The 2024–25 Slovak Extraliga season is the 32nd season of the Slovak Extraliga, the highest ice hockey league in Slovakia.[1]
| 2024–25 Slovak Extraliga season | |
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| League | Slovak Extraliga |
| Sport | Ice hockey |
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| Number of games | 54 |
| Number of teams | 12 |
| Regular season | |
| Playoffs | |
| Finals | |
Team changes
editHC 19 Humenné finished in the 2023–24 Slovak Extraliga season on the last 12th place and was relegated to a second highest ice hockey league in Slovakia.[2] Meanwhile Vlci Žilina won the promotion from the second league.[3]
Regular season
editStandings
editEach team played 54 games: playing each of the other eleven teams four times – 2x at home, 2x away (44 games) and during the Christmas holidays (18.12.2024 – 12.1.2025) each team played the inserted matches within variant "Group West" and "Group East" 1x at home, 1x away = 10 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 | Košice | 19 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 67 | 41 | +26 | 39 | Qualification to Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Spišská Nová Ves | 19 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 65 | 51 | +14 | 39 | |
| 3 | Nitra | 20 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 74 | 62 | +12 | 36 | |
| 4 | Banská Bystrica | 18 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 57 | 47 | +10 | 35 | |
| 5 | Michalovce | 19 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 60 | 51 | +9 | 31 | |
| 6 | Slovan Bratislava | 20 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 59 | 62 | −3 | 31 | |
| 7 | Poprad | 19 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 63 | 57 | +6 | 29 | Qualification to Wild card round |
| 8 | Žilina | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 49 | 53 | −4 | 23 | |
| 9 | Zvolen | 19 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 53 | 55 | −2 | 22 | |
| 10 | Liptovský Mikuláš | 19 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 52 | 61 | −9 | 21 | |
| 11 | Trenčín | 18 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 51 | 66 | −15 | 21 | |
| 12 | Nové Zámky | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 40 | 84 | −44 | 12 | Relegated to Slovak 1. Liga |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points.
Statistics
editScoring leaders
editThe following players led the league in regular season points at the completion of games played on 22 October 2024.[4]
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zack Andrusiak | HK Spišská Nová Ves | 13 | 14 | 8 | 22 | +2 | 4 |
| Connor Ford | HK Spišská Nová Ves | 13 | 3 | 15 | 18 | +7 | 6 |
| Brett Pollock | HC Košice | 13 | 9 | 8 | 17 | +11 | 14 |
| Andrew Calof | HK Poprad | 13 | 3 | 14 | 17 | +2 | 4 |
| Kaspars Daugaviņš | HK Dukla Michalovce | 13 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 24 |
| Alex Cotton | HK Nitra | 13 | 2 | 13 | 15 | +8 | 8 |
| Adam Cracknell | HK Poprad | 13 | 12 | 2 | 14 | +1 | 6 |
| Nick Jones | Vlci Žilina | 13 | 8 | 6 | 14 | −2 | 10 |
| Matthew Wedman | HC '05 Banská Bystrica | 13 | 7 | 7 | 14 | +6 | 16 |
| Sean Josling | HK Dukla Trenčín | 13 | 6 | 8 | 14 | −3 | 6 |
Leading goaltenders
editThe 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.[5]
| Player | Team | GP | TOI | W | L | GA | SO | SV% | GAA |
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Playoffs
editTen 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
edit| Wild-card round (best-of-5) | Quarter-finals (best-of-7) | Semi-finals (best-of-7) | Finals (best-of-7) | ||||||||||||||||
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Final rankings
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References
edit- ^ "Obhajca titulu zavíta v prvom extraligovom kole do Trenčína, spoznali sme aj All-star tím minulej sezóny". hockeyslovakia.sk (in Slovak).
- ^ "Humenský štadión zahalil smútok, novozámocký hlad ostáva neutíšený". hockeyslovakia.sk (in Slovak).
- ^ Martinčo, Matej. "Návrat kráľa, hlásali fanúšikovia. Žilina si užila extraligu po viac ako dvetisíc dňoch". myzilina.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 24 September 2024.
- ^ "Statistics – Hráči 2024/2025" (in Slovak). hockeyslovakia.sk. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
- ^ "Statistics – Brankári 2024/2025" (in Slovak). hockeyslovakia.sk. Retrieved 27 August 2024.