| Kaunas Hockey | |
|---|---|
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| City | Kaunas, Lithuania |
| League | Lithuania Hockey League |
| Founded | 2017 |
| Folded | 2021 |
| Home arena | Kaunas Ice Arena (capacity: 300 [1] ) |
| Colours | Green, light green, black, white |
| Head coach | Petras Nausėda |
Kaunas Hockey is a professional ice hockey team located in Kaunas, Lithuania, which plays in the Lithuania Hockey League, the top tier of ice hockey in Lithuania. They play home games at the Kaunas Ice Arena.
Hockey Kaunas was founded in 2017, with the purpose of helping to improve the standard of Lithuanian hockey with the ultimate goal of seeing the Lithuanian national team compete in the Winter Olympics. [2] [3] One of the team's initial investors was TeleSoftas, a Kaunas-based software company. [2] [3] Following their formation, Hockey Kaunas immediately began play in the Lithuania Hockey League. Their first season was a productive one, making it to the playoff finals, before ultimately losing to SC Energija. [4]
In 2020 Kaunas Hockey took part in the inaugural Baltic Hockey League, a competition made up of two teams from each of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. [5] The team finished last in their group after suffering heavy losses against both Tartu Välk 949 of Estonia, and Latvian side HK Mogo. As a result, they did not progress to the final round. [6] In addition, as a result of being in first place of the NLRL when the remainder of games were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Kaunas Hockey also qualified for the 2020–21 IIHF Continental Cup where they were scheduled to face-off against Skautafelag Akureyrar of Iceland, Israeli team HC Bat Yam and Spanish outfit FC Barcelona. [7] However, two months later, the IIHF cancelled the Continental Cup due to the Pandemic. [8]
Updated January 24, 2021. [9]
| Goaltenders | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Player | Catches | Acquired | Place of Birth | |
| 95 |  | Pavel Davydyuk | L | 2020 | Saint Petersburg, Russia |
| 1 |  | Daniel Jankovskij | R | 2019 | - |
| 30 | | Artur Pavliukov | L | 2018 | Klaipėda, Lithuania |
| Defencemen | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Player | Shoots | Acquired | Place of Birth | ||
| 88 | | Vasilijus Fedotovas | L | 2019 | Rokiškis, Lithuania | |
| 19 | | Žygimantas Girdžius | L | 2017 | Kaunas, Lithuania | |
| 22 | | Povilas Jagelavicius | L | 2017 | Kaunas, Lithuania | |
| 76 | | Vėjas Jokubynas | R | 2020 | Vilnius, Lithuania | |
| 55 | | Ilya Malashkevich | L | 2020 | Moscow, Russia | |
| 97 |  | Yegor Rublyov | R | 2020 | Gomel, Belarus | |
| 47 | | Artiom Starovoitov | L | 2020 | - | |
| 71 | | Alexander Strokin | L | 2020 | - | |
| Forwards | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Player | Shoots | Position | Acquired | Place of Birth | |
| 33 | | Rojus Adamonis | L | F | 2020 | Kaunas, Lithuania |
| 69 | | Nojus Asmonas | L | F | 2020 | - |
| 14 | | Egidijus Binkulis | L | C | 2020 | Elektrėnai, Lithuania |
| 46 | | Eduard Chekmaryov | R | F | 2019 | Yekaterinburg, Russia |
| 17 | | Kirill Danilenko | L | F | 2019 | Gomel, Belarus |
| 16 | | Remigijus Guoga | L | F | 2017 | Kaunas, Lithuania |
| 27 | | Vytautas Jagelavičius | L | LW/RW | 2017 | Elektrėnai, Lithuania |
| 89 | | Dovydas Laimutis | L | R | 2020 | - |
| 29 | | Pavel Pravilo | L | F | 2020 | Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia |
| 18 | | Roman Reshetnikov | - | F | 2020 | - |
| 15 | | Anton Sharpanskikh | L | C | 2020 | Nizhny Tagil, Russia |
| 91 | | Grigori Vorobyov | L | LW | 2019 | Tyumen, Russia |
| 13 | | Lukas Zukauskas | L | F | 2018 | Jonava, Lithuania |
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes
| Season | GP | W | L | T | OTW | OTL | Pts | GF | GA | Finish | Playoffs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017–18 | 20 | 12 | 5 | — | 2 | 1 | 41 | 96 | 80 | 2nd | Final loss |
| 2018–19 | 18 | 10 | 5 | — | 2 | 1 | 35 | 74 | 35 | 2nd | Semi-final loss |
| 2019–20 | 18 | 12 | 1 | — | 3 | 2 | 44 | 115 | 51 | 1st | Playoffs cancelled |
These are the top five scorers in Kaunas Hockey history. [9]
Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eduard Chekmaryov | F | 30 | 36 | 33 | 69 |
| Lukas Zukauskas | F | 30 | 18 | 35 | 53 |
| Remigijus Guoga | F | 54 | 24 | 22 | 46 |
| Vytautas Jagelavičius | F | 65 | 23 | 22 | 45 |
| Dovydas Streckis | F | 34 | 15 | 22 | 37 |
Penalty minutes: Vasilijus Fedotovas, 135