# 2021–22 EML season

The 2021–22 EML season (also known as the Coolbet Hokiliiga for sponsorship reasons) was the 82nd season of the Meistriliiga, the top level of ice hockey in Estonia. The season began on 25 September 2021.

## Teams

| Team | City | Arena | Capacity |
| HC Everest | Kohtla-Järve | Kohtla-Järve Ice Hall | 700 |
| HK Kurbads | Riga | Kurbads Ledus Halle | 1,500 |
| Narva PSK | Narva | Narva Ice Hall | 1,500 |
| HC Panter | Tallinn | Škoda Ice Arena | 500 |
| Välk 494 | Tartu | Lõunakeskus Ice Hall | 600 |
| Viru Sputnik | Kohtla-Järve | Kohtla-Järve Ice Hall | 700 |
| Vipers | Tallinn | Tondiraba Ice Hall | 5,840 |

## Regular season
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Välk 494 | 24 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 172 | 83 | +89 | 43 | Qualification to play-offs |
| 2 | HK Kurbads | 24 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 143 | 78 | +65 | 36 | Qualification to play-offs |
| 3 | HC Everest | 24 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 139 | 81 | +58 | 32 | Qualification to play-offs |
| 4 | HC Panter | 24 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 103 | 90 | +13 | 29 | Qualification to play-offs |
| 5 | HC Vipers | 24 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 104 | 131 | −27 | 18 | |
| 6 | Narva PSK | 24 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 97 | 173 | −76 | 11 | |
| 7 | Viru Sputnik | 24 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 57 | 179 | −122 | 5 | |

### Results

| Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| Home | HC Panter | Välk 494 | Kurbads | HC Vipers | V. Sputnik | HC Everest | Narva PSK |
| HC Panter | – | 1–4 3–6 | 5–2 2–4 | 4–2 5–1 | 3–2 OT 5–0 | 3–5 5–2 | 7–3 10–5 |
| Välk 494 | 12–3 7–2 | – | 6–3 3–2 GWS | 10–3 10–2 | 10–1 13–5 | 8–5 4–3 | 13–5 8–1 |
| HK Kurbads | 4–2 5–2 | 6–3 8–4 | – | 3–4 GWS 5–1 | 8–4 12–3 | 2–6 4–6 | 7–5 12–2 |
| HC Vipers | 2–8 2–5 | 6–5 OT 4–7 | 2–5 4–7 | – | 12–3 12–6 | 9–5 0–5 | 12–6 1–4 |
| Viru Sputnik | 4–7 0–5 WO | 1–4 3–5 | 0–13 1–6 | 4–5 0–5 WO | – | 3–7 0–5 WO | 2–12 1–5 |
| HC Everest | 1–5 10–3 | 5–7 2–6 | 2–7 3–2 | 9–2 5–0 | 12–4 5–0 | – | 10–2 12–0 |
| Narva PSK | 3–5 4–3 OT | 5–8 4–9 | 4–9 4–7 | 3–10 7–3 | 5–6 3–4 GWS | 3–5 2–9 | – |
| OT - Overtime. GWS - Shootout. WO - Walkover. ||||||||

## Play-offs

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | Välk 494 | 2 | | | |
| 4 | HC Panter | 0 | | | |
| 4 | HC Panter | 0 | 1 | Välk 494 | 3 |
| | | | 2 | HK Kurbads | 0 |
| 2 | HK Kurbads | 2 | 2 | HK Kurbads | 0 |
| 3 | HC Everest | 1 | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | 3 | HC Everest | 0 |
| | | | 4 | HC Panter | 1 |

### Semi-finals

Välk 494 – HC Panter 2-0 :
| 26.03.2022 | Välk 494 | HC Panter | 7-2 |
| 27.03.2022 | HC Panter | Välk 494 | 1-6 |
| Välk 494 won the series 2–0. ||||
HK Kurbads – HC Everest 2-1 :
| 26.03.2022 | HK Kurbads | HC Everest | 5-4 |
| 27.03.2022 | HC Everest | HK Kurbads | 1-5 |
| 02.04.2022 | HK Kurbads | HC Everest | 2-1 |
| Kurbads won the series 2–1. ||||

### Finals

Välk 494 – HK Kurbads 3–0 :
| 06.04.2022 | HK Kurbads | Välk 494 | 2-4 |
| 16.04.2022 | Välk 494 | HK Kurbads | 4-2 |
| 23.04.2022 | Välk 494 | HK Kurbads | 3-1 |
| Välk 494 won the series 3–0. ||||

## Final rankings

| | Välk 494 |
| | Kurbads |
| | Panter |
| 4 | Everest |
| 5 | Vipers |
| 6 | Narva PSK |
| 7 | Viru Sputnik |