The 2008–09 Czech Extraliga season was the 16th season of the

Czech Extraliga The Czech Extraliga ( cs, Extraliga ledního hokeje, ELH) is the highest-level ice hockey league in the Czech Republic. It was created by the 1993 split of the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League following the breakup of Czechoslovakia. The le ...

since its creation after the breakup of Czechoslovakia and the

Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League The Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League was the elite ice hockey league in Czechoslovakia from 1936 until 1993, when the country split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The Slovak Extraliga and Czech Extraliga formed from the split. History ...

in 1993.

Standings

Playoffs

Preliminary round

*HC Plzen - HC Ocleari Trinec 3-2 on series *HC Vitkovice Steel - Bili Tygri Liberec 3-0 on series

Quarterfinals

*HC Slavia Praha - HC Vitkovice Steel 4-3 on series *HC Moeller Pardubice - HC Plzen 3-4 on series *HC Litvinov - HC Energie Karlovy Vary 0-4 on series *HC Sparta Praha - Rl Okna Zlin 4-1 on series

Semifinals

*HC Slavia Praha - HC Plzen 4-1 on series *HC Energie Karlovy Vary - HC Sparta Praha 4-2 on series

Final

*HC Energie Karlovy Vary - HC Slavia Praha 4-2 on series

Playouts

Relegation

* BK Mladá Boleslav – HC Slovan Ústečtí Lvi 4–0 (3–0, 2–1 OT, 3–1, 2–0) * After season, the Extraliga licence was transferred from team HC Znojemští Orli to HC Kometa Brno.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Czech Extraliga 2008-09 2008-09 2008–09 in European ice hockey leagues 1