2021–22_Slovak_Extraliga_season
2021–22 Slovak Extraliga season
Sports season
The 2021–22 Slovak Extraliga season was the 29th season of the Slovak Extraliga, the highest ice hockey league in Slovakia.[1][2]
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| 2021–22 Slovak Extraliga season | |
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| League | Slovak Extraliga |
| Sport | Ice hockey |
| Duration |
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| Number of games | 50 |
| Number of teams | 12 |
| Regular season | |
| League Champion | HC Slovan Bratislava |
| Top scorer |
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| Playoffs | |
| Playoffs MVP | Samuel Buček (Nitra) |
| Finals | |
| Champions | HC Slovan Bratislava |
| Runners-up | HK Nitra |
| Slovak Extraliga seasons | |
← 2020–21 2022–23 → | |
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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]
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.
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Slovan Bratislava | 50 | 32 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 189 | 118 | +71 | 104 | Qualification to Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Zvolen | 50 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 175 | 135 | +40 | 100 | |
| 3 | Nitra | 50 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 189 | 137 | +52 | 97 | |
| 4 | Michalovce | 50 | 25 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 136 | 140 | −4 | 88 | |
| 5 | Košice | 50 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 155 | 132 | +23 | 82 | |
| 6 | Poprad | 50 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 165 | 161 | +4 | 71 | |
| 7 | Spišská Nová Ves | 50 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 131 | 137 | −6 | 70 | Qualification to Wild card round |
| 8 | Banská Bystrica | 50 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 142 | 146 | −4 | 69 | |
| 9 | Trenčín | 50 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 124 | 138 | −14 | 66 | |
| 10 | Prešov | 50 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 115 | 167 | −52 | 56 | |
| 11 | Nové Zámky | 50 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 125 | 168 | −43 | 53 | |
| 12 | Liptovský Mikuláš | 50 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 32 | 112 | 179 | −67 | 41 | Qualification to Play Out |
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Source: Tipos extraliga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points.
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.[6]
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| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM |
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 Samuel Buček |
HK Nitra | 50 | 41 | 23 | 64 | +26 | 34 |
 Brant Harris |
HC Slovan Bratislava | 49 | 21 | 38 | 59 | +21 | 26 |
 William Rapuzzi |
HC Slovan Bratislava | 50 | 25 | 31 | 56 | +31 | 12 |
| Patrik Svitana |
HK Poprad | 49 | 16 | 39 | 55 | +12 | 16 |
| Andrew Yogan |
HC Slovan Bratislava | 48 | 20 | 32 | 52 | +26 | 32 |
| Marcel Haščák |
HC Slovan Bratislava | 32 | 23 | 27 | 50 | +22 | 20 |
| Tony Cameranesi |
HK Dukla Michalovce | 49 | 16 | 30 | 46 | +3 | 34 |
| Cole Ully |
HK Poprad | 46 | 18 | 27 | 45 | +11 | 24 |
| Michal Chovan |
HC Košice | 49 | 14 | 31 | 45 | +5 | 24 |
| Robby Jackson |
HC Nové Zámky | 50 | 23 | 21 | 44 | −8 | 14 |
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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]
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| Player | Team | GP | TOI | W | L | GA | SO | Sv% | GAA |
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| Clint Windsor |
HC Slovan Bratislava | 23 | 1296:25 | 17 | 6 | 47 | 4 | 92.62 | 2.18 |
| Marcel Melicherčík |
HK Spišská Nová Ves | 38 | 2194:10 | 20 | 18 | 81 | 4 | 93.75 | 2.21 |
| Evan Weninger |
HC '05 Banská Bystrica | 25 | 1516:15 | 14 | 11 | 58 | 2 | 92.46 | 2.30 |
| Matt O'Connor |
HK Nitra | 27 | 1381:13 | 16 | 11 | 57 | 0 | 92.29 | 2.48 |
| Michal Valent |
HK Dukla Trenčín | 34 | 1801:21 | 15 | 19 | 75 | 2 | 91.50 | 2.50 |
| Devin Williams |
HK Dukla Michalovce | 22 | 1303:21 | 13 | 9 | 56 | 0 | 91.32 | 2.58 |
| Andrej Košarišťan |
HC Košice | 35 | 1906:26 | 16 | 19 | 84 | 2 | 91.84 | 2.64 |
 David Honzík |
HK Nitra | 30 | 1636:58 | 22 | 8 | 74 | 2 | 91.41 | 2.71 |
 Robin Rahm |
HKM Zvolen | 40 | 2391:40 | 26 | 14 | 110 | 4 | 91.81 | 2.76 |
| Tomáš Vošvrda |
HK Dukla Michalovce | 38 | 2161:14 | 14 | 24 | 106 | 3 | 90.54 | 2.94 |
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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.
