2018–19 Slovak Extraliga season
2018–19 Slovak Extraliga season | |
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League | ![]() |
Sport | Ice hockey |
Duration | September 2018 – April 2019 |
Number of teams | 13 |
Regular season | |
League Champion | HC '05 Banská Bystrica |
Runners-up | HKm Zvolen |
Top scorer | Ladislav Nagy (Košice) |
Playoffs | |
Playoffs MVP | Samuel Buček (Nitra) |
Finals champions | HC '05 Banská Bystrica |
Runners-up | HK Nitra |
The 2018–19 Slovak Extraliga season is the 26th season of the Slovak Extraliga, the highest level of ice hockey in Slovakia. HK Orange 20 is a project to prepare the Slovakia junior ice hockey team for the IIHF World U20 Championship. The team does not play a complete regular season and cannot advance to the playoffs or get relegated. Since the 2018–19 season, the league also includes two teams from Hungary.[1]
Regular season
Standings
Each team plays 55 games, playing each of the other eleven teams five times. Points are 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 finishes with the most points is crowned the league champion.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Banská Bystrica | 57 | 32 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 196 | 139 | +57 | 115 | Qualification to Quarter-finals |
2 | Zvolen | 57 | 30 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 193 | 128 | +65 | 111 | |
3 | Nitra | 57 | 32 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 217 | 138 | +79 | 110 | |
4 | Košice | 57 | 32 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 190 | 135 | +55 | 109 | |
5 | Poprad | 57 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 17 | 168 | 147 | +21 | 102 | |
6 | Trenčín | 57 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 152 | 131 | +21 | 93 | |
7 | Nové Zámky | 57 | 25 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 142 | 130 | +12 | 92 | Qualification to Wild card round |
8 | Miskolc | 57 | 22 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 147 | 151 | −4 | 87 | |
9 | Budapest | 57 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 29 | 158 | 197 | −39 | 66 | |
10 | Detva | 57 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 30 | 149 | 198 | −49 | 62 | |
11 | Liptovský Mikuláš | 57 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 35 | 129 | 178 | −49 | 58 | |
12 | Žilina | 57 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 34 | 151 | 222 | −71 | 52 | Qualification to Relegation playoffs |
13 | HK Orange 20 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 30 | 128 | −98 | 2 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points
Statistics
Scoring leaders
The following players led the league in points, at the conclusion of matches played on 26 February 2019.[2]
Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM |
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HC '05 Banská Bystrica | 52 | 24 | 48 | 72 | +7 | 36 |
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HKm Zvolen | 56 | 20 | 48 | 68 | +16 | 34 |
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HC Košice | 48 | 34 | 27 | 61 | +25 | 28 |
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HC '05 Banská Bystrica | 42 | 24 | 35 | 59 | +19 | 28 |
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HK Nitra | 56 | 20 | 38 | 58 | +17 | 12 |
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HC '05 Banská Bystrica | 55 | 29 | 26 | 55 | +4 | 68 |
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HK Poprad | 56 | 19 | 33 | 52 | +18 | 16 |
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HK Nitra | 53 | 30 | 21 | 51 | +26 | 20 |
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DVTK Jegesmedvék | 57 | 27 | 22 | 49 | +16 | 48 |
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HKm Zvolen | 48 | 18 | 31 | 49 | +15 | 8 |
Leading goaltenders
The following goaltenders 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 February 2019.[3]
Player | Team | GP | TOI | W | T | L | GA | SO | Sv% | GAA |
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DVTK Jegesmedvék | 31 | 1886:22 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 58 | 7 | 94.85 | 1.84 |
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HK Dukla Trenčín | 49 | 2887:33 | 22 | 10 | 17 | 97 | 2 | 92.58 | 2.02 |
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HKm Zvolen | 33 | 1916:31 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 68 | 4 | 92.80 | 2.13 |
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HKm Zvolen | 26 | 1529:42 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 55 | 5 | 92.48 | 2.16 |
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HC '05 Banská Bystrica | 43 | 2493:23 | 24 | 10 | 9 | 91 | 2 | 91.85 | 2.19 |
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HC Košice | 44 | 2590:36 | 25 | 7 | 12 | 96 | 5 | 93.22 | 2.22 |
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HC Nové Zámky | 47 | 2790:01 | 19 | 9 | 19 | 105 | 6 | 93.30 | 2.26 |
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HK Nitra | 39 | 2208:20 | 22 | 7 | 10 | 85 | 2 | 92.09 | 2.31 |
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HK Poprad | 38 | 2225:10 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 90 | 5 | 93.11 | 2.43 |
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MAC Budapest | 32 | 1825:19 | 10 | 7 | 16 | 86 | 3 | 91.63 | 2.83 |
Relegation series
Relegation series will be played between MsHK Žilina, the 12th team in regular season, and HK Dukla Michalovce, the winner of 1.liga. The winner of best-of-seven series will play in Extraliga in 2019–20 season.
