2020–21 Slovak Extraliga season

2020–21 Slovak Extraliga season
LeagueSlovak Extraliga
SportIce hockey
Duration
  • 2 October 2020 – 21 March 2021
  • (Regular season)
  • 24 March – 6 May 2021 (playoffs)
Number of games50
Number of teams12
Regular season
League ChampionHKM Zvolen
Top scorer
Playoffs
Playoffs MVPDávid Skokan (Poprad)
Finals
ChampionsHKM Zvolen
  Runners-upHK Poprad
Slovak Extraliga seasons

The 2020–21 Slovak Extraliga season was the 28th season of the Slovak Extraliga, the highest ice hockey league in Slovakia. The league also includes one team from Hungary.[1][2]

Team changes

After two seasons in Slovak Extraliga, the Hungarian team MAC Budapest left the league to participate in the Erste Liga.[3] The reason for this decision was the uncertain financial situation, as the Hungarian government has suspended subsidies for sports clubs due to the coronavirus pandemic and MAC is also having difficulties finding other sponsors.

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 (22.12.2020 – 6.1.2021) 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 were 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 50 27 8 6 9 179 125 +54 103 Qualification to Quarter-finals
2 Michalovce 50 27 7 4 12 155 113 +42 99
3 Poprad 50 26 7 3 14 186 133 +53 95
4 Slovan Bratislava 50 26 6 4 14 146 115 +31 94
5 Nitra 50 25 3 8 14 163 156 +7 89
6 Detva 50 22 4 6 18 156 144 +12 80
7 Trenčín 50 21 6 4 19 169 134 +35 79 Qualification to
Wild card round
8 Košice 50 19 7 4 20 148 128 +20 75
9 Nové Zámky 50 14 6 7 23 132 140 −8 61
10 Banská Bystrica 50 14 5 5 26 135 171 −36 57
11 Miskolc 50 11 3 8 28 118 181 −63 47
12 Liptovský Mikuláš 50 6 0 3 41 105 252 −147 18
Source: Tipos Extraliga
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.[4]

Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIM
Slovakia Marcel Haščák HK Poprad 48 38 31 69 +18 24
Slovakia Patrik Svitana HK Poprad 49 20 36 56 +21 22
Slovakia Michal Chovan HC Košice 45 12 44 56 +8 22
Slovakia Marek Tvrdoň HK Nitra 50 23 31 54 −3 64
Slovakia Dávid Skokan HK Poprad 49 18 34 52 +29 107
Sweden Carl Ackered HK Dukla Trenčín 50 17 35 52 +8 34
Slovakia Radovan Bondra HKM Zvolen 49 26 25 51 +24 83
Slovakia Marek Slovák HK Nitra 50 18 31 49 +8 46
Finland Mikko Nuutinen HKM Zvolen 49 18 31 49 +11 72
Czech Republic Pavel Klhůfek HC Košice 47 31 17 48 +13 58

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
United States Tyler Parks HC Slovan Bratislava 24 1400:32 18 6 40 5 93.97 1.71
Slovakia Tomáš Tomek HK Dukla Michalovce 43 2479:52 28 15 86 4 92.82 2.08
Slovakia Dominik Riečický HC Košice 23 1180:56 10 13 45 2 92.46 2.29
Sweden Robin Rahm HKM Zvolen 41 2487:49 27 14 98 1 92.14 2.36
Finland Henri Kiviaho HC Nové Zámky 43 2609:55 18 25 113 2 91.51 2.60
Czech Republic Tomáš Vošvrda HK Poprad 41 2409:16 26 15 105 2 90.81 2.61
Czech Republic Jakub Sedláček HC Košice 23 1288:51 13 10 57 2 90.98 2.65
Slovakia Filip Belányi HC '05 Banská Bystrica 25 1396:39 12 13 63 2 91.04 2.71
Slovakia Roman Petrík HC 07 Detva 22 1193:40 12 10 54 2 92.33 2.71
United States Tomas Sholl HC 07 Detva 22 1245:22 11 11 58 1 92.86 2.79

