2018–19 Czech Extraliga season

2018–19 Czech Extraliga
League	Czech Extraliga
Sport	Ice hockey
Number of teams	14
TV partner(s)	Česká televize
Regular Season
Presidential Cup	Bili Tygri Liberec
Top scorer	Milan Gulaš (HC Plzeň)
Playoffs

The 2018–19 Czech Extraliga season was the 26th season of the Czech Extraliga since its creation after the breakup of Czechoslovakia and the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League in 1993.

Regular season

Pl.	Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	Goals	Pts
1.	Bili Tygri Liberec	52	30	3	5	14	170:125	101
2.	HC Ocelari Trinec	52	30	3	3	16	153:117	99
3.	HC Plzen	52	26	7	6	13	178:116	98
4.	HK Hradec Kralove	52	25	6	6	15	147:125	93
5.	HC Kometa Brno	52	23	7	5	17	149:133	88
6.	HC Olomouc	52	24	3	7	18	127:139	85
7.	HC Vitkovice	52	24	4	3	21	142:131	83
8.	BK Mlada Boleslav	52	25	3	1	23	128:118	82
9.	PSG Berani Zlín	52	22	3	5	22	143:144	77
10.	HC Sparta Praha	52	20	7	2	23	140:140	76
11.	HC Litvinov	52	20	5	1	26	128:147	71
12.	HC Energie Karlovy Vary	52	13	4	6	29	125:155	53
13.	Pirati Chomutov	52	13	3	5	31	116:174	50
14.	HC Dynamo Pardubice	52	9	2	5	36	102:187	36

Scoring leaders

List shows the ten best skaters based on the number of points during the regular season. If two or more skaters are tied (i.e. same number of points, goals and played games), all of the tied skaters are shown.

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
Gulaš, MilanMilan Gulaš	HC Škoda Plzeň	51	30	32	62	+10	46
Kvapil, MarekMarek Kvapil	Bílí Tygři Liberec	47	25	32	57	+10	12
Holík, PetrPetr Holík	HC Kometa Brno	52	17	38	55	+18	16
Mueller, PeterPeter Mueller	HC Kometa Brno	43	24	21	45	+9	42
Růžička, MartinMartin Růžička	HC Oceláři Třinec	42	19	25	44	+15	18
Zaťovič, MartinMartin Zaťovič	HC Kometa Brno	52	22	19	41	+15	30
Vondrka, MichalMichal Vondrka	BK Mladá Boleslav	52	17	24	41	+8	22
Roman, OndřejOndřej Roman	HC Vítkovice Ridera	50	14	26	40	-1	20
Hudáček, LiborLibor Hudáček	Bílí Tygři Liberec	52	17	22	39	+11	18
Růžička, VladimírVladimír Růžička	Piráti Chomutov	50	16	23	39	-11	40

Leading goaltenders

These are the leaders in GAA among goaltenders who played at least 40% of the team's minutes. The table is sorted by GAA, and the criteria for inclusion are bolded.

GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average

Player	Team	GP	TOI	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA
Frodl, DominikDominik Frodl	HC Plzeň	43	2,569	81	4	92.8	1.89
Krošelj, GašperGašper Krošelj	BK Mladá Boleslav	34	1,877	64	5	92.1	2.05
Maxwell, BrandonBrandon Maxwell	HK Hradec Kralove	29	1,716	59	1	91.8	2.06
Bartošák, PatrikPatrik Bartošák	HC Vítkovice Ridera	47	2,742	99	1	93.5	2.17
Hrubec, ŠimonŠimon Hrubec	HC Oceláři Třinec	46	2,638	96	5	92.2	2.18
Kašík, LiborLibor Kašík	PSG Berani Zlín	19	1,113	41	0	92.0	2.21
Kantor, PavelPavel Kantor	BK Mladá Boleslav	14	947	35	1	90.9	2.25
Will, RomanRoman Will	Bílí Tygři Liberec	51	2,941	111	5	91.6	2.26
Lukáš, JanJan Lukáš	HC Olomouc	22	1,255	49	1	92.3	2.34
Vejmelka, KarelKarel Vejmelka	HC Kometa Brno	31	1,762	70	1	91.5	2.38

Playoffs

Ten teams qualify for the playoffs. Teams 1–6 have a bye to the quarterfinals, while teams 7–10 meet each other in a preliminary playoff round.

Playoff bracket

In the first round the 7th-ranked team will meet the 10th-ranked team and the 8th-ranked team will meet the 9th-ranked team for a place in the second round. In the second round, the top-ranked team will meet the lowest-ranked winner of the first round, the 2nd-ranked team will face the other winner of the first round, the 3rd-ranked team will face the 6th-ranked team, and the 4th-ranked team will face the 5th-ranked team. In the third round, the highest remaining seed is matched against the lowest remaining seed. In each round the higher-seeded team is awarded home advantage. In the first round the meetings are played as best-of-five series and the rest is best-of-seven series that follows an alternating home team format: the higher-seeded team will play at home for games 1 and 2 (plus 5 and 7 if necessary), and the lower-seeded team will be at home for game 3 and 4 (plus 6 if necessary).

	Wild-card round					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Finals
						1	Bili Tygri Liberec	4
						8	BK Mlada Boleslav	1
	8	BK Mlada Boleslav	3								1	Bili Tygri Liberec	4
	9	PSG Berani Zlín	2								5	HC Kometa Brno	2
						4	HK Hradec Kralove	0
						5	HC Kometa Brno	4
	(Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round)															1	Bili Tygri Liberec	2
																2	HC Ocelari Trinec	4
						2	HC Ocelari Trinec	4
						7	HC Vitkovice	0
	7	HC Vitkovice	3								2	HC Ocelari Trinec	4
	10	HC Sparta Praha	1								3	HC Plzen	3
						3	HC Plzen	4
						6	HC Olomouc	3

Play-off final: Bili Tygri Liberec - HC Ocelari Trinec 2:4 (1:2, 3:1, 4:1, 1:2 OT, 2:3 OT, 4:2). HC Ocelari Trinec has won its second Czech league title.

Relegation

Place	Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	HC Dynamo Pardubice	12	9	0	0	3	26	20	27
2	Rytiri Kladno	12	7	0	1	4	30	30	22
3	Pirati Chomutov	12	5	1	1	5	31	37	18
4	Motor Ceske Budejovice	12	1	1	0	10	26	40	5

External links

• Official website
• oddsportal.com
• eliteprospects.com