LITHUANIA
This red colored Lithuanian ice hockey national team game worn jersey above was used by the best goaltender the country has ever produced, Mantas Armalis. The jersey was used in 2023 Division 1 A World Championships in Nottingham, Great Britain.
Lithuania faced too strong opponents and despite his efforts Lithuania finished last in the tournament and were relegated to Division 1 B for 2024. Armalis played 4 games of which 2 wearing the red jerseys. The games were against Romania (L 2-3) and the host team Great Britain (L 0-3).
Armalis was born in 1992 and is 194 cm tall goalie and he has been playing in mostly in Sweden since 2007 when he joined one of the junior teams of the capital city Stockholm, Djurgården (which translates as 'zoo'). After the one season he moved 300 km northwest to town called Mora. There he played in U18 and U20 leagues and smelled the atmosphere of the men's Allsvenskan (2nd tier) as a backup goalie for few seasons before he got his first start in 2013-14 season. Before that he got experience on Swedish 3rd tier playing a whole season 2012-13 in Tranås AIF, the home of legendary Stiga table hockey and other Stiga products.
His first national team appeareance while wearing the Lithuanian jersey took place in 2009 U18 Division 1 WC where he was selected for the best goalkeeper of the tournament. Lithuania won only 1 game but still Armalis' SVS% was incredible 92,4 with the GAA 3.01. Armalis played all 5 games and he faced clearly the most shots among all the other goalies in the tournament, 198 and he allowed 15 goals behind him.
His debute in men's national team happened in 2011 Division 1 World Championships. Armalis played in 4 games but the opposition was too strong and Lithuania finished 5th winning only Estonia in the tournament to avoid relegation. This time his SVS% wasn't very high, only 87,5.
After that tournament Armalis have been clear number 1 goalie for Lithuania and his career in Sweden have also started to flourish. After successful season in Allsvenskan with Mora, he returned 2014 to the club in which he first arrived to in Sweden, Djurgården, which played in the top tier of Sweden, SHL (previously Elitserien). That was Armalis' first season in SHL and during the campaign he played 20 games plus 5 games in Champions Hockey League.
Strong performance in Sweden for Armalis was also seen in 2015 Division 1 group B World Championships in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. He made tons of great saves to keep Lithuania in the game when the forwards had troubles to score goals. Armalis stopped Great Britain in the final game of those teams and Lithuania won the game 3-2. Great Britain needed only 1 point to earn promotion and Lithuania needed 3 points to get bronze medals, which Lithuania did. Armalis was selected for the best goalkeeper of the tournament and it went to absolutely right person.
The design is heavily simplified compared with the shapes the previous jersey had. The knight riding a horse is now presented as a silhouette rather than detailed drawing.
The nameplate, sleeve sponsor patches and fight strap are sewn. All other numbers and crests are sublimated. The jersey is made by Tackla.
It was obtained from Lithuanian ice hockey federation.
Lithuania faced too strong opponents and despite his efforts Lithuania finished last in the tournament and were relegated to Division 1 B for 2024. Armalis played 4 games of which 2 wearing the red jerseys. The games were against Romania (L 2-3) and the host team Great Britain (L 0-3).
Armalis was born in 1992 and is 194 cm tall goalie and he has been playing in mostly in Sweden since 2007 when he joined one of the junior teams of the capital city Stockholm, Djurgården (which translates as 'zoo'). After the one season he moved 300 km northwest to town called Mora. There he played in U18 and U20 leagues and smelled the atmosphere of the men's Allsvenskan (2nd tier) as a backup goalie for few seasons before he got his first start in 2013-14 season. Before that he got experience on Swedish 3rd tier playing a whole season 2012-13 in Tranås AIF, the home of legendary Stiga table hockey and other Stiga products.
His first national team appeareance while wearing the Lithuanian jersey took place in 2009 U18 Division 1 WC where he was selected for the best goalkeeper of the tournament. Lithuania won only 1 game but still Armalis' SVS% was incredible 92,4 with the GAA 3.01. Armalis played all 5 games and he faced clearly the most shots among all the other goalies in the tournament, 198 and he allowed 15 goals behind him.
His debute in men's national team happened in 2011 Division 1 World Championships. Armalis played in 4 games but the opposition was too strong and Lithuania finished 5th winning only Estonia in the tournament to avoid relegation. This time his SVS% wasn't very high, only 87,5.
After that tournament Armalis have been clear number 1 goalie for Lithuania and his career in Sweden have also started to flourish. After successful season in Allsvenskan with Mora, he returned 2014 to the club in which he first arrived to in Sweden, Djurgården, which played in the top tier of Sweden, SHL (previously Elitserien). That was Armalis' first season in SHL and during the campaign he played 20 games plus 5 games in Champions Hockey League.
Strong performance in Sweden for Armalis was also seen in 2015 Division 1 group B World Championships in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. He made tons of great saves to keep Lithuania in the game when the forwards had troubles to score goals. Armalis stopped Great Britain in the final game of those teams and Lithuania won the game 3-2. Great Britain needed only 1 point to earn promotion and Lithuania needed 3 points to get bronze medals, which Lithuania did. Armalis was selected for the best goalkeeper of the tournament and it went to absolutely right person.
The design is heavily simplified compared with the shapes the previous jersey had. The knight riding a horse is now presented as a silhouette rather than detailed drawing.
The nameplate, sleeve sponsor patches and fight strap are sewn. All other numbers and crests are sublimated. The jersey is made by Tackla.
It was obtained from Lithuanian ice hockey federation.
This very rare team Lithuania game worn ice hockey national team jersey was used by forward Donatas Kumeliauskas in 2011 Division I World Championships in Kyiv, Ukraine. Lithuania finished the tournament in 5th positions after winning Estonia 5-2 in their final game of the tournament.
