2017–18 Czech Extraliga season
The 2017–18 Czech Extraliga season was the 25th season of the Czech Extraliga since its creation after the breakup of Czechoslovakia and the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League in 1993.
2017–18 Czech Extraliga | |
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League | Czech Extraliga |
Sport | Ice hockey |
Number of teams | 14 |
TV partner(s) | Česká televize |
Regular Season | |
Presidential Cup | HC Plzeň |
Top scorer | Milan Gulaš (HC Plzeň) |
Playoffs | |
Finals | |
Champions | HC Kometa Brno |
Runners-up | HC Oceláři Třinec |
Regular season
Pl. | Team | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | Goals | Pts |
1. | HC PlzeňCHL | 52 | 28 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 172:123 | 107 |
2. | Mountfield HKCHL | 52 | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 146:101 | 99 |
3. | HC Oceláři Třinec | 52 | 24 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 143:122 | 92 |
4. | HC Vítkovice Ridera | 52 | 26 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 157:119 | 92 |
5. | HC Kometa Brno | 52 | 23 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 148:121 | 90 |
6. | HC Dynamo Pardubice | 52 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 148:121 | 76 |
7. | HC Bílí Tygři Liberec | 52 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 21 | 132:138 | 76 |
8. | HC Olomouc | 52 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 19 | 129:136 | 75 |
9. | PSG Berani Zlín | 52 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 121:140 | 74 |
10. | HC Sparta Praha | 52 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 140:150 | 71 |
11. | Piráti Chomutov | 52 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 20 | 132:155 | 68 |
12. | BK Mladá Boleslav | 52 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 118:139 | 65 |
13. | HC Dukla Jihlava | 52 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 26 | 106:139 | 57 |
14. | HC Litvínov | 52 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 29 | 118:168 | 50 |
- CHL Qualification to Champions Hockey League
Scoring leaders
List shows the ten best skaters based on the number of points during the regular season. If two or more skaters are tied (i.e. same number of points, goals and played games), all of the tied skaters are shown.
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GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM |
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Milan Gulaš | HC Škoda Plzeň | 48 | 23 | 38 | 61 | +20 | 50 |
Tomáš Mertl | HC Škoda Plzeň | 50 | 30 | 27 | 57 | +18 | 59 |
Martin Růžička | HC Oceláři Třinec | 49 | 29 | 25 | 54 | +4 | 42 |
Roberts Bukarts | PSG Berani Zlín | 50 | 21 | 28 | 49 | +15 | 56 |
Martin Erat | HC Kometa Brno | 49 | 12 | 34 | 46 | 0 | 20 |
Michal Vondrka | Piráti Chomutov | 52 | 18 | 25 | 43 | -6 | 20 |
Jaroslav Bednář | Mountfield HK | 46 | 15 | 27 | 42 | +12 | 20 |
Martin Bakoš | Bílí Tygři Liberec | 52 | 14 | 26 | 40 | 0 | 34 |
Viktor Hübl | HC Litvínov | 45 | 15 | 24 | 39 | +6 | 34 |
Rudolf Červený | Mountfield HK | 48 | 21 | 17 | 38 | +19 | 54 |
Leading goaltenders
These are the leaders in GAA among goaltenders who played at least 40% of the team's minutes. The table is sorted by GAA, and the criteria for inclusion are bolded.
GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average
Player | Team | GP | TOI | GA | SO | Sv% | GAA |
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Patrik Rybár | Mountfield HK | 36 | 2078 | 60 | 7 | 93.19 | 1.73 |
Šimon Hrubec | HC Oceláři Třinec | 44 | 2546 | 86 | 4 | 92.82 | 2.03 |
Miroslav Svoboda | HC Škoda Plzeň | 47 | 2770 | 97 | 5 | 92.57 | 2.10 |
Patrik Bartošák | HC Vítkovice Ridera | 47 | 2781 | 98 | 5 | 93.34 | 2.11 |
Marek Čiliak | HC Kometa Brno | 37 | 2249 | 85 | 6 | 91.60 | 2.27 |
Roman Will | Bílí Tygři Liberec | 45 | 2536 | 99 | 6 | 91.29 | 2.34 |
Sami Aittokallio | HC Sparta Praha | 28 | 1580 | 62 | 1 | 91.83 | 2.35 |
Ondřej Kacetl | HC Dynamo Pardubice | 41 | 2398 | 98 | 3 | 91.81 | 2.45 |
Brandon Maxwell | BK Mladá Boleslav | 38 | 2126 | 87 | 3 | 91.71 | 2.46 |
Branislav Konrád | HC Olomouc | 48 | 2841 | 117 | 7 | 90.53 | 2.47 |
Playoffs
Ten teams qualify for the playoffs. Teams 1–6 have a bye to the quarterfinals, while teams 7–10 meet each other in a preliminary playoff round.
Playoff bracket
In the first round the 7th-ranked team will meet the 10th-ranked team and the 8th-ranked team will meet the 9th-ranked team for a place in the second round. In the second round, the top-ranked team will meet the lowest-ranked winner of the first round, the 2nd-ranked team will face the other winner of the first round, the 3rd-ranked team will face the 6th-ranked team, and the 4th-ranked team will face the 5th-ranked team. In the third round, the highest remaining seed is matched against the lowest remaining seed. In each round the higher-seeded team is awarded home advantage. In the first round the meetings are played as best-of-five series and the rest is best-of-seven series that follows an alternating home team format: the higher-seeded team will play at home for games 1 and 2 (plus 5 and 7 if necessary), and the lower-seeded team will be at home for game 3 and 4 (plus 6 if necessary).
First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||
1 | HC Plzeň | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | HC Bílí Tygři Liberec | 3 | 8 | HC Olomouc | 1 | ||||||||||||||
10 | HC Sparta Praha | 0 | 1 | HC Plzeň | 1 | ||||||||||||||
5 | HC Kometa Brno | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Mountfield HK | 4 | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | ||||||||||||||||
7 | HC Bílí Tygři Liberec | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | HC Kometa Brno | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | HC Oceláři Třinec | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | HC Oceláři Třinec | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | HC Olomouc | 3 | 6 | HC Dynamo Pardubice | 3 | ||||||||||||||
9 | PSG Berani Zlín | 1 | 2 | Mountfield HK | 2 | ||||||||||||||
3 | HC Oceláři Třinec | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | HC Vítkovice Ridera | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | HC Kometa Brno | 4 |
Play-off final: HC Oceláři Třinec - HC Kometa Brno 1:4 (5:1, 2:3, 2:3, 2:5, 1:4). HC Kometa Brno has won its second Czech league title (and 13th overall title).
Relegation
Place | Team | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | Pts |
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1 | HC Litvínov | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 27 | 20 |
2 | HC Karlovy Vary | 12 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 24 | 20 |
3 | HC Dukla Jihlava | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 25 | 19 |
4 | HC Kladno | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 27 | 13 |
References
- "Statistik - hokej.cz". ELH.
- "Statistik - hokej.cz". ELH.