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, the highest level of ice hockey in

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. The team does not play a complete

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and cannot advance to the

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or get relegated. Since the 2018–19 season, the league also includes two teams from

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Regular season

Standings

Each team played 55 games, playing each of the other eleven teams five times. 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 finishes with the most points was crowned the league champion.

Statistics

Scoring leaders

The following players led the league in points, at the conclusion of the regular season.

Leading goaltenders

The following goaltenders 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 MsHK Žilina, the 12th team in regular season, and

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, the winner of 1.liga. The winner of best-of-seven series played in Extraliga in 2019–20 season.

PlayOut

Michalovce wins the series 4-3 and will play in

2019–20 Slovak Extraliga season The 2019–20 Slovak Extraliga season was the 27th season of the Slovak Extraliga, the highest ice hockey league in Slovakia. Since the 2018–19 season, the league also includes two teams from Hungary. The season was ended prematurely due to the ...

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

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Finals

Final rankings

References

External links

Official website
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