Andrejs Maticins (born January 30, 1963) is retired
Latvia
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n professional
ice hockey player and coach, currently he is assistant coach for
Severstal Cherepovets of the
Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).
Playing career
Maticins began his career in
Dinamo Riga
Dinamo Riga ( lv, Rīgas Dinamo) is a professional ice hockey team based in Riga, Latvia. It is a member of the Latvian Hockey Higher League. The club is affiliated with HK Zemgale/LLU.
The club was re-founded on 7 April 2008 as a successor of ...
, he was a part of Dinamo
Soviet Championship silver medal run in 1987-88 season. Later in his career, he played outside Latvia, mainly in
Sweden
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.
International
During his career Maticins was regular for
Latvian national team helping team Latvia in the promotion to
World Championships elite division and playing in four world championships. He also represented Latvia in
2002 Winter Olympics
The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002 ( arp, Niico'ooowu' 2002; Gosiute Shoshoni: ''Tit'-so-pi 2002''; nv, Sooléí 2002; Shoshoni: ''Soónkahni 2002''), was an internation ...
. which was his last tournament with team Latvia.
Coaching career
After finishing playing in 2006 Maticins began coaching. He coached Latvian national U20 team in
2009 Championships to 8th-place finish.
In 2013-14 season Maticins accepted job as assistant coach of
Severstal Cherepovets.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
International
References
External links
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1963 births
Living people
Soviet emigrants to Latvia
Ice hockey people from Riga
Latvian ice hockey defencemen
Dinamo Riga players
Ice hockey players at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Olympic ice hockey players of Latvia
Latvian ice hockey coaches
Latvian sports coaches
Latvian sportspeople
People from Cherepovets