OREANDA-NEWS. July 17, 2012. The International School of Goaltending headed by Vladislav Tretiak and the Latvian national team’s goalkeeper Sergey Naumov starts classes at the Volvo ice arena in Riga. These classes will be attended by more than 50 young hockey-players from the Baltic Region, Russia, Spain, Germany, Canada and other countries. The event is traditionally organised with the support of Rietumu Bank, reported the press-centre of Rietumu Bank.

This is the third Tretiak sport campus in Riga. Judging from previous experience, training led by the world hockey legend allows sportsmen, who are at the start of their career, to increase their level and technical skills and achieve much more impressive results over a short period. Thus, last year a Spanish participant of the Riga hockey campus Rodrigo Sacristan was recognised as a champion of his country.

“I like working with young and talented hockey-players who wish to become first-rate goalkeepers. It is especially pleasing when as a consequence of our training, boys achieve success. Big hockey, like any professional sport, is not easy work and it requires discipline and commitment from a player. But nothing can be compared to the joy that is derived from victory – this is a moment of real triumph, when all your efforts are rewarded. I sincerely hope that this year in Riga, that we will also succeed in helping future champions on their way to the peaks of sport,” says Vladislav Tretiak.

It is well known that one of the greatest hockey-players of the 20 th century, the legendary goaltender Vladislav Tretiak devotes a lot of time and effort to the upbringing of a young generation of hockey-players, primarily goalkeepers. Sport campuses of the Tretiak School are held in different cities and countries. For young hockey-players from the entire world, a school of goaltending becomes the central event of their training season and implementation of a dream – a possibility to master hockey skills from a world hockey legend.

Vladislav Tretiak is an outstanding Soviet and Russian hockey-player, goaltender and coach. From 1969 to 1984 he was a goalkeeper for CSKA and the USSR national team. He has played in 482 hockey matches of the USSR Championships, 117 games of World Championships and Olympic Games, as well as 11 matches of the Canada Cup. At present, he is the President of the Ice Hockey Federation of Russia. The International Ice Hockey Federation has recognised Vladislav Tretiak to be one of the greatest hockey-players of the 20 th century. He was the first European named in the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto in 1997.

Sergey Naumov is a professional Latvian and Soviet hockey-player. From 1993 to 2010 he was a goalkeeper for the Latvian national team. At present, he trains the goalkeepers of Riga Dinamo and the Latvian national team.