HK Kurbads
| City | Riga, Latvia |
|---|---|
| League |
Latvian Hockey Higher League (2013–present) Latvian Cup (2015–present) |
| Founded | 1996 |
| Home arena | Kurbads Ledus Halle, Riga |
| Colours | |
| Owner(s) | Andis Pikans |
| Head coach | Aleksandrs Macijevskis |
| Captain | Toms Bluks |
| Website | hkkurbads.lv |
| Championships | |
| Regular season titles | 1 (2013–14) |
| Latvian Hockey Higher League | 2 (2016–17, 2017-18) |
HK Kurbads is a ice hockey team based in Riga, Latvia. It is a member of the Latvian Hockey Higher League and also compete for the Latvian Cup, winning Latvian Hockey League in 2016–17 and 2017–18 season. Team played it's home games at Vidzemes Ledus Halle in Ogre until 2017 when the new arena was built in Rumbula, Riga.
HK Kurbads was founded by Andis Pikans, Janis Siraks and Gints Zviedritis in 1996 as an amateur team and played in various amateur championships until 2013 when they joined Latvian Hockey Higher League. Team started playing it's home games at Ogre.
In their debut season, as several stronger players joined the team they won regular season, yet lost in the play-off final to HK Prizma.
For 2014-15 season team were joined by players like Rodrigo Laviņš and Aleksandrs Macijevskis and desipe finishing only 3rd on regular season, they reached finals again, just to lose HK Mogo in series 2 to 4.
In 2016 team reached finals for the third time and this time lost to HK Liepāja in series 3 to 4. As that being first time in History for Latvian Hockey League finals requiring all 7 games to decide the winner. As for 2015-16 Latvian Cup was resurrected Kurbads managed to reach finals, where they lost to HK Mogo.
In 2017 Kurbads reached finals for the 4th time and this time losing 0 to 3 games in series, managed to come back and win against HK Mogo, therefore winning their first championship and qualifying for next seasons IIHF Continental Cup. In Latvian Cup they reached finals and lost to HK Mogo for the second time 2:3 OT.
In next season they debuted in IIHF Continental Cup by winning all 3 games in Group B at home, but falling short in next round by narrowly losing, in what was then deciding game, to Sheffield Steelers with score 2-4 and thus finnishing 3rd in group and failing to advance. In Latvian Cup they reached finals again, yet lost once again in a thrilling game to HK Mogo 2:3 OT. In league, despite finishing regular season in 3rd place, they managed to sweep the finals against HK Zemgale to win second year in a row.
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