2021–22 Slovak Extraliga season

2021–22 Slovak Extraliga season
2021–22 Slovak Extraliga season
League	Slovak Extraliga
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	24 September 2021 – 13 March 2022; (regular season); 16 March – May 2022 (playoffs);
Number of games	50
Number of teams	12
Regular season
League Champion	Slovan Bratislava
Top scorer	Samuel Buček (HK Nitra); (64 points);
Playoffs
Finals
Slovak Extraliga seasons
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The 2021–22 Slovak Extraliga season is the 29th season of the Slovak Extraliga, the highest ice hockey league in Slovakia.^[1]^[2]

Team changes[]

The newly established hockey club HC 21 Prešov replaced HC 07 Detva in Slovak Extraliga from this season. Ernest Bokroš was the head coach and the basic team should be made up of players from Detva. The final point for moving the Detvian club to Prešov gave the Slovak Ice Hockey Federation, but it was only a formality.^[3]

In closing, we don't have the loss of one player, we have the loss of a whole club. After MAC Budapest, extraliga also separated from the second Hungarian representative from Miskolc, DVTK Jegesmedvék. There were three season of ice in our competition, but their maximum was to participate in the wild–card round in 2018–19 season. Last year they ended up with a 47–point profit in the penultimate place before the MHK 32 Liptovský Mikuláš. However, during his performance in Slovakia, Miskolc offered several high-quality legionnaires and fans will be happy to remember the excursions made by Hungarian cakes, rusks in a bun or bread with butter and onions.^[4]

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 (26.12.2021 – 9.1.2022) 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
1	Slovan Bratislava	50	32	3	5	10	189	118	+71	104	Qualification to Quarter-finals
2	Zvolen	50	29	5	3	13	175	135	+40	100
3	Nitra	50	26	8	3	13	189	137	+52	97
4	Michalovce	50	25	3	7	15	136	140	−4	88
5	Košice	50	24	4	2	20	155	132	+23	82
6	Poprad	50	17	7	6	20	165	161	+4	71
7	Spišská Nová Ves	50	19	3	7	21	131	137	−6	70	Qualification to Wild card round
8	Banská Bystrica	50	18	5	5	22	142	146	−4	69
9	Trenčín	50	18	4	4	24	124	138	−14	66
10	Prešov	50	16	2	4	28	115	167	−52	56
11	Nové Zámky	50	16	1	3	30	125	168	−43	53
12	Liptovský Mikuláš	50	8	7	3	32	112	179	−67	41	Qualification to Play Out

Source: Tipos extraliga
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.^[5]

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
Samuel Buček	HK Nitra	50	41	23	64	+26	34
	HC Slovan Bratislava	49	21	38	59	+21	26
	HC Slovan Bratislava	50	25	31	56	+31	12
Patrik Svitana	HK Poprad	49	16	39	55	+12	16
Andrew Yogan	HC Slovan Bratislava	48	20	32	52	+26	32
Marcel Haščák	HC Slovan Bratislava	32	23	27	50	+22	20
	HK Dukla Michalovce	49	16	30	46	+3	34
Cole Ully	HK Poprad	46	18	27	45	+11	24
Michal Chovan	HC Košice	49	14	31	45	+5	24
	HC Nové Zámky	50	23	21	44	−8	14

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 11 February 2022.^[6]

Player	Team	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA
	HC Slovan Bratislava	19	1052:27	13	6	37	3	93.03	2.11
Marcel Melicherčík	HK Spišská Nová Ves	29	1668:24	16	13	62	3	93.47	2.23
Matt O'Connor	HK Nitra	21	1099:52	12	9	46	0	92.51	2.51
Andrej Košarišťan	HC Košice	25	1439:50	10	15	64	1	91.78	2.67
Michal Valent	HK Dukla Trenčín	25	1355:26	10	15	61	1	90.88	2.70
David Honzík	HK Nitra	22	1259:19	15	7	59	1	91.01	2.81
	HC Nové Zámky	19	1105:18	8	11	52	0	91.95	2.82
Robin Rahm	HKM Zvolen	31	1848:36	21	10	87	3	91.78	2.82
Tomáš Tomek	HK Poprad	17	938:17	8	9	45	1	90.89	2.88
Tomáš Vošvrda	HK Dukla Michalovce	33	1907:15	13	20	93	3	90.75	2.93

Relegation series[]

Relegation series will be played between MHk 32 Liptovský Mikuláš, the 12th team in regular season, and the winner of 1.liga. The winner of best-of-seven series will play in Extraliga in 2022–23 season.

