Juniors Riga

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Juniors Riga
Greatest successes
  • Champion of EEHL 1997
  • Vice-champion of EEHL 1996
Club information
history Juniors Riga (1993–1997)
Juniors Essamika Riga (1997–2000)
Location Riga , Latvia
league EEHL , Latvian Ice Hockey League
Venue Rīgas Sporta pils
capacity 5,500 seats (including 5,000 seats)

The Juniors Riga were a Latvian ice hockey team that was founded in 1993 and took part in the East European Hockey League alongside the Latvian Ice Hockey League . In 1997, the team won the championship of this transnational Eastern European league.

history

The Juniors Riga was founded in 1993 and initially took part in the Latvian ice hockey championship . With the establishment of the East European Hockey League , the Juniors were accepted into this multinational league and were able to reach the runner-up in the first season. At the same time, the juniors reached the playoff semi-finals in the Latvian championship. A year later, the Juniors were in fifth place after the main round of the EEHL. In the quarter-finals the team first defeated Tiwali Minsk , in the semi-finals Polimir Navapolazk and in the final it met HK Sokol Kiev . In the final series of five games, the Juniors were able to defeat the Ukrainian team 3-2 and thus reached the EEHL championship.

With the victory in the EEHL, the Juniors qualified for the IIHF Continental Cup 1997 , in which they reached the third qualifying round.

Before the following season a new sponsor could be won, so that the team was renamed to Juniors Essamika Riga. The main round of the 1997/98 season finished the team in fourth place, the championship round was also finished in fourth place. Due to financial problems, the men's team stopped playing in 1998. A syndicate with LB Prizma Riga , which consisted mainly of junior players, took part in the Latvian ice hockey league under the name LB / Essamika / Juniors-82 Riga and came in fourth.

In the 1999/2000 season, the team returned as Juniors / Essamika Riga once again in the Latvian Championship and EEHL Division B before the club was finally dissolved. As a result, the HK Riga 2000 was created, to which many players of the Juniors switched.

Well-known former players

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ hockeyarchives.info, Ligue d'Europe de l'Est 1996/97
  2. ↑ hockeyarchives.info, Latvia 1998/1999
  3. ↑ hockeyarchives.info, Latvia 1999/2000