2022–23 Slovak Extraliga season
2022–23 Slovak Extraliga season | |
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League | Slovak Extraliga |
Sport | Ice hockey |
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Number of games | 50 |
Number of teams | 12 |
Regular season | |
League Champion | HC Košice |
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Playoffs | |
Playoffs MVP | Dominik Riečický (Košice) |
Finals | |
Champions | HC Košice |
Runners-up | HKM Zvolen |
The 2022–23 Slovak Extraliga season was the 30th season of the Slovak Extraliga, the highest ice hockey league in Slovakia.[1]
Regular season
Standings
Each team played 50 games: playing each of the other eleven teams four times – 2x at home, 2x away (44 games) and during the Christmas holidays (20.12.2022 – 4.1.2023) each team played the inserted matches within the region 1x at home, 1x away = 6 games.
Points were awarded for each game, where three points are awarded for winning in regulation time, two points for winning in overtime or shootout, one point for losing in overtime or shootout, and zero points for losing in regulation time. At the end of the regular season, the team that finished with the most points was crowned the league champion.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Košice | 50 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 163 | 114 | +49 | 96 | Qualification to Quarter-finals |
2 | Slovan Bratislava | 50 | 27 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 162 | 115 | +47 | 93 | |
3 | Zvolen | 50 | 24 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 168 | 141 | +27 | 87 | |
4 | Banská Bystrica | 50 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 147 | 156 | −9 | 79 | |
5 | Spišská Nová Ves | 50 | 21 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 146 | 144 | +2 | 79 | |
6 | Nové Zámky | 50 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 143 | 132 | +11 | 77 | |
7 | Poprad | 50 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 21 | 151 | 153 | −2 | 72 | Qualification to Wild card round |
8 | Michalovce | 50 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 124 | 129 | −5 | 72 | |
9 | Trenčín | 50 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 130 | 155 | −25 | 68 | |
10 | Nitra | 50 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 125 | 157 | −32 | 61 | |
11 | Liptovský Mikuláš | 50 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 124 | 149 | −25 | 61 | |
12 | Prešov | 50 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 25 | 129 | 167 | −38 | 55 | Relegated to Slovak 1. Liga |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points.
Statistics
Scoring leaders
The following shows the top ten players who led the league in points, at the conclusion of the regular season.[2]
Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM |
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HC 21 Prešov | 50 | 34 | 25 | 59 | +8 | 26 |
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HC Slovan Bratislava | 48 | 29 | 27 | 56 | +17 | 26 |
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HC Nové Zámky | 49 | 30 | 21 | 51 | +16 | 10 |
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HC Slovan Bratislava | 50 | 25 | 25 | 50 | +22 | 36 |
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HKM Zvolen | 50 | 13 | 37 | 50 | +15 | 43 |
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HC Košice | 47 | 22 | 23 | 45 | −11 | 16 |
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HC Nové Zámky | 48 | 15 | 30 | 45 | +10 | 47 |
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HK Spišská Nová Ves | 46 | 20 | 24 | 44 | −3 | 10 |
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HK Poprad | 50 | 20 | 24 | 44 | −5 | 14 |
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HC '05 Banská Bystrica | 44 | 29 | 14 | 43 | +6 | 47 |
Leading goaltenders
The following shows the top ten goaltenders who led the league in goals against average, provided that they have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, at the conclusion of matches played on 20 January 2023.[3]
Player | Team | GP | TOI | W | L | GA | SO | Sv% | GAA |
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HC Košice | 16 | 865:48 | 11 | 5 | 27 | 1 | 93.48 | 1.87 |
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HC Slovan Bratislava | 25 | 1486:23 | 17 | 8 | 47 | 6 | 93.90 | 1.90 |
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HK Dukla Michalovce | 22 | 1305:10 | 12 | 10 | 49 | 1 | 93.35 | 2.25 |
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HC Košice | 19 | 930:14 | 10 | 9 | 37 | 1 | 91.76 | 2.39 |
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HC Nové Zámky | 37 | 2218:30 | 20 | 17 | 89 | 1 | 93.04 | 2.41 |
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HKM Zvolen | 25 | 1457:21 | 17 | 8 | 61 | 4 | 92.08 | 2.51 |
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HK Poprad | 28 | 1635:46 | 16 | 12 | 69 | 1 | 91.82 | 2.53 |
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HK Dukla Trenčín | 29 | 1644:13 | 13 | 16 | 71 | 3 | 92.90 | 2.59 |
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HK Spišská Nová Ves | 29 | 1729:46 | 15 | 14 | 76 | 1 | 90.98 | 2.64 |
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MHk 32 Liptovský Mikuláš | 33 | 1727:57 | 13 | 20 | 80 | 3 | 90.85 | 2.78 |
Playoffs
Ten teams qualify for the playoffs: the top six teams in the regular season have a bye to the quarterfinals, while teams ranked seventh to tenth meet each other (7 versus 10, 8 versus 9) in a preliminary playoff round.
