Meistriliiga_(ice_hockey)

Meistriliiga (ice hockey)

Meistriliiga (ice hockey)

Estonian ice hockey league

This article is about the Estonian ice hockey league. For other uses, see Meistriliiga (disambiguation).

The Meistriliiga (EML), also known as the Coolbet Hokiliiga for sponsorship reasons, is the top-tier ice hockey league in Estonia. The league consists of five teams from Estonia and two teams from Latvia.[1]

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History

The league was formed in the 1990–91 season. Since 1945–46, Estonian teams had participated in the Estonian SSR Championship. Prior to the country's annexation and incorporation into the Soviet Union, the Estonian Championship had been contested in interwar Estonia from 1934 to 1940. In the 2017–18 season, the league was known as the Nordic Power Hokiliiga.

Narva PSK has dominated the league at the outset, winning the first six championships and eight of the first 11 seasons. Since winning their first title in 1997, Tartu Kalev-Välk has been the most consistently successful team in the Meistriliiga since the league started, having won a total of nine championships. HK Stars claimed four titles in five years from 2005 to 2009.

Teams

Current teams

Locations of the 2022–23 Meistriliiga teams (Estonia)
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Former teams

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Title holders

Estonian Championship years

  • 1934: Tallinn Kalev
  • 1935: not played
  • 1936: Tartu ASK
  • 1937: Tallinn Kalev
  • 1938: not played
  • 1939: Tartu ASK
  • 1940: Tallinn Sport
  • 1941–1945: not played

Estonian SSR Championship years

  • 1946: Dünamo Tallinn
  • 1947: Dünamo Tartu
  • 1948: Dünamo Tallinn
  • 1949: Dünamo Tallinn
  • 1950: Tallinn LTM
  • 1951: Tallinn LTM
  • 1952: Dünamo Tallinn
  • 1953: Dünamo Tallinn
  • 1954: Dünamo Tallinn
  • 1955: Dünamo Tartu
  • 1956: Kohtla-Järve Kalev
  • 1957: Dünamo Tartu
  • 1958: Tallinn Kalev
  • 1959: Tallinn Kalev
  • 1960: Tallinn Kalev
  • 1961: Tallinn Kalev
  • 1962: Tallinn Kalev
  • 1963: Tallinn Ekskavaator
  • 1964: Tallinn Taksopark
  • 1965: Tallinn Tempo
  • 1966: Tallinn Ekskavaator
  • 1967: Narva Kreenholm
  • 1968: Tallinn Tempo
  • 1969: Narva Kreenholm
  • 1970: Kohtla-Järve HK Keemik
  • 1971: Narva Kreenholm
  • 1972: Kohtla-Järve HK Keemik
  • 1973: Narva Kreenholm
  • 1974: Kohtla-Järve HK Keemik
  • 1975: Narva Kreenholm
  • 1976: Kohtla-Järve HK Keemik
  • 1977: Kohtla-Järve HK Keemik
  • 1978: Tallinn Talleks
  • 1979: Kohtla-Järve HK Keemik
  • 1980: Kohtla-Järve HK Keemik
  • 1981: Tallinn Talleks
  • 1982: Sillamäe Kalev
  • 1983: Kohtla-Järve HK Keemik
  • 1984: Kohtla-Järve HK Keemik
  • 1985: Kohtla-Järve HK Keemik
  • 1986: Narva Kreenholm
  • 1987: Kohtla-Järve HK Keemik
  • 1988: Narva Kreenholm
  • 1989: Kohtla-Järve HK Keemik
  • 1990: Narva Kreenholm II

Meistriliiga years

Titles by team

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Notes
  1. ^
    Before 1999 as Narva Kreenholm, and 1999–2003 as Narva 2000.
  2. ^
    1952–1961 as Kohtla-Järve Kalev, 1961–1969 as Kohtla-Järve PK, 1969–1997 as Kohtla-Järve HK Keemik, 1997–2001 as Kohtla-Järve Central, and since 2004 as Kohtla-Järve HK Keemik.
  3. ^
    1994–2007 as Tartu Välk 494.
  4. ^
    2010–2014 as Viiking Sport.

Notes

  1. Kurbads won the league, but HC Panter became the Estonian champions.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    "Laupäeval algab Coolbet Hokiliiga uus hooaeg". eestihoki.ee. 16 September 2022.
  2. [2]
    "Eesti-Läti hokiliiga võitis HC Kurbads, Eesti meistriks tuli HC Panter". ERR. 9 April 2023.
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