Darius Lelėnas

Darius Lelėnas
Date of birth	October 15, 1982
place of birth	Elektrėnai , Lithuanian SSR
size	186 cm
Weight	83 kg
position	striker
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
1995-2001	Energija Elektrėnai
2001-2002	Yantar Seversk
2002-2004	Energija Elektrėnai
2004-2008	HK Liepājas Metalurgs
2008-2009	HC Dukla Trenčín
2009	HK Liepājas Metalurgs
2009-2010	HK Brest
2010–2011	Peterborough Phantoms
2011-2013	Kongsvinger Knights

Darius Lelėnas (born October 15, 1982 in Elektrėnai , Lithuanian Socialist Soviet Republic ) is a former Lithuanian ice hockey player who last played until 2013 with the Kongsvinger Knights in the second-rate Norwegian 1st divisjon .

Career

Clubs

Darius Lelėnas began his career as a ice hockey player with the Lithuanian record champions Energija Elektrėnai , for whom he made his debut in the then East European Hockey League in 1997 at the age of 15 . In the 2001 season he won the Lithuanian championship with his club . The following year he played in the second Russian division with Jantar Seversk . After only one year in Siberia, he returned to his hometown and was again active for SC Energija, with whom he played in the neighboring and stronger Latvian league . He then moved to the top Latvian club HK Liepājas Metalurgs , for whom he competed in both the Latvian ice hockey league and the Belarusian extra league. After he had become both Latvian champion and top scorer of the league with the club from Courland in 2008 , the Slovak first division club HC Dukla Trenčín signed him . But before the end of the season he returned to Liepāja. He spent the 2009/10 season at HK Brest , for which he also played in the Belarusian extra league. He then moved back to the British Isles, where he played a year for the Peterborough Phantoms in the second-rate English Premier Ice Hockey League . From there he went to Norway after the end of the season, where he played with the Kongsvinger Knights in the second-class 1st division and in 2013 he was promoted to the GET league with the team . Then he ended his career.

International

For Lithuania, Pliskauskas already took part in the junior division at the U18-C European Championships in 1996 and 1998 and the European Division 1 of the U18 World Championship in 1999 and the U20-C World Championships in 1999 and 2000 as well as after the changeover to the current division system at the U20- Division II World Championships in 2001 and 2002 .

He made his debut in the Lithuanian men's national team at the World Cup in Division I in 2001 , when the Lithuanians could not hold the class. After relegation, he played the men's ice hockey world championship in 2002 and 2004 , when he was promoted, in Division II. As a result, he was on the ice in Division I in 2005 , 2006 , 2007 , 2008 , 2009 , 2010 and 2011 . He was the tournament's top scorer in 2005 and 2006. He also represented his colors in the Olympic qualification for the Winter Games in Turin 2006 .

Achievements and Awards

• 2001 Lithuanian master with Energija Elektrėnai
• 2002 Promotion to Division I at the World Championship Division II, Group B
• 2004 Promotion to Division I at the World Championship Division II, Group B
• 2005 top scorer at the World Cup in Division I, Group B
• 2006 top scorer at the World Cup in Division I, Group B
• 2008 Latvian master with the HK Liepājas Metalurgs
• 2008 top scorer in the Latvian ice hockey league
• 2013 promotion to the GET league with the Kongsvinger Knights

statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
EEHL main round	3	39	10	6th	16	95
Slovak Extraliga main round	1	39	4th	6th	10	8th
Belarusian Extraliga main round	4th	133	28	24	52	145
Belarusian extra league playoffs	1	4th	1	0	1	2

(As of the end of the 2009/10 season)

Web links

• Darius Lelėnas at eliteprospects.com (English)