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2023–24 Slovak Extraliga season

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

2023–24 Slovak Extraliga season
LeagueSlovak Extraliga
SportIce hockey
Duration
  • 15 September 2023 – 8 March 2024 (regular season)
  • 11 March – 24 April 2024 (playoffs)
Number of games50
Number of teams12
Regular season
League ChampionHK Poprad
Top scorer
Playoffs
Playoffs MVPSamuel Buček (Nitra)
Finals
ChampionsHK Nitra
  Runners-upHK Spišská Nová Ves
Slovak Extraliga seasons

Team changes

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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

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Standings

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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[a]
7 Zvolen 50 19 4 11 16 165 160 +5 76[a] Qualification to
Wild card round
8 Nitra 50 21 4 5 20 172 158 +14 76[a]
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:
  1. ^ a b c Bystrica 14 points, Zvolen 12, Nitra 10

Statistics

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Scoring leaders

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The following shows the top ten players who led the league in points, at the conclusion of the regular season.[4]

Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIM
Olivier Archambault HK Spišská Nová Ves 45 14 45 59 +11 38
Ryan Dmowski HK Poprad 44 30 27 57 +29 44
Samuel Buček HK Nitra 44 26 31 57 −2 16
Carter Turnbull HC '05 Banská Bystrica 41 25 31 56 +2 22
Kaspars Daugaviņš HK Dukla Michalovce 48 11 43 54 +14 20
Matthew Wilkins HC '05 Banská Bystrica 49 19 33 52 +4 87
Brent Gates HK Nitra 48 14 38 52 +3 12
Liam Pecararo HC Slovan Bratislava 46 17 31 48 +16 30
Igor Merezhko HK Spišská Nová Ves 49 10 38 48 +27 14
Robby Jackson HK Nitra 44 26 20 46 +12 10

Leading goaltenders

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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.[5]

Player Team GP TOI W L GA SO SV% GAA
Dominik Riečický HC Košice 24 1,287:06 13 11 41 3 93.64 1.91
Ádám Vay HK Poprad 44 2,501:15 30 14 89 1 92.88 2.13
Jaroslav Janus HC Košice 30 1,711:23 15 15 63 2 92.35 2.21
Stanislav Škorvánek HK Dukla Michalovce 39 2,322:38 25 14 90 4 93.08 2.32
Marcel Melicherčík HK Spišská Nová Ves 30 1,721:17 19 11 71 0 90.65 2.47
Denis Godla HC Slovan Bratislava 30 1,744:44 19 11 79 2 91.51 2.72
Gašper Krošelj HC '05 Banská Bystrica 27 1,491:51 16 11 71 3 91.94 2.86
Alexei Krasikov HK 32 Liptovský Mikuláš 49 2,756:14 21 28 132 1 90.69 2.87
Connor LaCouvee HK Dukla Trenčín 40 2,282:28 20 20 110 3 91.52 2.89
Pavel Kantor HC Nové Zámky 48 2,867:45 19 29 139 1 91.18 2.91

Playoffs

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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

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


Wild card round

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Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Finals

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19 April 2024
18:00		Spišská Nová Ves2–3
(0–2, 1–0, 1–1)
score in the series: 0–1		NitraSpiš Aréna, Spišská Nová Ves
Attendance: 4,300
Game reference
Filip SurákGoaliesSami Aittokallio
31 minPenalties33 min
32Shots35
20 April 2024
18:30		Spišská Nová Ves2–5
(0–3, 0–1, 2–1)
score in the series: 0–2		NitraSpiš Aréna, Spišská Nová Ves
Attendance: 4,300
Game reference
Filip Surák
Marcel Melicherčík		GoaliesLibor Kašík
35 minPenalties43 min
43Shots25
23 April 2024
18:00		Nitra5–1
(3–1, 0–0, 2–0)
score in the series: 3–0		Spišská Nová VesNitra Aréna, Nitra
Attendance: 3,600
Game reference
Libor KašíkGoaliesFilip Surák
6 minPenalties8 min
34Shots32
24 April 2024
18:00		Nitra2–1 OT
(0–0, 0–0, 1–1)
(OT: 1–0)
score in the series: 4–0		Spišská Nová VesNitra Aréna, Nitra
Attendance: 3,600
Game reference
Libor KašíkGoaliesFilip Surák
6 minPenalties35 min
49Shots28

Final rankings

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  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

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  1. ^ "Extraligová sezóna odštartuje 15. septembra, v prvom kole súboj majstra s nováčikom". hockeyslovakia.sk (in Slovak).
  2. ^ "Humenné si vybojovalo historický postup do extraligy". teraz.sk (in Slovak).
  3. ^ "Prešov prehral vo Zvolene 0:7 a vypadol z extraligy". hokejportal.net (in Slovak).
  4. ^ "Statistics – Hráči 2023/2024" (in Slovak). hockeyslovakia.sk. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  5. ^ "Statistics – Brankári 2023/2024" (in Slovak). hockeyslovakia.sk. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
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