2021–22 Czech Extraliga season

	2021–22 Czech Extraliga season
League	Czech Extraliga
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	8 September 2021 – 8 March 2022; (Regular season);
Number of games	56
Number of teams	15
Regular season
Presidential Cup	Mountfield HK
Playoffs

The 2021–22 Czech Extraliga season was the 29th season of the Czech Extraliga since its creation after the breakup of Czechoslovakia and the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League in 1993.^[1]

Regular season[]

Standings[]

Each team played 56 games, playing each of the other fourteen teams four times – 2x at home, 2x away. 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	Mountfield HK	56	31	9	5	11	182	115	+67	116	Qualification to Quarter-finals
2	Třinec	56	31	6	7	12	174	118	+56	112
3	Sparta Praha	56	27	6	6	17	203	153	+50	99
4	České Budějovice	56	26	5	5	20	166	151	+15	93
5	Pardubice	56	22	11	5	18	173	152	+21	93	Qualification to Wild card round
6	Plzeň	56	24	5	9	18	167	154	+13	91
7	Liberec	56	25	3	8	20	146	147	−1	89
8	Vítkovice	56	22	8	5	21	142	149	−7	87
9	Olomouc	56	20	8	4	24	133	152	−19	80
10	Kometa Brno	56	17	10	5	24	145	163	−18	76
11	Mladá Boleslav	56	21	3	7	25	128	148	−20	76
12	Karlovy Vary	56	19	4	7	26	160	176	−16	72
13	Litvínov	56	18	4	8	26	152	173	−21	70
14	Kladno	56	14	6	8	28	142	183	−41	62	Qualification to Play Out
15	Zlín	56	9	6	5	36	108	187	−79	44	Relegated to Czech 1. Liga

Source: Tipsport 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 matches played on 4 March 2022.^[2]

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
Chlapík, FilipFilip Chlapík	HC Sparta Praha	51	28	36	64	+24	35
Pech, LukášLukáš Pech	HC Motor České Budějovice	54	21	35	56	+8	32
Bulíř, MichalMichal Bulíř	HC Škoda Plzeň	52	27	28	55	0	18
Mueller, PeterPeter Mueller	HC Kometa Brno	47	23	31	54	+4	14
Plekanec, TomášTomáš Plekanec	Rytíři Kladno	54	17	37	54	−2	46
Thorell, ErikErik Thorell	HC Sparta Praha	49	21	31	52	+17	8
Oksanen, AhtiAhti Oksanen	Mountfield HK	54	25	23	48	+27	16
Růžička, MartinMartin Růžička	HC Oceláři Třinec	52	21	27	48	+5	12
Estephan, GiorgioGiorgio Estephan	HC VERVA Litvínov	54	18	30	48	−7	10
Horák, RomanRoman Horák	HC Sparta Praha	49	21	24	45	+14	20

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 26 December 2021.^[3]

Player	Team	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA
Kacetl, OndřejOndřej Kacetl	HC Oceláři Třinec	14	769:00	11	3	23	1	92.12	1.79
Mazanec, MarekMarek Mazanec	HC Oceláři Třinec	23	1296:00	16	7	41	5	92.23	1.90
Kiviaho, HenriHenri Kiviaho	Mountfield HK	16	941:00	11	5	32	1	92.21	2.04
Svoboda, MiroslavMiroslav Svoboda	HC Škoda Plzeň	20	1147:00	13	7	40	0	92.91	2.09
Stezka, AlešAleš Stezka	HC Vítkovice Ridera	29	1766:00	16	13	62	1	92.80	2.11
Růžička, JanJan Růžička	BK Mladá Boleslav	17	939:00	8	9	34	1	91.69	2.17
Sedláček, JakubJakub Sedláček	HC Kometa Brno	16	910:00	10	6	33	3	92.33	2.18
Lukeš, ŠtěpánŠtěpán Lukeš	Mountfield HK	18	1055:00	13	5	39	3	91.48	2.22
Frodl, DominikDominik Frodl	HC Dynamo Pardubice	20	1101:00	12	8	42	1	91.72	2.29
Krošelj, GašperGašper Krošelj	BK Mladá Boleslav	18	997:00	9	9	39	1	91.39	2.35

Relegation series[]

Relegation series played between Rytíři Kladno, the 14th team in regular season, and HC Dukla Jihlava, the winner of 1. Liga winners. The winner of the best-of-seven series would play in the 2022–23 Czech Extraliga.

