2024–25 Slovak Extraliga season
| 2024–25 Slovak Extraliga season | |
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| League | Slovak Extraliga |
| Sport | Ice hockey |
| Duration |
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| Number of games | 54 |
| Number of teams | 12 |
| Regular season | |
| Playoffs | |
| Finals | |
The 2024–25 Slovak Extraliga season is the 32nd season of the Slovak Extraliga, the highest ice hockey league in Slovakia.[1]
Team changes
[edit]HC 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
[edit]Standings
[edit]Each 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Košice | 29 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 99 | 63 | +36 | 63 | Qualification to Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Spišská Nová Ves | 30 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 99 | 81 | +18 | 58 | |
| 3 | Nitra | 30 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 112 | 98 | +14 | 53 | |
| 4 | Banská Bystrica | 30 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 92 | 80 | +12 | 53 | |
| 5 | Slovan Bratislava | 30 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 96 | 94 | +2 | 51 | |
| 6 | Michalovce | 30 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 85 | 88 | −3 | 43 | |
| 7 | Poprad | 29 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 89 | 86 | +3 | 41 | Qualification to Wild card round |
| 8 | Žilina | 29 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 87 | 86 | +1 | 41 | |
| 9 | Zvolen | 30 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 92 | 97 | −5 | 37 | |
| 10 | Trenčín | 29 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 76 | 95 | −19 | 36 | |
| 11 | Liptovský Mikuláš | 28 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 78 | 84 | −6 | 33 | |
| 12 | Nové Zámky | 30 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 74 | 127 | −53 | 22 | Relegated to Slovak 1. Liga |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points.
Statistics
[edit]Scoring leaders
[edit]The following players led the league in regular season points at the completion of games played on 22 December 2024.[4]
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Calof | HK Poprad | 29 | 10 | 24 | 34 | −1 | 10 |
| Adam Cracknell | HK Poprad | 29 | 19 | 13 | 32 | −1 | 10 |
| Sean Josling | HK Dukla Trenčín | 29 | 19 | 13 | 32 | −8 | 10 |
| Liam Pecararo | HC Slovan Bratislava | 27 | 10 | 22 | 32 | +14 | 125 |
| Zack Andrusiak | HKM Zvolen | 29 | 17 | 13 | 30 | −2 | 16 |
| Matthew Wedman | HC '05 Banská Bystrica | 30 | 16 | 13 | 29 | +12 | 73 |
| Matthew Boucher | HC '05 Banská Bystrica | 27 | 15 | 14 | 29 | +5 | 14 |
| Alex Cotton | HK Nitra | 30 | 3 | 26 | 29 | +3 | 22 |
| Samuel Buček | HK Nitra | 29 | 17 | 11 | 28 | +18 | 32 |
| Martin Bakoš | HC Slovan Bratislava | 25 | 9 | 19 | 28 | +3 | 18 |
Leading goaltenders
[edit]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 games played on 22 December 2024.[5]
| Player | Team | GP | TOI | W | L | GA | SO | SV% | GAA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mareks Mitens | HK Spišská Nová Ves | 27 | 1,573:17 | 18 | 9 | 63 | 1 | 91.75 | 2.40 |
| Ádám Vay | HK Poprad | 24 | 1,366:13 | 12 | 12 | 58 | 4 | 91.70 | 2.55 |
| Dominik Hrachovina | HC MONACObet Banská Bystrica | 22 | 1,337:22 | 13 | 9 | 59 | 0 | 91.97 | 2.65 |
| Filip Surák | HK 32 Liptovský Mikuláš | 15 | 864:07 | 5 | 10 | 39 | 2 | 91.41 | 2.71 |
| Jaroslav Janus | HC Košice | 18 | 1,026:37 | 12 | 6 | 47 | 1 | 90.93 | 2.75 |
| Sami Aittokallio | HK Nitra | 19 | 1,091:26 | 12 | 7 | 51 | 1 | 91.84 | 2.80 |
| Connor LaCouvee | Vlci Žilina | 22 | 1,249:51 | 12 | 10 | 59 | 0 | 90.12 | 2.83 |
| Julian Junca | HK Dukla Ingema Michalovce | 19 | 1,106:56 | 10 | 9 | 54 | 1 | 90.83 | 2.93 |
| Michal Valent | HK Dukla Trenčín | 17 | 920:39 | 9 | 8 | 46 | 2 | 91.10 | 3.00 |
| Evan Fitzpatrick | HK 32 Liptovský Mikuláš | 16 | 819:30 | 5 | 11 | 41 | 2 | 90.33 | 3.00 |
Playoffs
[edit]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
[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.