Vitālijs Samoilovs

Vitālijs Samoilovs
Born	(1962-04-17) 17 April 1962 Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union
Position	Goalie
Played for	Dinamo Riga Latvijas Berzs Sokil Kyiv Latvijas Zelts Riga Alianse Riga
National team	Soviet Union
Playing career	1982–1991
Medal record Ice hockey 1988 Calgary Men World Championships 1987 Austria Ice hockey European Junior Championships 1980 Czechoslovakia Ice hockey

Vitālijs Samoilovs (Russian: Виталий Анатольевич Самойлов; born 17 April 1962) is a former Latvian professional ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Championship League. He played for Dynamo Riga and Sokil Kyiv.

The best season of his career was 1987-88, in which he made the Soviet National Team, but as a back-up goaltender, he never actually played in a national team game. He was the third-string goaltender at the 1987 Canada Cup and didn't appear in any games. He was selected for the gold-medal-winning Soviet team at the 1988 Winter Olympics but was Sergei Mylnikov back-up. Also, he was Yevgeni Belosheikin back-up at the 1987 Ice Hockey World Championships where he won a silver medal. Lastly, that season, he led Dinamo Riga to a surprising third-place finish in the Championship League.

The following year an injury caused him to lose his starting job in Riga to Arturs Irbe.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Vitālijs Samoilovs.

• Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
• Vitālijs Samoilovs profile at Latvian Olympic Committee