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

Slovak Extraliga The Tipos Extraliga (Slovak Extraliga) is the highest-level ice hockey league in Slovakia. From the 2018–19 season to the 2020–21 season, the league included one or two teams from Hungary. In 2009, it was ranked by the IIHF as the fifth stro ...

, the highest ice hockey league in

Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the s ...

Team changes

The newly established hockey club

HC 21 Prešov HC MV Transport Prešov is an ice hockey team playing in the Slovak 1. Liga, and formed in 2021, after HC Prešov Penguins announced the dissolvation of their club. They play in the city of Prešov, Slovakia. History The newly established hock ...

replaced

HC 07 Detva HC 07 Detva is an ice hockey team playing in the Slovak 2. Liga, and formed in 2007. They play in the city of Detva, Slovakia at Detva Ice Stadium. History The club was founded in 2007. In the 2017–18 season did not qualify for the playoffs, ...

Tipos extraliga The Tipos Extraliga (Slovak Extraliga) is the highest-level ice hockey league in Slovakia. From the 2018–19 season to the 2020–21 season, the league included one or two teams from Hungary. In 2009, it was ranked by the IIHF as the fifth stro ...

from this season as Prešov should be made up of Detva players. After three seasons in Slovak Extraliga, the Hungarian team

DVTK Jegesmedvék DVTK Jegesmedvék ( en, DVTK Polar Bears) is a Hungarian ice hockey team that played in the OB I bajnokság and in the Erste Liga. The previously played in the Slovak Extraliga from 2018 until 2021. They play their home games at Miskolc Ice Hall ...

left the league to participate in the Erste Liga.

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

goals against average Goals against average (GAA) also known as "average goals against" or "AGA" is a statistic used in field hockey, ice hockey, lacrosse, soccer, and water polo that is the mean of goals allowed per game by a goaltender or goalkeeper (depending on s ...

, provided that they have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, at the conclusion of matches played on 11 February 2022.

Relegation series

Relegation series played between

MHk 32 Liptovský Mikuláš MHk 32 Liptovský Mikuláš is a professional ice hockey team in the Slovak Extraliga, top hockey tier in Slovakia. Their home town is Liptovský Mikuláš in Slovakia. The team plays their home games at Liptovský Mikuláš Ice Stadium. Histor ...

, the 12th team in regular season, and Vlci Žilina, 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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