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2022–23 Slovak Extraliga season
League Slovak Extraliga
Sport Ice hockey
Duration
  • 16 September 2022 – 5 March 2023 (regular season)
  • 8 March – 23 April (playoffs)
Number of games 50
Number of teams 12
Regular season
League Champion HC Košice
Top scorer
Playoffs

The 2022–23 Slovak Extraliga season was the 30th season of the Slovak Extraliga, the highest ice hockey league in Slovakia.[1]

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 (20.12.2022 – 4.1.2023) 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 Košice 50 28 5 2 15 163 114 +49 96 Qualification to Quarter-finals
2 Slovan Bratislava 50 27 3 6 14 162 115 +47 93
3 Zvolen 50 24 4 7 15 168 141 +27 87
4 Banská Bystrica 50 21 7 2 20 147 156 −9 79
5 Spišská Nová Ves 50 21 3 10 16 146 144 +2 79
6 Nové Zámky 50 21 6 2 21 143 132 +11 77
7 Poprad 50 17 9 3 21 151 153 −2 72 Qualification to
Wild card round
8 Michalovce 50 17 7 7 19 124 129 −5 72
9 Trenčín 50 19 3 5 23 130 155 −25 68
10 Nitra 50 17 3 4 26 125 157 −32 61
11 Liptovský Mikuláš 50 16 3 7 24 124 149 −25 61
12 Prešov 50 11 8 6 25 129 167 −38 55 Relegated to Slovak 1. Liga
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.[2]

Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIM
Flag of the United States Gerlach, MaxMax Gerlach HC 21 Prešov 50 34 25 59 +8 26
Flag of Canada Harris, BrantBrant Harris HC Slovan Bratislava 48 29 27 56 +17 26
Flag of the United States Jackson, RobbyRobby Jackson HC Nové Zámky 49 30 21 51 +16 10
Flag of the United States Pecararo, LiamLiam Pecararo HC Slovan Bratislava 50 25 25 50 +22 36
Flag of the United States Huntebrinker, MikeMike Huntebrinker HKM Zvolen 50 13 37 50 +15 43
Flag of Finland Jääskeläinen, JoonaJoona Jääskeläinen HC Košice 47 22 23 45 −11 16
Flag of the United States Farley, AustinAustin Farley HC Nové Zámky 48 15 30 45 +10 47
Flag of Canada Kerbashian, KaleKale Kerbashian HK Spišská Nová Ves 46 20 24 44 −3 10
Flag of Slovakia Záborský, TomášTomáš Záborský HK Poprad 50 20 24 44 −5 14
Flag of Canada Troock, BrandenBranden Troock HC '05 Banská Bystrica 44 29 14 43 +6 47

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 20 January 2023.[3]

Player Team GP TOI W L GA SO Sv% GAA
Flag of Slovakia Janus, JaroslavJaroslav Janus HC Košice 16 865:48 11 5 27 1 93.48 1.87
Flag of Canada Coreau, JaredJared Coreau HC Slovan Bratislava 25 1486:23 17 8 47 6 93.90 1.90
Flag of Slovakia Škorvánek, StanislavStanislav Škorvánek

HK Dukla Michalovce 22 1305:10 12 10 49 1 93.35 2.25
Flag of Slovakia Riečický, DominikDominik Riečický HC Košice 19 930:14 10 9 37 1 91.76 2.39
Flag of the Czech Republic Kantor, PavelPavel Kantor HC Nové Zámky 37 2218:30 20 17 89 1 93.04 2.41
Flag of Slovakia Trenčan, AdamAdam Trenčan HKM Zvolen 25 1457:21 17 8 61 4 92.08 2.51
Flag of Canada Peters, AnthonyAnthony Peters HK Poprad 28 1635:46 16 12 69 1 91.82 2.53
Flag of Canada LaCouvee, ConnorConnor LaCouvee HK Dukla Trenčín 29 1644:13 13 16 71 3 92.90 2.59
Flag of Slovakia Melicherčík, MarcelMarcel Melicherčík HK Spišská Nová Ves 29 1729:46 15 14 76 1 90.98 2.64
Flag of Slovakia Valent, MichalMichal Valent MHk 32 Liptovský Mikuláš 33 1727:57 13 20 80 3 90.85 2.78

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  Košice 4  
7  Poprad 0     10  Nitra 1  
  1  Košice 4  
10  Nitra 3    
  8  Michalovce 3  
2  Slovan Bratislava 2
 
  8  Michalovce 4  
    1  Košice 4
  3  Zvolen 1
  3  Zvolen 4  
6  Nové Zámky 1  
  3  Zvolen 4
8  Michalovce 3  
  5  Spišská Nová Ves 3  
9  Trenčín 2     4  Banská Bystrica 3
    5  Spišská Nová Ves 4  

Wild card round[]

PopradNitra 0–3
8.3.2023 Poprad Nitra 1-2
9.3.2023 Poprad Nitra 1-2
11.3.2023 Nitra Poprad 2-0
Nitra won the series 3–0.


