2024–25 Slovak Extraliga season

2024–25 Slovak Extraliga season
2024–25 Slovak Extraliga season
League	Slovak Extraliga
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	20 September 2024 – 7 March 2025 (regular season); 10 March – April 2025 (playoffs);
Number of games	54
Number of teams	12
Regular season
Playoffs
Finals
Slovak Extraliga seasons
	← 2023–24 2025–26 →

The 2024–25 Slovak Extraliga season is the 32nd season of the Slovak Extraliga, the highest ice hockey league in Slovakia.^[1]

Team changes

HC 19 Humenné finished in the 2023–24 Slovak Extraliga season on the last 12th place and was relegated to a second highest ice hockey league in Slovakia.^[2] Meanwhile Vlci Žilina won the promotion from the second league.^[3]

Regular season

Standings

Each team played 54 games: playing each of the other eleven teams four times – 2x at home, 2x away (44 games) and during the Christmas holidays (18.12.2024 – 12.1.2025) each team played the inserted matches within variant "Group West" and "Group East" 1x at home, 1x away = 10 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.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Košice	44	23	5	6	10	146	108	+38	85	Qualification to Quarter-finals
2	Spišská Nová Ves	43	21	7	5	10	140	114	+26	82
3	Nitra	44	19	7	4	14	152	139	+13	75
4	Slovan Bratislava	44	20	4	7	13	143	130	+13	75
5	Žilina	43	19	7	2	15	141	124	+17	73
6	Banská Bystrica	44	16	9	3	16	125	119	+6	69
7	Trenčín	43	19	2	3	19	118	127	−9	64	Qualification to Wild card round
8	Michalovce	44	16	5	5	18	124	128	−4	63
9	Poprad	44	17	3	5	19	133	124	+9	62
10	Zvolen	44	13	4	8	19	136	141	−5	55
11	Liptovský Mikuláš	44	13	5	6	20	123	132	−9	55
12	Nové Zámky	43	8	0	4	31	100	195	−95	28	Relegated to Slovak 1. Liga

Updated to match(es) played on 31 January 2025. Source: Tipos extraliga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points.

Statistics

Scoring leaders

The following players led the league in regular season points at the completion of games played on 22 December 2024.^[4]

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
Andrew Calof	HK Poprad	29	10	24	34	−1	10
Adam Cracknell	HK Poprad	29	19	13	32	−1	10
Sean Josling	HK Dukla Trenčín	29	19	13	32	−8	10
Liam Pecararo	HC Slovan Bratislava	27	10	22	32	+14	125
Zack Andrusiak	HKM Zvolen	29	17	13	30	−2	16
Matthew Wedman	HC '05 Banská Bystrica	30	16	13	29	+12	73
Matthew Boucher	HC '05 Banská Bystrica	27	15	14	29	+5	14
Alex Cotton	HK Nitra	30	3	26	29	+3	22
Samuel Buček	HK Nitra	29	17	11	28	+18	32
Martin Bakoš	HC Slovan Bratislava	25	9	19	28	+3	18

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 games played on 22 December 2024.^[5]

Player	Team	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	SO	SV%	GAA
Mareks Mitens	HK Spišská Nová Ves	27	1,573:17	18	9	63	1	91.75	2.40
Ádám Vay	HK Poprad	24	1,366:13	12	12	58	4	91.70	2.55
Dominik Hrachovina	HC MONACObet Banská Bystrica	22	1,337:22	13	9	59	0	91.97	2.65
Filip Surák	HK 32 Liptovský Mikuláš	15	864:07	5	10	39	2	91.41	2.71
Jaroslav Janus	HC Košice	18	1,026:37	12	6	47	1	90.93	2.75
Sami Aittokallio	HK Nitra	19	1,091:26	12	7	51	1	91.84	2.80
Connor LaCouvee	Vlci Žilina	22	1,249:51	12	10	59	0	90.12	2.83
Julian Junca	HK Dukla Ingema Michalovce	19	1,106:56	10	9	54	1	90.83	2.93
Michal Valent	HK Dukla Trenčín	17	920:39	9	8	46	2	91.10	3.00
Evan Fitzpatrick	HK 32 Liptovský Mikuláš	16	819:30	5	11	41	2	90.33	3.00

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 (best-of-5)

Quarter-finals (best-of-7)

Semi-finals (best-of-7)

Finals (best-of-7)

(Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round)

Final rankings




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References

^ "Obhajca titulu zavíta v prvom extraligovom kole do Trenčína, spoznali sme aj All-star tím minulej sezóny". hockeyslovakia.sk (in Slovak).
^ "Humenský štadión zahalil smútok, novozámocký hlad ostáva neutíšený". hockeyslovakia.sk (in Slovak).
^ Martinčo, Matej. "Návrat kráľa, hlásali fanúšikovia. Žilina si užila extraligu po viac ako dvetisíc dňoch". myzilina.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 24 September 2024.
^ "Statistics – Hráči 2024/2025" (in Slovak). hockeyslovakia.sk. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
^ "Statistics – Brankári 2024/2025" (in Slovak). hockeyslovakia.sk. Retrieved 27 August 2024.

External links

Official website

[1] "Obhajca titulu zavíta v prvom extraligovom kole do Trenčína, spoznali sme aj All-star tím minulej sezóny". hockeyslovakia.sk (in Slovak).

[2] "Humenský štadión zahalil smútok, novozámocký hlad ostáva neutíšený". hockeyslovakia.sk (in Slovak).

[3] Martinčo, Matej. "Návrat kráľa, hlásali fanúšikovia. Žilina si užila extraligu po viac ako dvetisíc dňoch". myzilina.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 24 September 2024.

[4] "Statistics – Hráči 2024/2025" (in Slovak). hockeyslovakia.sk. Retrieved 27 August 2024.

[5] "Statistics – Brankári 2024/2025" (in Slovak). hockeyslovakia.sk. Retrieved 27 August 2024.

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