# 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.

## History

HC Panter were founded in 2001 by Rein Mölder and Olle Sildre, 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. 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.
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:
* 2004
* 2023 (Estonian champions, 2nd in league)

## Notable players

* Robert Rooba began his career at HC Purikad.