The 2023–24 Latvian Hockey League season was the 33rd season of the Latvian Hockey League, the top level of ice hockey in Latvia. This season was contested by nine teams – five from Latvia, three from Lithuania, and one from Estonia. The regular season started on 8 September 2023 and was scheduled to end on 28 February 2024, but ended on 29 February, after a game between Kurbads and HS Rīga on 17 February was postponed. The playoffs started on 2 March and ended on 4 April.
The playoffs format was changed for this season with top six teams in the regular advancing to the postseason. Two best teams directly qualified for the semifinals, while teams that finished from third to sixth played in a best-of-five quarterfinals series. In the semifinals and finals teams played in a best-of-seven series.
Zemgale/LBTU were the defending champions and lost the finals series in five games to Mogo/LSPA who won their third title. Linards Feldbergs of Mogo/LSPA was named the most valuable player (MVP) of the finals series.
Teams Team City 7bet-Hockey Punks Vilnius Airwell Energija Elektrėnai HS Rīga Riga Kaunas City Kaunas Kurbads Riga Mogo/LSPA Riga Panter Tallinn Prizma Riga Zemgale/LBTU Jelgava
Regular season
Playoffs
Awards
Players of the Month The league started to name three best players of the month starting with this season. Month First Star Second Star Third Star October Mārtiņš Porejs(Zemgale/LBTU) Mārtiņš Karsums(Zemgale/LBTU) Artūrs Ozoliņš(Kurbads) November Henrijs Ančs(Mogo/LSPA) Lauris Bajaruns(Mogo/LSPA) Tadas Kumeliauskas(Airwell Energija) December Rasmus Kiik(Panter) Ondřej Machala(Kaunas City) Mariuss Bajaruns-Galejs(Zemgale/LBTU) January Daniil Fursa(Panter) Denys Honcharenko(Kaunas City) Villem-Henrik Koitmaa(Panter) February Lauris Bajaruns(Mogo/LSPA) Deivids Sarkanis(Mogo/LSPA) Kristers Ansons(Mogo/LSPA)
Best players The league named five best players at the end of the regular season: Sergejs Žoltoks award (best forward) – Gints Meija (Mogo/LSPA) Kārlis Skrastiņš award (best defenceman) – Saveli Novikov (Panter) Uldis Opits award (best goaltender) – Henrijs Ančs (Mogo/LSPA) Elmārs Bauris award (top scorer) – Gints Meija (Mogo/LSPA) Aleksejs Auziņš award (best young player) – Olivers Mūrnieks (Mogo/LSPA)
References
External links
2023–24 Latvian Hockey League on eurohockey.com 2023–24 Latvian Hockey League on eliteprospects.com