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2021–22 Slovak Extraliga season
League Flag of Slovakia Slovak Extraliga
Sport Ice hockey
Duration
  • 24 September 2021 – 13 March 2022
  • (Regular season)
  • 16 March – 1 May 2022 (playoffs)
Number of games 50
Number of teams 12
Regular season
League Champion HC Slovan Bratislava
Top scorer
Playoffs

The 2021–22 Slovak Extraliga season was the 29th season of the Slovak Extraliga, the highest ice hockey league in Slovakia.[1][2]

Team changes[]

The newly established hockey club HC 21 Prešov replaced HC 07 Detva in Slovak Extraliga from this season as Prešov should be made up of Detva players.[3] After three seasons in Slovak Extraliga, the Hungarian team DVTK Jegesmedvék left the league to participate in the Hungarian [[Erste Liga (ice hockey) |Erste Liga]].[4]

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 (26.12.2021 – 9.1.2022) 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 are 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 Slovan Bratislava 50 32 3 5 10 189 118 +71 104 Qualification to Quarter-finals
2 Zvolen 50 29 5 3 13 175 135 +40 100
3 Nitra 50 26 8 3 13 189 137 +52 97
4 Michalovce 50 25 3 7 15 136 140 −4 88
5 Košice 50 24 4 2 20 155 132 +23 82
6 Poprad 50 17 7 6 20 165 161 +4 71
7 Spišská Nová Ves 50 19 3 7 21 131 137 −6 70 Qualification to
Wild card round
8 Banská Bystrica 50 18 5 5 22 142 146 −4 69
9 Trenčín 50 18 4 4 24 124 138 −14 66
10 Prešov 50 16 2 4 28 115 167 −52 56
11 Nové Zámky 50 16 1 3 30 125 168 −43 53
12 Liptovský Mikuláš 50 8 7 3 32 112 179 −67 41 Qualification to Play Out
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.[5]

Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIM
Flag of Slovakia Buček, SamuelSamuel Buček HK Nitra 50 41 23 64 +26 34
Flag of Canada Harris, BrantBrant Harris HC Slovan Bratislava 49 21 38 59 +21 26
Flag of the United States Rapuzzi, WilliamWilliam Rapuzzi HC Slovan Bratislava 50 25 31 56 +31 12
Flag of Slovakia Svitana, PatrikPatrik Svitana HK Poprad 49 16 39 55 +12 16
Flag of the United States Yogan, AndrewAndrew Yogan HC Slovan Bratislava 48 20 32 52 +26 32
Flag of Slovakia Haščák, MarcelMarcel Haščák HC Slovan Bratislava 32 23 27 50 +22 20
Flag of the United States Cameranesi, TonyTony Cameranesi HK Dukla Michalovce 49 16 30 46 +3 34
Flag of Canada Ully, ColeCole Ully HK Poprad 46 18 27 45 +11 24
Flag of Slovakia Chovan, MichalMichal Chovan HC Košice 49 14 31 45 +5 24
Flag of the United States Jackson, RobbyRobby Jackson HC Nové Zámky 50 23 21 44 −8 14

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 11 February 2022.[6]

Player Team GP TOI W L GA SO Sv% GAA
Flag of Canada Windsor, ClintClint Windsor HC Slovan Bratislava 19 1052:27 13 6 37 3 93.03 2.11
Flag of Slovakia Melicherčík, MarcelMarcel Melicherčík HK Spišská Nová Ves 29 1668:24 16 13 62 3 93.47 2.23
Flag of Canada O'Connor, MattMatt O'Connor HK Nitra 21 1099:52 12 9 46 0 92.51 2.51
Flag of Slovakia Košarišťan, AndrejAndrej Košarišťan HC Košice 25 1439:50 10 15 64 1 91.78 2.67
Flag of Slovakia Valent, MichalMichal Valent HK Dukla Trenčín 25 1355:26 10 15 61 1 90.88 2.70
Flag of the Czech Republic Honzík, DavidDavid Honzík HK Nitra 22 1259:19 15 7 59 1 91.01 2.81
Flag of Canada Bakala, DanDan Bakala HC Nové Zámky 19 1105:18 8 11 52 0 91.95 2.82
Flag of Sweden Rahm, RobinRobin Rahm HKM Zvolen 31 1848:36 21 10 87 3 91.78 2.82
Flag of Slovakia Tomek, TomášTomáš Tomek HK Poprad 17 938:17 8 9 45 1 90.89 2.88
Flag of the Czech Republic Vošvrda, TomášTomáš Vošvrda HK Dukla Michalovce 33 1907:15 13 20 93 3 90.75 2.93

Relegation series[]

Relegation series played between MHk 32 Liptovský Mikuláš, the 12th team in regular season, and Vlci Žilina, the winner of 1. Liga. The winner of the best-of-seven series will play in the 2022–23 Slovak Extraliga.

