The 2019–20 Slovak Extraliga season was the 27th season of the

Slovak Extraliga The Slovak Extraliga, known as the Tipsport liga since the 2025–26 season for sponsorship reasons, is the highest-level ice hockey league in Slovakia. From 2018–19 to 2020–21, the league included one or two teams from Hungary. Teams fro ...

, the highest ice hockey league in

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

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. The season was ended prematurely due to the

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, the season was curtailed on 11 March.

Team changes

HC Slovan Bratislava Hockey Club Slovan Bratislava () is a professional ice hockey club based in Bratislava, Slovakia. In 2012, it left the Tipsport Liga (hockey), Slovak Extraliga and joined the international Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). In 2019, it returned to ...

returns to the league in this season since it was not able to continue in the

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due to financial problems. The club has won eight Slovak championships (most recently in 2012) and one Czechoslovak championship (1979), making it the second most successful ice hockey club in Slovak history after their biggest rival HC Košice. In the season 2019–20 no team will be relegated.

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 ...

are playing in the league for the first time after winning promotion from the Slovak 1. Liga in a best-of-seven playoff against MsHK Žilina, which was therefore relegated. HK Orange 20, who had participated in the league as a project to prepare the Slovakia junior ice hockey team for the

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, were removed from the league.

Regular season

Each team played 48 games, playing each of the other twelve teams four times. Points were awarded for each game, where three points were awarded for winning in regulation time, two points for winning in overtime or shootouts, one point for losing in overtime or shootouts and zero points for losing in regulation time.

Standings

Group 1–6

Each team played 10 games, playing each of the other five teams two times. Points were awarded for each game, where three points were awarded for winning in regulation time, two points for winning in overtime or shootouts, one point for losing in overtime or shootouts and zero points for losing in regulation time.

Group 7–12

Playoffs

The playoffs were cancelled as a result of the

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 (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.

References

External links

Official website
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