Igors Pavlovs | |||
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Born |
1 January 1965 Lipetsk, Russian SFSR, USSR | ||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | ||
Weight | 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb) | ||
Position | Forward | ||
Shot | right | ||
Played for |
Dynamo Kharkov Dinamo Riga Stars Riga HC Vitkovice EV Landsberg EHC Freiburg ECR Revier Löwen Kölner Haie | ||
National team | Latvia | ||
Playing career | 1984–2001 |
Igors Pavlovs (born 1 January 1965 in Lipetsk, Russian SFSR, USSR) is a retired professional Latvian ice hockey player. [1] During his career he played for Dinamo Riga and later for various hockey teams in Germany. He also represented Latvia at an international level.
After retiring as player Pavlovs became the coach of Krefeld Pinguine until he left on 29 April 2009, [2] to join Kölner Haie [3] who released him on 2 December 2009. [4] In 2010-11 season he became an assistant coach for Sibir of KHL. [5] In October 2010, Pavlovs was named head coach of Spartak Moscow after Milos Rziga was fired due to a poor start to the season. In December, after suffering a serious illness, and the team results not improving, Pavlovs was released from his post and named team scout. [6] In February, 2011, Pavlovs became head coach of Rapperswil-Jona Lakers [7]