When was the Erste Liga founded?

The Erste Liga was founded in 2008.

How many teams play in the Erste Liga?

The Erste Liga currently consists of 10 teams.

Which country is the Erste Liga based in?

The Erste Liga is based in Hungary.

Who won the most recent Erste Liga championship?

Gyergyói HK won the most recent Erste Liga championship in 2026.

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League naming history:

2017 - currentErste Liga
2008 - 2017MOL Liga

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2026-2027 Season

CSM Corona Brasov lead the 2026-27 Erste Liga standings with 16 points. DVTK Jegesmedvék (14 points) and UTE (12 points) follow.

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2026-2027 Erste Liga Standings

#	Team	GP	W	T	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	+/-	TP	PPG	Postseason
1.	CSM Corona Brasov	6	5	-	0	0	1	20	10	10	16	2.67	-
2.	DVTK Jegesmedvék	6	3	-	0	2	1	20	13	7	14	2.33	-
3.	UTE	7	4	-	3	0	0	33	19	14	12	1.71	-
4.	Gyergyói HK	7	3	-	2	1	1	21	12	9	12	1.71	-
5.	Budapest Jégkorong Akadémia HC	6	3	-	2	1	0	21	13	8	11	1.83	-
6.	DEAC	5	3	-	1	0	1	17	14	3	10	2.00	-
7.	SC Csíkszereda	6	2	-	2	1	1	19	23	-4	9	1.50	-
8.	Háromszéki Ágyúsok	5	1	-	3	1	0	14	17	-3	5	1.00	-
9.	Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák	6	0	-	5	0	1	6	32	-26	1	0.17	-
10.	Fehérvár Hockey Academy 19	6	0	-	6	0	0	14	32	-18	0	0.00	-

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2026-2027 Erste Liga Player Stats

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
1.	Filip Vasko (F)	7	3	9	12	4
2.	Tihamer Becze (F)	6	8	2	10	4
3.	Christopher Bodó (F)	7	8	2	10	0
4.	Julius Valtonen (F)	7	4	6	10	4
5.	Roman Zitny (F)	7	5	4	9	0

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2026-2027 Erste Liga Goalie Stats

#	Player	GP	GAA	SVP
1.	Rasmus Rinne (G)	4	0.88	.958
2.	Attila Adorjan (G)	5	1.58	.940
3.	Roland Farkas (G)	6	1.99	.937
4.	Tamás Antek (G)	2	1.45	.929
5.	Patrik Csala (G)	4	2.16	.925

Erste Liga Stories

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2026-2027 Erste Liga Demographics

Erste Liga Games

date	home	visiting	score
10/08/2026 03:30 PM UTC	CSM Corona Brasov	Budapest Jégkorong Akadémia HC	-
10/04/2026 04:00 PM UTC	DVTK Jegesmedvék	DEAC	4 - 3 (SO)
10/04/2026 03:30 PM UTC	Fehérvár Hockey Academy 19	UTE	3 - 9
10/04/2026 03:00 PM UTC	Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák	Budapest Jégkorong Akadémia HC	2 - 6
10/04/2026 02:30 PM UTC	CSM Corona Brasov	Gyergyói HK	3 - 1

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Erste Liga Transactions

Erste Liga — Transactions
Date	Status	Player	From	To	Source
10/06/2026	Confirmed	Kamill Pinczés (D)	Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák	DUE-Angels	Details
10/06/2026	Confirmed	Dominik Leitgieb (G)	Fehérvár Hockey Academy 19	DUE-Angels	Details
10/06/2026	Confirmed	Nandor Banga (F)	Budapest Jégkorong Akadémia HC	Vasas SC	Details
10/06/2026	Confirmed	Milan Mura (D)	DVTK Jegesmedvék	Tisza Volán	Details
10/06/2026	Confirmed	József Pásztor (F)	Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák	Tisza Volán	Details

2026-2027 Erste Liga Free Agents

Team	Player
UTE	Anthony Luciani (F)
DEAC	Yevgeni Mozer (F)
CSM Corona Brasov	Albert Zagidullin (F)
Budapest Jégkorong Akadémia HC	Valentin Razumnyak (F)
DVTK Jegesmedvék	Colin Doyle (F)

2027-2028 Erste Liga Free Agents

Team	Player
UTE	Filip Vasko (F)
SC Csíkszereda	Tihamer Becze (F)
Gyergyói HK	Christopher Bodó (F)
UTE	Julius Valtonen (F)
UTE	Roman Zitny (F)

