Tallinn HC Panter

Tallinn HC Panter
City	Tallinn
League	Meistriliiga
Founded	2001
Colours
Head coach	Toivo Suursoo
Captain	Ilja Tšegotov
Website hcpanter.ee

Tallinn HC Panter is an ice hockey team based in Tallinn, Estonia. They are members of the Meistriliiga, the top flight of Estonian ice hockey league system. They have won one Meistriliiga championship since their founding in 2001. The club's home rink is the Škoda Arena.

History

Founded in 2001, HC Panter made its Meistriliiga debut in the 2001–02 season. The team won the league in 2004. In 2005–2006, the team also participated in the Finnish 2. Divisioona, the fourth tier level of ice hockey in Finland, finishing 4th.^[1] HC Panter was inactive from 2006 to 2011. In 2011, the team returned to Meistriliiga as Panter/Purikad after a merger with Tallinn based junior team HC Purikad.^[2]

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

Players

Current roster

Updated 31 October 2015.^[3]

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
32		Artjušin, AndresAndres Artjušin	D	L	18	2015	Tallinn, Estonia
24		Brandis, MaksimMaksim Brandis	F	L	27	2015	Tallinn, Estonia
34		Dõtskin, VladislavVladislav Dõtskin	D	R	21	2013	Tallinn, Estonia
7		Ermel, GeorgGeorg Ermel	F	L	17	2015	Tallinn, Estonia
10		Fedoruk, ArturArtur Fedoruk	F	R	24	2015	Tallinn, Estonia
67		Kork, OlevOlev Kork	F	R	18	2015	Tartu, Estonia
15		Kuusk, AndrusAndrus Kuusk	D	R	28	2014	Tallinn, Estonia
1		Leet, MarekMarek Leet	G	L	30	2014	Tallinn, Estonia
11		Levkovitš, AntonAnton Levkovitš	D	L	32	2015	Tallinn, Estonia
83		Lorenz, KristjanKristjan Lorenz	F	L	32	2011	Tallinn, Estonia
2		Luht, MeelisMeelis Luht	D	L	39	2011	Tallinn, Estonia
75		Mamadzhanov, NikolaiNikolai Mamadzhanov	F	L	20	2015	Tallinn, Estonia
8		Samorukov, MarkMark Samorukov	D	L	27	2015	Tallinn, Estonia
3		Savvov, IgorIgor Savvov	D	L	30	2015	Kohtla-Järve, Estonia
17		Sildre, PellePelle Sildre	D	L	39	2011	Tallinn, Estonia
71		Sillandi, PaulPaul Sillandi	F	L	32	2011	Tallinn, Estonia
13		Soo, Sten ErikSten Erik Soo	F	L	17	2013	Tallinn, Estonia
86		Sorokin, JaanusJaanus Sorokin (A)	F	L	30	2011	Tallinn, Estonia
30		Šumihhin, RomanRoman Šumihhin	G	L	24	2015	Yaroslavl, Russia
18		Tammesalu, Harry-ReinHarry-Rein Tammesalu	F	L	21	2015	Tallinn, Estonia
77		Urušev, IljaIlja Urušev	D	L	28	2015	Tallinn, Estonia
21		Valk, KristjanKristjan Valk	F	L	35	2014	Tallinn, Estonia
29		Virta, KarlKarl Virta	D	L	25	2014	Pori, Finland
90		Võrang, MihkelMihkel Võrang	F	L	26	2014	Tallinn, Estonia

Awards and trophies

Meistriliiga

• 2003–04

References

1. "HC Panter lõpetas Soome liigas neljanda kohaga" (in Estonian). Postimees.
2. "HC Panter/Purikad". Eurohockey.com.
3. "HC Panter" (in Estonian). Estonian Ice Hockey Association.

External links

• Official website of HC Panter