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


Wild card round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

29 April 2021
18:00		Zvolen5–3
(1–2, 2–1, 2–0)
score in the series: 1–0		PopradZvolen Ice Stadium, Zvolen
Attendance: 300
Game reference
Robin RahmGoaliesTomáš VošvrdaReferees:
Vladimír Baluška
Peter Stano
Linesmen:
Tomáš Gegáň
Daniel Konc, Jr.
Stupka (Jedlička, Kubka) – 04:521–0
1–105:21 – Skokan (Haščák, Svitana)
1–206:24 – Tavi (Livingston, Zagrapan)
Puliš (McPherson, Ivan) – 22:072–2
Kelemen (Kotvan, Mikúš) (PP) – 29:543–2
3–337:25 – Drgoň (Vandas)
Stupka (Viedenský) – 56:564–3
McPherson (Betker) – 59:435–3
6 minPenalties10 min
44Shots28
30 April 2021
18:00		Zvolen4–3 OT
(1–2, 1–1, 1–0)
(OT: 1–0)
score in the series: 2–0		PopradZvolen Ice Stadium, Zvolen
Attendance: 300
Game reference
Robin RahmGoaliesPeter HamerlíkReferees:
Daniel Konc, Jr.
Jozef Tvrdoň
Linesmen:
Lukáš Kacej
Matúš Stanzel
0–102:32 – Bjalončík (Paločko)
0–205:09 – Paločko
Bondra (Stupka, Hraško) – 19:011–2
Ivan (Nuutinen, McPherson) – 21:152–2
2–332:39 – Mashinter (Svitana)
Marcinek (Kotvan, Tibenský) – 55:443–3
Bondra – 65:194–3
35 minPenalties31 min
40Shots30
3 May 2021
18:00		Poprad1–2 OT
(0–0, 1–1, 0–0)
(OT: 0–1)
score in the series: 0–3		ZvolenPoprad Ice Stadium, Poprad
Attendance: 341
Game reference
Peter HamerlíkGoaliesRobin RahmReferees:
Daniel Konc, Jr.
Milan Novák
Linesmen:
Šimon Synek
Peter Jedlička
0–127:20 – McPherson (Halama, Bondra) (PP)
Dalhuisen (Livingston, Tavi) – 28:591–1
1–268:52 – Melancon (Ivan, Stupka)
8 minPenalties8 min
40Shots32
4 May 2021
18:00		Poprad7–4
(0–1, 4–1, 3–2)
score in the series: 1–3		ZvolenPoprad Ice Stadium, Poprad
Attendance: 341
Game reference
Tomáš VošvrdaGoaliesRobin RahmReferees:
Peter Stano
Jozef Tvrdoň
Linesmen:
Daniel Konc, Jr.
Lukáš Kacej
0–117:21 – Melancon (Nuutinen, McPherson) (PP2)
Haščák (Vandas) – 23:291–1
Haščák (Skokan, Svitana) (PP) – 24:442–1
2–226:20 – Viedenský (Bondra, Kubka)
Vandas (Preisinger, Demo) – 36:053–2
Skokan (Haščák, Handlovský) – 36:484–2
Bjalončík (Demo, Livingston) – 45:115–2
5–354:10 – Nuutinen (Meliško, McPherson)
5–454:40 – Viedenský (Bondra, Nuutinen)
Livingston (Hudec, Bjalončík) – 54:566–4
Handlovský (Preisinger) – 58:47 (ENG)7–4
43 minPenalties22 min
43Shots31
6 May 2021
17:30		Zvolen3–2
(1–1, 1–0, 1–1)
score in the series: 4–1		PopradZvolen Ice Stadium, Zvolen
Attendance: 512
Game reference
Robin RahmGoaliesTomáš VošvrdaReferees:
Daniel Konc, Jr.
Milan Novák
Linesmen:
Lukáš Kacej
Šimon Synek
McPherson (Nuutinen, Mikúš) – 08:511–0
1–109:51 – Bjalončík (Brejčák, Vandas)
Bondra (McPherson, Hraško) (PP) – 32:252–1
McPherson (Betker) (PP) – 54:103–1
3–258:43 – Livingston (Svitana, Haščák)
10 minPenalties43 min
29Shots35

Final rankings

Zvolen
Poprad
Michalovce
4 Slovan Bratislava
5 Nitra
6 Detva
7 Trenčín
8 Nové Zámky
9 Košice
10 Banská Bystrica
11 Miskolc
12 Liptovský Mikuláš

References

  1. ^ "Tipsport Liga v nasledujúcej sezóne definitívne aj s Miškovcom od 2. októbra" (in Slovak).
  2. ^ "Tipsport Liga oficiálne prišla o jedného maďarského účastníka" (in Slovak).
  3. ^ "MAC Budapešť končí v Tipsport lige: Klub na to nemá peniaze! Lintner prezradil, čo s Miškovcom". sport24.pluska.sk (in Slovak).
  4. ^ "Statistics – Hráči 2020/2021" (in Slovak). hockeyslovakia. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  5. ^ "Statistics – Brankári 2020/2021" (in Slovak). hockeyslovakia. Retrieved 2 October 2020.