title: Aivaras Bendžius
text: # Aivaras Bendžius
  
  Aivaras Bendžius (born January 26, 1993) is a Lithuanian ice hockey player.
  
  Bendzius made his SM-liiga debut playing with Ilves during the 2012–13 SM-liiga season.
  
  ## Career statistics
  
  ### Regular season and playoffs
  
  | | | | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
  | 2009–10 | Energija Elektrėnai | Latvia | 17 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — |
  | 2010–11 | Energija Elektrėnai | Latvia | 31 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — |
  | 2011–12 | Energija Elektrėnai | Latvia | 34 | 21 | 17 | 38 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — |
  | 2011–12 | Energija Elektrėnai–2 | Lithuania | 15 | 16 | 16 | 32 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — |
  | 2012–13 | Ilves U20 | Jr. A SM-liiga | 21 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — |
  | 2012–13 | Ilves | SM-liiga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
  | 2012–13 | Energija Elektrėnai | Lithuania | 9 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — |
  | 2013–14 | Energija Elektrėnai | Belarus–2 | 46 | 28 | 19 | 47 | 71 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
  | 2014–15 | Energija Elektrėnai | Belarus–2 | 37 | 28 | 22 | 50 | 92 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
  | 2015–16 | Energija Elektrėnai | Belarus–2 | 24 | 17 | 12 | 29 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — |
  | 2015–16 | HDD Jesenice | INL | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
  | 2015–16 | HDD Jesenice | SIHL | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
  
  ### International
  
  **Junior – U18**
  
  | Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 2009 | Lithuania | WJC18 D1A | 5th | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
  | 2010 | Lithuania | WJC18 D1B | 6th | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
  | 2011 | Lithuania | WJC18 D2B | 3rd | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 |
  | U18 totals | U18 totals | U18 totals | U18 totals | 15 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 4 |
  
  **Junior – U20**
  
  | Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 2010 | Lithuania | WJC20 D2B | 1st | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
  | 2011 | Lithuania | WJC20 D1B | 6th | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
  | 2012 | Lithuania | WJC20 D2A | 2nd | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
  | 2013 | Lithuania | WJC20 D2A | 5th | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 25 |
  | U20 totals | U20 totals | U20 totals | U20 totals | 20 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 37 |
  
  **Senior**
  
  | Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 2012 | Lithuania | WC D1B | 5th | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
  | 2012 | Lithuania | OGQ | NQ | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
  | 2013 | Lithuania | WC D1B | 5th | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
  | 2014 | Lithuania | WC D1B | 3rd | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
  | 2015 | Lithuania | WC D1B | 3rd | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
  | 2016 | Lithuania | WC D1B | 3rd | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
  | Senior totals | Senior totals | Senior totals | Senior totals | 20 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 37 |
  