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2023–24 Slovak Extraliga season
League Slovak Extraliga
Sport Ice hockey
Duration
  • 15 September 2023 – 8 March 2024 (regular season)
  • 11 March – 24 April 2024 (playoffs)
Number of games 50
Number of teams 12
Regular season
League Champion HK Poprad
Top scorer
Playoffs

The 2023–24 Slovak Extraliga season was be the 31st season of the Slovak Extraliga, the highest ice hockey league in Slovakia.[1]

Team changes[]

HC 19 Humenné are playing in the league for the first time after winning Slovak 1. Liga in the season 2022–23 in a best-of-seven playoff against Vlci Žilina.[2]

HC MV Transport Prešov finished in the 2022–23 Slovak Extraliga season on the last 12th place and was relegated to a second highest ice hockey league in Slovakia.[3]

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 (22.12.2023 – 5.1.2024) 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 Poprad 50 27 5 3 15 163 119 +44 94 Qualification to Quarter-finals
2 Michalovce 50 27 4 1 18 167 121 +46 90
3 Spišská Nová Ves 50 24 6 3 17 163 138 +25 87
4 Košice 50 24 2 5 19 147 117 +30 81
5 Slovan Bratislava 50 21 5 4 20 157 160 −3 77
6 Banská Bystrica 50 21 6 1 22 151 172 −21 76[lower-alpha 1]
7 Zvolen 50 19 4 11 16 165 160 +5 76[lower-alpha 1] Qualification to
Wild card round
8 Nitra 50 21 4 5 20 172 158 +14 76[lower-alpha 1]
9 Trenčín 50 21 5 2 22 144 156 −12 75
10 Liptovský Mikuláš 50 18 3 4 25 136 161 −25 64
11 Nové Zámky 50 16 3 4 27 133 159 −26 58
12 Humenné 50 13 1 5 31 121 198 −77 46 Relegated to Slovak 1. Liga
Source: Tipos extraliga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points.
Notes:

Statistics[]

Scoring leaders[]

The following shows the top ten players who led the league in points, at the conclusion of the regular season.[1]

Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIM
Archambault, OlivierOlivier Archambault HK Spišská Nová Ves 45 14 45 59 +11 38
Dmowski, RyanRyan Dmowski HK Poprad 44 30 27 57 +29 44
Buček, SamuelSamuel Buček HK Nitra 44 26 31 57 −2 16
Turnbull, CarterCarter Turnbull HC '05 Banská Bystrica 41 25 31 56 +2 22
Daugaviņš, KasparsKaspars Daugaviņš HK Dukla Michalovce 48 11 43 54 +14 20
Wilkins, MatthewMatthew Wilkins HC '05 Banská Bystrica 49 19 33 52 +4 87
Gates, BrentBrent Gates HK Nitra 48 14 38 52 +3 12
Pecararo, LiamLiam Pecararo HC Slovan Bratislava 46 17 31 48 +16 30
Merezhko, IgorIgor Merezhko HK Spišská Nová Ves 49 10 38 48 +27 14
Jackson, RobbyRobby Jackson HK Nitra 44 26 20 46 +12 10

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.[2]

Player Team GP TOI W L GA SO SV% GAA
Riečický, DominikDominik Riečický HC Košice 24 1,287:06 13 11 41 3 93.64 1.91
Vay, ÁdámÁdám Vay HK Poprad 44 2,501:15 30 14 89 1 92.88 2.13
Janus, JaroslavJaroslav Janus HC Košice 30 1,711:23 15 15 63 2 92.35 2.21
Škorvánek, StanislavStanislav Škorvánek

HK Dukla Michalovce 39 2,322:38 25 14 90 4 93.08 2.32
Melicherčík, MarcelMarcel Melicherčík

HK Spišská Nová Ves 30 1,721:17 19 11 71 0 90.65 2.47
Godla, DenisDenis Godla HC Slovan Bratislava 30 1,744:44 19 11 79 2 91.51 2.72
Krošelj, GašperGašper Krošelj HC '05 Banská Bystrica 27 1,491:51 16 11 71 3 91.94 2.86
Krasikov, AlexeiAlexei Krasikov HK 32 Liptovský Mikuláš 49 2,756:14 21 28 132 1 90.69 2.87
LaCouvee, ConnorConnor LaCouvee HK Dukla Trenčín 40 2,282:28 20 20 110 3 91.52 2.89
Kantor, PavelPavel Kantor HC Nové Zámky 48 2,867:45 19 29 139 1 91.18 2.91

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

Wild card round[]

ZvolenLiptovský Mikuláš 3–2
11.3.2024 Zvolen Liptovský Mikuláš 2-3 OT
12.3.2024 Zvolen Liptovský Mikuláš 7-6 OT
14.3.2024 Liptovský Mikuláš Zvolen 4-7
15.3.2024 Liptovský Mikuláš Zvolen 5-1
17.3.2024 Zvolen Liptovský Mikuláš 6-2
Zvolen won the series 3–2.


