Latvijas Berzs Riga is an ice hockey team in

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. They play in the

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, and formerly played in the

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History

In the early 1960s was in the furniture manufacturing company, Latvijas Bērzs (today Latvijas Finieris), founded an ice hockey team. They participated first participated the Latvian SSR Championship in 1962. They won the Latvian Championship ten times in the 1970s and 1980s The club played in the Vtoraya Liga from 1974-1978, but were promoted to the

for two years (1979 and 1980) before they were again relegated to the Vtoraya Liga. After the Soviet Union broke up, the club participated in the now professional

. They won the league title in 1997.

Achievements

*Latvian SSR champion 1974, 1975, 1977-1980, 1983-1985internationalhockey.net
Latvian championships - All Time Results
*Vtoraya Liga champion 1978 *Latvian champion 1997

Season-by-season record

Notable players

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* Jānis Andersons *

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References

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