Lithuania men's national ice hockey team

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Lithuania
Shirt badge/Association crest
The Lithuanian away jersey badge features Vytis ("the Chaser") who is also featured on the Coat of arms of Lithuania. The home jersey features the Columns of Gediminas.
AssociationLithuanian Ice Hockey Federation
General managerAurelijus Kriščiūnas
Head coachRon Pasco
AssistantsArūnas Aleinikovas
Mindaugas Kieras
CaptainNerijus Ališauskas
Most gamesMindaugas Kieras (102)
Top scorerEgidijus Bauba (47)
Most pointsEgidijus Bauba (98)
Team colorsRed, black, white, gold
       
IIHF codeLTU
Ranking
Current IIHF24 Decrease 1 (28 May 2023)[1]
Highest IIHF23 (first in 2008)
Lowest IIHF27 (first in 2003)
First international
Latvia  3–0  Lithuania
(Riga, Latvia; 27 February 1932)
Biggest win
Lithuania  20–0  Luxembourg
(Novi Sad, FR Yugoslavia; 25 March 2002)
Lithuania  20–0  Iceland
(Novi Sad, FR Yugoslavia; 28 March 2002)
Biggest defeat
Latvia  27–0  Lithuania
(Riga, Latvia; 27 August 1996)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances20 (first in 1938)
Best result10th (1938)
International record (W–L–T)
83–126–10

The Lithuanian national ice hockey team is the national ice hockey team of Lithuania. The team is overseen by Lithuanian Ice Hockey Federation who is a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). Lithuania is ranked 24th in the IIHF World Rankings. They have never competed in Olympic Games.

World Championship record

  • 1938 – Finished in 10th place
  • 1954–1991 – Part of the Soviet Union national ice hockey team
  • 1993 – Not ranked (3rd in "Pool C" Qualification Group 1)
  • 1994 – Not ranked (2nd in "Pool C2" Qualification Group 1)
  • 1995 – Finished in 31st place (2nd in "Pool C2")
  • 1996 – Finished in 29th place (1st in "Pool D")
  • 1997 – Finished in 28th place (8th in "Pool C")
  • 1998 – Finished in 27th place (3rd in "Pool C")
  • 1999 – Finished in 27th place (3rd in "Pool C")
  • 2000 – Finished in 28th place (4th in "Pool C")
  • 2001 – Finished in 28th place (6th in Division I Group A)
  • 2002 – Finished in 30th place (1st in Division II Group B)
  • 2003 – Finished in 28th place (6th in Division I Group A)
  • 2004 – Finished in 29th place (1st in Division II Group B)
  • 2005 – Finished in 26th place (5th in Division I Group B)
  • 2006 – Finished in 19th place (2nd in Division I Group B)
  • 2007 – Finished in 26th place (5th in Division I Group B)
  • 2008 – Finished in 24th place (4th in Division I Group B)
  • 2009 – Finished in 24th place (4th in Division I Group A)
  • 2010 – Finished in 26th place (5th in Division I Group A)
  • 2011 – Finished in 25th place (5th in Division I Group B)
  • 2012 – Finished in 27th place (5th in Division I Group B)
  • 2013 – Finished in 27th place (5th in Division I Group B)
  • 2014 – Finished in 25th place (3rd in Division I Group B)
  • 2015 – Finished in 25th place (3rd in Division I Group B)
  • 2016 – Finished in 25th place (3rd in Division I Group B)
  • 2017 – Finished in 25th place (3rd in Division I Group B)
  • 2018 – Finished in 23rd place (1st in Division I Group B)
  • 2019 – Finished in 22nd place (6th in Division I Group A)
  • 2020 – Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[2]
  • 2021 – Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[3]
  • 2022 – Finished in 19th place (3rd in Division I Group A)
  • 2023 – Finished in 22nd place (6th in Division I Group A)

Roster

Roster for the 2023 IIHF World Championship Division I Group A.[4][5]

