2021–22 Slovak Extraliga season

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2021–22 Slovak Extraliga season
LeagueSlovak Extraliga
SportIce hockey
Duration
  • 24 September 2021 – 13 March 2022 (regular season)
  • 16 March – 1 May 2022 (playoffs)
Number of games50
Number of teams12
Regular season
League ChampionHC Slovan Bratislava
Top scorer
Playoffs
Playoffs MVPSamuel Buček (Nitra)
Finals
ChampionsHC Slovan Bratislava
  Runners-upHK Nitra
Slovak Extraliga seasons

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[edit]

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[edit]

Standings[edit]

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.

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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
Source: Tipos extraliga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points.

Statistics[edit]

Scoring leaders[edit]

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

Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIM
Slovakia Samuel Buček HK Nitra 50 41 23 64 +26 34
Canada Brant Harris HC Slovan Bratislava 49 21 38 59 +21 26
United States William Rapuzzi HC Slovan Bratislava 50 25 31 56 +31 12
Slovakia Patrik Svitana HK Poprad 49 16 39 55 +12 16
United States Andrew Yogan HC Slovan Bratislava 48 20 32 52 +26 32
Slovakia Marcel Haščák HC Slovan Bratislava 32 23 27 50 +22 20
United States Tony Cameranesi HK Dukla Michalovce 49 16 30 46 +3 34
Canada Cole Ully HK Poprad 46 18 27 45 +11 24
Slovakia Michal Chovan HC Košice 49 14 31 45 +5 24
United States Robby Jackson HC Nové Zámky 50 23 21 44 −8 14

Leading goaltenders[edit]

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 GP TOI W L GA SO Sv% GAA
Canada Clint Windsor HC Slovan Bratislava 23 1296:25 17 6 47 4 92.62 2.18
Slovakia Marcel Melicherčík HK Spišská Nová Ves 38 2194:10 20 18 81 4 93.75 2.21
Canada Evan Weninger HC '05 Banská Bystrica 25 1516:15 14 11 58 2 92.46 2.30
Canada Matt O'Connor HK Nitra 27 1381:13 16 11 57 0 92.29 2.48
Slovakia Michal Valent HK Dukla Trenčín 34 1801:21 15 19 75 2 91.50 2.50
United States Devin Williams HK Dukla Michalovce 22 1303:21 13 9 56 0 91.32 2.58
Slovakia Andrej Košarišťan HC Košice 35 1906:26 16 19 84 2 91.84 2.64
Czech Republic David Honzík HK Nitra 30 1636:58 22 8 74 2 91.41 2.71
Sweden Robin Rahm HKM Zvolen 40 2391:40 26 14 110 4 91.81 2.76
Czech Republic Tomáš Vošvrda HK Dukla Michalovce 38 2161:14 14 24 106 3 90.54 2.94

Relegation series[edit]

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		Žilina2–1
(1–1, 0–0, 1–0)
score in the series: 1–0		Liptovský MikulášNiké Aréna, Žilina
Attendance: 3,680
Game reference
Stanislav ŠkorvánekGoaliesPatrik LietavaReferees:
Juraj Konc Jr.
Peter Rojík
Linesmen:
Michal Orolin
Martin Staššák
Petráš – 03:221–0
1–113:04 – Handlovský (Kurali)
Petran (Petráš) – 44:09 (PH2)2–1
4 minPenalties4 min
19Shots34
18 April 2022
16:00		Žilina1–3
(1–1, 0–1, 0–0)
score in the series: 1–1		Liptovský MikulášNiké Aréna, Žilina
Attendance: 3,321
Game reference
Stanislav ŠkorvánekGoaliesPatrik LietavaReferees:
Martin Smrek
Róbert Müllner
Linesmen:
Martin Hercog
Lukáš Beniač
0–102:08 – Kalousek (Cebák)
Macek (Petran, Skladaný) – 08:371–1
1–234:32 – Mezovský
1–355:25 – Hovorka (Uhrík, Cebák)
10 minPenalties12 min
36Shots34
21 April 2022
17:00		Liptovský Mikuláš4–1
(1–0, 1–0, 2–1)
score in the series: 2–1		ŽilinaLiptovský Mikuláš Ice Stadium, Liptovský Mikuláš
Attendance: 1,000
Game reference
Patrik LietavaGoaliesStanislav ŠkorvánekReferees:
Marek Žák
Tomáš Orolin
Linesmen:
Martin Ordzovenský
Andrej Bogdaň
Walega (Ventelä) – 04:431–0
Shiksatdarov (Ventelä) – 28:122–0
Elo (Paločko, Handlovský) – 50:583–0
Paločko (Ventelä) – 53:134–0
4–159:59 – Macek (Halama)
16 minPenalties22 min
41Shots15
22 April 2022
17:00		Liptovský Mikuláš3–2
(0–0, 1–2, 2–0)
score in the series: 3–1		ŽilinaLiptovský Mikuláš Ice Stadium, Liptovský Mikuláš
Attendance: 1,200
Game reference
Patrik Lietava
Tobias Klimčák		GoaliesMaroš MikolášReferees:
Juraj Konc Jr.
Martin Jobbágy
Linesmen:
Adam Jurčiak
Juraj Šefčík
Handlovský (Uhrík, Pavúk) – 27:231–0
1–131:59 – Vybiral (Skladaný) (PH1)
1–234:40 – Jansons (Koyš, Markovič)
Elo (Uhrík) – 41:042–2
Hovorka (Ventelä, Paločko) – 44:443–2
22 minPenalties18 min
26Shots13
24 April 2022
17:00		Žilina0–4
(0–1, 0–2, 0–1)
score in the series: 1–4		Liptovský MikulášNiké Aréna, Žilina
Attendance: 2,236
Game reference
Maroš MikolášGoaliesPatrik Lietava
Tobias Klimčák		Referees:
Vladimír Baluška
Tomáš Hronský
Linesmen:
Michal Orolin
Šimon Synek
0–103:03 – Kriška (Shiksatdarov)
0–226:25 – Kriška (Ventelä)
0–338:18 – Kriška (Shiksatdarov)
0–458:28 – Hovorka (Kriška, Handlovský)
6 minPenalties30 min
14Shots28