02022-04-17 17 April 2022
16:00
Žilina 2–1
(1–1, 0–0, 1–0)
score in the series: 1–0
Liptovský Mikuláš Niké Aréna, Žilina
Attendance: 3,680
02022-04-18 18 April 2022
16:00
Žilina 1–3
(1–1, 0–1, 0–0)
score in the series: 1–1
Liptovský Mikuláš Niké Aréna, Žilina
Attendance: 3,321
02022-04-21 21 April 2022
17:00
Liptovský Mikuláš 4–1
(1–0, 1–0, 2–1)
score in the series: 2–1
Žilina Liptovský Mikuláš Ice Stadium, Liptovský Mikuláš
Attendance: 1,000
02022-04-22 22 April 2022
17:00
Liptovský Mikuláš 3–2
(0–0, 1–2, 2–0)
score in the series: 3–1
Žilina Liptovský Mikuláš Ice Stadium, Liptovský Mikuláš
Attendance: 1,200
02022-04-24 24 April 2022
17:00
Žilina 0–4
(0–1, 0–2, 0–1)
score in the series: 1–4
Liptovský Mikuláš Niké Aréna, Žilina
Attendance: 2,236

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

Wild card round[]

Spišská Nová VesPrešov 0–3
16.3.2022 Spišská Nová Ves Prešov 0-3
17.3.2022 Spišská Nová Ves Prešov 3-4 OT
19.3.2022 Prešov Spišská Nová Ves 3-2
Prešov won the series 3–0.


Banská BystricaTrenčín 3–1
16.3.2022 Banská Bystrica Trenčín 3-2
17.3.2022 Banská Bystrica Trenčín 4-2
19.3.2022 Trenčín Banská Bystrica 3-2 OT
20.3.2022 Trenčín Banská Bystrica 1-3
Banská Bystrica won the series 3–1.


Quarterfinals[]

Slovan BratislavaPrešov 4–0
25.3.2022 Slovan Bratislava Prešov 6-2
26.3.2022 Slovan Bratislava Prešov 2-1
29.3.2022 Prešov Slovan Bratislava 2-3 OT
30.3.2022 Prešov Slovan Bratislava 0-2
Slovan Bratislava won the series 4–0.



NitraPoprad 4–3
23.3.2022 Nitra Poprad 0-4
24.3.2022 Nitra Poprad 7-1
27.3.2022 Poprad Nitra 4-6
28.3.2022 Poprad Nitra 4-2
31.3.2022 Nitra Poprad 3-4
2.4.2022 Poprad Nitra 1-5
4.4.2022 Nitra Poprad 3-1
Nitra won the series 4–3.


ZvolenBanská Bystrica 4–1
25.3.2022 Zvolen Banská Bystrica 5-1
26.3.2022 Zvolen Banská Bystrica 1-2
29.3.2022 Banská Bystrica Zvolen 1-2
30.3.2022 Banská Bystrica Zvolen 2-6
1.4.2022 Zvolen Banská Bystrica 3-2 OT
Zvolen won the series 4–1.



MichalovceKošice 2–4
23.3.2022 Michalovce Košice 1-4
24.3.2022 Michalovce Košice 1-3
27.3.2022 Košice Michalovce 2-1 OT
28.3.2022 Košice Michalovce 2-6
31.3.2022 Michalovce Košice 4-1
2.4.2022 Košice Michalovce 2-1 OT
Košice won the series 4–2.


Semifinals[]

Slovan BratislavaKošice 4–3
7.4.2022 Slovan Bratislava Košice 5-2
8.4.2022 Slovan Bratislava Košice 6-2
11.4.2022 Košice Slovan Bratislava 3-1
12.4.2022 Košice Slovan Bratislava 3-1
15.4.2022 Slovan Bratislava Košice 3-2
17.4.2022 Košice Slovan Bratislava 4-2
19.4.2022 Slovan Bratislava Košice 3-2 OT
Slovan Bratislava won the series 4–3.


ZvolenNitra 2–4
9.4.2022 Zvolen Nitra 2-3
10.4.2022 Zvolen Nitra 6-5
13.4.2022 Nitra Zvolen 3-2
14.4.2022 Nitra Zvolen 2-3
16.4.2022 Zvolen Nitra 2-5
18.4.2022 Nitra Zvolen 2-1
Nitra won the series 4–2.


Finals[]

02022-04-22 22 April 2022
18:30
Slovan Bratislava 6–4
(2–1, 3–1, 1–2)
score in the series: 1–0
Nitra Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 10,016
02022-04-23 23 April 2022
18:30
Slovan Bratislava 1–2 OT
(0–0, 0–0, 1–1)
(OT: 0–1)
score in the series: 1–1
Nitra Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 10,016
02022-04-26 26 April 2022
18:30
Nitra 2–6
(0–2, 1–4, 1–0)
score in the series: 1–2
Slovan Bratislava Nitra Aréna, Nitra
Attendance: 3,600
02022-04-27 27 April 2022
18:30
Nitra 4–1
(1–0, 2–0, 1–1)
score in the series: 2–2
Slovan Bratislava Nitra Aréna, Nitra
Attendance: 3,600
02022-04-29 29 April 2022
18:30
Slovan Bratislava 3–1
(0–0, 2–1, 1–0)
score in the series: 3–2
Nitra Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 10,016
02022-05-01 1 May 2022
18:30
Nitra 2–5
(0–0, 1–1, 1–4)
score in the series: 2–4
Slovan Bratislava Nitra Aréna, Nitra
Attendance: 3,600

Final rankings[]

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

References[]

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  2. Nový ročník hokejovej extraligy sa začne v septembri (slovak). sport.aktuality.sk.
  3. Ľupták oživil hokej v Prešove, možno pribudne Tibor Turan (Slovak). hokejportal.net.
  4. Desať najväčších strát Tipos extraligy (Slovak). hockeyslovakia.sk.
  5. Statistics – Hráči 2021/2022 (Slovak). hockeyslovakia.sk. Retrieved on 24 September 2021.
  6. Statistics – Brankári 2021/2022 (Slovak). hockeyslovakia.sk. Retrieved on 24 September 2021.

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