Latvian Optibet Hockey League

Home / Sport / Ice Hockey / Latvian Optibet Hockey League

Name
Latvian Optibet Hockey League

Badge

Poster

Established
1931 (93 years old)

First Recorded Event
2015-09-05

Current Season
2024-2025

Sport
Sport Icon

Ice Hockey

Location
Latvia

Gender
Male

TV Rights
US - Hockey TV [2021]

Logo

Upcoming

21 Nov	Hockey Punks	-	HS Riga	5:30pm
23 Nov	HK Mogo	-	HK Prizma Ri	11:30am
24 Nov	Hockey Punks	-	Energija Ele	5:30pm
27 Nov	Energija Ele	-	Zemgale	5:30pm
27 Nov	HC Panter	-	HK Mogo	5:00pm
30 Nov	HK Prizma Ri	-	Hockey Punks	11:00am
30 Nov	HS Riga	-	Energija Ele	5:00pm
01 Dec	HS Riga	-	Energija Ele	11:30am
04 Dec	HC Panter	-	Zemgale	5:00pm
04 Dec	HS Riga	-	HK Prizma Ri	5:00pm
Results
20 Nov	Zemgale	5 - 3	HK Prizma Ri
16 Nov	HC Panter	3 - 2	HK Prizma Ri
16 Nov	Zemgale	5 - 3	Energija Ele
14 Nov	Hockey Punks	2 - 6	Zemgale
13 Nov	HS Riga	1 - 3	HK Prizma Ri
09 Nov	Energija Ele	6 - 4	HK Prizma Ri
07 Nov	Energija Ele	2 - 4	HS Riga
02 Nov	Energija Ele	0 - 4	HS Riga
02 Nov	HC Panter	1 - 6	HK Prizma Ri
02 Nov	Zemgale	1 - 2	HK Mogo

Description
Available in:

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.

Seasons