The TIPOS Slovenská hokejová liga (TIPOS Slovak Hockey League) is a

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composed of twelve teams in

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. It is the second highest ice hockey league in Slovakia.

Game

Every regular season game has three 20-minute periods, with an intermission of a maximum of 18 minutes between periods. If the game is tied following the 60-minute regulation time, a five-minute three-on-three sudden death

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period is played. If a game still is tied after the overtime period, a

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decides the game. In a shootout, the team that scores the most penalty shots out of five attempts wins the game. If the game is still tied after the first five penalty-shot rounds, the shootout continues round by round, until one team scores while the other team fails to score.

Teams

Twelve teams play in the 2023–24 Slovak Hockey League season.

2023–24 season

Previous winners

Slovak Hockey League Champions

*1994 – HK Spartak Dubnica nad Váhom *1995 – ŠK Iskra Banská Bystrica *1996 – HK VTJ Spišská Nová Ves *1997 – HKm Zvolen *1998 – ŠK Iskra Banská Bystrica *1999 – HK Spartak Dubnica nad Váhom *2000 – HC Martimex ZŤS Martin *2001 – MsHK ŠKP Žilina *2002 – HK VTJ Spišská Nová Ves *2003 –

MHC Nitra Hokejový Klub Nitra is a professional ice hockey club based in Nitra, Slovakia. The club has been a member of the Slovak Extraliga since the 2003–04 season and winner of Slovak Extraliga in the 2015–16 season. History The club was founded ...

*2004 – HK Dubnica nad Váhom *2005 – HKm Detva *2006 –

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*2007 –

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*2008 –

*2009 –

HK Spišská Nová Ves HK Spišská Nová Ves is a professional Slovak ice hockey club based in Spišská Nová Ves. They currently play in the Slovak Extraliga. The club is a four-time and current winner of the second highest competition Slovak 1. Liga, as it won in ...

*2010 –

ŠHK 37 Piešťany ŠHK 37 Piešťany was a professional Slovak ice hockey club, based in Piešťany, Slovakia. The club was founded in 1937 the team is nicknamed Havrani Which Means Ravens in English Honours Domestic Slovak 1. Liga * Winners (2): 2009–10, 2 ...

*2011 –

*2012 – HC 46 Bardejov *2013 – HC 46 Bardejov *2014 – HC 46 Bardejov *2015 –

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, ...

*2016 –

HC Nové Zámky HC Nové Zámky is a professional ice hockey team playing in the Slovak Extraliga, the top level of ice hockey in the country. They play in the city of Nové Zámky, Slovakia at Nové Zámky Ice Stadium. The team is nicknamed ''Býci'', meaning "B ...

*2017 – HC 07 Orin Detva *2018 – HK Dukla Ingema Michalovce *2019 – HK Dukla Ingema Michalovce *2020 – ''Not held due to

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'' *2021 –

*2022 –

Vlci Žilina Vlci Žilina is a professional Slovak ice hockey club based in Žilina. They currently play in the Slovak 1. Liga. The club has won the Slovak league championship in 2006. The team is nicknamed ''Vlci'', it means Wolves in English. History The ...

*2023 – HC 19 Humenné

References

External links

SZĽH
– Slovak Ice-Hockey Federation

– 1. Hokejova liga statistics
EliteProspects.com: Slovak 1.liga standings
{{Ice hockey in Slovakia Slovak 1. Liga, Slov Professional ice hockey leagues in Slovakia Multi-national ice hockey leagues in Europe Multi-national professional sports leagues