Leonīds Beresņevs
Leonīds Beresņevs | |||
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Born |
Kirovo-Chepetsk, Kirov Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | July 6, 1958||
Position | Defence | ||
Played for |
Traktor Chelyabinsk Dinamo Riga Izhstal Izhevsk Latvijas Zelts Riga HK Nik's Brih Riga HK Lido Nafta Riga | ||
Playing career | 1977–1997 |
Leonīds Beresņevs (Russian: Леони́д Арка́дьевич Бе́реснев, Leonid Arkadyevich Beresnev; born 6 July 1958)[1] is a Latvian/Soviet former ice hockey player and coach.
Born in Kirov Oblast he is a coach of the Latvian U-20 junior team.
His first term of coaching the Latvian national team was from 1996 till 1999. In the 1996 world championships, when Latvia was playing in division B, they won and for the first time were promoted to division A where they finished at 7th place in 1997. From that time they have remained in division A.
Beresņevs' second term started in 2004 and ended in 2006. In 2005 Latvia qualified for Torino Olympics where they took the last place.
Beresņevs has been a coach for almost all the best Latvian ice hockey clubs since 1995. In 1996/1997 his coached Juniors Riga took gold at EEHL. In 2003/2004 Beresņevs was head coach in Russian Hockey Super League team Amur Khabarovsk. In 2007-08 he trained Estonian ice hockey club Tartu Big Diamonds and in 2008-09 he became the coach of Latvian club ASK/Ogre.
Career statistics (as a player)
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
1985-86 | Dinamo Rīga | Russian Hockey Super League | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
1986-87 | Dinamo Rīga | Russian Hockey Super League | 37 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
1987-88 | Izhstal Izhevsk | Russian Hockey Super League | 26 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
1990-91 | Dinamo Rīga | EEHL Div. B | 43 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
1992-93 | Latvijas Zelts Rīga | Latvian hockey league | 22 | 6 | 35 | 41 | 22 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
1993-94 | Latvijas Zelts Rīga | Latvian hockey league | 15 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 20 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
1994-95 | HK Nik's Brih Riga | Latvian hockey league | 12 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 8 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
1996-97 | HK Lido Nafta Riga | Latvian hockey league | 15 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
References
- ^ "Leonid Beresnev hockey statistics & profile at hockeydb.com". hockeydb.com. Retrieved 2010-04-19.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or The Internet Hockey Database