MichalovceTrenčín 3–2
8.3.2023 Michalovce Trenčín 2-1
9.3.2023 Michalovce Trenčín 4-6
11.3.2023 Trenčín Michalovce 2-0
12.3.2023 Trenčín Michalovce 2-3
14.3.2023 Michalovce Trenčín 2-1
Michalovce won the series 3–2.


Quarterfinals[]

KošiceNitra 4–1
17.3.2023 Košice Nitra 5-2
18.3.2023 Košice Nitra 4-3 SO
21.3.2023 Nitra Košice 5-2
22.3.2023 Nitra Košice 1-2
24.3.2023 Košice Nitra 4-2
Košice won the series 4–1.



ZvolenNové Zámky 4–1
15.3.2023 Zvolen Nové Zámky 4-3 OT
16.3.2023 Zvolen Nové Zámky 4-3 OT
19.3.2023 Nové Zámky Zvolen 5-2
20.3.2023 Nové Zámky Zvolen 2-4
23.3.2023 Zvolen Nové Zámky 5-2
Zvolen won the series 4–1.


Slovan BratislavaMichalovce 2–4
17.3.2023 Slovan Bratislava Michalovce 5-2
18.3.2023 Slovan Bratislava Michalovce 2-3 OT
21.3.2023 Michalovce Slovan Bratislava 3-2 OT
22.3.2023 Michalovce Slovan Bratislava 3-1
24.3.2023 Slovan Bratislava Michalovce 4-0
26.3.2023 Michalovce Slovan Bratislava 3-0
Michalovce won the series 4–2.



Banská BystricaSpišská Nová Ves 3–4
15.3.2023 Banská Bystrica Spišská Nová Ves 3-2
16.3.2023 Banská Bystrica Spišská Nová Ves 0-6
19.3.2023 Spišská Nová Ves Banská Bystrica 2-5
20.3.2023 Spišská Nová Ves Banská Bystrica 2-0
23.3.2023 Banská Bystrica Spišská Nová Ves 4-1
25.3.2023 Spišská Nová Ves Banská Bystrica 4-2
27.3.2023 Banská Bystrica Spišská Nová Ves 2-3 OT
Spišská Nová Ves won the series 4–3.


Semifinals[]

KošiceMichalovce 4–3
31.3.2023 Košice Michalovce 3-1
1.4.2023 Košice Michalovce 2-0
4.4.2023 Michalovce Košice 3-2
5.4.2023 Michalovce Košice 4-1
8.4.2023 Košice Michalovce 2-3 OT2
10.4.2023 Michalovce Košice 1-2
12.4.2023 Košice Michalovce 3-1
Košice won the series 4–3.


ZvolenSpišská Nová Ves 4–3
2.4.2023 Zvolen Spišská Nová Ves 2-4
3.4.2023 Zvolen Spišská Nová Ves 2-1 SO
6.4.2023 Spišská Nová Ves Zvolen 3-1
7.4.2023 Spišská Nová Ves Zvolen 1-3
9.4.2023 Zvolen Spišská Nová Ves 5-6
11.4.2023 Spišská Nová Ves Zvolen 0-3
13.4.2023 Zvolen Spišská Nová Ves 3-2
Zvolen won the series 4–3.


Finals[]

02023-04-16 16 April 2023
18:00
Košice 3–1
(1–1, 1–0, 1–0)
score in the series: 1–0
Zvolen Steel Aréna, Košice
Attendance: 8,347
02023-04-17 17 April 2023
18:00
Košice 1–0
(1–0, 0–0, 0–0)
score in the series: 2–0
Zvolen Steel Aréna, Košice
Attendance: 8,347
02023-04-20 20 April 2023
18:30
Zvolen 1–3
(1–1, 0–1, 0–1)
score in the series: 0–3
Košice Zvolen Ice Stadium, Zvolen
Attendance: 5,020
02023-04-21 21 April 2023
18:30
Zvolen 5–2
(0–0, 3–2, 2–0)
score in the series: 1–3
Košice Zvolen Ice Stadium, Zvolen
Attendance: 5,345
02023-04-23 23 April 2023
18:00
Košice 3–0
(0–0, 1–0, 2–0)
score in the series: 4–1
Zvolen Steel Aréna, Košice
Attendance: 8,347

Final rankings[]

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

References[]

  1. Slovan na úvod v Poprade, v 1. kole aj dve regionálne derby (Slovak). hokejportal.net.
  2. Statistics – Hráči 2022/2023 (Slovak). hockeyslovakia.sk. Retrieved on 23 August 2022.
  3. Statistics – Brankári 2022/2023 (Slovak). hockeyslovakia.sk. Retrieved on 23 August 2022.

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