2020–21 Slovak 1. Liga season

2020–21 Slovak 1. Liga season
2020–21 Slovak 1. Liga season
League	Slovak 1. Liga
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	October 2020 – March 2021; (Regular season);
Number of teams	11
Regular season
League Champion	Vlci Žilina
Top scorer	Patrik Koyš (Žilina); (53 points);
Playoffs
Finals champions	HK Spišská Nová Ves
Runners-up	Vlci Žilina
Slovak 1. Liga seasons
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The 2020–21 Slovak 1. Liga season was the 28th season of the Slovak 1. Liga, the second level of ice hockey in Slovakia.^[1]

Regular season[]

Standings[]

Each team played 38 games: playing each of the other nine teams four times – 2x at home, 2x away (36 games). At the end of the regular season, the team that finished with the most points was crowned the league champion. Each 1HL team played two matches with SR 18 (1x at home and 1x outside) to support the preparation of the SR team for MS U18, I. div. sk. A 2021.^[2]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Žilina	38	31	2	1	4	183	66	+117	98	Qualification to Quarter-finals
2	Martin	38	23	2	1	12	139	107	+32	74
3	Spišská Nová Ves	38	21	4	2	11	120	99	+21	73
4	Topoľčany	38	18	3	4	13	124	106	+18	64
5	Dubnica	38	19	0	4	15	126	115	+11	61
6	Levice	38	13	3	5	17	109	120	−11	50
7	Humenné	38	13	2	5	18	101	130	−29	48
8	Považská Bystrica	38	11	6	0	21	101	140	−39	45
9	Skalica	38	12	1	5	20	108	126	−18	43
10	Trnava	38	10	1	0	27	98	148	−50	32
	SR 18	20	2	3	0	15	50	102	−52	12

Source: Slovenská hokejová liga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points

Playoffs[]

Eight teams qualify for the playoffs.

Bracket[]

Quarter-finals (best-of-7)			Semi-finals (best-of-7)			Finals (best-of-7)

1	Žilina	4

8	Považská Bystrica	0
			1	Žilina	4

			5	Dubnica	0
4	Topoľčany	0

5	Dubnica	4
						1	Žilina	1
(Pairings are re-seeded after the first round)
						3	Spišská Nová Ves	4
2	Martin	4

7	Humenné	0
			2	Martin	2

			3	Spišská Nová Ves	4
3	Spišská Nová Ves	4

6	Levice	0

Quarterfinals[]

Žilina – Považská Bystrica 4-0
10.3.2021	Žilina	Považská Bystrica	3-2 SO
11.3.2021	Žilina	Považská Bystrica	9-1
14.3.2021	Považská Bystrica	Žilina	1-2
15.3.2021	Považská Bystrica	Žilina	1-2 OT1
Žilina wins the series 4-0.

Spišská Nová Ves – Levice 4-0
10.3.2021	Spišská Nová Ves	Levice	4-0
11.3.2021	Spišská Nová Ves	Levice	4-0
14.3.2021	Levice	Spišská Nová Ves	0-5
15.3.2021	Levice	Spišská Nová Ves	2-5
Spišská Nová Ves wins the series 4-0.

Martin – Humenné 4-0
10.3.2021	Martin	Humenné	4-0
11.3.2021	Martin	Humenné	3-1
14.3.2021	Humenné	Martin	1-2
15.3.2021	Humenné	Martin	2-5
Martin wins the series 4-0.

Topoľčany – Dubnica 0-4
10.3.2021	Topoľčany	Dubnica	1-2
11.3.2021	Topoľčany	Dubnica	2-4
14.3.2021	Dubnica	Topoľčany	3-1
15.3.2021	Dubnica	Topoľčany	6-3
Dubnica wins the series 4-0.