PlayOut
12 March 2019 19:00 | Žilina | 3–1 (0–0, 3–0, 0–1) | Michalovce | Garmin Arena, Žilina Attendance: 1,012 |
Game reference | ||||
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6 min | Penalties | 4 min | ||
28 | Shots | 24 |
13 March 2019 17:30 | Žilina | 4–1 (1–1, 0–0, 3–0) | Michalovce | Garmin Arena, Žilina Attendance: 1,059 |
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8 min | Penalties | 29 min | ||
45 | Shots | 36 |
16 March 2019 17:30 | Michalovce | 3–2 OT1 (0–2, 2–0, 0–0, 1–0) | Žilina | Michalovce Ice Stadium, Michalovce Attendance: 3,955 |
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18 min | Penalties | 22 min | ||
31 | Shots | 27 |
17 March 2019 17:30 | Michalovce | 3–0 (2–0, 0–0, 1–0) | Žilina | Michalovce Ice Stadium, Michalovce Attendance: 4,167 |
Game reference | ||||
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52 min | Penalties | 93 min | ||
32 | Shots | 25 |
19 March 2019 17:30 | Žilina | 4–1 (2–1, 0–0, 2–0) | Michalovce | Garmin Arena, Žilina Attendance: 1,252 |
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12 min | Penalties | 22 min | ||
46 | Shots | 37 |
21 March 2019 17:30 | Michalovce | 2–0 (0–0, 1–0, 1–0) | Žilina | Michalovce Ice Stadium, Michalovce Attendance: 4,327 |
Game reference | ||||
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8 min | Penalties | 4 min | ||
30 | Shots | 34 |
23 March 2019 17:00 | Žilina | 1–2 (1–2, 0–0, 0–0) | Michalovce | Garmin Arena, Žilina Attendance: 2,551 |
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29 min | Penalties | 10 min | ||
56 | Shots | 31 |
Michalovce wins the series 4-3 and will play in 2019–20 Slovak Extraliga season
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
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Finals
9 April 2019 18:00 | Banská Bystrica | 3–2 OT1 (1–1, 0–1, 1–0, 1–0) | Nitra | Banská Bystrica Ice Stadium, Banská Bystrica Attendance: 2,763 |
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10 April 2019 18:00 | Banská Bystrica | 3–1 (0–0, 2–1, 1–0) | Nitra | Banská Bystrica Ice Stadium, Banská Bystrica Attendance: 2,813 |
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13 April 2019 18:00 | Nitra | 3–7 (1–2, 2–3, 0–2) | Banská Bystrica | Nitra Aréna, Nitra Attendance: 3,600 |
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14 April 2019 19:00 | Nitra | 2–1 SO (0–0, 1–0, 0–1, 0–0, 1–0) | Banská Bystrica | Nitra Aréna, Nitra Attendance: 3,600 |
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16 April 2019 18:00 | Banská Bystrica | 6–2 (3–1, 2–1, 1–0) | Nitra | Banská Bystrica Ice Stadium, Banská Bystrica Attendance: 2,841 |
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Final rankings
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Banská Bystrica |
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Nitra |
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Zvolen |
4 | Poprad |
5 | Košice |
6 | Trenčín |
7 | Budapest |
8 | Detva |
9 | Nové Zámky |
10 | Miskolc |
11 | Liptovský Mikuláš |
12 | Žilina |
References
- ^ "VIDEO: Potvrdené, dva kluby z Maďarska rozšíria slovenskú Tipsport ligu". Retrieved 14 Jun 2018.
- ^ "Súťaže a štatistiky, Tipsport liga, Hráči, Produktivita" (in Slovak). hockeyslovakia. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
- ^ "Súťaže a štatistiky, Tipsport liga, Brankári" (in Slovak). hockeyslovakia. Retrieved 26 February 2019.