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.
History 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. One of the team's initial investors was TeleSoftas, a Kaunas-based software company. 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.
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. 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. 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. However, two months later, the IIHF cancelled the Continental Cup due to the Pandemic.
Roster Updated January 24, 2021.
GoaltendersNumberPlayerCatchesAcquiredPlace of Birth 95Pavel DavydyukL 2020 Saint Petersburg, Russia1Daniel JankovskijR 2019 -30Artur PavliukovL 2018Klaipėda, Lithuania
DefencemenNumberPlayerShootsAcquiredPlace of Birth 88Vasilijus Fedotovas L 2019Rokiškis, Lithuania19Žygimantas GirdžiusL 2017Kaunas, Lithuania22Povilas Jagelavicius L 2017Kaunas, Lithuania76Vėjas Jokubynas R 2020Vilnius, Lithuania55Ilya MalashkevichL 2020Moscow, Russia97Yegor Rublyov R 2020Gomel, Belarus47Artiom Starovoitov L 2020 -71Alexander Strokin L 2020 -
ForwardsNumberPlayerShootsPositionAcquiredPlace of Birth 33Rojus AdamonisLF2020Kaunas, Lithuania69Nojus Asmonas LF 2020 -14Egidijus Binkulis LC 2020Elektrėnai, Lithuania46Eduard ChekmaryovRF 2019Yekaterinburg, Russia17Kirill DanilenkoLF 2019Gomel, Belarus16Remigijus GuogaLF 2017Kaunas, Lithuania27Vytautas Jagelavičius LLW/RW 2017Elektrėnai, Lithuania89Dovydas LaimutisLR 2020 -29Pavel PraviloLF 2020Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia18Roman Reshetnikov-F 2020 -15Anton SharpanskikhLC 2020Nizhny Tagil, Russia91Grigori VorobyovLLW 2019Tyumen, Russia13Lukas ZukauskasLF 2018Jonava, Lithuania
Season-by-season record 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
Team records
Career These are the top five scorers in Kaunas Hockey history.
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
Season Regular season Most goals in a season: Eduard Chekmaryov, 27 (2019–20) Most assists in a season: Lukas Zukauskas, 24 (2019–20) Most points in a season: Eduard Chekmaryov, 50 (2019–20) Most penalty minutes in a season: Jon Stephansson, 90 (2018–19)
Playoffs Most goals in a playoff season: Eduard Chekmaryov, 9 (2019–20) Most assists in a playoff season: Lukas Zukauskas, 7 (2019–20) Most points in a playoff season: Eduard Chekmaryov, 14 (2019–20) Most penalty minutes in a playoff season: Vasilijus Fedotovas, 10 (2019–20)
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