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2020–21 Slovak Extraliga season
League Flag of Slovakia Slovak Extraliga
Sport Ice hockey
Duration
  • 2 October 2020 – 21 March 2021
  • (regular season)
  • 24 March – 13 May 2021 (playoffs)
Number of games 50
Number of teams 12
Regular season
League Champion HKM Zvolen
Top scorer
Playoffs

The 2020–21 Slovak Extraliga season was the 28th season of the Slovak Extraliga, the highest ice hockey league in Slovakia. The league also includes one team from Hungary.[1][2]

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 (22.12.2020 – 6.1.2021) 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 were 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 Zvolen 50 27 8 6 9 179 125 +54 103 Qualification to Quarter-finals
2 Michalovce 50 27 7 4 12 155 113 +42 99
3 Poprad 50 26 7 3 14 186 133 +53 95
4 Slovan Bratislava 50 26 6 4 14 146 115 +31 94
5 Nitra 50 25 3 8 14 163 156 +7 89
6 Detva 50 22 4 6 18 156 144 +12 80
7 Trenčín 50 21 6 4 19 169 134 +35 79 Qualification to
Wild card round
8 Košice 50 19 7 4 20 148 128 +20 75
9 Nové Zámky 50 14 6 7 23 132 140 −8 61
10 Banská Bystrica 50 14 5 5 26 135 171 −36 57
11 Miskolc 50 11 3 8 28 118 181 −63 47
12 Liptovský Mikuláš 50 6 0 3 41 105 252 −147 18
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.[3]

Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIM
Flag of Slovakia Haščák, MarcelMarcel Haščák HK Poprad 48 38 31 69 +18 24
Flag of Slovakia Svitana, PatrikPatrik Svitana HK Poprad 49 20 36 56 +21 22
Flag of Slovakia Chovan, MichalMichal Chovan HC Košice 45 12 44 56 +8 22
Flag of Slovakia Tvrdoň, MarekMarek Tvrdoň HK Nitra 50 23 31 54 −3 64
Flag of Slovakia Skokan, DávidDávid Skokan HK Poprad 49 18 34 52 +29 107
Flag of Sweden Ackered, CarlCarl Ackered HK Dukla Trenčín 50 17 35 52 +8 34
Flag of Slovakia Bondra, RadovanRadovan Bondra HKM Zvolen 49 26 25 51 +24 83
Flag of Slovakia Slovák, MarekMarek Slovák HK Nitra 50 18 31 49 +8 46
Flag of Finland Nuutinen, MikkoMikko Nuutinen HKM Zvolen 49 18 31 49 +11 72
Flag of the Czech Republic Klhůfek, PavelPavel Klhůfek HC Košice 47 31 17 48 +13 58

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.[4]

Player Team GP TOI W L GA SO Sv% GAA
Flag of the United States Parks, TylerTyler Parks HC Slovan Bratislava 24 1400:32 18 6 40 5 93.97 1.71
Flag of Slovakia Tomek, TomášTomáš Tomek HK Dukla Michalovce 43 2479:52 28 15 86 4 92.82 2.08
Flag of Slovakia Riečický, DominikDominik Riečický HC Košice 23 1180:56 10 13 45 2 92.46 2.29
Flag of Sweden Rahm, RobinRobin Rahm HKM Zvolen 41 2487:49 27 14 98 1 92.14 2.36
Flag of Finland Kiviaho, HenriHenri Kiviaho

HC Nové Zámky 43 2609:55 18 25 113 2 91.51 2.60
Flag of the Czech Republic Vošvrda, TomášTomáš Vošvrda HK Poprad 41 2409:16 26 15 105 2 90.81 2.61
Flag of the Czech Republic Sedláček, JakubJakub Sedláček HC Košice 23 1288:51 13 10 57 2 90.98 2.65
Flag of Slovakia Belányi, FilipFilip Belányi HC '05 Banská Bystrica 25 1396:39 12 13 63 2 91.04 2.71
Flag of Slovakia Petrík, RomanRoman Petrík HC 07 Detva 22 1193:40 12 10 54 2 92.33 2.71
Flag of the United States Sholl, TomasTomas Sholl HC 07 Detva 22 1245:22 11 11 58 1 92.86 2.79

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 Zvolen 4  
9 Nové Zámky 0  
8 Košice 1     1 Zvolen 4  
9 Nové Zámky 3     4 Slovan Bratislava 1  
4 Slovan Bratislava 4
  5 Nitra 1  
(Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round)   1 Zvolen 4
  3 Poprad 1
  2 Michalovce 4  
7 Trenčín 2  
7 Trenčín 3     2 Michalovce 2
10 Banská Bystrica 1     3 Poprad 4  
3 Poprad 4
  6 Detva 0  

Wild card round[]

TrenčínBanská Bystrica 3-1
24.3.2021 Trenčín Banská Bystrica 4-3 SO
25.3.2021 Trenčín Banská Bystrica 4-1
27.3.2021 Banská Bystrica Trenčín 2-1 OT1
28.3.2021 Banská Bystrica Trenčín 2-3 OT1
Trenčín wins the series 3-1.