Player Nationalities Throughout History

Erste Liga Team Comparison (Averages)

#	Team	Players	Experience	Height	Weight	Age
1.	Budapest Jégkorong Akadémia HC	31	3 634	6'1"	187 lbs	23.68
2.	CSM Corona Brasov	27	9 229	6'0"	185 lbs	28.52
3.	DEAC	24	3 325	6'0"	183 lbs	25.79
4.	DVTK Jegesmedvék	22	2 684	5'11"	179 lbs	25.14
5.	Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák	27	735	5'11"	176 lbs	24.11
6.	Fehérvár Hockey Academy 19	27	979	5'11"	170 lbs	20.70
7.	Gyergyói HK	28	6 664	6'0"	181 lbs	24.39
8.	Háromszéki Ágyúsok	28	5 198	5'11"	176 lbs	27.54
9.	SC Csíkszereda	28	9 256	6'0"	179 lbs	25.93
10.	UTE	27	2 734	6'0"	181 lbs	25.30

Team Comparison History

Erste Liga Interesting Facts

Oldest
1.	Sergei Paior	42 yrs
2.	Yevgeni Skachkov	42 yrs
3.	Pavlo Borysenko	39 yrs
4.	Shane Heffernan	39 yrs
5.	Keegan Dansereau	38 yrs

Tallest
1.	Tamás Láday	6'7"
2.	Viktor Dominik Szécsi	6'6"
3.	Zsombor Keresztes	6'5"
4.	Calin Mardale	6'5"
5.	Andrey Simonchyk	6'5"

Heaviest
1.	Balint Molnar	227 lbs
2.	Vilmos Czina	220 lbs
3.	Kyle Heffernan	220 lbs
4.	Levente Karo	220 lbs
5.	Tamás Láday	220 lbs

Youngest
1.	Csongor Kiss	16 yrs
2.	Tamas Kuti	16 yrs
3.	Bertalan Joo	17 yrs
4.	Milán Kemeny-Savovic	17 yrs
5.	Nandor Spisak	17 yrs

Shortest
1.	Tamás Ilyés	5'7"
2.	Matias Haaranen	5'7"
3.	Arnold László	5'7"
4.	Miklos Mathe	5'7"
5.	Robert Szekeres	5'7"

Lightest
1.	Aron Balogh	123 lbs
2.	Miklos Mathe	139 lbs
3.	Tamás Ilyés	141 lbs
4.	Mate Attila Varga	141 lbs
5.	Krisztian Erdei	143 lbs

Where Are They Now?

Played in the league during season

#	player	season	team	league	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
1.	Janne Laakkonen (F)	2026-2027	Peterborough Phantoms	NIHL	6	2	10	12	0
2.	Atte Karppinen (F)	2026-2027	Frederikshavn White Hawks	Metal Ligaen	10	6	5	11	4
3.	Alexander Peresunko (F)	2026-2027	Zaglebie Sosnowiec	PHL	7	6	4	10	0
4.	Matic Podlipnik (D)	2026-2027	Kitzbüheler EC	Alps Hockey League	5	4	6	10	4
5.	Michael Keränen (F)	2026-2027	Tölzer Löwen	Oberliga	6	3	7	10	4
6.	Leo Ring (F)	2026-2027	Frederikshavn White Hawks	Metal Ligaen	10	3	7	10	0
7.	Jan Dalecký (F)	2026-2027	HC Baník Sokolov	1. liga	11	3	7	10	2
8.	Niki Koskinen (F)	2026-2027	Peliitat	II-divisioona	5	5	4	9	0
9.	Pauls Svars (D)	2026-2027	Kyiv Capitals	Latvia	7	0	9	9	2
10.	Michael Levin (F)	2026-2027	Meran/Merano	Alps Hockey League	5	5	3	8	2

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Regular Season

Erste Liga All-Time Points

Erste Liga All-Time Points
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Tihamer Becze (F)	616	300	330	630
2.	Adrian Toth (F)	552	234	286	520
3.	Gergö Nagy (F)	419	208	311	519
4.	Nikandrosz Galanisz (F)	382	198	291	489
5.	Zsolt Azari Jr. (F)	465	178	303	481

