Lithuania national ice hockey team

Lithuania

The Lithuanian badge features Vytis ("the Chaser") who is also featured on the Coat of arms of Lithuania
Association Lithuanian Ice Hockey Federation
Head coach Bernd Haake
Assistants Arūnas Aleinikovas
Casey Fratkin
George Kingston
Captain Mindaugas Kieras
Most games Egidijus Bauba (88)
Most points Egidijus Bauba (94)
IIHF code LTU
IIHF ranking 26 Steady
Highest IIHF ranking 23 (first in 2008)
Lowest IIHF ranking 27 (first in 2003)
Team colors               
First international
 Latvia 3–0 Lithuania 
(Riga, Latvia; 27 February 1932)
Biggest win
 Lithuania 20–0 Luxembourg 
(Novi Sad, Yugoslavia; 25 March 2002)
Biggest defeat
 Latvia 27–0 Lithuania 
(Riga, Latvia; 27 August 1996)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances 17 (first in 1938)
Best result 12th (1938)
International record (W–L–T)
58–79–10

The Lithuanian national ice hockey team is the national ice hockey team of Lithuania, and a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. Lithuania is currently in 26th place in the IIHF World Rankings. They have never competed in Olympic Games.

World Championship record

Team

2015 World Championship roster

The following is the Lithuanian roster for the 2015 IIHF World Championship.[1]

Number Position Player Club League
2DJasinevičius, JauniusJaunius JasinevičiusSweden Grums IKDivision 2
3DKieras, MindaugasMindaugas KierasLithuania Energija ElektrėnaiBelarus 2
4DAlišauskas, NerijusNerijus AlišauskasKazakhstan HC AlmatyKazakhstan
5DVėželis, JustinasJustinas VėželisLithuania Energija ElektrėnaiBelarus 2
6FVisockas, ArtūrasArtūras VisockasLithuania Energija ElektrėnaiBelarus 2
7FNomanovas, DanieliusDanielius NomanovasLithuania Žalgiris VilniusMHL-B
9FBauba, EgidijusEgidijus BaubaNorway Bergen IHKNorway
10FBendžius, AivarasAivaras BendžiusLithuania Energija ElektrėnaiBelarus 2
11FPliskauskas, DariusDarius PliskauskasUnited Kingdom Peterborough PhantomsEPIHL
13FČižas, UgniusUgnius ČižasLithuania Žalgiris VilniusMHL-B
14FRybakov, EdgarEdgar RybakovBelarus HK LidaBXL
15FBosas, ArnoldasArnoldas BosasKazakhstan Gornyak RudnyKazakhstan
16FGintautas, PauliusPaulius GintautasNorway IK Comet Halden Norway
17FBogdziul, DanielDaniel BogdziulLatvia HK RīgaMHL
18FŽidkovas, AndrejusAndrejus ŽidkovasLithuania Energija ElektrėnaiBelarus 2
19FKumeliauskas, DonatasDonatas KumeliauskasUnited Kingdom Peterborough PhantomsEPIHL
21FBaltrukonis, MaurasMauras BaltrukonisRussia HK MVD TverMHL
22FKulevičius, DovydasDovydas KulevičiusLithuania Energija ElektrėnaiBelarus 2
23DKubilius, KarolisKarolis KubiliusLithuania Energija ElektrėnaiBelarus 2
25DAliukonis, RolandasRolandas AliukonisLithuania Energija ElektrėnaiBelarus 2
29GArmalis, MantasMantas ArmalisSweden Djurgårdens IFSHL
30GBaltrūnas, SimasSimas BaltrūnasLatvia HASC JūrmalaLatvia

Notable players

References

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