag of Latvia.svg Andrejs Smirnovs LF2018 Riga, Latvia
62 Flag of Latvia.svg Dāvis Straupe RRW/C2020 Riga, Latvia
12 Flag of Latvia.svg Kārlis Tiltiņš RF2017-
19 Flag of Belarus.svg Yegor Tozik LF2020-
8 Flag of Latvia.svg Juris Upītis RLW/C2020 Riga, Latvia
88 Flag of Latvia.svg Ēriks Žohovs LC2020 Riga, Latvia
61 Flag of Latvia.svg Haralds Jirgens LF2020 Riga, Latvia
17 Flag of Latvia.svg Kristers Bormanis RW/C2020 Jelgava, Latvia
0 Flag of Latvia.svg Dmitrijs Komarņickis LF2020-
28 Flag of Latvia.svg Rihards Krastiņš RF2020-
23 Flag of Latvia.svg Martins Lavrovs LLW/RW2020 Tukums, Latvia
98 Flag of Latvia.svg Roberts Priževoits LF2020 Riga, Latvia
25 Flag of Latvia.svg Māris Jānis Graudiņš LF2020 Jūrmala, Latvia

Season-by-season record

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes

SeasonLeagueGPWLTOTWOTLPtsGFGAFinishPlayoffs
2015–16 Latvian Hockey Higher League 301216—11391101015thBronze medal game loss
2016–17 Latvian Hockey Higher League 30819—21291311526thQuarter-final loss
2017–18 Optibet Hockey League 30322—1415551416thDid not qualify
2018–19 Optibet Hockey League 351712—2459113594thSemi-final loss
2019–20 Optibet Hockey League 35626—1216951947th Playoffs cancelled

Honours

Latvian Championships:

Team records

Career

These are the top five scorers in HK Prizma history. [8]

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points

PlayerPosGPGAPts
Kristaps Riekstiņš F2869296188
Sandis Grīnbergs F2385978137
Victor Lobachev F1185169120
Miķelis Freimanis D2254174115
Deniss Baskatovs F1283178109

Penalty minutes: Daniels Riekstiņš, 325

Season

Regular season

Playoffs

Notable players

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