HK Zemgale is an ice hockey team in Jelgava

Jelgava

-Sports:The city's main football team, FK Jelgava, plays in the Latvian Higher League and won the 2009/2010 Latvian Football Cup.- Notable people :*August Johann Gottfried Bielenstein - linguist, folklorist, ethnographer...

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Latvia

Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...

. They play in the Latvian Hockey League

Latvian Hockey League

The Latvian Hockey League is a professional ice hockey league based in Latvia. It is also known in Latvian as Latvijas atklātais čempionāts hokejā ....

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History

The club was founded in 2001, and in 2002 and took part in the Latvian Hockey League. Their affiliate, Hanza / Zemgale Jelgava participated in the Latvian Second League (Pirma Liga). In the 2002-03 season, the club took part in the Eastern European Hockey League

Eastern European Hockey League

Eastern European Hockey League was a regional ice hockey league which existed from 1995 to 2005.The league was formed in 1995 by Belarus, Latvia, Lithuania and Ukraine, to provide a higher-level competition for teams from those countries. In some years, the league also included teams from Poland...

 Division B. The club then took part in the Latvian Hockey League until they folded in 2005.

Notable Players

• Guntis Pujats
• Lauris Dzerins
• Aigars Berzins
• Edgars Lusins
  Edgars Lūsiņš
  Edgars Lūsiņš is a Latvian ice hockey goaltender, currently playing for Dinamo Riga of Kontinental Hockey League.-External links:*...