Playoffs[edit]

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[edit]

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
3 Nitra 4
6 Poprad 3


Wild card round[edit]

Quarterfinals[edit]

Semifinals[edit]

Finals[edit]

22 April 2022
18:30		Slovan Bratislava6–4
(2–1, 3–1, 1–2)
score in the series: 1–0		NitraOndrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 10,016
Game reference
Anthony PetersGoaliesDavid Honzík
Matthew O'Connor		Referees:
Vladimír Snášel Jr.
Miroslav Štefik
Linesmen:
Matúš Stanzel
Ľudovít Šoltés
0–105:42 – Buncis (Krivošík, Mezei)
Yogan (Chalupa) – 11:221–1
Harris (Jääskeläinen, Gachulinec) – 13:042–1
MacKenzie (Kytnár, Gachulinec) – 20:473–1
3–224:37 – Rockwood (Švarný, Holešinský)
Yogan (Gachulinec, Kytnár) – 26:524–2
Haščák (Zigo) – 38:225–2
5–340:18 – Buček (Buncis, Krivošík)
5–447:42 – Buček (Nemec, Rockwood) (PP1)
Takáč (Valach, Breton) (EN) – 58:546–4
4 minPenalties0 min
31Shots23
23 April 2022
18:30		Slovan Bratislava1–2 OT
(0–0, 0–0, 1–1)
(OT: 0–1)
score in the series: 1–1		NitraOndrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 10,016
Game reference
Clint WindsorGoaliesDavid HonzíkReferees:
Milan Novák
Martin Korba
Linesmen:
Tomáš Gegáň
Andrej Bogdaň
0–151:16 – Buncis (Buček, Nemec)
Jääskeläinen (MacKenzie, Takáč) – 59:471–1
1–271:23 – Raskob (Hrnka, Krivošík)
6 minPenalties12 min
36Shots24
26 April 2022
18:30		Nitra2–6
(0–2, 1–4, 1–0)
score in the series: 1–2		Slovan BratislavaNitra Aréna, Nitra
Attendance: 3,600
Game reference
David Honzík
Matthew O'Connor		GoaliesClint WindsorReferees:
Peter Stano
Miroslav Štefik
Linesmen:
Oto Durmis
Lukáš Kacej
0–112:35 – Haščák (MacKenzie, Takáč) (PP1)
0–216:39 – Gašpar
0–322:47 – Bezák (Belluš, Sersen)
0–425:05 – MacKenzie (Harris) (PP1)
0–527:33 – Rapuzzi (MacKenzie, Takáč)
Varga (Baláž, Švarný) – 37:371–5
1–638:04 – Haščák (Yogan, Rapuzzi)
Rockwood (Buček, Nemec) – 51:492–6
6 minPenalties12 min
18Shots28
27 April 2022
18:30		Nitra4–1
(1–0, 2–0, 1–1)
score in the series: 2–2		Slovan BratislavaNitra Aréna, Nitra
Attendance: 3,600
Game reference
David Honzík
Matthew O'Connor		GoaliesClint WindsorReferees:
Peter Stano
Martin Korba
Linesmen:
Matúš Stanzel
Andrej Bogdaň
Hrnka (Holešinský, Bajtek) (PP1) – 01:241–0
Hrnka (Raskob, Baláž) – 25:062–0
Buček (Baláž, Nemec) – 39:123–0
Buncis (Buček, Nemec) – 41:054–0
4–155:07 - Takáč (Sersen)
31 minPenalties48 min
22Shots20
29 April 2022
18:30		Slovan Bratislava3–1
(0–0, 2–1, 1–0)
score in the series: 3–2		NitraOndrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 10,016
Game reference
Anthony PetersGoaliesDavid HonzíkReferees:
Peter Stano
Miroslav Štefik
Linesmen:
Oto Durmis
Tomáš Gegáň
Yogan (Rapuzzi, Haščák) – 21:411–0
Lukošik (Kytnár, Sukeľ) – 26:532–0
2–139:02 – Mezei (Buček, Buncis)
Harris (Rapuzzi, Haščák) (PP1) – 47:573–1
8 minPenalties33 min
38Shots20
1 May 2022
18:30		Nitra2–5
(0–0, 1–1, 1–4)
score in the series: 2–4		Slovan BratislavaNitra Aréna, Nitra
Attendance: 3,600
Game reference
David HonzíkGoaliesAnthony PetersReferees:
Martin Korba
Miroslav Štefik
Linesmen:
Oto Durmis
Lukáš Kacej
0–129:02 – Takáč (Harris)
Mezei (Varga, Nemec) – 37:281–1
1–244:03 – Haščák (Gachulinec)
Nemec (Mezei) (PP1) – 44:222–2
2–345:13 – Golian (Jääskeläinen, Takáč)
2–458:03 – Kytnár (Takáč, Sersen)
2–559:15 – Takáč (Harris, Sersen)
4 minPenalties4 min
36Shots32

Final rankings[edit]

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
Slovakia
HC Slovan Bratislava
9th title

References[edit]

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

External links[edit]

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