2018–19 Slovak Extraliga season

The 2018–19 Slovak Extraliga season was the 26th season of the Slovak Extraliga, the highest level of ice hockey in Slovakia. HK Orange 20 is a project to prepare the Slovakia junior ice hockey team for the IIHF World U20 Championship. The team does not play a complete regular season and cannot advance to the playoffs or get relegated. Since the 2018–19 season, the league also includes two teams from Hungary.[1]

2018–19 Slovak Extraliga season
League Slovak Extraliga
SportIce hockey
DurationSeptember 2018 – April 2019
Number of teams13
Regular season
League ChampionHC '05 Banská Bystrica
Runners-upHKm Zvolen
Top scorerLadislav Nagy (Košice)
Playoffs
Playoffs MVPSamuel Buček (Nitra)
Finals championsHC '05 Banská Bystrica
  Runners-upHK Nitra

Regular season

Standings

Each team played 55 games, playing each of the other eleven teams five times. 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 finishes with the most points was crowned the league champion.

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Banská Bystrica 57 32 7 5 13 196 139 +57 115 Qualification to Quarter-finals
2 Zvolen 57 30 7 7 13 193 128 +65 111
3 Nitra 57 32 5 4 16 217 138 +79 110
4 Košice 57 32 4 5 16 190 135 +55 109
5 Poprad 57 28 9 3 17 168 147 +21 102
6 Trenčín 57 25 7 4 21 152 131 +21 93
7 Nové Zámky 57 25 6 5 21 142 130 +12 92 Qualification to
Wild card round
8 Miskolc 57 22 6 9 20 147 151 −4 87
9 Budapest 57 17 4 7 29 158 197 −39 66
10 Detva 57 16 3 8 30 149 198 −49 62
11 Liptovský Mikuláš 57 17 2 3 35 129 178 −49 58
12 Žilina 57 11 7 5 34 151 222 −71 52 Qualification to Relegation playoffs
13 HK Orange 20 24 0 0 2 22 30 128 −98 2
Source: Tipsport Liga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points

Scoring leaders

The following players led the league in points, at the conclusion of the regular season.[2]

Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIM
Éric Faille HC '05 Banská Bystrica 52 24 48 72 +7 36
Michal Chovan HKm Zvolen 56 20 48 68 +16 34
Ladislav Nagy HC Košice 48 34 27 61 +25 28
Brock Higgs HC '05 Banská Bystrica 42 24 35 59 +19 28
Róbert Lantoši HK Nitra 56 20 38 58 +17 12
Guillaume Asselin HC '05 Banská Bystrica 55 29 26 55 +4 68
Patrik Svitana HK Poprad 56 19 33 52 +18 16
Samuel Buček HK Nitra 53 30 21 51 +26 20
Bálint Magosi DVTK Jegesmedvék 57 27 22 49 +16 48
Rastislav Špirko HKm Zvolen 48 18 31 49 +15 8

Leading goaltenders

The following goaltenders 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.[3]

Player Team GP TOI W T L GA SO Sv% GAA
Ádám Vay DVTK Jegesmedvék 31 1886:22 15 8 8 58 7 94.85 1.84
Michal Valent HK Dukla Trenčín 49 2887:33 22 10 17 97 2 92.58 2.02
Mackenzie Skapski HKm Zvolen 33 1916:31 15 10 8 68 4 92.80 2.13
Tomáš Tomek HKm Zvolen 26 1529:42 15 5 6 55 5 92.48 2.16
Stephon Williams HC '05 Banská Bystrica 43 2493:23 24 10 9 91 2 91.85 2.19
Vladislav Habal HC Košice 44 2590:36 25 7 12 96 5 93.22 2.22
Andrej Košarišťan HC Nové Zámky 47 2790:01 19 9 19 105 6 93.30 2.26
Juraj Šimboch HK Nitra 39 2208:20 22 7 10 85 2 92.09 2.31
Tomáš Vošvrda HK Poprad 38 2225:10 18 9 11 90 5 93.11 2.43
Bence Bálizs MAC Budapest 32 1825:19 10 7 16 86 3 91.63 2.83

Relegation series

Relegation series will be played between MsHK Žilina, the 12th team in regular season, and HK Dukla Michalovce, the winner of 1.liga. The winner of best-of-seven series will play in Extraliga in 2019–20 season.

PlayOut
12 March 2019
19:00		Žilina3–1
(0–0, 3–0, 0–1)		MichalovceGarmin Arena, Žilina
Attendance: 1,012
13 March 2019
17:30		Žilina4–1
(1–1, 0–0, 3–0)		MichalovceGarmin Arena, Žilina
Attendance: 1,059
16 March 2019
17:30		Michalovce3–2 OT1
(0–2, 2–0, 0–0, 1–0)		ŽilinaMichalovce Ice Stadium, Michalovce
Attendance: 3,955
17 March 2019
17:30		Michalovce3–0
(2–0, 0–0, 1–0)		ŽilinaMichalovce Ice Stadium, Michalovce
Attendance: 4,167
19 March 2019
17:30		Žilina4–1
(2–1, 0–0, 2–0)		MichalovceGarmin Arena, Žilina
Attendance: 1,252
21 March 2019
17:30		Michalovce2–0
(0–0, 1–0, 1–0)		ŽilinaMichalovce Ice Stadium, Michalovce
Attendance: 4,327
23 March 2019
17:00		Žilina1–2
(1–2, 0–0, 0–0)		MichalovceGarmin Arena, Žilina
Attendance: 2,551

Michalovce wins the series 4-3 and will play in 2019–20 Slovak Extraliga season

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

Wild card round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Finals
9 April 2019
18:00		Banská Bystrica3–2 OT1
(1–1, 0–1, 1–0, 1–0)		NitraBanská Bystrica Ice Stadium, Banská Bystrica
Attendance: 2,763
10 April 2019
18:00		Banská Bystrica3–1
(0–0, 2–1, 1–0)		NitraBanská Bystrica Ice Stadium, Banská Bystrica
Attendance: 2,813
13 April 2019
18:00		Nitra3–7
(1–2, 2–3, 0–2)		Banská BystricaNitra Aréna, Nitra
Attendance: 3,600
14 April 2019
19:00		Nitra2–1 SO
(0–0, 1–0, 0–1, 0–0, 1–0)		Banská BystricaNitra Aréna, Nitra
Attendance: 3,600
16 April 2019
18:00		Banská Bystrica6–2
(3–1, 2–1, 1–0)		NitraBanská Bystrica Ice Stadium, Banská Bystrica
Attendance: 2,841

Final rankings
Banská Bystrica
Nitra
Zvolen
4Poprad
5Košice
6Trenčín
7Budapest
8Detva
9Nové Zámky
10Miskolc
11Liptovský Mikuláš
12Žilina

References
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  2. "Súťaže a štatistiky, Tipsport liga, Hráči, Produktivita" (in Slovak). hockeyslovakia. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  3. "Súťaže a štatistiky, Tipsport liga, Brankári" (in Slovak). hockeyslovakia. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
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