The Slovak Extraliga 2004–05 was the twelfth regular season of the Slovak Extraliga, the top level of professional ice hockey in Slovakia. During the 2004–05 NHL lockout several Slovak players returned to their homeland, including Pavol Demitra, Marián Hossa, Marián Gáborík (all in Dukla Trenčín), Miroslav Šatan and Ľubomír Višňovský (both in HC Slovan Bratislava), Michal Handzuš, Richard Zedník and Vladimír Országh (all in HKm Zvolen), Ladislav Nagy and Martin Štrbák (both in HC Košice).
Regular season[]
Final standings[]
Key - GP: Games played, W: Wins, OTW: Over time wins, T: Ties, OTL: Over time losses, L: Losses, GF: Goals for, GA: Goals against, PTS: Points.
Playoffs[]
Playoff bracket[]
| Quarterfinals
| | | Semifinals
| | | Final
| |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1.
| HKm Zvolen
| 4
| | | |
|
| 8.
| MHk 32 Lipt. Mikuláš
| 1
| |
| | 1.
| HKm Zvolen
| 4
| |
|
| |
| | | 4.
| HC Košice
| 1
| |
| 4.
| HC Košice
| 4
| |
| |
| 5.
| HK Nitra
| 1
| |
| | 1.
| HKm Zvolen
| 3
| |
|
| |
| | | 2.
| HC Slovan
| 4
| |
| 2.
| HC Slovan
| 4
| | |
| |
| 7.
| HK Poprad
| 1
| |
| | 2.
| HC Slovan
| 4
| |
|
| |
| | | 3.
| Dukla Trenčín
| 3
| |
| 3.
| Dukla Trenčín
| 4
| |
| |
| 6.
| MsHK Žilina
| 1
| |
Playout[]
| Extraliga Last Team
|
Score
|
1st. League Winner
|
| HK Dubnica*
|
4:2
|
HC Topoľčany
|
| 7:1, 2:4, 1:2, 3:0, 8:0, 7:1
|
* Dubnica sold license for the 2005-06 season to Martin due to financial troubles.
Scoring Leaders[]
|
Regular season
| #
|
Player
|
Club
|
GP
|
G
|
A
|
PTS
|
| 1.
|
 Pavol Demitra
|
Trenčín
|
54
|
28
|
54
|
82
|
| 2.
|
Jaroslav Kmiť
|
Košice
|
53
|
23
|
33
|
56
|
| 3.
|
Richard Kapuš
|
Slovan
|
52
|
17
|
37
|
54
|
| 4.
|
 Marián Gáborík
|
Trenčín
|
29
|
25
|
27
|
52
|
| 5.
|
Arne Kroták
|
Košice
|
51
|
26
|
25
|
51
|
Key - GP: Games played, G: Goals, A: Assists, PTS: Points.
|
Play-off
|
2004-05 All Star Team[]
| Coach
|
Club
|
| Miloš Říha
|
Slovan
|
External links[]
Karol Križan
Miloš Říha