Leonids Tambijevs
Leonīds Tambijevs (born September 26, 1970 in Riga, Soviet Union) is a retired ice hockey left winger, currently the head coach of HK Riga.[1]
Playing career
Tambijevs began his career with the Dinamo Riga youth team. As a junior he played with several Latvian 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.
Career statistics
| Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987-88 | Latvijas bērzs | LAT | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ||
| 1988-89 | RASMS-Energo | USSR Tier III | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ||
| 1988-89 | RASMS | LAT | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ||
| 1989-90 | SKA Leningrad 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 | DEN | 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 | FIN | 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 | GER | 60 | 19 | 18 | 37 | 82 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2001-02 | Rødovre IK | DEN | 30 | 25 | 23 | 48 | ?? | 9 | 4 | 6 | 10 | ?? | ||
| 2002-03 | Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod | RUS Tier II | 41 | 30 | 27 | 57 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 4 | ||
| 2003-04 | Amur Khabarovsk | RUS | 13 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2003-04 | Tappara Tampere | FIN | 12 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 12 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2003-04 | EHC Chur | 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 | SUI | 21 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2005-06 | EHC Olten | SUI Tier II | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2006-07 | DHK Latgale | LAT | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2006-07 | HC Merano | ITL 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 | IHWC pool C | 7 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 2 |
| 1993 | Latvia | OG 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 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 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 2001 | Latvia | OG qualif | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | Latvia | IHWC | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 2002 | Latvia | OG | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 2002 | Latvia | IHWC | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2003 | Latvia | IHWC | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 2004 | Latvia | IHWC | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2005 | Latvia | OG qualif | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2005 | Latvia | IHWC | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 2006 | Latvia | OG | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 2006 | Latvia | IHWC | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 2007 | Latvia | IHWC | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? |
References
- ↑ "Leonids Tambijevs - player profile and career stats". eurohockey.net. Retrieved 2010-04-19.