17 April 2022
16:00 (CEST)

Kladno

6–4
(1–0, 2–3, 3–1)
score in the series: 1–0

Jihlava

Rocknet aréna, Chomutov
Attendance: 4,500


Landon Bow	Goalies	Maksim Zhukov	Referees: Adam Kika Matěj Sýkora
Kubík (Plekanec, Hlava) (PP1) – 05:05 / Hlava (Kubík) – 29:41 / Filip (Babka) (SH1) – 39:24 / Baránek (Indrák) – 45:17 / Kubík (Dotchin, Jágr) (PP1) – 54:29 / Hlava (Plekanec, Dotchin) – 57:13	1–0 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 2–2 / 2–3 / 3–3 / 4–3 / 4–4 / 5–4 / 6–4	26:09 – Havránek (Kachyňa, Dundáček) / 30:02 – Helt (Kachyňa) / 32:50 – Skořepa (Havránek) / 50:58 – Havránek (Bilčík, Dundáček)
37 min	Penalties	26 min
6	Shots	6

18 April 2022
18:00 (CEST)

Kladno

4–1
(0–1, 2–0, 2–0)
score in the series: 2–0

Jihlava

Rocknet aréna, Chomutov
Attendance: 4,200


Landon Bow	Goalies	Maksim Zhukov	Referees: René Hradil Tomáš Veselý
Babka – 24:26 / Kubík (Baránek) (PP1) – 25:32 / Zikmund (Wood) – 46:03 / Dotchin – 58:59	0–1 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 3–1 / 4–1	03:19 – Čermák
6 min	Penalties	6 min
29	Shots	38

21 April 2022
17:30 (CEST)

Jihlava

5–3
(1–0, 3–3, 1–0)
score in the series: 1–2

Kladno

CZ LOKO ARÉNA, Jihlava
Attendance: 5,134


Maksim Zhukov	Goalies	Landon Bow	Referees: Robin Šír Matěj Sýkora
Eliáš (Cachnín, Menšík) – 16:21 / Zadražil (Havránek) – 25:10 / Seman (Harkabus, Mareš) (PP1) – 28:31 / Havránek (Helt, Zadražil) (PP1) – 33:56 / Čachotský (Havránek) (EN) – 59:47	1–0 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 2–2 / 3–2 / 4–2 / 4–3 / 5–3	22:29 – Beran (Melka, Zikmund) / 23:18 – Babka (Jágr) / 39:01 – Plekanec (Kubík)
12 min	Penalties	16 min
39	Shots	37

22 April 2022
17:30 (CEST)

Jihlava

2–7
(1–2, 1–2, 0–3)
score in the series: 1–3

Kladno

CZ LOKO ARÉNA, Jihlava
Attendance: 5,557


Maksim Zhukov	Goalies	Landon Bow	Referees: Vladimír Pešina Adam Kika
Helt (Havránek, Dundáček) – 08:26 / Cachnín (Mareš, Bilčík) – 27:25	1–0 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 1–3 / 2–3 / 2–4 / 2–5 / 2–6 / 2–7	12:35 – Arzamastsev (Zikmund, Suchánek) / 19:27 – Baránek (Kubík, Plekanec) (PP1) / 20:28 – Kubík (Plekanec) / 38:31 – Plekanec (Kubík) / 46:09 – Plekanec (Hlava, Wood) / 49:29 – Zikmund (Pytlík) / 53:15 – Kubík (Plekanec, Baránek)
29 min	Penalties	8 min
28	Shots	38

25 April 2022
18:00 (CEST)

Kladno

6–3
(2–2, 1–1, 3–0)
score in the series: 4–1

Jihlava

Rocknet aréna, Chomutov
Attendance: 4,500


Landon Bow	Goalies	Maksim Zhukov	Referees: Adam Kika Roman Mrkva
Zikmund (Dotchin, Bow) (PP1) – 05:57 / Kubík (Baránek, Hlava) – 17:26 / Beran (Plekanec, Kubík) (PP2) – 25:43 / Beran (Zikmund, Plekanec) (PP1) – 54:10 / Plekanec (Hlava) – 54:52 / Kubík (EN) – 59:58	1–0 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 2–2 / 3–2 / 3–3 / 4–3 / 5–3 / 6–3	11:59 – Seman (Helt, Kachyňa) / 15:55 – Čachotský (Menšík, Harkabus) (PP1) / 38:58 – Seman (PP1)
6 min	Penalties	10 min
30	Shots	33

Playoffs[]

Twelve teams qualify for the playoffs: the top four teams in the regular season have a bye to the quarterfinals, while teams ranked fifth to twelfth meet each other (5 versus 12, 6 versus 11, 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)

			2	Třinec	4
			8	Vítkovice	0
8	Vítkovice	3					2	Třinec	4

9	Olomouc	2					11	Mladá Boleslav	0
			1	Mountfield HK	1

6	Plzeň	2	11	Mladá Boleslav	4
11	Mladá Boleslav	3	(Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round)							2	Třinec	4
										3	Sparta Praha	2
				3	Sparta Praha	4
			7	Liberec	0
7	Liberec	3					3	Sparta Praha	4

10	Kometa Brno	2					4	České Budějovice	1
			4	České Budějovice	4

5	Pardubice	3	5	Pardubice	1
12	Karlovy Vary	0

Wild card round[]

Pardubice – Karlovy Vary 3–0
11.3.2022	Pardubice	Karlovy Vary	3-2
12.3.2022	Pardubice	Karlovy Vary	4-2
14.3.2022	Karlovy Vary	Pardubice	2-3 OT1
Pardubice won the series 3–0.

