2004–05 Slovak Extraliga season

The Slovak Extraliga 2004–05 was the twelfth regular season of the Slovak Extraliga, the top level of professional ice hockey in Slovakia. During the 2004–05 NHL lockout several Slovak players returned to their homeland, including Pavol Demitra, Marián Hossa, Marián Gáborík (all in HK Dukla Trenčín), Miroslav Šatan and Ľubomír Višňovský (both in HC Slovan Bratislava), Michal Handzuš, Richard Zedník and Vladimír Országh (all in HKm Zvolen), Ladislav Nagy and Martin Štrbák (both in HC Košice), and Žigmund Pálffy (in HK 36 Skalica).

Regular season

Final standings

Po.	Club	GP	W	OTW	T	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
1.	HKm Zvolen	54	31	5	4	1	13	185	128	107
2.	HC Slovan Bratislava	54	34	0	5	2	13	184	115	107
3.	HC Dukla Trenčín	54	31	1	7	1	14	200	127	102
4.	HC Košice	54	29	1	6	2	16	156	124	95
5.	HK Nitra	54	26	1	7	2	18	152	146	87
6.	MsHK Žilina	54	23	3	4	0	24	148	138	79
7.	HK Poprad	54	19	2	11	1	21	133	134	72
8.	MHk 32 Liptovský Mikuláš	54	18	1	8	1	26	139	166	64
9.	HK 36 Skalica	54	11	0	6	2	35	129	205	39
10.	HK Dubnica	54	4	0	2	2	46	93	236	14

Key - GP: Games played, W: Wins, OTW: Over time wins, T: Ties, OTL: Over time losses, L: Losses, GF: Goals for, GA: Goals against, PTS: Points.

Playoffs

Playoff bracket

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	1.	HKm Zvolen	4
	8.	MHk 32 Lipt. Mikuláš	1
						1.	HKm Zvolen	4
						4.	HC Košice	1
	4.	HC Košice	4
	5.	HK Nitra	1
											1.	HKm Zvolen	3
											2.	HC Slovan	4
	2.	HC Slovan	4
	7.	HK Poprad	1
						2.	HC Slovan	4
						3.	Dukla Trenčín	3
	3.	Dukla Trenčín	4
	6.	MsHK Žilina	1

Playout

Extraliga Last Team	Score	1st. League Winner
HK Dubnica*	4:2	HC Topoľčany
	7:1, 2:4, 1:2, 3:0, 8:0, 7:1

* Dubnica sold license for the 2005-06 season to Martin due to financial troubles.

Scoring Leaders

Regular season # Player Club GP G A PTS 1. Pavol Demitra Trenčín 54 28 54 82 2. Jaroslav Kmiť Košice 53 23 33 56 3. Richard Kapuš Slovan 52 17 37 54 4. Marián Gáborík Trenčín 29 25 27 52 5. Arne Kroták Košice 51 26 25 51 Key - GP: Games played, G: Goals, A: Assists, PTS: Points.

Play-off # Player Club GP G A PTS 1. Miroslav Šatan Slovan 18 15 7 22 2. Zdeno Cíger Slovan 19 6 15 21 3. Richard Zedník Zvolen 17 9 10 19 4. Marián Gáborík Trenčín 12 8 9 17 Pavol Demitra Trenčín 12 4 13 17

2004-05 All Star Team

Player	Post	Club
Karol Križan	G	Zvolen
Ľubomír Višňovský	D	Slovan
René Vydarený	D	Slovan
Miroslav Šatan	LW	Slovan
Michal Handzuš	C	Zvolen
Pavol Demitra	RW	Trenčín

Coach	Club
Miloš Říha	Slovan

External links

• Slovak Ice Hockey Federation
• Hockey Archives