Lithuania used the green jerseys against Poland (L 1-5) and Great Britain (L 2-5). Kumeliauskas scored 1 goal and 2 assists in the tournament: all of them against Estonia.
His brother Tadas plays in Finnish SM-liiga for TPS Turku.
This jersey was one of the most difficult jerseys to acquire. Despite it's located near Finland and it's pretty good ice hockey country, it was a great suprise to me to find out how hard was it to get any contact to the hockey people there. I've seen some older versions of Lithuanian national team jerseys for sale once in a while but I had never seen a game worn version of this modern beaty. It took many years until I got the chance to purchase it.
The jersey has some minor wear in the sleeves, mostly board burns, and there's one puck mark near the neck area. The numbers and crests are all sublimated on to the jersey. The nameplate is sewn with individual letters sublimated on to it. The jersey is made by Tackla.
It was obtained from private collector from Lithuania.
Lithuania used the green jerseys against Poland (L 1-5) and Great Britain (L 2-5). Kumeliauskas scored 1 goal and 2 assists in the tournament: all of them against Estonia.
His brother Tadas plays in Finnish SM-liiga for TPS Turku.
This jersey was one of the most difficult jerseys to acquire. Despite it's located near Finland and it's pretty good ice hockey country, it was a great suprise to me to find out how hard was it to get any contact to the hockey people there. I've seen some older versions of Lithuanian national team jerseys for sale once in a while but I had never seen a game worn version of this modern beaty. It took many years until I got the chance to purchase it.
The jersey has some minor wear in the sleeves, mostly board burns, and there's one puck mark near the neck area. The numbers and crests are all sublimated on to the jersey. The nameplate is sewn with individual letters sublimated on to it. The jersey is made by Tackla.
It was obtained from private collector from Lithuania.
This is a Lithuanian ice hockey national team game worn jersey used by one of the best Lithuanian players, forward Tadas Kumeliauskas. The jersey was used in 2009 Division 1 World Championships hosted by Vilnius, Lithuania and 2010 Division 1 World Championships hosted by Tilburg, The Netherlands.
In 2009 Lithuania finished 4th behind tournament winner Kazakhstan and runner-ups Slovenia and Japan. Lithuania managed to win 5th placed Croatia 7-2 and relegated Australia 9-3. Lithuania used white jerseys against Slovenia (L 2-8), Australia and Japan (L 1-5). Tadas collected 4 assists in the tournament. Reference photo from the tournament is on the left side.
In 2010 Lithuania didn't do as well as playing in front of passionate home crowd. Lithuania won only newly-promoted Serbia and finished sencond-to-last, 5th. Lithuania used white jerseys in games against Ukraine (L 5-12), Austria (L 2-6), Serbia (W 10-4) and Japan (L 1-7). For Tadas himself, the tournament was much better than year before. He scored 5+4=9 points and took 33 penalty minutes. Tadas scored 2+2 against Serbia and scored the game winning goal and that victory saved Lithuania from relegation.
The 1990-born big-sized forward has been big part of different Lithuanian national teams for long time. He played in his first U18 WC tournament in 2005 when he was only 14 years old. He have played in 4 U18 World Championships, 4 U20 World Championships and in 3 men's World Championships, of which the 2010 tournament is the most recent.
After the 2010 World Championships, Tadas got a contract to Kazakhstan league for a team called Arystan Temirtau. He played 3 seasons in Borat-league after he got a try-out to Finnish SM-liiga team TPS Turku. Former TPS-player Miika Elomo played also in Arystan in 2012-13 season and he suggested TPS to take Tadas to try-out. Elektrenai-born forward convinced coaches of TPS and he has played in southwest located team ever since.
As you probably noticed above, there is displayed Tadas' brother Donatas' national team jersey. This is my collection's first pair of brothers' jerseys.
There is light wear on the sleeves. The jersey was obtained from Lithuania.
In 2009 Lithuania finished 4th behind tournament winner Kazakhstan and runner-ups Slovenia and Japan. Lithuania managed to win 5th placed Croatia 7-2 and relegated Australia 9-3. Lithuania used white jerseys against Slovenia (L 2-8), Australia and Japan (L 1-5). Tadas collected 4 assists in the tournament. Reference photo from the tournament is on the left side.
In 2010 Lithuania didn't do as well as playing in front of passionate home crowd. Lithuania won only newly-promoted Serbia and finished sencond-to-last, 5th. Lithuania used white jerseys in games against Ukraine (L 5-12), Austria (L 2-6), Serbia (W 10-4) and Japan (L 1-7). For Tadas himself, the tournament was much better than year before. He scored 5+4=9 points and took 33 penalty minutes. Tadas scored 2+2 against Serbia and scored the game winning goal and that victory saved Lithuania from relegation.
The 1990-born big-sized forward has been big part of different Lithuanian national teams for long time. He played in his first U18 WC tournament in 2005 when he was only 14 years old. He have played in 4 U18 World Championships, 4 U20 World Championships and in 3 men's World Championships, of which the 2010 tournament is the most recent.
After the 2010 World Championships, Tadas got a contract to Kazakhstan league for a team called Arystan Temirtau. He played 3 seasons in Borat-league after he got a try-out to Finnish SM-liiga team TPS Turku. Former TPS-player Miika Elomo played also in Arystan in 2012-13 season and he suggested TPS to take Tadas to try-out. Elektrenai-born forward convinced coaches of TPS and he has played in southwest located team ever since.
As you probably noticed above, there is displayed Tadas' brother Donatas' national team jersey. This is my collection's first pair of brothers' jerseys.
There is light wear on the sleeves. The jersey was obtained from Lithuania.