Who is Shane Wright's Best Competition to Go No. 1? Image [https://thehockeynews.com/.image/c_fit,h_600,w_600/MTg3NzE2MzA0NDk1NDUzNDM5/02_20211228_rig_avg_kok-5.jpg] Dinamo Riga announced Sunday that they have withdrawn from the Kontinental Hockey League amidst the continued invasion by Russia into Ukraine. A decision about the team's future has not been officially announced. “The decision to withdraw from KHL has been made, thus expressing a clear position of the club management,” Chairman of the Supervisory Board J. Savickis said in a translated statement. “In such a military and humanitarian crisis, we do not see any opportunity for cooperation with the Kontinental Hockey League." Dinamo Riga is located in Riga, Latvia. Similar to Ukraine, Latvia is a former member of the Soviet Union. Only days ago, Jokerit, a member of the KHL located in Finland, decided to leave the KHL [https://thehockeynews.com/news/finnish-team-jokerit-withdraws-from-khl-playoffs] in advance of the Gagarin Cup playoffs slated to begin on March 1. Barys Nur-Sultan of Kazakhstan and Belarus' Dinamo Minsk are the lone teams from outside of Russia still in playoff contention. China’s Kunlan Red Star represents the final non-Russian club in the league. Several former NHL players suited up for Dinamo Riga this season including Emile Poirier, Brandon Gormley, Hunter Shinkaruk, Frank Corrado, Matt Lorito, and Lukas Radil.
