2014–15 Slovak Extraliga season

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
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

The 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.

Skalica

Trenčín

Nitra

Žilina

Martin

Banská Bystrica

Zvolen

Poprad

Košice

Piešťany

Extraliga teams for the 2014-15 season.

Team Name	Location	Venue	Capacity	Titles	2013-14
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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final Result
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

Source: Tipsport extraliga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points.

Relegation series

Relegation 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

12 March 2015 17:00

Žilina

7–2 (4–0, 1–2, 2–0)

Detva

Garmin Arena, Žilina Attendance: 1,029

Game reference
	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
	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
	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
	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
	8 min	Penalties	20 min
	60	Shots	24

Žilina wins the series 4-1 and will play in 2015–16 Slovak Extraliga season

Playoffs

The 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

	Quarterfinals					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

	Košice
	Banská Bystrica
	Nitra
4	Poprad
5	Zvolen
6	Trenčín
7	Martin
8	Piešťany
9	Skalica
10	Žilina

External links

• Official website
• Season statistics