| 2023–24 Slovak Extraliga season | |
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| League | Slovak Extraliga |
| Sport | Ice hockey |
| Duration |
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| Number of games | 50 |
| Number of teams | 12 |
| Regular season | |
| League Champion | HK Poprad |
| Top scorer |
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| Playoffs | |
| Playoffs MVP | Samuel Buček (Nitra) |
| Finals | |
| Champions | HK Nitra |
| Runners-up | HK Spišská Nová Ves |
| Slovak Extraliga seasons | |
| ← 2022–232024–25 → | |
The 2023–24 Slovak Extraliga season was the 31st season of the Slovak Extraliga, the highest ice hockey league in Slovakia.
Team changes
HC 19 Humenné are playing in the league for the first time after winning Slovak 1. Liga in the season 2022–23 in a best-of-seven playoff against Vlci Žilina.
HC MV Transport Prešov finished in the 2022–23 Slovak Extraliga season on the last 12th place and was relegated to a second highest ice hockey league in Slovakia.
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 (22.12.2023 – 5.1.2024) 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 |
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| 1 | Poprad | 50 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 163 | 119 | +44 | 94 | Qualification to Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Michalovce | 50 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 167 | 121 | +46 | 90 | |
| 3 | Spišská Nová Ves | 50 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 163 | 138 | +25 | 87 | |
| 4 | Košice | 50 | 24 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 147 | 117 | +30 | 81 | |
| 5 | Slovan Bratislava | 50 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 157 | 160 | −3 | 77 | |
| 6 | Banská Bystrica | 50 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 22 | 151 | 172 | −21 | 76 | |
| 7 | Zvolen | 50 | 19 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 165 | 160 | +5 | 76 | Qualification to Wild card round |
| 8 | Nitra | 50 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 172 | 158 | +14 | 76 | |
| 9 | Trenčín | 50 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 144 | 156 | −12 | 75 | |
| 10 | Liptovský Mikuláš | 50 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 136 | 161 | −25 | 64 | |
| 11 | Nové Zámky | 50 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 133 | 159 | −26 | 58 | |
| 12 | Humenné | 50 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 31 | 121 | 198 | −77 | 46 | Relegated to Slovak 1. Liga |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points.
Notes:
Statistics
Scoring leaders
The following shows the top ten players who led the league in points, at the conclusion of the regular season.
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM |
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| Olivier Archambault | HK Spišská Nová Ves | 45 | 14 | 45 | 59 | +11 | 38 |
| Ryan Dmowski | HK Poprad | 44 | 30 | 27 | 57 | +29 | 44 |
| Samuel Buček | HK Nitra | 44 | 26 | 31 | 57 | −2 | 16 |
| Carter Turnbull | HC '05 Banská Bystrica | 41 | 25 | 31 | 56 | +2 | 22 |
| Kaspars Daugaviņš | HK Dukla Michalovce | 48 | 11 | 43 | 54 | +14 | 20 |
| Matthew Wilkins | HC '05 Banská Bystrica | 49 | 19 | 33 | 52 | +4 | 87 |
| Brent Gates | HK Nitra | 48 | 14 | 38 | 52 | +3 | 12 |
| Liam Pecararo | HC Slovan Bratislava | 46 | 17 | 31 | 48 | +16 | 30 |
| Igor Merezhko | HK Spišská Nová Ves | 49 | 10 | 38 | 48 | +27 | 14 |
| Robby Jackson | HK Nitra | 44 | 26 | 20 | 46 | +12 | 10 |
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.
