Latvian Optibet Hockey League

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Established
1931 (94 years old)

First Recorded Event
2015-09-05

Current Season
2025-2026

Current Round

Sport
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Ice Hockey

Location
Latvia

Gender
Male

TV Rights
US - Hockey TV [2021]

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Upcoming
06 Dec	HK Mogo	1:00pm	Hockey Pu
06 Dec	Kyiv Capi	11:30am	Liepaja
06 Dec	Energija	11:00am	HK Prizma
06 Dec	HC Panter	4:00pm	Zemgale
07 Dec	HK Mogo	11:30am	Hockey Pu
09 Dec	HK Prizma	5:00pm	Energija
11 Dec	Hockey Pu	5:30pm	HK Prizma
14 Dec	HC Panter	2:30pm	Energija
16 Dec	HK Prizma	5:00pm	HK Mogo
17 Dec	Energija	5:45pm	Kyiv Capi
Results
03 Dec	Kyiv Capi	10 - 1	HC Panter
03 Dec	HK Mogo	7 - 4	Liepaja
03 Dec	Zemgale	8 - 1	HS Riga
30 Nov	Hockey Pu	2 - 4	Energija
30 Nov	HK Mogo	4 - 1	HC Panter
29 Nov	Energija	3 - 2	Hockey Pu
29 Nov	HK Mogo	2 - 1	HC Panter
29 Nov	Kyiv Capi	4 - 1	HS Riga
29 Nov	HK Prizma	3 - 5	Liepaja
26 Nov	Kyiv Capi	8 - 0	Hockey Pu

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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