The 2021–22 Slovak Extraliga season was the 29th season of the

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, the highest ice hockey league in

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Team changes

The newly established hockey club HC 21 Prešov replaced HC 07 Detva in Tipos extraliga from this season as Prešov should be made up of Detva players. After three seasons in Slovak Extraliga, the Hungarian team DVTK Jegesmedvék left the league to participate in the Erste Liga. HK Spišská Nová Ves won Slovak 1. Liga in the season 2020–21 in a best-of-seven playoff against

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. They returned to Slovak Exraliga after eleven years, the last time they played there was in the 2009–10 season.

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 (26.12.2021 – 9.1.2022) 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.

Statistics

Scoring leaders

The following shows the top ten players who led the league in points, at the conclusion of the regular season.

Leading goaltenders

The following shows the top ten goaltenders who led the league in

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, provided that they have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, at the conclusion of the regular season.

Relegation series

Relegation series played between

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, the 12th team in regular season, and

, the winner of 1. Liga. The winner of the best-of-seven series will play in the 2022–23 Slovak Extraliga.

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

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Final rankings

References

External links

Official website
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