This article is about the Slovak minor league whose name translates to Slovak Hockey League. For the top level of Slovak ice hockey, see Slovak Extraliga.
The TIPOS Slovenská hokejová liga (TIPOS Slovak Hockey League) is a professionalice hockeyleague composed of twelve teams in Slovakia. It is the second highest ice hockey league in Slovakia.[1]
Every regular season game has three 20-minute periods, with an intermission of a maximum of 18 minutes between periods.[2] If the game is tied following the 60-minute regulation time, a five-minute three-on-three sudden deathovertime period is played. If a game still is tied after the overtime period, a shootout decides the game. In a shootout, the team that scores the most penalty shots out of five attempts wins the game. If the game is still tied after the first five penalty-shot rounds, the shootout continues round by round, until one team scores while the other team fails to score.
