2019–20 Slovak Extraliga season

2019–20 Slovak Extraliga season
League	Slovak Extraliga
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	September 2019 – March 2020
Number of teams	13
Regular season
League Champion	HC '05 Banská Bystrica
Runners-up	HC Slovan Bratislava
Top scorer	Marcel Haščák (Košice)
Playoffs

The 2019–20 Slovak Extraliga season was the 27th season of the Slovak Extraliga, the highest ice hockey league in Slovakia. Since the 2018–19 season, the league also includes two teams from Hungary.

The season was ended prematurely due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Slovakia, the season was curtailed on 11 March.HC '05 Banská Bystrica, which had won the regular season, was declared the season champion by Tipsport liga for 2020-21 Champions Hockey League purposes, as final regular season standings in lieu of playoffs were used to determine Tipsport liga nominations to the league.

Team changes

HC Slovan Bratislava returns to the league in this season since it was not able to continue in the KHL due to financial problems. The club has won eight Slovak championships (most recently in 2012) and one Czechoslovak championship (1979), making it the second most successful ice hockey club in Slovak history after their biggest rival HC Košice. In the season 2019–20 no team will be relegated. The winner of the Slovak 1. Liga will play in the Slovak Extraliga in the season 2020–21, so the league will have 14 teams.

HK Dukla Michalovce are playing in the league for the first time after winning promotion from the Slovak 1. Liga in a best-of-seven playoff against MsHK Žilina, which was therefore relegated.

HK Orange 20, who had participated in the league as a project to prepare the Slovakia junior ice hockey team for the IIHF World U20 Championship, were removed from the league.

Regular season

Each team played 48 games, playing each of the other twelve teams four times. Points were awarded for each game, where three points werere awarded for winning in regulation time, two points for winning in overtime or shootouts, one point for losing in overtime or shootouts and zero points for losing in regulation time.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Banská Bystrica	48	27	9	3	9	154	93	+61	102	Qualification to Group 1–6
2	Slovan Bratislava	48	28	6	4	10	173	95	+78	100
3	Košice	48	25	9	4	10	146	98	+48	97
4	Poprad	48	24	5	5	14	148	114	+34	87
5	Zvolen	48	28	0	3	17	173	127	+46	87
6	Trenčín	48	22	5	5	16	148	121	+27	81
7	Michalovce	48	18	4	7	19	125	136	−11	69	Qualification to Group 7–12
8	Nitra	48	18	2	7	21	124	136	−12	65
9	Miskolc	48	17	5	3	23	127	143	−16	64
10	Budapest	48	14	2	5	27	139	184	−45	51
11	Nové Zámky	48	11	6	5	26	125	166	−41	50
12	Detva	48	14	2	2	30	112	173	−61	48
13	Liptovský Mikuláš	48	8	3	5	32	78	186	−108	35

Group 1–6

Each team played 10 games, playing each of the other five teams two times. Points were awarded for each game, where three points were awarded for winning in regulation time, two points for winning in overtime or shootouts, one point for losing in overtime or shootouts and zero points for losing in regulation time. At the end of the regular season, the team that finishes with the most points was crowned the league champion.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Banská Bystrica	55	32	10	4	9	180	109	+71	120	Qualification to Quarter-finals
2	Slovan Bratislava	55	29	8	5	13	191	118	+73	108
3	Košice	55	28	9	4	14	163	114	+49	106
4	Poprad	55	28	5	5	17	170	131	+39	99
5	Trenčín	55	26	5	5	19	167	139	+28	93
6	Zvolen	55	29	0	4	22	186	152	+34	91

Group 7–12

Each team played 10 games, playing each of the other five teams two times. Points were awarded for each game, where three points were awarded for winning in regulation time, two points for winning in overtime or shootouts, one point for losing in overtime or shootouts and zero points for losing in regulation time.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
7	Michalovce	55	20	5	8	22	152	157	−5	78	Qualification to Quarter-finals
8	Nitra	55	21	3	8	23	149	157	−8	77
9	Miskolc	55	20	7	3	25	148	158	−10	77
10	Budapest	55	18	2	5	30	158	201	−43	63
11	Nové Zámky	55	13	6	8	28	143	188	−45	59
12	Detva	55	16	3	2	34	131	206	−75	56

Playoffs

The playoffs were cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in Slovakia.

Statistics

Scoring leaders

The following shows the top ten players who led the league in points, at the conclusion of the regular season.

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
Abdul, JindřichJindřich Abdul	HC Slovan Bratislava	53	23	39	62	+41	58
Trotter, BrockBrock Trotter	HKM Zvolen	51	14	46	60	+4	78
McPherson, AlanAlan McPherson	HKM Zvolen	51	21	38	59	+28	46
Haščák, MarcelMarcel Haščák	HC Košice	45	33	22	55	+19	36
Mikyska, JosefJosef Mikyska	HK Dukla Trenčín	53	14	41	55	–7	50
Hickmott, JordanJordan Hickmott	HC '05 Banská Bystrica	55	21	33	54	+24	12
Skokan, DávidDávid Skokan	HC Košice	53	18	35	53	+3	76
Southorn, JordonJordon Southorn	HC '05 Banská Bystrica	51	13	38	51	+20	116
Zigo, TomášTomáš Zigo	HC Slovan Bratislava	51	27	22	49	+37	80
Sofron, IstvánIstván Sofron	MAC Budapest	54	24	24	48	–6	68

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 the regular season.

Player	Team	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA
Brust, BarryBarry Brust	HC Slovan Bratislava	29	1707:31	21	8	49	5	93.67	1.72
Košarišťan, AndrejAndrej Košarišťan	HC Košice	42	2557:15	31	11	77	5	93.37	1.81
Beskorowany, TylerTyler Beskorowany	HC '05 Banská Bystrica	44	2618:48	33	11	89	2	92.98	2.04
Vošvrda, TomášTomáš Vošvrda	HK Poprad	44	2641:34	26	18	97	6	92.51	2.20
Tomek, MatejMatej Tomek	HK Dukla Trenčín	32	1899:41	20	12	74	2	92.72	2.34
Habal, Vladislav Vladislav Habal	HC Slovan Bratislava	27	1592:25	16	11	64	1	91.72	2.41
Tomek, TomášTomáš Tomek	HKM Zvolen	42	2465:42	21	21	101	2	91.46	2.46
Valent, MichalMichal Valent	HK Dukla Trenčín	25	1420:49	12	13	59	4	92.12	2.49
Trenčan, AdamAdam Trenčan	HK Dukla Michalovce	44	2098:00	21	23	106	2	91.53	2.57
Rajna, MiklósMiklós Rajna	DVTK Jegesmedvék	37	2131:14	18	19	99	2	91.62	2.79

External links

• Official website