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	Slovan Bratislava

7	Spišská Nová Ves

10	Prešov
				2	Zvolen


(Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round)

				3	Nitra
				6	Poprad
						8	Banská Bystrica

		9	Trenčín
4	Michalovce

				5	Košice

Wild card round[]

Spišská Nová Ves – Prešov 0-0
16.3.2022	Spišská Nová Ves	Prešov	0-0
17.3.2022	Spišská Nová Ves	Prešov	0-0
19.3.2022	Prešov	Spišská Nová Ves	0-0
20.3.2022 (if needed)	Prešov	Spišská Nová Ves	0-0
22.3.2022 (if needed)	Spišská Nová Ves	Prešov	0-0

Banská Bystrica – Trenčín 0-0
16.3.2022	Banská Bystrica	Trenčín	0-0
17.3.2022	Banská Bystrica	Trenčín	0-0
19.3.2022	Trenčín	Banská Bystrica	0-0
20.3.2022 (if needed)	Trenčín	Banská Bystrica	0-0
22.3.2022 (if needed)	Banská Bystrica	Trenčín	0-0

Quarterfinals[]

Slovan Bratislava – TBD 0-0
25.3.2022	Slovan Bratislava	TBD	0-0
26.3.2022	Slovan Bratislava	TBD	0-0
29.3.2022	TBD	Slovan Bratislava	0-0
30.3.2022	TBD	Slovan Bratislava	0-0
1.4.2022 (if needed)	Slovan Bratislava	TBD	0-0
3.4.2022 (if needed)	TBD	Slovan Bratislava	0-0
5.4.2022 (if needed)	Slovan Bratislava	TBD	0-0

Nitra – Poprad 0-0
23.3.2022	Nitra	Poprad	0-0
24.3.2022	Nitra	Poprad	0-0
27.3.2022	Poprad	Nitra	0-0
28.3.2022	Poprad	Nitra	0-0
31.3.2022 (if needed)	Nitra	Poprad	0-0
2.4.2022 (if needed)	Poprad	Nitra	0-0
4.4.2022 (if needed)	Nitra	Poprad	0-0

Zvolen – TBD 0-0
25.3.2022	Zvolen	TBD	0-0
26.3.2022	Zvolen	TBD	0-0
29.3.2022	TBD	Zvolen	0-0
30.3.2022	TBD	Zvolen	0-0
1.4.2022 (if needed)	Zvolen	TBD	0-0
3.4.2022 (if needed)	TBD	Zvolen	0-0
5.4.2022 (if needed)	Zvolen	TBD	0-0

Michalovce – Košice 0-0
23.3.2022	Michalovce	Košice	0-0
24.3.2022	Michalovce	Košice	0-0
27.3.2022	Košice	Michalovce	0-0
28.3.2022	Košice	Michalovce	0-0
31.3.2022 (if needed)	Michalovce	Košice	0-0
2.4.2022 (if needed)	Košice	Michalovce	0-0
4.4.2022 (if needed)	Michalovce	Košice	0-0

Semifinals[]

TBD – TBD

TBD – TBD

Finals[]

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Final rankings[]




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11	Nové Zámky
12	Liptovský Mikuláš

References[]

^ "V prvom kole TIPOS Extraligy privíta majster nováčika zo Spiša, Prešov doma proti Bystrici". hockeyslovakia.sk (in Slovak).
^ "Nový ročník hokejovej extraligy sa začne v septembri". sport.aktuality.sk (in Slovak).
^ "Ľupták oživil hokej v Prešove, možno pribudne Tibor Turan". hokejportal.net (in Slovak).
^ "Desať najväčších strát Tipos extraligy". hockeyslovakia.sk (in Slovak).
^ "Statistics – Hráči 2021/2022" (in Slovak). hockeyslovakia.sk. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
^ "Statistics – Brankári 2021/2022" (in Slovak). hockeyslovakia.sk. Retrieved 24 September 2021.

External links[]

Official website

[1] "V prvom kole TIPOS Extraligy privíta majster nováčika zo Spiša, Prešov doma proti Bystrici". hockeyslovakia.sk (in Slovak).

[2] "Nový ročník hokejovej extraligy sa začne v septembri". sport.aktuality.sk (in Slovak).

[3] "Ľupták oživil hokej v Prešove, možno pribudne Tibor Turan". hokejportal.net (in Slovak).

[4] "Desať najväčších strát Tipos extraligy". hockeyslovakia.sk (in Slovak).

[5] "Statistics – Hráči 2021/2022" (in Slovak). hockeyslovakia.sk. Retrieved 24 September 2021.

[6] "Statistics – Brankári 2021/2022" (in Slovak). hockeyslovakia.sk. Retrieved 24 September 2021.

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v t Slovak Extraliga
Teams	HC Košice HK Poprad HC '05 Banská Bystrica HC Slovan Bratislava HC 21 Prešov HK Dukla Trenčín HK Nitra HC Nové Zámky HKM Zvolen HK Dukla Michalovce MHk 32 Liptovský Mikuláš HK Spišská Nová Ves
Arenas	Poprad Ice Stadium Nitra Arena Steel Arena Pavol Demitra Ice Stadium Liptovský Mikuláš Ice Stadium Zvolen Ice Stadium Ondrej Nepela Arena Banská Bystrica Ice Stadium Spiš Aréna
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 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22
Related topics	List of Slovak ice hockey champions Slovak Ice Hockey Federation Slovak 1. Liga Slovak 2. Liga Ice hockey in Slovakia National men's team National women's team
See also: Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League IIHF IIHF Continental Cup IIHF European Champions Cup