HK Mogo
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| City | Riga, Latvia |
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| League |
Latvian Hockey Higher League (2014–present) Latvian Cup (2015–present) |
| Founded | 2014 |
| Operated | 2014–present |
| Home arena | Mogo ledus halle, Riga, Brivibas street 335 |
| Owner(s) | Mogo Finance |
| Head coach | Olegs Sorokins |
| Captain | Sergejs Durdins |
| Championships | |
| Regular season titles | 1 (2014–15) |
| Latvian Hockey Higher League | 1 (2014–15) |
| Latvian Cup | 1 (2015–16) |
HK Mogo are an ice hockey team based in Riga, Latvia. They are members of the Latvian Hockey Higher League and also compete for the Latvian Cup. HK Mogo was founded in 2014 by Mogo Finance and joined the Latvian Hockey Higher League in the same year. The team won both the regular season title and the playoffs during their first season and as a result qualified for the 2015–16 IIHF Continental Cup. In 2016 HK Mogo joined the newly revived Latvian Cup after defeating HK Kurbads in the final. Two seasons team played their home games out of the Inbox.lv ledus halle, since October 2016 team has its own arena - Mogo ledus halle.
HK Mogo was founded in 2014 by the Latvian company Mogo Finance and joined the Latvian Hockey Higher League for the start of the 2014–15 season. Mogo finished their debut regular season in first place with 73 points, seven points ahead of the second placed HK Liepāja. As a result of their first-place finish in the regular season Mogo advanced straight to the playoff semifinals, bypassing the first round. In the semifinals Mogo came up against HK Zemgale who had defeated HK Prizma Riga in the first round. Mogo lost their opening game of the semifinals 0–1 however went on to win the next three in the best-of-five series and advance to the finals. For the finals the format changed to a best-of-seven series and Mogo's opponent was HK Kurbads who had defeated HK Liepāja in the semifinals to advance. Mogo again lost their opening game of the series before winning the next two. Kurbads leveled the series at two-all in Game 4 however Mogo won the next two games to claim the series and their first playoff title. As a result of winning the Latvian Hockey Higher League playoffs Mogo qualified for the 2015–16 IIHF Continental Cup where they entered in the second round. Mogo was drawn in Group B with CH Jaca, HDD Jesenice and Miskolci Jegesmedve. Mogo finished the round-robin Group B tournament in first place after winning all three of their games and advanced to the third round where they were drawn in Group D against HC Asiago, Herning Blue Fox and Yertis Pavlodar. Mogo failed to win any of their three games in the third round, finishing in last place and failing to qualify for the Super final round.
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