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2022–23 Slovak Extraliga season
2022–23 Slovak Extraliga season
League	Slovak Extraliga
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	16 September 2022 – 5 March 2023 (regular season); 8 March – 23 April (playoffs);
Number of games	50
Number of teams	12
Regular season
League Champion	HC Košice
Top scorer	Max Gerlach (Prešov); (59 points);
Playoffs
Playoffs MVP	Dominik Riečický (Košice)
Finals
Champions	HC Košice
Runners-up	HKM Zvolen
Slovak Extraliga seasons
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

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

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 (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

Scoring leaders

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

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 matches played on 20 January 2023.^[3]

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

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	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

Poprad – Nitra 0–3
8.3.2023	Poprad	Nitra	1-2
9.3.2023	Poprad	Nitra	1-2
11.3.2023	Nitra	Poprad	2-0
Nitra won the series 3–0.

Michalovce – Trenčín 3–2
8.3.2023	Michalovce	Trenčín	2-1
9.3.2023	Michalovce	Trenčín	4-6
11.3.2023	Trenčín	Michalovce	2-0
12.3.2023	Trenčín	Michalovce	2-3
14.3.2023	Michalovce	Trenčín	2-1
Michalovce won the series 3–2.

Quarterfinals

Košice – Nitra 4–1
17.3.2023	Košice	Nitra	5-2
18.3.2023	Košice	Nitra	4-3 SO
21.3.2023	Nitra	Košice	5-2
22.3.2023	Nitra	Košice	1-2
24.3.2023	Košice	Nitra	4-2
Košice won the series 4–1.

Zvolen – Nové Zámky 4–1
15.3.2023	Zvolen	Nové Zámky	4-3 OT
16.3.2023	Zvolen	Nové Zámky	4-3 OT
19.3.2023	Nové Zámky	Zvolen	5-2
20.3.2023	Nové Zámky	Zvolen	2-4
23.3.2023	Zvolen	Nové Zámky	5-2
Zvolen won the series 4–1.

Slovan Bratislava – Michalovce 2–4
17.3.2023	Slovan Bratislava	Michalovce	5-2
18.3.2023	Slovan Bratislava	Michalovce	2-3 OT
21.3.2023	Michalovce	Slovan Bratislava	3-2 OT
22.3.2023	Michalovce	Slovan Bratislava	3-1
24.3.2023	Slovan Bratislava	Michalovce	4-0
26.3.2023	Michalovce	Slovan Bratislava	3-0
Michalovce won the series 4–2.

Banská Bystrica – Spišská Nová Ves 3–4
15.3.2023	Banská Bystrica	Spišská Nová Ves	3-2
16.3.2023	Banská Bystrica	Spišská Nová Ves	0-6
19.3.2023	Spišská Nová Ves	Banská Bystrica	2-5
20.3.2023	Spišská Nová Ves	Banská Bystrica	2-0
23.3.2023	Banská Bystrica	Spišská Nová Ves	4-1
25.3.2023	Spišská Nová Ves	Banská Bystrica	4-2
27.3.2023	Banská Bystrica	Spišská Nová Ves	2-3 OT
Spišská Nová Ves won the series 4–3.

Semifinals

Košice – Michalovce 4–3
31.3.2023	Košice	Michalovce	3-1
1.4.2023	Košice	Michalovce	2-0
4.4.2023	Michalovce	Košice	3-2
5.4.2023	Michalovce	Košice	4-1
8.4.2023	Košice	Michalovce	2-3 OT2
10.4.2023	Michalovce	Košice	1-2
12.4.2023	Košice	Michalovce	3-1
Košice won the series 4–3.

Zvolen – Spišská Nová Ves 4–3
2.4.2023	Zvolen	Spišská Nová Ves	2-4
3.4.2023	Zvolen	Spišská Nová Ves	2-1 SO
6.4.2023	Spišská Nová Ves	Zvolen	3-1
7.4.2023	Spišská Nová Ves	Zvolen	1-3
9.4.2023	Zvolen	Spišská Nová Ves	5-6
11.4.2023	Spišská Nová Ves	Zvolen	0-3
13.4.2023	Zvolen	Spišská Nová Ves	3-2
Zvolen won the series 4–3.

Finals

16 April 2023
18:00

Košice

3–1
(1–1, 1–0, 1–0)
score in the series: 1–0

Zvolen

Steel Aréna, Košice
Attendance: 8,347

Game reference

Dominik Riečický

Goalies

Adam Trenčan

Referees:
Vladimír Baluška
Peter Stano
Linesmen:
Šimon Synek
Oto Durmis

	0–1	11:43 – Hecl (Marcinek, Messner)
Fejes (Breton) (PP) – 14:37	1–1
Bartánus (Pollock, Chovan) (PP) – 20:21	2–1
Olsson (Lamper) (EN) – 59:30	3–1

4 min

Penalties

6 min

16

Shots

36

17 April 2023
18:00

Košice

1–0
(1–0, 0–0, 0–0)
score in the series: 2–0

Zvolen

Steel Aréna, Košice
Attendance: 8,347

Game reference

Dominik Riečický

Goalies

Adam Trenčan

Referees:
Vladimír Snášel ml.
Miroslav Štefik
Linesmen:
Peter Jedlička
Daniel Konc ml.

Slovák (Jokeľ, Havrila) – 18:11

1–0

6 min

Penalties

12 min

25

Shots

21

20 April 2023
18:30

Zvolen

1–3
(1–1, 0–1, 0–1)
score in the series: 0–3

Košice

Zvolen Ice Stadium, Zvolen
Attendance: 5,020

Game reference

Adam Trenčan

Goalies

Dominik Riečický

Referees:
Marek Žák
Vladimír Snášel ml.
Linesmen:
Matúš Stanzel
Ľudovít Šoltés

Zuzin (Viedenský, Marcinek) – 11:51	1–0
	1–1	16:16 – Pollock (Jääskeläinen) (PP)
	1–2	31:17 – Fejes (Bartánus, Breton)
	1–3	46:24 – Jääskeläinen (Southorn, Leskinen)

14 min

Penalties

10 min

33

Shots

30

21 April 2023
18:30

Zvolen

5–2
(0–0, 3–2, 2–0)
score in the series: 1–3

Košice

Zvolen Ice Stadium, Zvolen
Attendance: 5,345

Game reference

Adam Trenčan

Goalies

Dominik Riečický
Jaroslav Janus

Referees:
Tomáš Hronský
Miroslav Štefik
Linesmen:
Tomáš Gegáň
Šimon Synek

Hanna (Hecl, Jedlička) (PP) – 21:35	1–0
	1–1	26:11 – Olsson (Slovák, Leskinen)
Mudrák (Bondra, Jedlička) – 27:10	2–1
Zuzin (Kubka) – 27:21	3–1
	3–2	30:56 – Havrila (Lamper, Breton)
Turnbull (Hanna, Sideroff) – 51:33	4–2
Viedenský (EN) – 59:37	5–2