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

22 Dec	HS Riga	-	Hockey Punks	11:30am
04 Jan	HK Mogo	-	Hockey Punks	3:00pm
05 Jan	HK Mogo	-	Hockey Punks	11:30am
08 Jan	HC Panter	-	HS Riga	5:00pm
08 Jan	HK Mogo	-	HK Prizma Ri	5:15pm
08 Jan	Zemgale	-	Hockey Punks	5:00pm
11 Jan	HS Riga	-	HC Panter	5:00pm
11 Jan	Hockey Punks	-	HK Prizma Ri	2:30pm
11 Jan	Zemgale	-	Energija Ele	3:00pm
12 Jan	HK Mogo	-	Energija Ele	11:30am
Results
21 Dec	HS Riga	4 - 5	Hockey Punks
21 Dec	HK Prizma Ri	1 - 6	Zemgale
14 Dec	Energija Ele	6 - 1	Hockey Punks
12 Dec	Hockey Punks	2 - 1	Energija Ele
08 Dec	HK Prizma Ri	6 - 2	Energija Ele
08 Dec	HC Panter	8 - 3	Hockey Punks
07 Dec	HC Panter	6 - 1	Hockey Punks
07 Dec	HK Prizma Ri	3 - 4	Energija Ele
07 Dec	HS Riga	1 - 6	Zemgale
04 Dec	HS Riga	1 - 7	HK Prizma Ri

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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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