Juodupė LRK

7 teams in next Lithuanian League

After the deadline for the applications to partecipate in next domestic championship, seven teams showed interest

Baltų ainių Kaunas
Hockey Punks Vilnius
SSM-2000 Elektrenai
Energija Elektrenai
Geležinio vilko Vilnius
Juodupės
Rokiškio

League lost three teams: Ober-Haus Vilnius, Lokių - Poseidono Elektrenai and current champion Delovaja Rus Kaliningrad.

Two new teams are SSM-2000 Elektrenai and Geležinio vilko Vilnius

Also Energija Elektrenai, after some years in Belarusian 2nd division is back in the domestic scenario. With the loss of Russian Delovaja Rus, the league will be formed only by Lithuanian teams

Delovaja Rus confirms title in Lithuania

Russian team Delovaja Rus Kaliningrad confirms the title of Lithuanian league won last year by beating 5-2 in the final, played in Elektrenai, Kauno Baltų ainių from Kaunas. Delovaja dominated regular season, losing one game at overtime and two by forfait. Player/coach Pavel Fominych is the top scorer with 68 points (36+32) in 21 games.
Juodupės LRK from the small town of Juodupė - 2000 inhabitants - won the bronze medal, the first ever title for the club - beating 7-2 Elektrėnų Lokiai-Poseidonas.

Individual awards:

Best goalie: Lukas Jakšys (Kauno Baltų)
Best Defender: Artūras Katulis (Juodupes)
Best forward: Konstantin Isaev (Delovaja Rus)
MVP: Jurij Aleksejev (Delovaja Rus)