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

Czech Extraliga The Czech Extraliga () is the highest-level ice hockey league in the Czech Republic. It was created in 1993 following the peaceful dissolution of Czechoslovakia midway through the 1992–93 Czechoslovak Extraliga season (which all Slovak and ...

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. Histor ...

in 1993.

HC Energie Karlovy Vary HC Energie Karlovy Vary is a professional ice hockey team based in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic. They play in the highest-level national league, the Czech Extraliga. The club The history of the ice hockey in Karlovy Vary dates back to the 1932, w ...

won their first Extraliga championship after beating Slavia Praha by 4 games to 2 in the finals.

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 BK Mladá Boleslav () is a professional ice hockey team which plays in the Czech Extraliga, the country's highest level. They were promoted into the league on 18 April 2014 after a two-year absence. They play their home games at Ško-Energo Aréna ...

– 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 HC Kometa Brno ("Comet" in English) is a professional ice hockey team based in Brno, Czech Republic. They play in the Czech Extraliga. Kometa is the most successful ice hockey club in the Czech Republic with 14 Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League ...

References

External links

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