2022–23 Slovak Extraliga season

2022–23 Slovak Extraliga season
LeagueSlovak Extraliga
SportIce hockey
Duration
  • 16 September 2022 – 5 March 2023 (regular season)
  • 8 March – 23 April (playoffs)
Number of games50
Number of teams12
Regular season
League ChampionHC Košice
Top scorer
Playoffs
Playoffs MVPDominik Riečický (Košice)
Finals
ChampionsHC Košice
  Runners-upHKM Zvolen
Slovak Extraliga seasons

The 2022–23 Slovak Extraliga season was the 30th season of the Slovak Extraliga, the highest ice hockey league in Slovakia.[1]

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 (20.12.2022 – 4.1.2023) 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 Košice 50 28 5 2 15 163 114 +49 96 Qualification to Quarter-finals
2 Slovan Bratislava 50 27 3 6 14 162 115 +47 93
3 Zvolen 50 24 4 7 15 168 141 +27 87
4 Banská Bystrica 50 21 7 2 20 147 156 −9 79
5 Spišská Nová Ves 50 21 3 10 16 146 144 +2 79
6 Nové Zámky 50 21 6 2 21 143 132 +11 77
7 Poprad 50 17 9 3 21 151 153 −2 72 Qualification to
Wild card round
8 Michalovce 50 17 7 7 19 124 129 −5 72
9 Trenčín 50 19 3 5 23 130 155 −25 68
10 Nitra 50 17 3 4 26 125 157 −32 61
11 Liptovský Mikuláš 50 16 3 7 24 124 149 −25 61
12 Prešov 50 11 8 6 25 129 167 −38 55 Relegated to Slovak 1. Liga
Source: Tipos extraliga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points.

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.[2]

Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIM
United States Max Gerlach HC 21 Prešov 50 34 25 59 +8 26
Canada Brant Harris HC Slovan Bratislava 48 29 27 56 +17 26
United States Robby Jackson HC Nové Zámky 49 30 21 51 +16 10
United States Liam Pecararo HC Slovan Bratislava 50 25 25 50 +22 36
United States Mike Huntebrinker HKM Zvolen 50 13 37 50 +15 43
Finland Joona Jääskeläinen HC Košice 47 22 23 45 −11 16
United States Austin Farley HC Nové Zámky 48 15 30 45 +10 47
Canada Kale Kerbashian HK Spišská Nová Ves 46 20 24 44 −3 10
Slovakia Tomáš Záborský HK Poprad 50 20 24 44 −5 14
Canada Branden Troock HC '05 Banská Bystrica 44 29 14 43 +6 47

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 matches played on 20 January 2023.[3]

Player Team GP TOI W L GA SO Sv% GAA
Slovakia Jaroslav Janus HC Košice 16 865:48 11 5 27 1 93.48 1.87
Canada Jared Coreau HC Slovan Bratislava 25 1486:23 17 8 47 6 93.90 1.90
Slovakia Stanislav Škorvánek HK Dukla Michalovce 22 1305:10 12 10 49 1 93.35 2.25
Slovakia Dominik Riečický HC Košice 19 930:14 10 9 37 1 91.76 2.39
Czech Republic Pavel Kantor HC Nové Zámky 37 2218:30 20 17 89 1 93.04 2.41
Slovakia Adam Trenčan HKM Zvolen 25 1457:21 17 8 61 4 92.08 2.51
Canada Anthony Peters HK Poprad 28 1635:46 16 12 69 1 91.82 2.53
Canada Connor LaCouvee HK Dukla Trenčín 29 1644:13 13 16 71 3 92.90 2.59
Slovakia Marcel Melicherčík HK Spišská Nová Ves 29 1729:46 15 14 76 1 90.98 2.64
Slovakia Michal Valent MHk 32 Liptovský Mikuláš 33 1727:57 13 20 80 3 90.85 2.78

