Latvian Optibet Hockey League

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Name
Latvian Optibet Hockey League

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Established
1931 (93 years old)

First Recorded Event
2015-09-05

Current Season
2024-2025

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Ice Hockey

Location
Latvia

Gender
Male

TV Rights
US - Hockey TV [2021]

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Upcoming

02 Nov	HC Panter	-	HK Prizma Ri	4:00pm
02 Nov	Energija Ele	-	HS Riga	1:00pm
02 Nov	Zemgale	-	HK Mogo	3:00pm
07 Nov	Energija Ele	-	HS Riga	5:30pm
09 Nov	Energija Ele	-	HK Prizma Ri	1:00pm
13 Nov	HS Riga	-	HK Prizma Ri	5:00pm
14 Nov	Hockey Punks	-	Zemgale	5:30pm
16 Nov	HC Panter	-	HK Prizma Ri	4:00pm
16 Nov	Zemgale	-	Energija Ele	3:00pm
20 Nov	Zemgale	-	HK Prizma Ri	5:00pm
Results
01 Nov	Energija Ele	4 - 3	HS Riga
30 Oct	HS Riga	1 - 4	HK Mogo
27 Oct	Energija Ele	1 - 3	HC Panter
26 Oct	Zemgale	1 - 4	HK Mogo
26 Oct	Energija Ele	3 - 2	HC Panter
26 Oct	Hockey Punks	8 - 5	HK Prizma Ri
22 Oct	HK Prizma Ri	7 - 0	HS Riga
19 Oct	Zemgale	1 - 2	HC Panter
17 Oct	Hockey Punks	1 - 6	Zemgale
15 Oct	HK Prizma Ri	6 - 3	HS Riga

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The Latvian Hockey Higher League (Latvian: Latvijas Virslīgas hokeja čempionāts), also known as the Optibet Hockey League (Latvian: Optibet hokeja līga) since 2017 due to sponsorship by Optibet, is the top tier league of ice hockey in Latvia currently comprising seven teams. Previously it was also known as the Latvian Open Hockey Championships (Latvijas atklātais čempionāts hokejā) and the Samsung Premier League (Samsung Premjerlīga) from 2006 to 2008. The league was established in 1931.

HK Liepājas Metalurgs, which played in the league between 1999 and 2013, has been the most successful team of the tournament, having won seven titles.

Several former National Hockey League players have played in the league, including Latvians Kaspars Astašenko, Helmuts Balderis, Oskars Bārtulis, Viktors Ignatjevs, Artūrs Irbe, Aleksandrs Kerčs, Jānis Sprukts as well as imports Konstantin Pushkaryov, Rob Schremp.

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