The 2014–15 Slovak Extraliga season was the 22nd season of the Slovak Extraliga, the highest level of ice hockey in Slovakia.
2014–15 Slovak Extraliga season | |
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League | Slovak Extraliga |
Sport | Ice hockey |
Duration | September 2014 – April 2015 |
Regular season | |
League Champion | HC Košice |
Runners-up | HK Nitra |
Top scorer | Petr Kafka (Banská Bystrica) |
Playoffs | |
Playoffs MVP | Gabriel Spilar (Košice) |
Finals champions | HC Košice |
Runners-up | HC ’05 Banská Bystrica |
Teams
editThe following teams are participating in the 2014–15 season. The HK Orange 20 is a project for preparation of the Slovakia junior ice hockey team for the IIHF World U20 Championship. The team do not play complete regular season and cannot promote to the playoffs or get relegated. First 8 teams in table after the regular season (56 games) will promote to the playoffs.
Team Name | Location | Venue | Capacity | Titles | 2013-14 |
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HKm Zvolen | Zvolen | Zvolen Ice Stadium | 7,038 | 2 | Quarterfinalists |
HC Košice | Košice | Steel Aréna | 8,378 | 7 | Champions |
HK Nitra | Nitra | Nitra Aréna | 3,600 | 0 | Runners-up |
ŠHK 37 Piešťany | Piešťany | EASTON Aréna | 3,050 | 0 | Semifinalists |
HC ’05 Banská Bystrica | Banská Bystrica | Banská Bystrica Ice Stadium | 3,518 | 0 | Semifinalists |
HK 36 Skalica | Skalica | Skalica Ice Stadium | 4,100 | 0 | Quarterfinalists |
HK Dukla Trenčín | Trenčín | Pavol Demitra Ice Stadium | 6,150 | 3 | 9th |
HK Poprad | Poprad | Poprad Ice Stadium | 4,050 | 0 | Quarterfinalists |
MsHK Žilina | Žilina | Garmin Arena | 6,200 | 1 | 10th |
MHC Mountfield | Martin | Martin Ice Stadium | 4,200 | 0 | Quarterfinalists |
HK Orange 20 | Bratislava | Vladimír Dzurilla Ice Stadium | 3,500 | – | – |
Regular season
editPos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final Result |
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1 | Košice | 56 | 35 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 166 | 105 | +61 | 123 | Advance to Quarterfinals |
2 | Nitra | 56 | 30 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 201 | 141 | +60 | 110 | |
3 | Banská Bystrica | 56 | 29 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 188 | 142 | +46 | 106 | |
4 | Zvolen | 56 | 28 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 175 | 161 | +14 | 99 | |
5 | Poprad | 56 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 20 | 168 | 124 | +44 | 98 | |
6 | Trenčín | 56 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 21 | 141 | 120 | +21 | 88 | |
7 | Martin | 56 | 17 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 140 | 157 | −17 | 73 | |
8 | Piešťany | 56 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 148 | 201 | −53 | 67 | |
9 | Skalica | 56 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 34 | 136 | 217 | −81 | 52 | |
10 | Žilina | 56 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 35 | 128 | 184 | −56 | 47 | Relegation series |
11 | HK Orange 20 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 29 | 68 | −39 | 7 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points.
Relegation series
editRelegation series will be played between MsHK Žilina, the 10th team in regular season, and HC 07 Detva, the winner of 1.liga. The winner of best-of-seven series will play in Extraliga in 2015–16 season.
PlayOut
edit12 March 2015 17:00 | Žilina | 7–2 (4–0, 1–2, 2–0) | Detva | Garmin Arena, Žilina Attendance: 1,029 |
Game reference | ||||
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10 min | Penalties | 10 min | ||
39 | Shots | 21 |
13 March 2015 17:00 | Žilina | 5–6 (1–1, 0–3, 4–2) | Detva | Garmin Arena, Žilina Attendance: 1,165 |
Game reference | ||||
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12 min | Penalties | 14 min | ||
43 | Shots | 33 |
16 March 2015 18:00 | Detva | 1–6 (0–4, 1–0, 0–2) | Žilina | Detva Ice Stadium, Detva Attendance: 1,600 |
Game reference | ||||
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20 min | Penalties | 36 min | ||
34 | Shots | 30 |
17 March 2015 18:00 | Detva | 1–3 (1–2, 0–1, 0–0) | Žilina | Detva Ice Stadium, Detva Attendance: 955 |
Game reference | ||||
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28 min | Penalties | 12 min | ||
37 | Shots | 36 |
19 March 2015 17:00 | Žilina | 3–2 (0–1, 2–0, 1–1) | Detva | Garmin Arena, Žilina Attendance: 1,012 |
Game reference | ||||
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8 min | Penalties | 20 min | ||
60 | Shots | 24 |
Žilina wins the series 4-1 and will play in 2015–16 Slovak Extraliga season
Playoffs
editThe seeding in Play-off is based on the ranking in Regular season. All Play-off rounds are played in the best-of-seven format, with the higher seeded team having the home advantage for the possible seventh game.
Playoff bracket
editQuarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
1 | Košice | 4 | ||||||||||||
8 | Piešťany | 2 | ||||||||||||
1 | Košice | 4 | ||||||||||||
5 | Poprad | 1 | ||||||||||||
4 | Zvolen | 3 | ||||||||||||
5 | Poprad | 4 | ||||||||||||
1 | Košice | 4 | ||||||||||||
3 | Banská Bystrica | 2 | ||||||||||||
2 | Nitra | 4 | ||||||||||||
7 | Martin | 1 | ||||||||||||
2 | Nitra | 3 | ||||||||||||
3 | Banská Bystrica | 4 | ||||||||||||
3 | Banská Bystrica | 4 | ||||||||||||
6 | Trenčín | 1 |
Final rankings
editKošice | |
Banská Bystrica | |
Nitra | |
4 | Poprad |
5 | Zvolen |
6 | Trenčín |
7 | Martin |
8 | Piešťany |
9 | Skalica |
10 | Žilina |