Head coach: Ron Pasco

No. Pos. Name Height Weight Date of birth Team
4 D Nerijus Ališauskas 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 82 kg (181 lb) (1991-06-06) 6 June 1991 (age 32) HK Spišská Nová Ves
5 D Jaunius Jasinevičius 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 93 kg (205 lb) (1996-07-09) 9 July 1996 (age 27) Kaunas City
7 F Ilja Četvertak 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) 75 kg (165 lb) (1997-07-07) 7 July 1997 (age 26) Hockey Punks Vilnius
8 F Paulius Gintautas 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 85 kg (187 lb) (1995-05-10) 10 May 1995 (age 28) Sparta Sarpsborg
10 F Aivaras Bendžius 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 95 kg (209 lb) (1993-01-26) 26 January 1993 (age 31) Kaunas City
11 D Kostas Gusevas 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 92 kg (203 lb) (1999-06-24) 24 June 1999 (age 24) Kaunas City
13 F Ugnius Čižas 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 80 kg (180 lb) (1995-08-31) 31 August 1995 (age 28) Fehérvár Hockey Academy 19
14 D Simonas Valivonis 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 74 kg (163 lb) (2006-12-07) 7 December 2006 (age 17) Energija Elektrėnai
15 D Matas Mikalauskas 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 82 kg (181 lb) (2002-05-21) 21 May 2002 (age 21) Energija Elektrėnai
18 D Mantas Stankius 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 91 kg (201 lb) (2000-08-28) 28 August 2000 (age 23) ESV Burgau
21 F Marijus Dumčius 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 78 kg (172 lb) (2004-01-29) 29 January 2004 (age 20) Sport U20
22 F Karolis Krasilnikovas 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) 73 kg (161 lb) (2001-01-24) 24 January 2001 (age 23) Energija Elektrėnai
27 F Eimantas Noreika 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 98 kg (216 lb) (2002-05-25) 25 May 2002 (age 21) Steinbach Steel Wings Linz
28 F Egidijus Binkulis 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 95 kg (209 lb) (2000-05-30) 30 May 2000 (age 23) Kaunas City
30 G Elvinas Karla 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 80 kg (180 lb) (1999-04-12) 12 April 1999 (age 24) Kovlands IshF
31 F Mark Kaleinikovas 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 85 kg (187 lb) (1998-12-31) 31 December 1998 (age 25) JKH GKS Jastrzębie
33 F Arnoldas Bosas 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 86 kg (190 lb) (1990-08-28) 28 August 1990 (age 33) Black Dragons Erfurt
50 G Mantas Armalis 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 90 kg (200 lb) (1992-09-06) 6 September 1992 (age 31) Leksands IF
51 D Edgar Protčenko 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 86 kg (190 lb) (1997-05-20) 20 May 1997 (age 26) Corsaires de Nantes
71 F Dovydas Laimutis 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 86 kg (190 lb) (2003-05-05) 5 May 2003 (age 20) Energija Elektrėnai
88 F Martynas Grinius 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 72 kg (159 lb) (2001-11-06) 6 November 2001 (age 22) Peliitat Heinola
97 F Emilijus Krakauskas 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 83 kg (183 lb) (1997-07-11) 11 July 1997 (age 26) Lausanne HC

All-time record

As of 10 February 2024[6]
All-time record against opponents
Opponent GP W T L GF GA GD
 Australia 3 3 0 0 20 7 +13
 Austria 2 0 0 2 5 11 –6
 Belarus 3 0 0 3 4 31 –27
 Belgium 2 2 0 0 19 4 +15
 Bulgaria 3 3 0 0 26 3 +23
 China 4 1 1 2 14 22 –8
 Croatia 15 11 1 3 56 32 +24
 Denmark 1 0 0 1 1 8 –7
 Estonia 35 15 1 19 138 134 +4
 France 4 0 0 4 8 24 –16
 Great Britain 10 5 0 5 25 35 –10
 Greece 1 1 0 0 20 1 +19
 Hungary 16 1 0 15 25 97 –72
 Iceland 1 1 0 0 20 0 +20
 Israel 1 1 0 0 7 2 +5
 Italy 3 0 0 3 5 15 –10
 Japan 10 2 0 8 19 45 –26
 Kazakhstan 5 0 0 5 6 41 –35
 Latvia 5 0 0 5 2 45 –43
 Luxembourg 1 1 0 0 20 0 +20
 Netherlands 16 4 5 7 44 54 –10
 New Zealand 1 1 0 0 21 2 +19
 North Korea 1 1 0 0 9 0 +9
 Norway 3 1 0 2 8 15 –7
 Poland 22 4 0 18 47 126 –79
 Romania 16 7 1 8 60 56 +4
 Serbia 6 6 0 0 37 8 +29
 Serbia and Montenegro 1 1 0 0 14 3 +11
 Slovenia 6 0 0 6 10 42 –32
 South Africa 1 1 0 0 16 1 +15
 South Korea 8 4 1 3 25 22 +3
 Spain 4 4 0 0 28 6 +22
  Switzerland 1 0 0 1 1 15 –14
 Ukraine 11 3 0 8 22 53 –31
Total 222 84 10 128 781 960 –179

Notable players

References

  1. ^ "IIHF Men's World Ranking". IIHF. 28 May 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  2. ^ Steiss, Adam (17 March 2020). "IIHF cancels Division I tournaments". iihf.com. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  3. ^ "IIHF – IIHF Council announces more cancellations". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  4. ^ "IIHF - Lithuania" (PDF). IIHF.com. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  5. ^ "Paskelbtas Lietuvos vyrų ledo ritulio rinktinės 23-ukas pasaulio čempionatui Notingame". hockey.lt (in Lithuanian). 27 April 2023. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  6. ^ "Lithuania - National Teams of Ice Hockey". nationalteamsoficehockey.com. Retrieved 14 March 2024.

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