Vassili Titarenko

Vassili Titarenko
Date of birth	December 13, 1985
place of birth	Kohtla-Järve , Estonian SSR
size	183 cm
Weight	80 kg
position	striker
Shot hand	Right
Career stations
2001-2003	HK Central Kohtla-Järve
2003-2004	Kohtla-Järve Viru Sputnik Narva PSK
2004-2009	Tartu Kalev-Välk
2009-2010	Kohtla-Järve Viru Sputnik
2010-2011	Heerenveen Flyers
2011	Porvoo Hunters
2012	Kohtla-Järve Viru Sputnik
2012-2015	Tartu Kalev-Välk
2015-2016	Kohtla-Järve Viru Sputnik
2016-2017	HC Tallinn
since 2017	Tartu Kalev-Välk

Vassili Titarenko (born December 13, 1985 in Kohtla-Järve , Estonian SSR ) is an Estonian ice hockey player who has been under contract with Tartu Kalev-Välk in the Estonian Meistriliiga since 2017 .

Career

Titarenko began his career as a hockey player at HK Central Kohtla-Järve in his hometown, for whom he made his debut in the Meistriliiga at the age of 16 . In 2003 he moved to the newly founded local rival Kohtla-Järve Viru Sputnik , with whom he missed the leap into the playoffs as bottom of the table. He was then committed to the crucial phase of the season from Narva PSK , with whom he reached the playoff final, but lost to HC Panter-Hansa Sport Tallinn . In the following five seasons he was on the ice at Tartu Kalev-Välk . With the club from the traditional university town, he won the Estonian national championship title in 2008 . In 2009 he achieved the best plus / minus balance in the league. He then moved back to the Viru Sputniks for a year, with whom he was able to win their first championship title and also became the top scorer in the Meistriliiga. He then left his Baltic homeland for the first time in his career and hired the Heerenveen Flyers from the Dutch honor division . He only stayed there for one season and moved to the Porvoo Hunters in the Finnish third division in the summer of 2011 . During the current season he then returned to Estonia to Viru Sputnik, with whom he reached the playoff final, but lost to Tartu Kalev-Välk. From 2012 to 2015 he was again on the ice with Tartu Kalev-Välk and reached the championship finals twice with this club, which were lost to Tallinn Viiking Sports (2013: 1: 3 wins, 2014: 0: 3 wins). In 2015 he won his third championship title, the second after 2008 with Tartu Kalev-Välk. After this success he switched again to the Sputniks in his hometown. However, he stayed there for only a year and then turned to league rivals HC Tallinn . After another year he returned to Tartu Kalev-Välk.

International

In the junior division, Titarenko took part for Estonia in the U18 World Championships in Division II in 2002 and 2003 and in the U20 World Championships in Division II in 2003 and Division I in 2004 and 2005 .

With the men's national team , he took part in the World Championships in Division I in 2005 , 2006 , 2007 , 2008 , 2011 , 2015 , 2016 and 2017 and in Division II in 2009 , when he was the tournament's top scorer, in 2010 , 2012 and 2014 . He also represented his colors at the qualifying tournaments for the Winter Olympics in Turin in 2006 , in Vancouver in 2010 , in Sochi in 2014 and in Pyeongchang in 2018, as well as in the 2016 Baltic Cup.

Achievements and Awards

• 2003 Promotion to Division I at the U20 World Cup, Division II, Group A.
• 2008 Estonian champion with Tartu Kalev-Välk
• 2009 top scorer at the World Cup, Division II, Group A.
• 2009 Best plus / minus balance in the Meistriliiga
• 2010 Promotion to Division I, Group B, at the World Championship Division II, Group B
• 2010 Estonian champion with Kohtla-Järve Viru Sputnik
• 2010 Meistriliiga top scorer
• 2012 Promotion to Division I, Group B, at the World Cup Division II, Group A
• 2014 Promotion to Division I, Group B, at the World Championship Division II, Group A.
• 2015 Estonian champion with Tartu Kalev-Välk

Web links

• Vassili Titarenko at eliteprospects.com (English)