Fixtures
| Date | R | Home vs Away | - |
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| 01/07 17:00 | - |
HC Panter vs HK Prizma
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| 01/07 17:00 | - |
HK Zemgale/LLU vs HC Kyiv Capitals
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| 01/07 17:15 | - |
HK Mogo vs HS Riga
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| 01/07 17:30 | - |
Airwell-Energija vs HK Liepaja
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| 01/10 11:00 | - |
HK Prizma vs Airwell-Energija
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| 01/10 11:15 | - |
HC Panter vs HS Riga
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| 01/10 11:30 | - |
HC Kyiv Capitals vs Hockey Punks Vilnius
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| 01/10 15:00 | - |
HK Liepaja vs HK Zemgale/LLU
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| 01/11 11:30 | - |
HK Mogo vs Airwell-Energija
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| 01/14 17:15 | - |
HC Kyiv Capitals vs HK Prizma
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| 01/14 17:30 | - |
Airwell-Energija vs Cianci/Hurst
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| 01/15 17:00 | - |
HS Riga vs Hockey Punks Vilnius
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Results
| Date | R | Home vs Away | - |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/23 17:00 | - |
[4] HK Zemgale/LLU vs HC Panter
[7]
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5-3 |
| 12/22 16:30 | - |
[4] HK Liepaja vs HC Kyiv Capitals
[2]
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3-2 |
| 12/21 12:00 | - |
[7] HC Panter vs Vilniaus Hockey Punks
[8]
|
7-1 |
| 12/21 11:00 | - |
[6] Energija Elektrenai vs HS Riga
[9]
|
2-3 |
| 12/20 16:00 | - |
[7] HC Panter vs Vilniaus Hockey Punks
[8]
|
3-2 |
| 12/20 15:00 | - |
[4] HK Zemgale/LLU vs HK Prizma
[5]
|
8-3 |
| 12/20 13:00 | - |
[6] Energija Elektrenai vs HS Riga
[9]
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1-2 |
| 12/20 11:30 | - |
[2] HK Mogo vs HC Kyiv Capitals
[1]
|
3-1 |
| 12/18 17:30 | - |
[8] Vilniaus Hockey Punks vs HK Zemgale/LLU
[4]
|
1-5 |
| 12/18 17:00 | - |
[9] HS Riga vs HK Liepaja
[3]
|
2-7 |
| 12/17 17:45 | - |
[6] Energija Elektrenai vs HC Kyiv Capitals
[2]
|
1-4 |
| 12/16 17:00 | - |
[5] HK Prizma vs HK Mogo
[2]
|
3-8 |
HK Kurbads
HK Dinaburga
HK Olimp
Dynamo Riga
HK Lido
HK Olimpija
Wikipedia - Latvian Hockey Higher League
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. The league is competed by nine teams from Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and Ukraine. 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.
A number of players who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) have played in the league, including Latvians Kaspars Astašenko, Uvis Balinskis, Helmuts Balderis, Oskars Bārtulis, Kaspars Daugaviņš, Kristers Gudļevskis, Viktors Ignatjevs, Artūrs Irbe, Raitis Ivanāns, Mārtiņš Karsums, Aleksandrs Kerčs, Matīss Kivlenieks, Artūrs Kulda, Kārlis Skrastiņš, Pēteris Skudra, Jānis Sprukts, Artūrs Šilovs, as well as imports Darby Hendrickson, Konstantin Pushkaryov, Rob Schremp.