The 2023–24 Slovak Extraliga season was the 31st season of the

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, the highest ice hockey league in

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Team changes

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. HC MV Transport Prešov finished in the

2022–23 Slovak Extraliga season The 2022–23 Slovak Extraliga season was the 30th season of the Slovak Extraliga, the highest ice hockey league in Slovakia. Regular season Standings Each team played 50 games: playing each of the other eleven teams four times – 2x at home, 2x ...

on the last 12th place and was relegated to a second highest ice hockey league in Slovakia.

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 (22.12.2023 – 5.1.2024) 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

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, provided that they have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, at the conclusion of the regular 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.

Team changes

Regular season

Standings

Statistics

Scoring leaders

Leading goaltenders

Playoffs

Bracket

Wild card round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Final rankings

References

External links