Tartu Big Diamonds

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Tartu "Big Diamonds"
Founded	2007
Arena	Tartu Lõunakeskus
Origin	Tartu, Estonia
Colors	Green/white
League	Latvian hockey league, Estonia Cup
Coach	vacant
General Manager	Vladimir Makrov
Website	http://www.bigdiamonds.ee

Tartu Big Diamonds was an Estonian professional ice hockey team who played in the Latvian Hockey League (Samsung premjerliga). They were founded in 2007, and played their first game, a friendly match against Eesti Noortekoondis on 06.08.07 in Narva. Big Diamonds won 20:2 (8:0;6:2;6:0). The Big Diamonds played 10 of the team's home games in Tartu, 4 in Narva, 4 in Tallinn, and 2 in Kohtla-Järve.

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