Tallinn HC Panter

HC Panter
HC Panter
City	Tallinn, Estonia
League	Eesti Hokiliiga; OHL
Founded	2001
Home arena	Škoda Ice Arena; (capacity: 500)
Colours	Red, black, white;
Head coach	Märt Eerme
Website	www.hcpanter.ee
Franchise history
2001–2006	HC Panter
2011–2015	HC Panter/Purikad
2015–present	HC Panter

HC Panter is a professional ice hockey team located in Tallinn, Estonia, and playing in the Eesti Hokiliiga and Latvian Hockey Higher League. They play home games at the Škoda Ice Arena in the Haabersti district.^[1]

History

HC Panter were founded in 2001 by Rein Mölder and Olle Sildre,^[1] and participated in the following years Meistriliiga. A few years later in 2004, the team won their first, and as of January 2021 only, Meistriliiga title, beating PSK Narva in the play-off final. For the 2005-06 season, HC Panter also participated in the 2. Divisioona, the Finnish forth tier, ultimately finishing in 4th place in the Uusimaa conference.^[3] Following their time in Finland, the team were inactive between 2006 - 2011. They returned to Meistriliiga in 2011 as HC Panter/Purikad after a merger with Tallinn-based junior team HC Purikad.^[4] The team ultimately reverted to the HC Panter moniker in 2015. HC Panter were again inactive in the Meistriliiga from 2016 to 2020, instead focusing solely on youth development.^[1] The team would again return to top flight for the 2020–21 season.

Roster

Updated January 18, 2021.^[5]

Goaltenders
Number	Player	Catches	Acquired	Place of Birth
1	Villem-Henrik Koitmaa	L	2020	Tallinn, Estonia
30	Semjon Solomanin	L	2018	Tallinn, Estonia

Defencemen
Number	Player	Shoots	Acquired	Place of Birth
2	Silver Kerna	L	2020	Tallinn, Estonia
14	Pätrik Linnumäe	L	2020	Tallinn, Estonia
16	Ilja Urushev	L	2020	Tallinn, Estonia
23	Sander Stetski	R	2020	Tartu, Estonia
26	Oleksii Lubnin	L	2020	Izhevsk, Russia
32	Igor Pervushin	L	2020	Kharkiv, Ukraine
65	Patrick Kookmaa	R	2020	Tallinn, Estonia
77	Saveli Novikov	L	2020	Tallinn, Estonia
82	Johannes Tammeorg	L	2020	Tallinn, Estonia
84	Aleksander Ebber	L	2020	Tallinn, Estonia

Forwards
Number	Player	Shoots	Position	Acquired	Place of Birth
4	Dmitri Lavrov	L	F	2020	Tallinn, Estonia
7	Paul Sillandi	L	F	2020	Tallinn, Estonia
8	Silver Vahtras	L	F	2020	Tallinn, Estonia
9	Ilja Grigorjev	L	F	2020	Narva, Estonia
9	Sergei Ivanov	R	F	2020	Tallinn, Estonia
10	Allan Saar	L	F	2020	Kohtla-Järve, Estonia
11	Marten Põldmets	L	F	2020	Tallinn, Estonia
12	David Baranek	R	LW	2020	Trnava, Slovakia
15	David Baranek	L	RW	2020	Trnava, Slovakia
17	Niklas Sildre	L	F	2020	Tallinn, Estonia
18	Kevin Parras	L	C	2020	Tallinn, Estonia
68	Aleksandr Bõstrov	R	F	2019	Narva, Estonia
81	Harry-Rein Tammesalu	L	F	2015	Tallinn, Estonia
86	Jaanus Sorokin	L	C	2020	Tallinn, Estonia
87	Daniil Tsarkovskyi	L	F	2020	Kyiv, Ukraine
90	Mihkel Võrang	L	LW	2020	Tallinn, Estonia

Season-by-season record

This is a list of seasons completed by the HC Panter.

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, OTW = Overtime wins, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime losses, L = Losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Season	GP	W	OTW	T	OTL	L	Pts	GF	GA	Finish	Playoffs
2001–02	10	6	0	1	0	3	13	55	44	3rd, Tallinn	Did not qualify
2001–02	10	2	0	1	0	7	5	44	56	6th, Final	Did not qualify
2002–03	20	11	0	1	0	8	23	93	75	3rd, Group B	Lost in Semifinals, 3–4 (HK Narva 2000)
2003–04	16	5	0	4	0	7	14	57	62	3rd, Meistriliiga	Champions, 2–1 (Narva PSK)
2004–05	16	8	1	2	1	4	29	72	46	2nd, Meistriliiga	Lost in Finals, 1–3 (Tallinn HK Stars)
2005–06	16	10	0	0	1	5	31	84	48	3rd, Meistriliiga	Lost in Semifinals, 0–2 (Tallinn HK Stars)
2011–12	16	11	1	0	0	4	35	75	64	2nd, Meistriliiga	Lost in Semifinals, 0–3 (Kohtla-Järve Viru Sputnik)
2012–13	16	5	0	0	0	11	15	95	80	4th, Meistriliiga	Lost in Semifinals, 0–3 (Tallinn Viiking Sport)
2013–14	20	7	0	0	0	13	21	94	105	4th, Meistriliiga	Lost in Semifinals, 0–2 (Tallinn Viiking Sport)
2014–15	16	5	0	0	1	10	16	51	79	4th, Meistriliiga	Lost in Semifinals, 1–2 (Narva PSK)
2015–16	14	5	0	0	2	7	17	57	53	2nd, Meistriliiga

Honours

Estonian champions:^[1]

2004
2023 (Estonian champions, 2nd in league)

Notable players

Robert Rooba began his career at HC Purikad.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Klubist - HC Panter" (in Estonian). HC Panter. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
^ "HockeyArenas.net". HockeyArenas.net. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
^ "HC Panter lõpetas Soome liigas neljanda kohaga" (in Estonian). Postimees. March 6, 2006. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
^ "HC Panter/Purikad". Eurohockey.com. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
^ "Mängijad ja treenerid - HC Panter". HC Panter. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
^ "Robert Rooba". EliteProspects. Retrieved January 18, 2021.

External links

Official website (in Estonian)

[klubist-1] "Klubist - HC Panter" (in Estonian). HC Panter. Retrieved January 18, 2020.

[2] "HockeyArenas.net". HockeyArenas.net. Retrieved January 18, 2020.

[3] "HC Panter lõpetas Soome liigas neljanda kohaga" (in Estonian). Postimees. March 6, 2006. Retrieved January 18, 2020.

[4] "HC Panter/Purikad". Eurohockey.com. Retrieved January 18, 2020.

[Roster-5] "Mängijad ja treenerid - HC Panter". HC Panter. Retrieved January 18, 2021.

[6] "Robert Rooba". EliteProspects. Retrieved January 18, 2021.

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