Brian Baxter Arroyo Lopez ( Spanish: Brian Baxter Arroyo López ; born February 24, 1985 , Mexico City , Mexico ) is a Mexican hockey player . Player of the national team of Mexico in ice hockey .
 Brian Lopez | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Growth | 184 cm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 94 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grab | right | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Citizenship |  Mexico | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | February 24, 1985 (34 years old) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NHL draft | didn't get out | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
Born February 24, 1985 in the capital of Mexico, Mexico City. He started playing hockey since 1994. Pupil of the youth team of the Mexican league San Jeronimo, where he trained under the guidance of Ukrainian coach Valery Afanasyev. In 2001, he was watched in CSKA, played several matches for the club’s double in friendly matches. In July 2001, following his trainer, he moved to Kharkov, where he studied at the Druzhba youth school -78 [1] . From 2002 to 2004 he played for an adult team in three championships of Ukraine. In 2004, he was watched at the Russian club Spartak (St. Petersburg). In the 2004/05 season, he was part of one of the teams of US youth leagues.
From 2005 to 2008 he played for the San Jeronimo in the major league of Mexico. In 2007, he was also part of the Estonian Vyalk-494 team, but did not play matches for it. From 2008 to 2010, he played in the third strongest Finnish league for the Lluya and Ketteria teams. In the 2010/11 season, he played 12 matches for Kiev Companion-Naftogaz. In 2012 he returned to Mexico, where he opened a hockey school [2] . From 2012 to 2016, he was a player in the Mexican Premier League clubs.
In Mexico, he made his debut in 2006 in the second division of the world championship in ice hockey. In 2013, he became the best sniper of the tournament, having scored 9 goals, taking 6th place in the goal-plus score system, was recognized as the best striker of the tournament. In total, he took part in 10 world championships. He performed twice in the qualification for the Olympic Games, and also twice performed at the Pan American Hockey Tournament .