| Player | Team | GP | TOI | W | L | GA | SO | SV% | GAA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dominik Riečický | HC Košice | 24 | 1,287:06 | 13 | 11 | 41 | 3 | 93.64 | 1.91 |
| Ádám Vay | HK Poprad | 44 | 2,501:15 | 30 | 14 | 89 | 1 | 92.88 | 2.13 |
| Jaroslav Janus | HC Košice | 30 | 1,711:23 | 15 | 15 | 63 | 2 | 92.35 | 2.21 |
| Stanislav Škorvánek | HK Dukla Michalovce | 39 | 2,322:38 | 25 | 14 | 90 | 4 | 93.08 | 2.32 |
| Marcel Melicherčík | HK Spišská Nová Ves | 30 | 1,721:17 | 19 | 11 | 71 | 0 | 90.65 | 2.47 |
| Denis Godla | HC Slovan Bratislava | 30 | 1,744:44 | 19 | 11 | 79 | 2 | 91.51 | 2.72 |
| Gašper Krošelj | HC '05 Banská Bystrica | 27 | 1,491:51 | 16 | 11 | 71 | 3 | 91.94 | 2.86 |
| Alexei Krasikov | HK 32 Liptovský Mikuláš | 49 | 2,756:14 | 21 | 28 | 132 | 1 | 90.69 | 2.87 |
| Connor LaCouvee | HK Dukla Trenčín | 40 | 2,282:28 | 20 | 20 | 110 | 3 | 91.52 | 2.89 |
| Pavel Kantor | HC Nové Zámky | 48 | 2,867:45 | 19 | 29 | 139 | 1 | 91.18 | 2.91 |
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) | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Spišská Nová Ves | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Zvolen | 3 | 6 | Banská Bystrica | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| 10 | Liptovský Mikuláš | 2 | 3 | Spišská Nová Ves | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | Košice | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Košice | 4 | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Slovan Bratislava | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Spišská Nová Ves | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Nitra | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Michalovce | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Nitra | 3 | 7 | Zvolen | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 9 | Trenčín | 2 | 2 | Michalovce | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 8 | Nitra | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Poprad | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Nitra | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
Wild card round
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Quarterfinals
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Semifinals
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Finals
| 19 April 2024 18:00 | Spišská Nová Ves | 2–3 (0–2, 1–0, 1–1) score in the series: 0–1 | Nitra | Spiš Aréna, Spišská Nová Ves Attendance: 4,300 |
| Game reference | ||||
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| Filip Surák | Goalies | Sami Aittokallio | ||
| 31 min | Penalties | 33 min | ||
| 32 | Shots | 35 | ||
| 20 April 2024 18:30 | Spišská Nová Ves | 2–5 (0–3, 0–1, 2–1) score in the series: 0–2 | Nitra | Spiš Aréna, Spišská Nová Ves Attendance: 4,300 |
| Game reference | ||||
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| Filip Surák Marcel Melicherčík | Goalies | Libor Kašík | ||
| 35 min | Penalties | 43 min | ||
| 43 | Shots | 25 | ||
| 23 April 2024 18:00 | Nitra | 5–1 (3–1, 0–0, 2–0) score in the series: 3–0 | Spišská Nová Ves | Nitra Aréna, Nitra Attendance: 3,600 |
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| Libor Kašík | Goalies | Filip Surák | ||
| 6 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||
| 34 | Shots | 32 | ||
| 24 April 2024 18:00 | Nitra | 2–1 OT (0–0, 0–0, 1–1) (OT: 1–0) score in the series: 4–0 | Spišská Nová Ves | Nitra Aréna, Nitra Attendance: 3,600 |
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| Libor Kašík | Goalies | Filip Surák | ||
| 6 min | Penalties | 35 min | ||
| 49 | Shots | 28 | ||
Final rankings
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Nitra |
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Spišská Nová Ves |
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Michalovce |
| 4 | Košice |
| 5 | Poprad |
| 6 | Slovan Bratislava |
| 7 | Banská Bystrica |
| 8 | Zvolen |
| 9 | Trenčín |
| 10 | Liptovský Mikuláš |
| 11 | Nové Zámky |
| 12 | Humenné |
References
- "Extraligová sezóna odštartuje 15. septembra, v prvom kole súboj majstra s nováčikom". hockeyslovakia.sk (in Slovak).
- "Humenné si vybojovalo historický postup do extraligy". teraz.sk (in Slovak).
- "Prešov prehral vo Zvolene 0:7 a vypadol z extraligy". hokejportal.net (in Slovak).
- "Statistics – Hráči 2023/2024" (in Slovak). hockeyslovakia.sk. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
- "Statistics – Brankári 2023/2024" (in Slovak). hockeyslovakia.sk. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
External links
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