2009–10 Slovak Extraliga season

The 2009–10 Slovak Extraliga season was the 17th season of the Slovak Extraliga since its creation after the breakup of Czechoslovakia and the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League in 1993.

2009–10 Slovak Extraliga
League	Slovak Extraliga
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	September 11, 2009 – April 2010
Number of teams	13
Regular season
Champions	HC Slovan Bratislava
Top scorer	Martin Kuľha (Slovan Bratislava)
Relegated to 1. Liga	MHk 32 Liptovský Mikuláš, HK Spišská Nová Ves
Playoffs
Finals
Champions	HC Košice
Runners-up	HC Slovan Bratislava

Regular season

Standings

Po.	Club	GP	W	OTW/SOW	OTL/SOL	L	GF	GA	+/−	PTS
1.	HC Slovan Bratislava	47	35	5	2	5	199	101	+98	117
2.	HC ’05 Banská Bystrica	47	24	10	4	9	179	133	+46	96
3.	HC Košice	47	24	3	3	17	179	126	+53	81
4.	MHC Martin	47	22	4	5	16	139	131	+8	79
5.	HK 36 Skalica	47	23	3	4	17	153	137	+16	79
6.	HK Poprad	47	24	0	5	18	155	132	+23	77
7.	HK Nitra	47	21	5	3	18	127	130	−3	76
8.	HKm Zvolen	47	20	3	5	19	132	126	+6	71
9.	HK Dukla Trenčín	47	17	3	4	23	159	167	−8	61
10.	MsHK Žilina	47	12	8	4	23	126	158	−32	56
11.	HK Spišská Nová Ves	47	13	2	5	27	125	168	−43	48
12.	MHk 32 Liptovský Mikuláš	47	12	2	5	28	129	185	−56	45
13.	HK Orange 20	36	4	1	0	31	70	178	−108	14

	clinched playoff spot
	will play in relegation series
	relegated to the second division

Key - GP: Games played, W: Wins, OTW/SOW: Overtime/Shootout wins, OTL/SOL: Overtime/Shootout losses, L: Losses, GF: Goals for, GA: Goals against, PTS: Points.

Statistics

Scoring leaders

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes ^[1]

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
Martin Kuľha	HC Slovan Bratislava	43	23	34	57	+45	40
Peter Klouda	HK Poprad	46	17	40	57	+24	50
Ján Pardavý	HC ’05 Banská Bystrica	45	27	28	55	+29	12
Tomáš Bulík	HC ’05 Banská Bystrica	44	23	31	54	+30	34
Ľubomír Vaic	HC Slovan Bratislava	46	15	39	54	+55	30
Žigmund Pálffy	HK 36 Skalica	36	17	36	53	+38	28
Richard Šechný	HK Poprad	46	17	34	51	+18	48
Marek Bartánus	MHk 32 Liptovský Mikuláš	47	28	21	49	+6	30
Rudolf Huna	HC Košice	47	24	25	49	+18	16
Tomáš Chrenko	HK Nitra	46	15	34	49	+9	105
Marek Uram	MHC Martin	46	14	35	49	+14	34

Leading goaltenders

These are the leaders in GAA among goaltenders that have played at least 1200 minutes.^[2]

GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); GA = Goals against; Sv% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

Player	Team	GP	TOI	GA	Sv%	GAA
Branislav Konrád	HC Slovan Bratislava	36	2169:20	73	.940	2.02
Július Hudáček	HC Košice	27	1588:17	60	.934	2.27
Michal Dzubina	MHC Martin	26	1324:27	54	.925	2.45
Zdenko Kotvan	HK 36 Skalica	33	1759:29	73	.920	2.49
Vlastimil Lakosil	HK Nitra	35	1981:46	86	.910	2.60

Playoffs

Playoff bracket

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	1	Slovan Bratislava	4
	8	Zvolen	1
						1	Slovan Bratislava	4
						7	Nitra	0
	2	Banská Bystrica	2
	7	Nitra	4
											1	Slovan Bratislava	2
											3	Košice	4
	3	Košice	4
	6	Poprad	1
						3	Košice	4
						4	Martin	1
	4	Martin	4
	5	Skalica	3

Quarterfinals

• Slovan – Zvolen 4–1 (8–2, 1–6, 4–1, 3–2PS, 3–2OT)
• Banská Bystrica – Nitra 2–4 (3–4PS, 2–1, 3–0, 1–4, 2–4, 3–4PS)
• Košice – Poprad 4–1 (1–0PS, 4–2, 2–4, 5–1, 8–1)
• Martin - Skalica 4–3 (2–6, 4–5PS, 7–3, 3–1, 1–3, 2–0, 4–3)

Semifinals

• Slovan – Nitra 4–0 (4–0, 5–3, 9–2, 5–2)
• Košice – Martin 4–1 (5–2, 5–3, 2–0, 1–2, 5–2)

Finals

• Slovan – Košice 2–4 (2–5, 3–6, 2–1PS, 2–3, 4–1, 2–5)

Relegation round

• Žilina – Piešťany 4–1 (4–0, 3–1, 3–2, 2–3PS, 3–1)

Playoff statistics

Playoff scoring leaders

^[3]

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Ľubomír Vaic	HC Slovan Bratislava	15	5	14	19	20
Miroslav Lažo	HC Slovan Bratislava	15	8	8	16	34
Vladimír Dravecký	HC Košice	16	7	7	14	2
Martin Hujsa	HC Slovan Bratislava	15	2	12	14	16
Peter Húževka	HC Košice	16	2	12	14	18

Final rankings

	Košice
	Slovan Bratislava
	Martin
4	Nitra
5	Banská Bystrica
6	Skalica
7	Poprad
8	Zvolen
9	Trenčín
10	Žilina
11	Spišská Nová Ves
12	Liptovský Mikuláš