Tallinn 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]

HC Panter
City	Tallinn, Estonia
League	Eesti Hokiliiga OHL
Founded	2001 (2001)
Home arena	Škoda Ice Arena[1] (capacity: 500[2])
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

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 October 4, 2025.^[5]

Goaltenders
Number		Player
29		Georg Vladimirov
35		Hans-Kristjan Tisler
39		Eetu Nieminen

Defencemen
Number		Player
5		Hendrik Paul Laosma
8		Yegor Proskurin
11		Roland Luht
14		Dominic Luht
17		Niklas Sildre
21		Konrad Kudeviita
22		Rico Marder Brother
77		Savely Novikov
91		Vadim Vasyonkin

Forwards
Number		Player
10		Rasmus Swing
13		Nikita Puzakov
16		Rico Soots
18		Kevin Parras
19		Artyom Maslyonov
23		Nikita Fedorovich
26		Hubert Parras
43		Artyom Abelyanov
62		Andre Linde
73		Lenni Shoemaker
90		Mihkel Võrang
92		Maxim Lovkov
96		Akim Frolkov
97		Marten Põldmets
98		Artyom Timofeev

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
	10	2	0	1	0	7	5	44	56	6th, Final
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]