Liberec – Kometa Brno 3–2
11.3.2022	Liberec	Kometa Brno	4-3
12.3.2022	Liberec	Kometa Brno	3-2 OT1
14.3.2022	Kometa Brno	Liberec	4-2
15.3.2022	Kometa Brno	Liberec	3-2
17.3.2022	Liberec	Kometa Brno	6-1
Liberec won the series 3–2.

Plzeň – Mladá Boleslav 2–3
11.3.2022	Plzeň	Mladá Boleslav	3-2 OT1
12.3.2022	Plzeň	Mladá Boleslav	2-3
14.3.2022	Mladá Boleslav	Plzeň	5-3
15.3.2022	Mladá Boleslav	Plzeň	0-1
17.3.2022	Plzeň	Mladá Boleslav	2-3
Mladá Boleslav won the series 3–2.

Vítkovice – Olomouc 3–2
11.3.2022	Vítkovice	Olomouc	4-3 OT1
12.3.2022	Vítkovice	Olomouc	1-3
14.3.2022	Olomouc	Vítkovice	3-2
15.3.2022	Olomouc	Vítkovice	3-4
17.3.2022	Vítkovice	Olomouc	3-1
Vítkovice won the series 3–2.

Quarterfinals[]

Mountfield HK – Mladá Boleslav 1–4
19.3.2022	Mountfield HK	Mladá Boleslav	2-1
20.3.2022	Mountfield HK	Mladá Boleslav	2-3
23.3.2022	Mladá Boleslav	Mountfield HK	3-2 SO
24.3.2022	Mladá Boleslav	Mountfield HK	4-3 OT1
27.3.2022	Mountfield HK	Mladá Boleslav	3-4 OT1
Mladá Boleslav won the series 4–1.

Sparta Praha – Liberec 4–1
21.3.2022	Sparta Praha	Liberec	7-0
22.3.2022	Sparta Praha	Liberec	3-2
25.3.2022	Liberec	Sparta Praha	1-2
26.3.2022	Liberec	Sparta Praha	4-2
28.3.2022	Sparta Praha	Liberec	5-4 OT3
Sparta Praha won the series 4–1.

Třinec – Vítkovice 4–0
19.3.2022	Třinec	Vítkovice	3-0
20.3.2022	Třinec	Vítkovice	2-1
23.3.2022	Vítkovice	Třinec	1-2
24.3.2022	Vítkovice	Třinec	1-2
Třinec won the series 4–0.

České Budějovice – Pardubice 4–1
21.3.2022	České Budějovice	Pardubice	3-1
22.3.2022	České Budějovice	Pardubice	3-2
25.3.2022	Pardubice	České Budějovice	1-2
26.3.2022	Pardubice	České Budějovice	3-2
28.3.2022	České Budějovice	Pardubice	4-3
České Budějovice won the series 4–1.

Semifinals[]

Třinec – Mladá Boleslav 4–0
3.4.2022	Třinec	Mladá Boleslav	3-0
4.4.2022	Třinec	Mladá Boleslav	1-0 SO
7.4.2022	Mladá Boleslav	Třinec	3-4 OT
8.4.2022	Mladá Boleslav	Třinec	1-2
Třinec won the series 4–0.

Sparta Praha – České Budějovice 4–1
3.4.2022	Sparta Praha	České Budějovice	2-1
4.4.2022	Sparta Praha	České Budějovice	5-1
7.4.2022	České Budějovice	Sparta Praha	2-3 OT
8.4.2022	České Budějovice	Sparta Praha	3-1
11.4.2022	Sparta Praha	České Budějovice	3-2
Sparta Praha won the series 4–1.

