2024–25 Meistriliiga (ice hockey) season
| 2024–25 Unibet Hokiliiga | |
|---|---|
| League | Meistriliiga |
| Sport | Ice hockey |
| Duration | 14 September 2024 – 28 March 2025 |
| Games | Regular season: 140 Postseason: 13 |
| Teams | 10 |
| Regular season | |
| Season champions | Tartu Välk 494 |
| Runners-up | Kohtla-Järve Viru Sputnik |
| Playoffs | |
| Finals champions | Tartu Välk 494 |
| Runners-up | Narva PSK |
The 2024–25 Meistriliiga season was the 85th season of professional ice hockey in Estonia. Due to sponsorship, the Meistriliiga was known as the 'Unibet Hokiliiga'. The regular season ran from 14 September 2024 to 2 March 2025 with Tartu Välk 494 finishing atop the standings. The postseason ran from 8 March to 6 April 2025. Tartu Välk 494 defeated Narva PSK 3 games to 1 for the league championship.
Membership changes
- HC Vipers Tallinn rejoined the league after being dormant since 2022.[1]
Teams
2024–25 Unibet Hokiliiga teams.
| Team | City | Arena | Coach |
|---|---|---|---|
| HC Everest Kohtla-Järve | Kohtla-Järve | Kohtla-Järve Ice Hall | Anatoli Dubkov |
| Kohtla-Järve Viru Sputnik | Kohtla-Järve | Kohtla-Järve Ice Hall | Vadim Bazura |
| Narva PSK | Narva | Narva Ice Hall | Ilja Iljin |
| Tallinn HC Panter | Tallinn | Haabersti Ice Hall | Mikko Mäenpää |
| HC Vipers Tallinn | Tallinn | Tondiraba Ice Hall | Bálint Fekti |
| Tartu Välk 494 | Tartu | Astri Arena | Alexei Bogdanov (ice hockey) |
Standings
Regular season
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tartu Välk 494 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 122 | 73 | +49 | 45 | Advanced to Semifinals |
| 2 | Kohtla-Järve Viru Sputnik | 20 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 103 | 72 | +31 | 38 | |
| 3 | Narva PSK | 20 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 128 | 84 | +44 | 38 | |
| 4 | HC Everest Kohtla-Järve | 20 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 114 | 102 | +12 | 32 | |
| 5 | Tallinn HC Panter | 20 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 76 | 82 | −6 | 24 | |
| 6 | HC Vipers Tallinn | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 52 | 182 | −130 | 3 |
Source: Standings
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points.
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points.
Statistics
Scoring leaders
| Player | Team | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yakov Naumov | HC Everest Kohtla-Järve | C | 20 | 25 | 30 | 55 | 8 |
| Maksim Berezhonov | Narva PSK | F | 17 | 25 | 27 | 52 | 4 |
| Oleksei Voytsekhovsky | Tartu Välk 494 | F | 19 | 14 | 27 | 41 | 20 |
| Kirill Iljin | Narva PSK | F | 15 | 8 | 32 | 40 | 109 |
| Mickaël Hébert | Kohtla-Järve Viru Sputnik | C | 19 | 17 | 21 | 38 | 42 |
| Nikita Kirillov | Narva PSK | F | 18 | 12 | 23 | 35 | 2 |
| Georgi Vassiljev | Narva PSK | F | 20 | 13 | 19 | 32 | 16 |
| Vassili Titarenko | Tartu Välk 494 | RW | 17 | 12 | 18 | 30 | 8 |
| Maksim Turovski | Kohtla-Järve Viru Sputnik | F | 18 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 8 |
| Oskar Levin | HC Everest Kohtla-Järve | D | 20 | 5 | 25 | 30 | 12 |
Leading goaltenders
The following goaltenders led the league in goals against average, provided that they have played at least 1/3 of their team's minutes.
| Player | Team | GP | TOI | GA | SO | SV% | GAA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniil Seppenen | Tartu Välk 494 | 13 | 544 | 25 | 0 | .910 | 2.76 |
| Sergei Andrejev | Kohtla-Järve Viru Sputnik | 10 | 535 | 25 | 1 | .918 | 3.14 |
| Hans Kristjan Tisler | Tallinn HC Panter | 10 | 428 | 28 | 0 | .876 | 3.65 |
Playoffs
Bracket
| Semifinals (best-of-5) | Championship (best-of-5) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Tartu Välk 494 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4* | 7 | |||||||||||
| 4 | HC Everest Kohtla-Järve | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Tartu Välk 494 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | - | |||||||||||
| 3 | Narva PSK | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | - | |||||||||||
| 2 | Kohtla-Järve Viru Sputnik | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Narva PSK | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 13 | Third Place | ||||||||||
| 2 | Kohtla-Järve Viru Sputnik | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| 4 | HC Everest Kohtla-Järve | 1 | |||||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
References
- ^ "HC Vipers Tallinn". HC Vipers Tallinn. Retrieved 13 September 2025.
- ^ "Estonia - 2024-2025". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 9 September 2025.