NitraTrenčín 3–2
11.3.2024 Nitra Trenčín 5-2
12.3.2024 Nitra Trenčín 3-4
14.3.2024 Trenčín Nitra 3-2
15.3.2024 Trenčín Nitra 4-5
17.3.2024 Nitra Trenčín 5-1
Nitra won the series 3–2.


Quarterfinals[]

PopradNitra 2–4
20.3.2024 Poprad Nitra 3-1
21.3.2024 Poprad Nitra 1-5
24.3.2024 Nitra Poprad 0-2
25.3.2024 Nitra Poprad 2-1 SO
27.3.2024 Poprad Nitra 3-4
29.3.2024 Nitra Poprad 2-0
Nitra won the series 4–2.



Spišská Nová VesBanská Bystrica 4–0
18.3.2024 Spišská Nová Ves Banská Bystrica 3-2 OT
19.3.2024 Spišská Nová Ves Banská Bystrica 4-2
22.3.2024 Banská Bystrica Spišská Nová Ves 3-4 OT
23.3.2024 Banská Bystrica Spišská Nová Ves 3-6
Spišská Nová Ves won the series 4–0.


MichalovceZvolen 4–1
20.3.2024 Michalovce Zvolen 5-0
21.3.2024 Michalovce Zvolen 5-1
24.3.2024 Zvolen Michalovce 2-6
25.3.2024 Zvolen Michalovce 3-2
27.3.2024 Michalovce Zvolen 3-1
Michalovce won the series 4–1.



KošiceSlovan Bratislava 4–0
18.3.2024 Košice Slovan Bratislava 6-2
19.3.2024 Košice Slovan Bratislava 5-4
22.3.2024 Slovan Bratislava Košice 3-5
23.3.2024 Slovan Bratislava Košice 2-4
Košice won the series 4–0.


Semifinals[]

MichalovceNitra 2–4
3.4.2024 Michalovce Nitra 2-3
4.4.2024 Michalovce Nitra 2-8
7.4.2024 Nitra Michalovce 4-7
8.4.2024 Nitra Michalovce 5-1
11.4.2024 Michalovce Nitra 5-2
13.4.2024 Nitra Michalovce 4-3 OT
Nitra won the series 4–2.


Spišská Nová VesKošice 4–3
5.4.2024 Spišská Nová Ves Košice 5-4 OT
6.4.2024 Spišská Nová Ves Košice 4-0
9.4.2024 Košice Spišská Nová Ves 6-2
10.4.2024 Košice Spišská Nová Ves 4-2
12.4.2024 Spišská Nová Ves Košice 4-3 OT2
14.4.2024 Košice Spišská Nová Ves 4-1
16.4.2024 Spišská Nová Ves Košice 2-1
Spišská Nová Ves won the series 4–3.


Finals[]

02024-04-19 19 April 2024
18:00
Spišská Nová Ves 2–3
(0–2, 1–0, 1–1)
score in the series: 0–1
Nitra Spiš Aréna, Spišská Nová Ves
Attendance: 4,300
02024-04-20 20 April 2024
18:30
Spišská Nová Ves 2–5
(0–3, 0–1, 2–1)
score in the series: 0–2
Nitra Spiš Aréna, Spišská Nová Ves
Attendance: 4,300
02024-04-23 23 April 2024
18:00
Nitra 5–1
(3–1, 0–0, 2–0)
score in the series: 3–0
Spišská Nová Ves Nitra Aréna, Nitra
Attendance: 3,600
02024-04-24 24 April 2024
18:00
Nitra 2–1 OT
(0–0, 0–0, 1–1)
(OT: 1–0)
score in the series: 4–0
Spišská Nová Ves Nitra Aréna, Nitra
Attendance: 3,600

Final rankings[]

Nitra
Spišská Nová Ves
Michalovce
4 Košice
5 Poprad
6 Slovan Bratislava
7 Banská Bystrica
8 Zvolen
9 Trenčín
10 Liptovský Mikuláš
11 Nové Zámky
12 Humenné

References[]

  1. Statistics – Hráči 2023/2024 (Slovak). hockeyslovakia.sk. Retrieved on 27 August 2023.
  2. Statistics – Brankári 2023/2024 (Slovak). hockeyslovakia.sk. Retrieved on 27 August 2023.

External links[]

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