Mihails Vasiļonoks Explained

Position:	Goaltender
Catches:	Right
Played For:	Dinamo Riga
Birth Date:	1 May 1948
Birth Place:	Taurkalne, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union
Career Start:	1978
Career End:	1989

Mihails Vasiļonoks (1 May 1948 – 30 April 2023) was a Latvian ice hockey goaltender who played for Dinamo Riga.^[1] After his hockey player career ended he went on to become the director of hockey operations for HK Liepājas Metalurgs^[2] and goalie coach for Latvia national team.^[3] Vasiļonoks was part of USSR team roster for the 1976 Canada Cup, but did not play any games.^[4]

Vasiļonoks died on 30 April 2023, at the age of 74.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mikhail Vasilenok . hockeyDB.com . 6 July 2011.
2. Web site: Hokeja komandas vadība . skliepajasmetalurgs.lv . 6 July 2011.
3. Web site: Olimpiskajā delegācijā tomēr iekļauj hokeja vārtsargu treneri Vasiļonoku . delfi.lv . 7 January 2010 . 6 July 2011.
4. Web site: 1976 Canada Cup USSR team roster . legendsofhockey.net . 7 January 2010 . 6 July 2011.
5. https://lhf.lv/lv/article/7358/muziba-devies-legendarais-latvijas-vartsargs-mihails-vasilonoks Mūžībā devies leģendārais Latvijas vārtsargs Mihails Vasiļonoks