2023–24 Slovak Extraliga season

The 2023–24 Slovak Extraliga season will be 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 – 30 April 2024 (playoffs)
Number of games50
Number of teams12
Regular season
Playoffs
Finals

Team changes

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

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 (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 Zvolen 10 6 1 2 1 42 26 +16 22 Qualification to Quarter-finals
2 Spišská Nová Ves 10 7 0 1 2 31 22 +9 22
3 Nové Zámky 10 7 0 0 3 39 20 +19 21
4 Banská Bystrica 10 6 0 0 4 32 32 0 18
5 Liptovský Mikuláš 10 5 1 0 4 31 28 +3 17
6 Košice 10 5 0 1 4 34 30 +4 16
7 Michalovce 10 4 0 1 5 30 30 0 13 Qualification to
Wild card round
8 Slovan Bratislava 10 4 0 1 5 33 35 −2 13
9 Poprad 10 3 1 0 6 30 35 −5 11
10 Trenčín 10 3 1 0 6 26 40 −14 11
11 Nitra 10 2 1 0 7 29 42 −13 8
12 Humenné 10 2 1 0 7 25 42 −17 8 Relegated to Slovak 1. Liga
Updated to match(es) played on 15 October 2023. Source: Tipos extraliga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points.

Scoring leaders

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

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.[5]

Player Team GP TOI W L GA SO Sv% GAA

Playoffs

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  
7    
10    
 
4   (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round)
5  
 
 
2  
8    
9    
 
3  
6  

Final rankings
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12

References
  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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