Edijs Brahmanis (born November 17, 1983, in

Riga Riga (; lv, Rīga , liv, Rīgõ) is the capital and largest city of Latvia and is home to 605,802 inhabitants which is a third of Latvia's population. The city lies on the Gulf of Riga at the mouth of the Daugava river where it meets the B ...

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) is a Latvian

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two o ...

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, currently playing for

HK Olimp/Venta 2002 HK Olimp/Venta 2002 are a Latvian ice hockey team that plays in the Optibet Hockey League, the top tier of the sport in Latvia. The team is based in Riga and play their home games at the Inbox Ice Arena. History HK Olimp was founded in 2018, a ...

of the

Latvian Hockey Higher League The Latvian Hockey Higher League ( lv, Latvijas Virslīgas hokeja čempionāts), also known as the Optibet Hockey League ( lv, Optibet hokeja līga) since 2017 due to sponsorship by Optibet, is the top tier league of ice hockey in Latvia curren ...

. In 2004-05, while playing for

ASK/Ogre ASK/Ogre was an ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports call ...

, he was the top goal scorer of Latvian league. During 2008-09 Brahmanis also played four games for the

Kontinental Hockey League The Kontinental Hockey League (KHL; russian: Континентальная хоккейная лига (КХЛ), Kontinental'naya khokkeynaya liga) is an international professional ice hockey league founded in 2008. It comprises member clubs b ...

club

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 ...

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* 1983 births Living people Latvian ice hockey left wingers ASK/Ogre players Basingstoke Bison players Dinamo Riga players Arystan Temirtau players Saryarka Karagandy players ETC Crimmitschau players HK Liepājas Metalurgs players HK Riga 2000 players HK Zemgale players Prizma Riga players HK Gomel players HC Shakhtyor Soligorsk players {{latvia-sport-bio-stub