Kaunas Hockey

Kaunas Hockey is an 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 teams 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.
Goaltenders	Goaltenders	Goaltenders 	Goaltenders	Goaltenders	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	Defencemen	Defencemen 	Defencemen	Defencemen	Defencemen 	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	Forwards	Forwards 	Forwards	Forwards	Forwards	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
==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)
==References==
==External links==
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Category:Ice hockey teams in Lithuania
Category:Lithuanian Hockey League teams
Category:Established in 2017