Kauno Baltų Ainiai 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 Kauno Baltų Ainiai was founded in 2019 and immediately joined the Lithuania Hockey League. The team was initially known as Baltų Ainiai/HC Klaipėda, following the merger to two separate hockey schools. Their debut season was a torrid one, losing 17 of their 18 games, finishing last in the league. In the following offseason, the team changed its name to Kauno Baltų Ainiai, with the HC Klaipėda school instead teaming up with new comers Energija Hockey in order to create Energija Hockey/HC Klaipėda.
Roster Updated January 26, 2021.
GoaltendersNumberPlayerCatchesAcquiredPlace of Birth 1Lukas JaksysR 2019Kaunas, Lithuania29Martin PetiulL 2020Vilnius, Lithuania28Kristupas PranckietisL 2019 -
DefencemenNumberPlayerShootsAcquiredPlace of Birth 92Viktoras Cernikovs L 2020 -63/Ruslan ČernychR 2020Moscow, Russia99Lukas Eimontas L 2019 -31Konstantin Gribuļa L 2020 Riga, Latvia33Kristupas NemanisL 2020 -45Martynas Petrauskas R 2020San Marino, United States
ForwardsNumberPlayerShootsPositionAcquiredPlace of Birth 67Nikita BashkirovLF2020Tyumen, Russia19Kipras Bazevicius RF 2019 -24Deivid Četvertak LC 2020Vilnius, Lithuania3Matas CyvasLF 2019 -5Tomas EzerskisRF 2020 -11Tomas FediakinasLF 2019Kaunas, Lithuania18Paulius Grybauskas RF 2019 -81Erminas GutauskasLF 2019Kaunas, Lithuania8Marius KrikštanaitisLF 2019Kaunas, Lithuania88Mykolas KubiliusLF 2020 -13Yevgeni LukinLF 2020 -51Mantas MarcinkevičiusLF 2019Elektrėnai, Lithuania17Ignotas RagasLF 2020Vilnius, Lithuania10Damir Shafeyev-F 2020 -16Nikita SvarjovsLF 2020 -68Makar TokarevLLW 2020Magnitogorsk, Russia15Jonas VikniusRF 2019Kaunas, Lithuania91Dovydas ZiukasLF 2019 -
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 2019–20 18 0 16 — 1 1 3 39 140 4th Playoffs cancelled
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