HK Riga 2000

{{Short description|Latvian ice hockey club}} {{Infobox ice hockey team | text_color = black | bg_color = yellow | team = HK Rīga 2000 | logo = Hkriga2000.jpg | logo_size = 250px | founded = 2000 | folded = 2009 | city = Riga, Latvia | arena = Inbox.lv ledus halle | capacity = 1,500 | league = BXL 2004-06, 2008-09 <br> LHL 2000-08 <br> EEHL 2000-04 | division = | conference = | uniform = | colors = {{color box|yellow}} {{color box|black}} {{color box|white}} | owner = {{flagicon|LAT}} Viesturs Koziols | gm = {{flagicon|LAT}} Dainis Arins | coach = {{flagicon|LAT}} Haralds Vasiļjevs | captain = | honors = | affiliates = Dinamo Riga (KHL) | website = }}

'''HK Riga 2000''' was an ice hockey team based in Riga, Latvia. The team had played in the LHL since it was founded. In 2004-05 and 2005–06 seasons the club also iced a team in the Belarusian Hockey League, and in 2005-06 finished 3rd. HK Riga 2000 was first foreign team to finish in top three of Belarusian Open Championship. The club has also played several years in the Continental Cup, winning silver in 2005-06 and 2007–08. Before the 2009-2010 KHL season the team was merged into HK Dinamo/Juniors Rīga, the farm club of KHL side Dinamo Rīga.

==Notable players==

===Noteworthy Players=== *Artūrs Irbe *Kārlis Skrastiņš *Sergei Zholtok *Darby Hendrickson

===Retired numbers=== The Rīga 2000 have retired one number.

{| class="wikitable" |- | style="text-align:center;" colspan="4"|'''Rīga 2000 retired numbers''' |- !No. !Player |- | style="text-align:center;"| '''33'''|| Sergejs Žoltoks |}

===Awards and trophies=== <div style="float:left; width:50%;"> '''Latvian Hockey Higher League''' *2000–01, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06 </div>{{Clear}}

==References== *[http://www.riga2000.lv/ HK Riga 2000 official web site]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Riga}} Category:HK Riga 2000 2000 Category:Ice hockey clubs established in 2000 Category:Belarusian Extraleague teams Category:Latvian Hockey League teams Category:Defunct ice hockey teams in Latvia Category:Eastern European Hockey League teams