Kohtla-Järve Viru Sputnik
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Viru Sputnik is an Estonia
n ice hockey
team playing in the Meistriliiga
. The club is based in Kohtla-Järve
and the home arena is Kohtla-Järve Jäähall. Viru Sputnik has played in Meistriliiga since it was established in 2003.
In 2009–10 season
they became the Estonian champions, 2008–09 and 2010–11 season they placed second.
Estonia
Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...
n 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...
team playing in the Meistriliiga
Meistriliiga (ice hockey)
Meistriliiga is a professional ice hockey league composed of three teams in Estonia.-2011–12 season:-2010–11 season:-2009–10 season:-Champions:*1934 : Tallinna Kalev*1935 : not played*1936 : Tartu ASK*1937 : Tallinna Kalev...
. The club is based in Kohtla-Järve
Kohtla-Järve
Kohtla-Järve is a city and municipality in north-eastern Estonia, founded in 1924 and incorporated as a town in 1946. The city is highly industrial, and is both a processor of oil shales and is a large producer of various petroleum products. The city is also very diverse ethnically: it contains...
and the home arena is Kohtla-Järve Jäähall. Viru Sputnik has played in Meistriliiga since it was established in 2003.
In 2009–10 season
2009–10 Meistriliiga season
The 2009–10 Meistriliiga is a season of the Meistriliiga, the top professional ice hockey league in Estonia.-Teams:Three teams participated in the 2009–10 edition of the Meistriliiga:-External links:*...
they became the Estonian champions, 2008–09 and 2010–11 season they placed second.
Roster
- 20
Jevgeni Jakubovits 07.02.1988 - ?
Aleksandr Sudas 13.02.1989 - 5 Denis Golubev 01.09.1989
- 7 Deniss Volodin 03.04.1988
- 10 Aleksei Petrovits 18.06.1986
- 12 Boleslav Kruglik 18.04.1988
- 16 Siim Naarits 07.06.1992
- 21 Ilja Ponomarjov 08.11.1991
- 8 Vadim Bazura 26.01.1988
- ? German Kurganov 03.03.1990
- ? Maksim Urlihh 19.01.1991
- 22 Sergei Mihhailov 17.01.1990
- ? Ruslan Mamedov 19.02.1991
- 14 Konstantin Gristsenko 08.06.1991
- 24 Maksim Borovikov 13.02.1992
- ? Sergei Silenko 12.03.1992
- ? Toivo Tilku 04.04.1989
- ? Dmitri Soitu 28.12.1989
- ? Aleksandr Smetanin 25.05.1980