HC Panter is a professional

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team located in

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, Estonia, and playing in the Eesti Hokiliiga and Latvian Hockey Higher League. They play home games at the

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in the Haabersti district.

History

HC Panter were founded in 2001 by Rein Mölder and Olle Sildre, and participated in the following years

Meistriliiga Meistriliiga (, known as the A. Le Coq Premium Liiga for sponsorship reasons) is the highest division of the Estonian Football Association annual football (soccer), football championship. The league was founded in 1992, and was initially semi-p ...

. A few years later in

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

, 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 2. Divisioona (Finnish for ''2nd Division'') is the fourth highest league of ice hockey in Finland above 3. Divisioona and below Suomi-sarja The Suomi-sarja is Finland's third-highest ice hockey league. Suomi-sarja has 14 teams. Suomi-sarja ...

, the Finnish forth tier, ultimately finishing in 4th place in the

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conference. 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. 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. The team would again return to top flight for the 2020–21 season.

Roster

Updated January 18, 2021.

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''

Honours

Estonian champions:
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(Estonian champions, 2nd in league)

Notable players

Robert Rooba Robert Rooba (born 2 September 1993) is an Estonian professional ice hockey left winger who currently plays for JYP of the Liiga. Rooba also represents Estonia in international hockey competitions, serving as team captain. Playing career Roob ...

began his career at HC Purikad.

References

External links

* Sport in Tallinn Ice hockey teams in Estonia Meistriliiga (ice hockey) Ice hockey clubs established in 2001 2011 establishments in Estonia {{Europe-icehockey-team-stub