Vadim Vladimirovich Rifel (Russian: Вадим Владимирович Рифель; born February 19, 1979) is a professional hockey player from Kazakhstan. He's played internationally with the Kazakhstan men's national ice hockey team 8 times in the Ice Hockey World Championships. For the 2010-2011 season he was voted as the best player on his team by local fans. He previously played 4 seasons with EHC Freiburg in Germany.

Vadim Rifel
Born (1979-02-19) February 19, 1979 (age 45)
Ust-Kamenogorsk,
Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 176 lb (80 kg; 12 st 8 lb)
Position Left wing
Shot Left
Played for EHC Freiburg
Yertis Pavlodar
Kazzinc-Torpedo
Arlan Kokshetau
National team  Kazakhstan
Playing career 1997–2015
Vadim Rifel
Medal record
Men's ice hockey
Representing  Kazakhstan
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2003 Aomori Ice hockey
Silver medal – second place 2007 Changchun Ice hockey

Career statistics edit

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1995–96 Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk-2 Russia2 7 0 0 0 2
1996–97 Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk Russia2 1 0 0 0 0
1996–97 Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk-2 Russia3 31 6 7 13 8
1997–98 Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk Russia2 6 0 0 0 4
1997–98 Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk-2 Russia3 45 14 10 24 20
1998–99 Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk Russia2 12 0 1 1 2
1998–99 Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk-2 Russia3 31 12 9 21 10
1999–00 Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk Russia3 35 16 16 32 20
2000–01 Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk Russia3 51 33 38 71 34
2001–02 Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk Russia2 42 12 8 20 28
2001–02 Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk-2 Russia3 1 0 0 0 0
2002–03 Kazzinc-Torpedo Russia2 35 13 11 24 32
2002–03 Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk-2 Russia3 2 2 3 5 0
2003–04 Kazzinc-Torpedo Kazakhstan 22 14 24 38 8
2003–04 Kazzinc-Torpedo Russia2 35 10 13 23 22
2004–05 Wölfe Freiburg Germany2 52 20 16 36 36
2005–06 Wölfe Freiburg Germany2 52 14 19 33 76
2006–07 Kazzinc-Torpedo Kazakhstan 20 8 16 24 14
2006–07 Kazzinc-Torpedo Russia2 56 19 26 45 76
2007–08 Kazzinc-Torpedo Russia2 42 13 17 30 30 5 1 3 4 6
2008–09 Kazzinc-Torpedo Russia2 37 4 24 28 46 4 1 1 2 2
2009–10 Kazzinc-Torpedo Russia2 42 11 23 34 52 7 1 3 4 12
2009–10 Kazzinc-Torpedo Kazakhstan 8 4 2 6 4
2010–11 Kazzinc-Torpedo VHL 38 7 9 16 32 2 1 1 2 0
2010–11 Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk-2 Kazakhstan 4 0 2 2 4
2011–12 Kazzinc-Torpedo VHL 21 4 4 8 10
2011–12 Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk-2 Kazakhstan 6 3 4 7 10
2011–12 Ertis Pavlodar Kazakhstan 15 4 3 7 16
2012–13 Kazzinc-Torpedo VHL 50 14 17 31 26 3 0 0 0 2
2013–14 Kazzinc-Torpedo VHL 7 2 0 2 6
2013–14 Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk-2 Kazakhstan 1 0 0 0 0
2013–14 Arlan Kokshetau Kazakhstan 8 1 3 4 6
2013–14 Yuzhny Ural Orsk VHL 21 3 8 11 12 11 3 3 6 10
2014–15 Kazzinc-Torpedo VHL 13 0 0 0 6
2014–15 Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk-2 Kazakhstan 6 1 2 3 2
Russia2 totals 303 82 122 204 292 28 3 8 11 22
Russia3 totals 196 83 83 166 92
VHL totals 150 30 38 68 92 16 4 4 8 12
Germany2 totals 104 34 35 69 112 20 2 13 15 20

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