Semifinals[]

Žilina – Dubnica 4-0
24.3.2021	Žilina	Dubnica	3-2 SO
25.3.2021	Žilina	Dubnica	4-3
28.3.2021	Dubnica	Žilina	2-3 OT1
29.3.2021	Dubnica	Žilina	1-4
Žilina wins the series 4-0.

Martin – Spišská Nová Ves 2-4
24.3.2021	Martin	Spišská Nová Ves	2-6
25.3.2021	Martin	Spišská Nová Ves	2-1 OT1
28.3.2021	Spišská Nová Ves	Martin	2-5
29.3.2021	Spišská Nová Ves	Martin	2-0
1.4.2021	Martin	Spišská Nová Ves	1-3
3.4.2021	Spišská Nová Ves	Martin	4-1
Spišská Nová Ves wins the series 4-2.

Finals[]

8 April 2021
17:30

Žilina

3–4
(0–2, 2–0, 1–2)
score in the series: 0–1

Spišská Nová Ves

Vojtech Závodský Ice Arena, Žilina

Game reference

Goalies

Marcel Melicherčík

	0–1	00:50 – Hvila ()
	0–2	14:53 – Rapáč (Hančák, Tyczyński)
(Jaborník, Koyš) – 22:24	1–2
() – 22:56	2–2
(Urban, Mikula) (PP) – 44:12	3–2
	3–3	44:25 – Rapáč (Hvila, Fabian)
	3–4	44:49 – (, )

22 min

Penalties

26 min

37

Shots

33

9 April 2021
17:30

Žilina

3–5
(0–3, 3–1, 0–1)
score in the series: 0–2

Spišská Nová Ves

Vojtech Závodský Ice Arena, Žilina


	Goalies	Marcel Melicherčík

41 min	Penalties	14 min
49	Shots	24

12 April 2021
18:00

Spišská Nová Ves

1–5
(0–3, 1–0, 0–2)
score in the series: 2–1

Žilina

Spiš Aréna, Spišská Nová Ves


Marcel Melicherčík	Goalies

18 min	Penalties	12 min
28	Shots	34

13 April 2021
18:00

Spišská Nová Ves

1–0
(0–0, 1–0, 0–0)
score in the series: 3–1

Žilina

Spiš Aréna, Spišská Nová Ves

Game reference

Marcel Melicherčík

Goalies

(Rapáč, Hvila) – 24:34

1–0

10 min

Penalties

10 min

28

Shots

39

16 April 2021
17:30

Žilina

3–4 GWS
(1–1, 1–1, 1–1)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)
score in the series: 1–4

Spišská Nová Ves

Vojtech Závodský Ice Arena, Žilina

Game reference

Spišská Nová Ves wins the finals 4-1.

Final rankings[]

	Spišská Nová Ves
	Žilina
	Martin
4	Dubnica
5	Topoľčany
6	Levice
7	Humenné
8	Považská Bystrica
9	Skalica
10	Trnava
	SR 18

References[]

^ "Slovenská hokejová liga". hockeyslovakia.sk (in Slovak).
^ "Smernica pre prvú ligu seniorov" (PDF). hockeyslovakia.sk (in Slovak).

External links[]

Official website

[1] "Slovenská hokejová liga". hockeyslovakia.sk (in Slovak).

[2] "Smernica pre prvú ligu seniorov" (PDF). hockeyslovakia.sk (in Slovak).

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v t Slovak 1. Liga
Teams	HC 19 Humenné HK Skalica HK Levice HK Dubnica HK Martin HC Topoľčany HK 95 Panthers Považská Bystrica Vlci Žilina HK Trnava HK MŠK Indian Žiar nad Hronom HK Brezno SR 18
Arenas	Ondrej Nepela Arena Patrícia Ice Arena 37 Garmin Arena Skalica Ice Stadium Martin Ice Stadium
Seasons	1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22
Related topics	Slovak Ice Hockey Federation Slovak 2. Liga Slovak Extraliga National men's team National women's team
See also: IIHF IIHF Continental Cup IIHF European Champions Cup