2018–19 Slovak Extraliga season
| 2018–19 Slovak Extraliga season | |
|---|---|
| League |
 |
| Sport | Ice hockey |
| Duration | September 2018 – April 2019 |
| Regular season | |
| Playoffs | |
The 2018–19 Slovak Extraliga season is the 26th season of the Slovak Extraliga, the highest level of ice hockey in Slovakia.
Teams
The following teams are participating in the 2018–19 season. 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. The first eight teams in standings after the regular season (56 games) will advance to the playoffs. Since the 2018-19 season, the league also includes two teams from Hungary[1].
| Team name | City | Arena | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| HKm Zvolen | Zvolen | Zvolen Ice Stadium | 7,038 |
| HC Košice | Košice | Steel Aréna | 8,378 |
| HK Nitra | Nitra | Nitra Aréna | 3,600 |
| HC ’05 Banská Bystrica | Banská Bystrica | Banská Bystrica Ice Stadium | 3,518 |
| HC Nové Zámky | Nové Zámky | Nové Zámky Ice Stadium | 3,500 |
| HK Dukla Trenčín | Trenčín | Pavol Demitra Ice Stadium | 6,150 |
| HK Poprad | Poprad | Poprad Ice Stadium | 4,050 |
| MsHK Žilina | Žilina | Garmin Arena | 6,200 |
| MHk 32 Liptovský Mikuláš | Liptovský Mikuláš | Liptovský Mikuláš Ice Stadium | 3,680 |
| HC 07 Detva | Detva | Detva Ice Stadium | 1,800 |
| HK Orange 20 | Piešťany | EASTON Aréna | 3,050 |
| DVTK Jegesmedvék |  | Miskolc Ice Hall | 1,304 |
| MAC Budapest | | Tüskecsarnok | 2,540 |
Regular season
Top six advance straight to quarter-finals, while teams between 7th and 10th positions play wild card round for the final two spots.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Košice | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 16 | +19 | 24 | Advance to Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Nové Zámky | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 14 | +15 | 23 | |
| 3 | Banská Bystrica | 11 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 29 | +1 | 21 | |
| 4 | Zvolen | 9 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 19 | +17 | 20 | |
| 5 | Nitra | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 31 | 24 | +7 | 17 | |
| 6 | Poprad | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 18 | +5 | 16 | |
| 7 | Liptovský Mikuláš | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 19 | +6 | 14 | Advance to Wild-card round |
| 8 | Trenčín | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 13 | |
| 9 | Miskolc | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 31 | 39 | −8 | 13 | |
| 10 | Detva | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 22 | 29 | −7 | 11 | |
| 11 | Žilina | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 30 | 38 | −8 | 11 | |
| 12 | Budapest | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 34 | −15 | 6 | Relegation series |
| 13 | HK Orange 20 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 14 | 46 | −32 | 0 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points.
Playoffs
Bracket
| Wild-card round (best-of-3) | Quarter-finals (best-of-7) | Semi-finals (best-of-7) | Finals (best-of-7) | |||||||||||||||
| (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | ||||||||||||||||||
References
- ↑ "VIDEO: Potvrdené, dva kluby z Maďarska rozšíria slovenskú Tipsport ligu". Retrieved 14 Jun 2018.