HS Rīga () is a Latvian professional

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team that plays in the

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, the top tier of the sport in Latvia. The team is based in

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and play their home games at the Hokeja halle Riga.

History

Hockey School Rīga was founded on November 30, 1999, and is overseen in part by

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. As a hockey school, players undertake educational classes as well as hockey training; to this end HS Rīga has a boarding school attached to their training facility. As a result of this, the majority of the players on HS Rīga's Optibet Hockey League squad are teenagers. The schools first organised team competed under the name 'SK Rīga 18' in the 2004-05 LHL season, where they finished in last place. It wasn't until the 2008-09 season that the school fielded another side, this time finishing in 7th, whilst also competing in the Latvian U20's league, where they finished 3rd. Between 2009-2014 the school exclusively fielded teams in a range of U18 and U20 leagues, including the Belarusian U18 league, which they won in 2011. Beginning in the 2015-16 season, under the moniker HS Rīga, the team again competed in Latvia's top tier, finishing 6th out of 7 teams. HS Rīga have competed in the Latvian top tier, now called the Optibet Hockey League for sponsorship reasons, ever since. Their best finish was 5th place in both

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, however, they have so far been unable to advance past the quarter-finals in post-season play. In addition to their senior, HS Rīga also field a number of junior sides, from U9 up to U17, as well as a team in the JAHL, the Junior Development Hockey League.

Roster

Updated February 5, 2021.

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''

Team records

Career

These are the top five scorers in HS Rīga history. ''Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points Penalty minutes: Ričards Briška, 128

Season

Regular season

* Most goals in a season:

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, 60 (2010–11) * Most assists in a season:

, 47 (2010–11) * Most points in a season:

, 107 (2010–11) * Most penalty minutes in a season: Aldis Popens, 119 (2007–08)

Playoffs

* Most goals in a playoff season: Oļegs Šišļaņņikovs, 3 (2016–17) * Most assists in a playoff season: Oļegs Šišļaņņikovs, 3 (2016–17) * Most points in a playoff season: Oļegs Šišļaņņikovs, 6 (2016–17) * Most penalty minutes in a playoff season: Aleksejs Popovs, 22 (2015–16)

Notable players

Rihards Bukarts Rihards Bukarts (born 31 December 1995) is a Latvian professional ice hockey Forward (ice hockey), forward. He is currently playing for HC Vitkovice in the Czech Extraliga (ELH). Bukarts was selected 9th overall in the 2012 KHL Junior Draft by t ...

Miks Indrašis Miks Indrašis (born 30 September 1990) is a Latvian professional ice hockey forward who most recently played for Brynäs IF in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). Playing career Junior Indrašis began playing hockey in Latvian minor and youth lea ...

Gints Meija Gints Meija (born September 4, 1987) is a Latvian professional ice hockey winger currently playing for Dinamo Riga of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He previously played for EHC Black Wings Linz of the Austrian Hockey League The ICE H ...

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:HS Riga Ice hockey clubs established in 1999 Latvian Hockey League teams 1999 establishments in Latvia Sport in Riga Ice hockey teams in Latvia