SC Energija
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SC Energija is a Lithuania
Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...

n ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 team that plays 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 ....

. It is based in Elektrėnai
Elektrenai
Elektrėnai is a city of about 14,000 inhabitants in Lithuania; since 2000 it is the capital of the Elektrėnai municipality. It is situated between the two largest cities in Lithuania – Vilnius and Kaunas.-Name:Elektrėnai is the Lithuanian name of the city...

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History

The team was founded in 1991, and promptly won the first four Lithuania Hockey League
Lithuania Hockey League
-Group A:*SC Energija *SM Poseidonas *Sporto Centras *Kaliningrad Pioner -Group B:*Sparnai *LRK Kėdainiai *LRK Panevėžys *Sūduva *Velniai...

 championships, while not suffering a defeat in their first four seasons.

Energija joined the new 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...

 for the 1995-96 season, and struggled mightily, winning only 6 of their 28 games in their first season. They never did particularly well in the EEHL, their best finish being second in the B Group in 2002-03. In addition to the EEHL, they were given an automatic spot in the final in the Lithuanian Hockey League, winning the title in 1996, 1997, 1997, 1999, 2001, and 2003. Energija dropped out of the EEHL after the 2002-03 season, one year before the league folded.

They joined 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 ....

 for the 2003-04 season, and finished with a respectable 10-9-3 record, and lost in the semifinals of the playoffs. Things went downhill from there, they have never advanced past the quarterfinals since then, and finished with a 1-41 record in the 2007-08 season. Energija continues to dominate the Lithuanian League, winning it in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2011. They have won 17 of the 20 Lithuanian Championships, winning 17 of the 18 they participated in (DNP in 1999-00, and 2009-10). Their only final loss was in the 2001-02 season, 9-6 to Garsu Pasaulis Vilnius.

Latvian Hockey League

  • 2003/04: 4th place
  • 2004/05: 6th place
  • 2005/06: 7th place
  • 2006/07: 6th place
  • 2007/08: 7th place

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Lithuanian Hockey League

  • 1992: 1st place
  • 1993: 1st place
  • 1994: 1st place
  • 1995: 1st place
  • 1996: 1st place
  • 1997: 1st place
  • 1998: 1st place
  • 1999: 1st place
  • 2000: 2nd place
  • 2001: 1st place

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  • 2002: 2nd place
  • 2003: 1st place
  • 2004: 1st place
  • 2005: 1st place
  • 2006: 1st place
  • 2007: 1st place
  • 2008: 1st place
  • 2009: 1st place
  • 2011: 1st place

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