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)
1 Košice 4
7 Poprad 0 10 Nitra 1
10 Nitra 3 1 Košice 4
8 Michalovce 3
2 Slovan Bratislava 2 (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round)
8 Michalovce 4
1 Košice 4
3 Zvolen 1
3 Zvolen 4
8 Michalovce 3 6 Nové Zámky 1
9 Trenčín 2 3 Zvolen 4
5 Spišská Nová Ves 3
4 Banská Bystrica 3
5 Spišská Nová Ves 4


Wild card round

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Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Finals

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16 April 2023
18:00
Košice3–1
(1–1, 1–0, 1–0)
score in the series: 1–0
ZvolenSteel Aréna, Košice
Attendance: 8,347
Game reference
Dominik RiečickýGoaliesAdam TrenčanReferees:
Vladimír Baluška
Peter Stano
Linesmen:
Šimon Synek
Oto Durmis
0–111:43 – Hecl (Marcinek, Messner)
Fejes (Breton) (PP) – 14:371–1
Bartánus (Pollock, Chovan) (PP) – 20:212–1
Olsson (Lamper) (EN) – 59:303–1
4 minPenalties6 min
16Shots36
17 April 2023
18:00
Košice1–0
(1–0, 0–0, 0–0)
score in the series: 2–0
ZvolenSteel Aréna, Košice
Attendance: 8,347
Game reference
Dominik RiečickýGoaliesAdam TrenčanReferees:
Vladimír Snášel ml.
Miroslav Štefik
Linesmen:
Peter Jedlička
Daniel Konc ml.
Slovák (Jokeľ, Havrila) – 18:111–0
6 minPenalties12 min
25Shots21
20 April 2023
18:30
Zvolen1–3
(1–1, 0–1, 0–1)
score in the series: 0–3
KošiceZvolen Ice Stadium, Zvolen
Attendance: 5,020
Game reference
Adam TrenčanGoaliesDominik RiečickýReferees:
Marek Žák
Vladimír Snášel ml.
Linesmen:
Matúš Stanzel
Ľudovít Šoltés
Zuzin (Viedenský, Marcinek) – 11:511–0
1–116:16 – Pollock (Jääskeläinen) (PP)
1–231:17 – Fejes (Bartánus, Breton)
1–346:24 – Jääskeläinen (Southorn, Leskinen)
14 minPenalties10 min
33Shots30
21 April 2023
18:30
Zvolen5–2
(0–0, 3–2, 2–0)
score in the series: 1–3
KošiceZvolen Ice Stadium, Zvolen
Attendance: 5,345
Game reference
Adam TrenčanGoaliesDominik Riečický
Jaroslav Janus
Referees:
Tomáš Hronský
Miroslav Štefik
Linesmen:
Tomáš Gegáň
Šimon Synek
Hanna (Hecl, Jedlička) (PP) – 21:351–0
1–126:11 – Olsson (Slovák, Leskinen)
Mudrák (Bondra, Jedlička) – 27:102–1
Zuzin (Kubka) – 27:213–1
3–230:56 – Havrila (Lamper, Breton)
Turnbull (Hanna, Sideroff) – 51:334–2
Viedenský (EN) – 59:375–2
6 minPenalties12 min
37Shots31
23 April 2023
18:00
Košice3–0
(0–0, 1–0, 2–0)
score in the series: 4–1
ZvolenSteel Aréna, Košice
Attendance: 8,347
Game reference
Dominik RiečickýGoaliesAdam TrenčanReferees:
Tomáš Hronský
Peter Stano
Linesmen:
Peter Jedlička
Daniel Konc ml.
Pollock (Šedivý, Southorn) – 23:201–0
Leskinen (Jääskeläinen) – 40:552–0
Šedivý (Fejes, Bartánus) (EN) – 57:333–0
6 minPenalties8 min
27Shots31

Final rankings

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

References

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  1. ^ "Slovan na úvod v Poprade, v 1. kole aj dve regionálne derby". hokejportal.net (in Slovak).
  2. ^ "Statistics – Hráči 2022/2023" (in Slovak). hockeyslovakia.sk. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  3. ^ "Statistics – Brankári 2022/2023" (in Slovak). hockeyslovakia.sk. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
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