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Name
Latvian Optibet Hockey League

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Poster
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Established
1931 (94 years old)

First Recorded Event
2015-09-05

Current Season
2024-2025

Sport
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Ice Hockey

Location
Latvia

Gender
Male

TV Rights
US - Hockey TV [2021]

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Upcoming

08 Mar	HK Prizma Ri	-	HK Mogo	11:00am
08 Mar	Zemgale	-	HS Riga	3:00pm
12 Mar	HS Riga	-	HC Panter	5:00pm
12 Mar	Zemgale	-	Hockey Punks	5:00pm
15 Mar	Energija Ele	-	HK Prizma Ri	3:00pm
15 Mar	HS Riga	-	Zemgale	11:30am
15 Mar	Hockey Punks	-	HK Mogo	2:30pm
Results
05 Mar	HS Riga	2 - 6	Hockey Punks
04 Mar	HK Prizma Ri	2 - 5	Zemgale
02 Mar	Hockey Punks	1 - 8	HK Mogo
01 Mar	HC Panter	2 - 7	Zemgale
01 Mar	Hockey Punks	1 - 9	HK Mogo
26 Feb	HS Riga	4 - 14	HK Mogo
26 Feb	Energija Ele	1 - 8	Zemgale
23 Feb	Hockey Punks	4 - 3	HC Panter
23 Feb	HS Riga	1 - 3	Energija Ele
22 Feb	Hockey Punks	4 - 3	HC Panter

Description

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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