HC Kaunas City

HC Kaunas City is a professional ice hockey team located in Kaunas, Lithuania, which plays in the Latvian Hockey Higher League, the top tier of ice hockey in Latvia. The team plays its home games at Kaunas Ice Arena.
==History==
Kaunas City was founded in 2021 after the demise of Baltų Ainiai Kaunas and Kaunas Hockey teams. In the 2021–22 Lithuania Hockey League season, its debut season, the team finished in third place. For the 2022–23 season, Kaunas City, along with Energija Elektrėnai and Hockey Punks Vilnius, joined the Latvian Hockey Higher League. In the regular season the team finished in third place and in the playoffs were eliminated 3–2 by Dinamo Riga in the quarterfinals. After its elimination from the playoffs, Kaunas City played a best-of-five series against Energija Elektrėnai for Lithuania Hockey League championship, winning the series in three games, and also qualifying for the 2023–24 IIHF Continental Cup.
==Season-by-season record==
Season 	League	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Finish	Playoffs
2021–22	LHL 	20	12	1	2	5 	146	68 	+78	40	3rd 	Did not qualify
2022–23	OHL 	32	13	0	1	18	133	153	–20	27	6th 	Lost in Quarterfinals, 2–3 (DRG)
==Honours==
* Lithuania Hockey League champions – 2022–23
==References==
==External links==
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Category:Ice hockey teams in Lithuania
Category:Latvian Hockey League teams
Category:Lithuanian Hockey League teams
Category:Ice hockey clubs established in 2021