The 2018–19 Slovak Extraliga season was the 26th season of the
Slovak Extraliga, the highest level of ice hockey in
Slovakia
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.
HK Orange 20 is a project to prepare the
Slovakia junior ice hockey team for the
IIHF World U20 Championship. The team does not play a complete
regular season
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and cannot advance to the
playoffs
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or get relegated. Since the 2018–19 season, the league also includes two teams from
Hungary
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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
goals against average
Goals against average (GAA), also known as average goals against (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 spo ...
, 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
HK Dukla Michalovce
HK Dukla Michalovce is a professional ice hockey team playing in the Tipsport Liga (hockey), Slovak Extraliga, the top level of ice hockey in the country. They play in the city of Michalovce, Slovakia at Michalovce Ice Stadium.
History
The club wa ...
, 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
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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Slovak Extraliga seasons
Slovak
2018–19 in Slovak ice hockey leagues