The 2020–21 Slovak Extraliga season was the 28th season of the Slovak Extraliga, the highest ice hockey league in Slovakia. The league also includes one team from Hungary.
Team changes After two seasons in Slovak Extraliga, the Hungarian team MAC Budapest left the league to participate in the Erste Liga. The reason for this decision was the uncertain financial situation, as the Hungarian government has suspended subsidies for sports clubs due to the coronavirus pandemic and MAC is also having difficulties finding other sponsors.
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 (22.12.2020 – 6.1.2021) 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 were 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. Player Team HK Poprad 48 38 31 69 +18 24 HK Poprad 49 20 36 56 +21 22 HC Košice 45 12 44 56 +8 22 HK Nitra 50 23 31 54 −3 64 HK Poprad 49 18 34 52 +29 107 HK Dukla Trenčín 50 17 35 52 +8 34 HKM Zvolen 49 26 25 51 +24 83 HK Nitra 50 18 31 49 +8 46 HKM Zvolen 49 18 31 49 +11 72 HC Košice 47 31 17 48 +13 58
Leading goaltenders The following shows the top ten goaltenders who led the league in goals against average, provided that they have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, at the conclusion of the regular season.
Player Team HC Slovan Bratislava 24 1400:32 18 6 40 5 93.97 1.71 HK Dukla Michalovce 43 2479:52 28 15 86 4 92.82 2.08 HC Košice 23 1180:56 10 13 45 2 92.46 2.29 HKM Zvolen 41 2487:49 27 14 98 1 92.14 2.36 HC Nové Zámky 43 2609:55 18 25 113 2 91.51 2.60 HK Poprad 41 2409:16 26 15 105 2 90.81 2.61 HC Košice 23 1288:51 13 10 57 2 90.98 2.65 25 1396:39 12 13 63 2 91.04 2.71 HC 07 Detva 22 1193:40 12 10 54 2 92.33 2.71 HC 07 Detva 22 1245:22 11 11 58 1 92.86 2.79
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
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Finals
Final rankings Zvolen Poprad Michalovce4 Slovan Bratislava5 Nitra6 Detva7 Trenčín8 Nové Zámky9 Košice10 Banská Bystrica11 Miskolc12 Liptovský Mikuláš
References
External links Official website