Team: | LB/Prizma Riga |
Colour: | Blue |
Colour Text: | White |
City: | Riga, Latvia |
League: | Latvian Hockey League |
Founded: | 1962 |
Arena: | Riga Sports Palace |
Name1: | Latvijas Berzs |
Dates1: | 1962-1995 |
Name2: | LB/Essamika |
Dates2: | 1995-2000 |
Dates3: | 1997-2002 |
Name3: | LB/Prizma Riga |
Dates4: | 2002- |
Name4: | HK LB 69 Riga |
Latvijas Berzs Riga is an ice hockey team in Riga, Latvia. They play in the Latvian Hockey League, and formerly played in the Pervaya Liga.
In the early 1960s was in the furniture manufacturing company, Latvijas Bērzs (today Latvijas Finieris), founded an ice hockey team. They participated first participated the Latvian SSR Championship in 1962. They won the Latvian Championship ten times in the 1970s and 1980s
The club played in the Vtoraya Liga from 1974-1978, but were promoted to the Pervaya Liga for two years (1979 and 1980) before they were again relegated to the Vtoraya Liga.
After the Soviet Union broke up, the club participated in the now professional Latvian Hockey League. They won the league title in 1997.
Season | League | GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF–GA | |
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1974/75 | Vtoraya Liga West | 52 | 17 | 7 | 28 | 41 | 211:240 | |
1975/76 | Vtoraya Liga West | 52 | 19 | 28 | 5 | 43 | 205:237 | |
1976/77 | Vtoraya Liga West | 52 | 25 | 19 | 8 | 58 | 253:190 | |
1977/78 | Vtoraya Liga West | 52 | 42 | 8 | 2 | 86 | 323:132 | |
1978/79 | 60 | 16 | 37 | 7 | 39 | 190:263 | ||
1979/80 | Pervaya Liga | 60 | 6 | 46 | 8 | 22 | 167:329[2] | |
1980/81 | Vtoraya Liga West | 60 | 34 | 24 | 2 | 70 | 281:256 | |
1981/82 | Vtoraya Liga West | 44 | 19 | 22 | 3 | 41 | 188:190[3] | |
1982/83 | Vtoraya Liga West | 52 | 20 | 30 | 2 | 42 | 212:265 | |
1983/84 | Vtoraya Liga West | 52 | 29 | 20 | 3 | 61 | 240:190 | |
1984/85 | Vtoraya Liga West | 52 | 19 | 23 | 10 | 48 | 194:208 |