Hockey School Rīga was founded on November 30, 1999, and is overseen in part by Riga City Council.

[1] As a result of this, the majority of the players on HS Rīga's Optibet Hockey League squad are teenagers.

HS Rīga have competed in the Latvian top tier, now called the Optibet Hockey League for sponsorship reasons, ever since.

[5] Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes These are the top five scorers in HS Rīga history.

[4] Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points Penalty minutes: Ričards Briška, 128