| 17 April 2022 16:00 | Žilina | 2–1 (1–1, 0–0, 1–0) score in the series: 1–0 | Liptovský Mikuláš | Niké Aréna, Žilina Attendance: 3,680 |
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| Stanislav Škorvánek | Goalies | Patrik Lietava | Referees: Juraj Konc Jr. Peter Rojík Linesmen: Michal Orolin Martin Staššák | ||||||||
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| 18 April 2022 16:00 | Žilina | 1–3 (1–1, 0–1, 0–0) score in the series: 1–1 | Liptovský Mikuláš | Niké Aréna, Žilina Attendance: 3,321 |
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| Stanislav Škorvánek | Goalies | Patrik Lietava | Referees: Martin Smrek Róbert Müllner Linesmen: Martin Hercog Lukáš Beniač | |||||||||||
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| 36 | Shots | 34 | ||||||||||||
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| 21 April 2022 17:00 | Liptovský Mikuláš | 4–1 (1–0, 1–0, 2–1) score in the series: 2–1 | Žilina | Liptovský Mikuláš Ice Stadium, Liptovský Mikuláš Attendance: 1,000 |
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| Patrik Lietava | Goalies | Stanislav Škorvánek | Referees: Marek Žák Tomáš Orolin Linesmen: Martin Ordzovenský Andrej Bogdaň | ||||||||||||||
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| 16 min | Penalties | 22 min | |||||||||||||||
| 41 | Shots | 15 | |||||||||||||||
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| 22 April 2022 17:00 | Liptovský Mikuláš | 3–2 (0–0, 1–2, 2–0) score in the series: 3–1 | Žilina | Liptovský Mikuláš Ice Stadium, Liptovský Mikuláš Attendance: 1,200 |
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| Patrik Lietava Tobias Klimčák | Goalies | Maroš Mikoláš | Referees: Juraj Konc Jr. Martin Jobbágy Linesmen: Adam Jurčiak Juraj Šefčík | ||||||||||||||
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| 22 min | Penalties | 18 min | |||||||||||||||
| 26 | Shots | 13 | |||||||||||||||
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| 24 April 2022 17:00 | Žilina | 0–4 (0–1, 0–2, 0–1) score in the series: 1–4 | Liptovský Mikuláš | Niké Aréna, Žilina Attendance: 2,236 |
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| Maroš Mikoláš | Goalies | Patrik Lietava Tobias Klimčák | Referees: Vladimír Baluška Tomáš Hronský Linesmen: Michal Orolin Šimon Synek | |||||||||||
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| 6 min | Penalties | 30 min | ||||||||||||
| 14 | Shots | 28 | ||||||||||||
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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
| Wild-card round (best-of-5) | Quarter-finals (best-of-7) | Semi-finals (best-of-7) | Finals (best-of-7) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Slovan Bratislava | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Spišská Nová Ves | 0 | 10 | Prešov | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| 10 | Prešov | 3 | 1 | Slovan Bratislava | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| 5 | Košice | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Michalovce | 2 | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Košice | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Slovan Bratislava | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Nitra | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Zvolen | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Banská Bystrica | 3 | 8 | Banská Bystrica | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 9 | Trenčín | 1 | 2 | Zvolen | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | Nitra | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
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| 6 | Poprad | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
Wild card round
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Quarterfinals
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Semifinals
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Finals
| 22 April 2022 18:30 | Slovan Bratislava | 6–4 (2–1, 3–1, 1–2) score in the series: 1–0 | Nitra | Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 10,016 |
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| Anthony Peters | Goalies | David Honzík Matthew O'Connor | Referees: Vladimír Snášel Jr. Miroslav Štefik Linesmen: Matúš Stanzel Ľudovít Šoltés | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 23 April 2022 18:30 | Slovan Bratislava | 1–2 OT (0–0, 0–0, 1–1) (OT: 0–1) score in the series: 1–1 | Nitra | Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 10,016 |
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| Clint Windsor | Goalies | David Honzík | Referees: Milan Novák Martin Korba Linesmen: Tomáš Gegáň Andrej Bogdaň | ||||||||
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| 26 April 2022 18:30 | Nitra | 2–6 (0–2, 1–4, 1–0) score in the series: 1–2 | Slovan Bratislava | Nitra Aréna, Nitra Attendance: 3,600 |
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| David Honzík Matthew O'Connor | Goalies | Clint Windsor | Referees: Peter Stano Miroslav Štefik Linesmen: Oto Durmis Lukáš Kacej | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 27 April 2022 18:30 | Nitra | 4–1 (1–0, 2–0, 1–1) score in the series: 2–2 | Slovan Bratislava | Nitra Aréna, Nitra Attendance: 3,600 |
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| David Honzík Matthew O'Connor | Goalies | Clint Windsor | Referees: Peter Stano Martin Korba Linesmen: Matúš Stanzel Andrej Bogdaň | ||||||||||||||
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| 29 April 2022 18:30 | Slovan Bratislava | 3–1 (0–0, 2–1, 1–0) score in the series: 3–2 | Nitra | Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 10,016 |
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| Anthony Peters | Goalies | David Honzík | Referees: Peter Stano Miroslav Štefik Linesmen: Oto Durmis Tomáš Gegáň | |||||||||||
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| 1 May 2022 18:30 | Nitra | 2–5 (0–0, 1–1, 1–4) score in the series: 2–4 | Slovan Bratislava | Nitra Aréna, Nitra Attendance: 3,600 |
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| David Honzík | Goalies | Anthony Peters | Referees: Martin Korba Miroslav Štefik Linesmen: Oto Durmis Lukáš Kacej | ||||||||||||||||||||
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 | 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 |
| 2021–22 Slovak Extraliga season winners |
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 HC Slovan Bratislava 9th title |
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