Finals[]

18 April 2022
17:00 (CEST)

Třinec

4–1
(0–1, 0–0, 4–0)
score in the series: 1–0

Sparta Praha

Werk Arena, Třinec
Attendance: 5,400


Ondřej Kacetl	Goalies	Július Hudáček	Referees: Antonín Jeřábek Oldřich Hejduk
Svačina (Marinčin) – 44:49 / Nestrašil (O. Kovařčík, Kundrátek) – 48:16 / Chmielewski (Růžička) – 50:59 / Marcinko – 57:36	0–1 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 3–1 / 4–1	09:34 – Matushkin (Thorell, Chlapík) (PP1)
6 min	Penalties	4 min
26	Shots	24

19 April 2022
17:00 (CEST)

Třinec

1–2
(0–0, 0–1, 1–1)
score in the series: 1–1

Sparta Praha

Werk Arena, Třinec
Attendance: 5,400


Ondřej Kacetl	Goalies	Július Hudáček	Referees: Vladimír Pešina Robin Šír
Hrňa (Nestrašil, Růžička) – 58:28	0–1 / 0–2 / 1–2	32:28 – Řepík (Forman, Polášek) / 53:41 – Pavelka (Řepík)
4 min	Penalties	8 min
31	Shots	29

22 April 2022
18:30 (CEST)

Sparta Praha

2–3
(1–0, 0–2, 1–1)
score in the series: 1–2

Třinec

O₂ Arena, Prague
Attendance: 17,220


Július Hudáček	Goalies	Ondřej Kacetl	Referees: Roman Mrkva Daniel Pražák
Řepík (Sobotka, Forman) – 09:16 / Kaše (Němeček, Řepík) – 59:44	1–0 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 1–3 / 2–3	28:51 – Marcinko (Marinčin, Hrňa) (PP1) / 37:07 – Nestrašil (Kundrátek) / 47:25 – Dravecký (Roman, Hrehorčák)
13 min	Penalties	15 min
21	Shots	21

23 April 2022
17:00 (CEST)

Sparta Praha

5–2
(0–1, 3–0, 2–1)
score in the series: 2–2

Třinec

O₂ Arena, Prague
Attendance: 17,220


Július Hudáček	Goalies	Ondřej Kacetl	Referees: Antonín Jeřábek Oldřich Hejduk
Němeček (Matushkin, Sobotka) – 20:30 / Šmerha – 22:21 / Sobotka (Šmerha) – 32:17 / Buchtele (Kaše, Šmerha) – 46:42 / Forman (Matushkin, Thorell) (PP1) – 58:08	0–1 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 3–1 / 4–1 / 4–2 / 5–2	15:49 – Nestrašil (M. Kovařčík, Zahradníček) / 49:41 – Zbořil (Marcinko, Svačina)
4 min	Penalties	8 min
24	Shots	29

26 April 2022
17:00 (CEST)

Třinec

7–3
(2–2, 4–1, 1–0)
score in the series: 3–2

Sparta Praha

Werk Arena, Třinec
Attendance: 5,400


Ondřej Kacetl	Goalies	Július Hudáček	Referees: Vladimír Pešina Robin Šír
Daňo (Růžička) – 06:27 / Daňo (Růžička) – 11:26 / O. Kovařčík (M. Kovařčík, Nestrašil) – 22:17 / Marinčin (Dravecký, Hrehorčák) – 22:50 / Hrňa (Marinčin) (PP1) – 26:41 / Růžička (Zbořil) – 37:38 / O. Kovařčík (Nestrašil) – 47:58	1–0 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 2–2 / 3–2 / 4–2 / 4–3 / 5–3 / 6–3 / 7–3	07:08 – Němeček / 09:52 – Dvořák (Matushkin, Němeček) / 25:28 – Šmerha (Moravčík)
6 min	Penalties	8 min
28	Shots	31

28 April 2022
19:00 (CEST)

Sparta Praha

1–2
(0–2, 0–0, 1–0)
score in the series: 2–4

Třinec

O₂ Arena, Prague
Attendance: 17,220


Július Hudáček	Goalies	Ondřej Kacetl	Referees: Antonín Jeřábek Oldřich Hejduk
Horák (Řepík) – 52:43	0–1 / 0–2 / 1–2	14:13 – Dravecký (Roman) / 15:48 – Svačina (penalty)
4 min	Penalties	4 min
25	Shots	19

Final rankings[]

	Třinec
	Sparta Praha
	České Budějovice
4	Mladá Boleslav
5	Mountfield HK
6	Pardubice
7	Liberec
8	Vítkovice
9	Plzeň
10	Olomouc
11	Kometa Brno
12	Karlovy Vary
13	Litvínov
14	Kladno
15	Zlín

References[]

↑ Tipsport extraliga vítá velké osobnosti i nové partnery. Hrát se bude 60 kol! (Czech). hokej.cz.
↑ Statistics – Hráči 2021/2022 (Czech). hokej.cz. Retrieved on 8 September 2021.
↑ Statistics – Brankári 2021/2022 (Czech). hokej.cz. Retrieved on 8 September 2021.

External links[]

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[1] Tipsport extraliga vítá velké osobnosti i nové partnery. Hrát se bude 60 kol! (Czech). hokej.cz.

[2] Statistics – Hráči 2021/2022 (Czech). hokej.cz. Retrieved on 8 September 2021.

[3] Statistics – Brankári 2021/2022 (Czech). hokej.cz. Retrieved on 8 September 2021.

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