2021–22 Slovak Extraliga season explained

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 Tipos 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 Erste Liga.^[4]

HK Spišská Nová Ves won Slovak 1. Liga in the season 2020–21 in a best-of-seven playoff against Vlci Žilina. They returned to Slovak Exraliga after eleven years, the last time they played there was in the 2009–10 season.^[5]

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.

Statistics

Scoring leaders

The following shows the top ten players who led the league in points, at the conclusion of the regular season.^[6]

Player	Team
	HK Nitra	50	41	23	64	+26	34
	HC Slovan Bratislava	49	21	38	59	+21	26
	HC Slovan Bratislava	50	25	31	56	+31	12
	HK Poprad	49	16	39	55	+12	16
	HC Slovan Bratislava	48	20	32	52	+26	32
	HC Slovan Bratislava	32	23	27	50	+22	20
	HK Dukla Michalovce	49	16	30	46	+3	34
	HK Poprad	46	18	27	45	+11	24
	HC Košice	49	14	31	45	+5	24
	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 the regular season.^[7]

Player	Team
		23	1296:25	17	6	47	4	92.62	2.18
		38	2194:10	20	18	81	4	93.75	2.21
		25	1516:15	14	11	58	2	92.46	2.30
	HK Nitra	27	1381:13	16	11	57	0	92.29	2.48
	HK Dukla Trenčín	34	1801:21	15	19	75	2	91.50	2.50
	HK Dukla Michalovce	22	1303:21	13	9	56	0	91.32	2.58
	HC Košice	35	1906:26	16	19	84	2	91.84	2.64
	HK Nitra	30	1636:58	22	8	74	2	91.41	2.71
	HKM Zvolen	40	2391:40	26	14	110	4	91.81	2.76
	HK Dukla Michalovce	38	2161:14	14	24	106	3	90.54	2.94

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.

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.

Finals

Final rankings

align=center style="width:20px;		Slovan Bratislava
	Nitra
	Zvolen
4	Košice
5	Michalovce
6	Poprad
7	Banská Bystrica
8	Prešov
9	Spišská Nová Ves
10	Trenčín
11	Nové Zámky
12	Liptovský Mikuláš

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: V prvom kole TIPOS Extraligy privíta majster nováčika zo Spiša, Prešov doma proti Bystrici. Slovak. hockeyslovakia.sk.
2. Web site: Nový ročník hokejovej extraligy sa začne v septembri . slovak. sport.aktuality.sk.
3. Web site: Ľupták oživil hokej v Prešove, možno pribudne Tibor Turan. Slovak. hokejportal.net.
4. Web site: Desať najväčších strát Tipos extraligy. Slovak. hockeyslovakia.sk.
5. Web site: Spišská Nová Ves postúpila do Tipos extraligy! Rozhodla o tom v nájazdovej dráme na ľade Žiliny. Slovak. sport.aktuality.sk.
6. Web site: Statistics – Hráči 2021/2022. hockeyslovakia.sk. 24 September 2021. Slovak.
7. Web site: Statistics – Brankári 2021/2022. hockeyslovakia.sk. 24 September 2021. Slovak.