Wadim Wladimirowitsch Rifel

Wadim Rifel
Date of birth	19th February 1979
place of birth	Ust-Kamenogorsk , Kazakh SSR
size	174 cm
Weight	80 kg
position	Left wing
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
until 2004	Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk
2004-2006	Wolves Freiburg
since 2006	Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk

Vadim Wladimirowitsch Rifel ( Russian Вадим Владимирович Рифель ; born February 19, 1979 in Ust-Kamenogorsk , Kazakh SSR ) is a Kazakh ice hockey player who has played for Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk in the Russian Vysschaja Hockey League since 2006 .

Career

Rifel played from the juniors until 2004 with the Kazakh top club Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk . In 1999 he made the leap to the first senior team of the team, which played in the second-rate Vysschaya League . With this he won the title of Kazakh Champion five times between 2000 and 2004 and the national cup three times between 2002 and 2004 .

In the summer of 2004, the Kazakh striker moved to Germany , where he played for Wölfe Freiburg in the 2nd Bundesliga ice hockey . After two years there, he returned to his homeland. There he hired his home club, with whom he again won the national championship title and cup in 2007.

International

Rifel played for Kazakhstan for the first time at the U20 Junior World Championship in 1999 . In the senior division, he was deployed at the Division I World Championships in 2001 , 2007 and 2008 and at the 2004 and 2006 World Championships . He also took part in the qualifiers for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver in 2009 and was part of the squad for the 2007 Asian Winter Games .

Achievements and Awards

2000 Kazakh champion with Kaszink torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk 2001 Kazakh champion with Kaszink torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk 2002 Kazakh champion with Kaszink torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk 2002 Kazakh cup winner with Kaszink torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk 2003 Kazakh champion with Kaszink torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk

2003 Kazakh Cup winner with Kaszink torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk 2004 Kazakh champion with Kaszink torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk 2004 Kazakh Cup winner with Kaszink torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk 2007 Kazakh champion with Kaszink torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk 2007 Kazakh Cup winner with Kaszink torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk

International

• 2007 silver medal at the Asian Winter Games

2. Bundesliga statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Main round	2	104	34	35	69	110
Playdowns	2	20th	2	13	15th	18th

Web links

• Wadim Rifel at eurohockey.com
• Wadim Rifel at eliteprospects.com (English)