Kirils Galoha Explained

Birth Date:April 16, 1996
Birth Place:Riga, Latvia
Height Ft:6
Height In:0
Weight Lb:159
Position:Forward
Shoots:Right
Team:GKS Tychy
League:PHL
Former Teams:Dinamo Riga
HS Rīga
HK Mogo
Olimp Riga
Ntl Team:LAT
Career Start:2016

Kirils Galoha (born April 16, 1996) is a Latvian professional ice hockey forward who plays for GKS Tychy of the Polska Hokej Liga.

Galoha played one game in the Kontinental Hockey League for Dinamo Riga during the 2015–16 KHL season.[1] He departed from the team in 2017, splitting the year in the Latvian Hockey Higher League for HS Rīga and later in the German Oberliga for ECDC Memmingen.[2] He would also divide the 2018–19 season between Latvia and Germany, playing one game for HK Mogo before joining Oberliga side EHC Waldkraiburg.[3] He also played ten games in France for Division 1 side Bisons de Neuilly-sur-Marne.

Galoha joined Kazakhstan team Saryarka Karagandy of the Vysshaya Hockey Liga on June 10, 2019[4] but only played two games for the team before returning to Latvia to join the newly-founded Olimp Riga on September 23, 2019. On January 14, 2020, Galoha joined GKS Tychy of the Polska Hokej Liga. He became Polish champion. Next season he returned to Olimp Riga, winning also the Latvian league champion title.

Notes and References

  1. https://en.khl.ru/players/21165/ Profile on KHL.ru
  2. http://memmingen-indians.de/indians-verpflichten-kontingentspieler-stuermer-kirils-galoha-kommt-nach-memmingen/ Indians verpflichten Kontingentspieler: Stürmer Kirils Galoha kommt nach Memmingen
  3. https://ehcwaldkraiburg.com/ehc-waldkraiburg-besetzt-zweite-kontingentstelle-mit-nationalspieler-aus-lettland/ EHC WALDKRAIBURG BESETZT ZWEITE KONTINGENTSTELLE MIT NATIONALSPIELER AUS LETTLAND
  4. http://www.vhlru.ru/lenta/290540/ Latvian forward Kirils Galoha moves to Saryarka