KošiceNové Zámky 1-3
24.3.2021 Košice Nové Zámky 4-1
25.3.2021 Košice Nové Zámky 1-2
27.3.2021 Nové Zámky Košice 5-1
28.3.2021 Nové Zámky Košice 3-1
Nové Zámky wins the series 3-1.


Quarterfinals[]

ZvolenNové Zámky 4-0
2.4.2021 Zvolen Nové Zámky 3-2
3.4.2021 Zvolen Nové Zámky 4-1
6.4.2021 Nové Zámky Zvolen 2-4
7.4.2021 Nové Zámky Zvolen 3-6
Zvolen wins the series 4-0.



PopradDetva 4-0
31.3.2021 Poprad Detva 6-3
1.4.2021 Poprad Detva 4-3
4.4.2021 Detva Poprad 1-2
5.4.2021 Detva Poprad 1-3
Poprad wins the series 4-0.


MichalovceTrenčín 4-2
2.4.2021 Michalovce Trenčín 5-4
3.4.2021 Michalovce Trenčín 2-4
6.4.2021 Trenčín Michalovce 1-2
7.4.2021 Trenčín Michalovce 4-5
9.4.2021 Michalovce Trenčín 1-3
11.4.2021 Trenčín Michalovce 1-2 OT1
Michalovce wins the series 4-2.



Slovan BratislavaNitra 4-1
31.3.2021 Slovan Bratislava Nitra 5-0
1.4.2021 Slovan Bratislava Nitra 4-1
4.4.2021 Nitra Slovan Bratislava 2-3
5.4.2021 Nitra Slovan Bratislava 8-2
8.4.2021 Slovan Bratislava Nitra 5-1
Slovan Bratislava wins the series 4-1.


Semifinals[]

ZvolenSlovan Bratislava 4-1
13.4.2021 Zvolen Slovan Bratislava 3-2 SO
14.4.2021 Zvolen Slovan Bratislava 2-3 OT1
17.4.2021 Slovan Bratislava Zvolen 2-5
18.4.2021 Slovan Bratislava Zvolen 2-4
21.4.2021 Zvolen Slovan Bratislava 2-1 OT1
Zvolen wins the series 4-1.


MichalovcePoprad 2-4
15.4.2021 Michalovce Poprad 3-1
16.4.2021 Michalovce Poprad 3-2 SO
19.4.2021 Poprad Michalovce 2-1
20.4.2021 Poprad Michalovce 5-2
22.4.2021 Michalovce Poprad 2-3 OT1
24.4.2021 Poprad Michalovce 3-1
Poprad wins the series 4-2.


Finals[]

02021-04-29 29 April 2021
18:00
Zvolen 5–3
(1–2, 2–1, 2–0)
score in the series: 1–0
Poprad Zvolen Ice Stadium, Zvolen
Attendance: 300
02021-04-30 30 April 2021
18:00
Zvolen 4–3 OT
(1–2, 1–1, 1–0)
(OT: 1–0)
score in the series: 2–0
Poprad Zvolen Ice Stadium, Zvolen
Attendance: 300
02021-05-03 3 May 2021
18:00
Poprad 1–2 OT
(0–0, 1–1, 0–0)
(OT: 0–1)
score in the series: 0–3
Zvolen Poprad Ice Stadium, Poprad
Attendance: 341
02021-05-04 4 May 2021
18:00
Poprad 7–4
(0–1, 4–1, 3–2)
score in the series: 1–3
Zvolen Poprad Ice Stadium, Poprad
Attendance: 341
02021-05-06 6 May 2021
17:30
Zvolen 3–2
(1–1, 1–0, 1–1)
score in the series: 4–1
Poprad Zvolen Ice Stadium, Zvolen
Attendance: 512

Final rankings[]

Gold medal icon Zvolen
Silver medal icon Poprad
Bronze medal icon Michalovce
4 Slovan Bratislava
5 Nitra
6 Detva
7 Trenčín
8 Nové Zámky
9 Košice
10 Banská Bystrica
11 Miskolc
12 Liptovský Mikuláš

References[]

External links[]

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