HK Kalev-Välk Tartu

Estonian champion out from league?

Kalev Valk Tartu, current Estonian champion, didn't appeared last Saturday in Tallinn to debut in 2012-13 Skoda League against Viiking Tallinn, citing financial problems. It's still unclear if Kalev will play the rest of the season. They lost the game 5-0 and was fined with 750 euro.

Awards in Estonia

After the end of championship, Estonian Federation announces League awards:
Top Scorer: Anton Nekrassov (Viru Sputnik)
Best goalkeeper: Joni Weckström (Kalev-Valk)
Best defender: Aleksei Petrovits (Viru Sputnik)
Best forward: Ilja Iljin (Kalev-Valk)
Best Coach: Anatoly Zaharov (Kalev-Valk)
Fair Play: Team Viking Sport Tallinn

Federation also announces national team assistant coach Aleksandr Gavrilenok won't be on Estonia's bench at upcoming World Championship in Iceland due to commitments in native Belarus. He will be replaced by Baltica Vilnius (MHL-B) assistant coach Aleksei Lozhkin

HK Kalev-Välk Tartu confirms title in Estonia

By beating Viru Sputnik Kohtla-Järve 5-3 in finals game #4, Kalev-Välk wins the series 3-1 and keeps Estonian Meistriliiga title. In the last game Kalev-Valk recovers from 1-3 winning the third period 4-0. Captain Ilja Iljin, scoring an hattrick, was the key player for Kalev recover. This is the 8th title for Kohtla-Järve club
In the bronze medal final Viiking Sport Tallinn captures third place winning 2-0 over Panter/Purikad

HK Kalev-Välk Tartu won Estonian regular season

Estonian Meistriliiga finished in last weekend with HK Kalev-Välk Tartu as winner of regular season. Current champion will face fourth seed Viiking Sport Tallinn in playoffs semifinal starting Saturday 11 March as favourite, while other pair between Viru Sputnik Kohtla-Järve and Panter/Purikad Tallinn seems more balanced. Viru Sputnik Anton Nekrassov finished as Top Scorer

Kalev-Välk Tartu will face White caps for Continental Cup qualification

The team promoted to next Continental Cup round will be the winner of Kalev Tartu - White Caps Turhout game, scheduled for sunday night in Ankara. Saturday Estonian comfortably win host Baskent Yildizlari 11-2. Forwards Ilja Iljin and Anatoli Jakovlev were the stars with 3 goals each.