Bracket
Wild-card round (best-of-5) | Quarter-finals (best-of-7) | Semi-finals (best-of-7) | Finals (best-of-7) | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Košice | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | Poprad | 0 | 10 | Nitra | 1 | ||||||||||||||
10 | Nitra | 3 | 1 | Košice | 4 | ||||||||||||||
8 | Michalovce | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Slovan Bratislava | 2 | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | ||||||||||||||||
8 | Michalovce | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Košice | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Zvolen | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Zvolen | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | Michalovce | 3 | 6 | Nové Zámky | 1 | ||||||||||||||
9 | Trenčín | 2 | 3 | Zvolen | 4 | ||||||||||||||
5 | Spišská Nová Ves | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Banská Bystrica | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Spišská Nová Ves | 4 |
Wild card round
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Quarterfinals
Semifinals
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Finals
16 April 2023 18:00 | Košice | 3–1 (1–1, 1–0, 1–0) score in the series: 1–0 | Zvolen | Steel Aréna, Košice Attendance: 8,347 |
Game reference | ||||||||||||||
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Dominik Riečický | Goalies | Adam Trenčan | Referees: Vladimír Baluška Peter Stano Linesmen: Šimon Synek Oto Durmis | |||||||||||
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4 min | Penalties | 6 min | ||||||||||||
16 | Shots | 36 |
17 April 2023 18:00 | Košice | 1–0 (1–0, 0–0, 0–0) score in the series: 2–0 | Zvolen | Steel Aréna, Košice Attendance: 8,347 |
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Dominik Riečický | Goalies | Adam Trenčan | Referees: Vladimír Snášel ml. Miroslav Štefik Linesmen: Peter Jedlička Daniel Konc ml. | ||
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6 min | Penalties | 12 min | |||
25 | Shots | 21 |
20 April 2023 18:30 | Zvolen | 1–3 (1–1, 0–1, 0–1) score in the series: 0–3 | Košice | Zvolen Ice Stadium, Zvolen Attendance: 5,020 |
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Adam Trenčan | Goalies | Dominik Riečický | Referees: Marek Žák Vladimír Snášel ml. Linesmen: Matúš Stanzel Ľudovít Šoltés | |||||||||||
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14 min | Penalties | 10 min | ||||||||||||
33 | Shots | 30 |
21 April 2023 18:30 | Zvolen | 5–2 (0–0, 3–2, 2–0) score in the series: 1–3 | Košice | Zvolen Ice Stadium, Zvolen Attendance: 5,345 |
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Adam Trenčan | Goalies | Dominik Riečický Jaroslav Janus | Referees: Tomáš Hronský Miroslav Štefik Linesmen: Tomáš Gegáň Šimon Synek | ||||||||||||||||||||
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6 min | Penalties | 12 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
37 | Shots | 31 |
23 April 2023 18:00 | Košice | 3–0 (0–0, 1–0, 2–0) score in the series: 4–1 | Zvolen | Steel Aréna, Košice Attendance: 8,347 |
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Dominik Riečický | Goalies | Adam Trenčan | Referees: Tomáš Hronský Peter Stano Linesmen: Peter Jedlička Daniel Konc ml. | ||||||||
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6 min | Penalties | 8 min | |||||||||
27 | Shots | 31 |
Final rankings
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Košice |
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Zvolen |
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Spišská Nová Ves |
4 | Michalovce |
5 | Slovan Bratislava |
6 | Banská Bystrica |
7 | Nové Zámky |
8 | Nitra |
9 | Poprad |
10 | Trenčín |
11 | Liptovský Mikuláš |
12 | Prešov |
References
- ^ "Slovan na úvod v Poprade, v 1. kole aj dve regionálne derby". hokejportal.net (in Slovak).
- ^ "Statistics – Hráči 2022/2023" (in Slovak). hockeyslovakia.sk. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
- ^ "Statistics – Brankári 2022/2023" (in Slovak). hockeyslovakia.sk. Retrieved 23 August 2022.