Erste Liga All-Time Goals

Erste Liga All-Time Goals
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Tihamer Becze (F)	616	300	330	630
2.	Adrian Toth (F)	552	234	286	520
3.	David Szappanos (F)	509	209	224	433
4.	Gergö Nagy (F)	419	208	311	519
5.	Christopher Bodó (F)	261	201	250	451

Erste Liga All-Time Assists

Erste Liga All-Time Assists
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Tihamer Becze (F)	616	300	330	630
2.	Gergö Nagy (F)	419	208	311	519
3.	Zsolt Azari Jr. (F)	465	178	303	481
4.	Nikandrosz Galanisz (F)	382	198	291	489
5.	Adrian Toth (F)	552	234	286	520

Erste Liga All-Time Penalty Min.

Erste Liga All-Time Penalty Min.
#	Player	GP	G	TP	PIM
1.	Tihamer Becze (F)	616	300	630	908
2.	Attila Pavuk (F)	425	129	350	762
3.	Yevgeni Piszarenko (D)	195	37	111	704
4.	Patrik Popovics (F)	315	44	112	676
5.	Akos Kiss (F)	336	99	224	618

Erste Liga All-Time Games Played

Erste Liga All-Time Games Played
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Csanád Fodor (F)	665	127	155	282
2.	Tihamer Becze (F)	616	300	330	630
3.	Tamás Farkas (D)	573	39	115	154
4.	Adrian Toth (F)	552	234	286	520
5.	Huba Bors (D)	515	20	90	110

Erste Liga All-Time Points Per Game

Erste Liga All-Time Points Per Game
#	Player	GP	G	TP	PPG
1.	Patrik Wallenberg (F)	37	50	81	2.19
2.	David Booth (F)	8	10	17	2.13
3.	Brock Trotter (F)	11	9	23	2.09
4.	Johan Ramstedt (F)	37	23	76	2.05
5.	Chris Seto (F)	11	9	22	2.00

Erste Liga All-Time Points Per Season

Erste Liga All-Time Points Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Ian McDonald (F)	2015-2016	MOL Liga	47	25	68	93	1.98	6
2.	Patrik Wallenberg (F)	2008-2009	MOL Liga	37	50	31	81	2.19	46
3.	Árpád Mihály (F)	2008-2009	MOL Liga	39	40	39	79	2.03	84
4.	Hugo Turcotte (F)	2018-2019	Erste Liga	48	33	44	77	1.60	106
5.	Tomas Klempa (F)	2015-2016	MOL Liga	48	25	51	76	1.58	60

Erste Liga All-Time Goals Per Season

Erste Liga All-Time Goals Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Patrik Wallenberg (F)	2008-2009	MOL Liga	37	50	31	81	2.19	46
2.	Árpád Mihály (F)	2008-2009	MOL Liga	39	40	39	79	2.03	84
3.	Jeff Hayes (F)	2015-2016	MOL Liga	48	39	33	72	1.50	46
4.	Mitch Holmberg (F)	2015-2016	MOL Liga	48	37	31	68	1.42	12
5.	Christopher Bodó (F)	2023-2024	Erste Liga	44	36	39	75	1.70	8

Erste Liga All-Time Assists Per Season

Erste Liga All-Time Assists Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Ian McDonald (F)	2015-2016	MOL Liga	47	25	68	93	1.98	6
2.	Johan Ramstedt (F)	2008-2009	MOL Liga	37	23	53	76	2.05	48
3.	Tomas Klempa (F)	2015-2016	MOL Liga	48	25	51	76	1.58	60
4.	Hugo Turcotte (F)	2018-2019	Erste Liga	48	33	44	77	1.60	106
5.	Ladislav Sikorcin (F)	2008-2009	MOL Liga	33	31	44	75	2.27	95

Erste Liga All-Time Penalty Min. Per Season

Erste Liga All-Time Penalty Min. Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Kevin Wehrs (D)	2012-2013	MOL Liga	47	10	32	42	0.89	234
2.	Rory Rawlyk (D)	2012-2013	MOL Liga	37	11	31	42	1.14	211
3.	Attila Tolnai (D)	2010-2011	MOL Liga	26	3	8	11	0.42	211
4.	Yevgeni Piszarenko (D)	2008-2009	MOL Liga	31	9	14	23	0.74	205
5.	Csaba Gergely (F)	2012-2013	MOL Liga	39	11	7	18	0.46	188