2021–22 Czech Extraliga season

The 2021–22 Czech Extraliga season was the 29th season of the Czech Extraliga since its creation after the breakup of Czechoslovakia and the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League in 1993.^[1] Defending champions Třinec won the championship for the third time in a row and became the first club to do so in the 21st century. They beat Sparta Praha by four games to two in the finals.^[2]

2021–22 Czech Extraliga season
League	Czech Extraliga
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	8 September 2021 – 28 April 2022
Number of teams	15
Regular season
Presidential Cup	Mountfield HK
Playoffs
Finals
Champions	Třinec
Runners-up	Sparta Praha

Regular season

Standings

Each team played 56 games, playing each of the other fourteen teams four times – 2x at home, 2x away. 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.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mountfield HK	56	31	9	5	11	182	115	+67	116	Qualification to Quarter-finals
2	Třinec	56	31	6	7	12	174	118	+56	112
3	Sparta Praha	56	27	6	6	17	203	153	+50	99
4	České Budějovice	56	26	5	5	20	166	151	+15	93
5	Pardubice	56	22	11	5	18	173	152	+21	93	Qualification to Wild card round
6	Plzeň	56	24	5	9	18	167	154	+13	91
7	Liberec	56	25	3	8	20	146	147	−1	89
8	Vítkovice	56	22	8	5	21	142	149	−7	87
9	Olomouc	56	20	8	4	24	133	152	−19	80
10	Kometa Brno	56	17	10	5	24	145	163	−18	76
11	Mladá Boleslav	56	21	3	7	25	128	148	−20	76
12	Karlovy Vary	56	19	4	7	26	160	176	−16	72
13	Litvínov	56	18	4	8	26	152	173	−21	70
14	Kladno	56	14	6	8	28	142	183	−41	62	Qualification to Play Out
15	Zlín	56	9	6	5	36	108	187	−79	44	Relegated to Czech 1. Liga

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

Statistics

Scoring leaders

The following shows the top ten players who led the league in points, at the conclusion of the regular season.^[3]

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
Filip Chlapík	HC Sparta Praha	53	31	39	70	+28	39
Lukáš Pech	HC Motor České Budějovice	56	22	35	57	+8	32
Michal Bulíř	HC Škoda Plzeň	53	27	29	56	−2	18
Peter Mueller	HC Kometa Brno	48	23	32	55	+5	14
Tomáš Plekanec	Rytíři Kladno	56	17	36	53	−4	46
Erik Thorell	HC Sparta Praha	49	21	31	52	+17	8
Ahti Oksanen	Mountfield HK	56	25	23	48	+27	16
Martin Růžička	HC Oceláři Třinec	52	21	27	48	+5	12
Giorgio Estephan	HC VERVA Litvínov	56	18	30	48	−8	10
Robert Říčka	HC Dynamo Pardubice	48	27	20	47	−1	30

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.^[4]

Player	Team	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA
Ondřej Kacetl	HC Oceláři Třinec	25	1394:00	17	6	38	2	93.00	1.64
Henri Kiviaho	Mountfield HK	27	1566:00	16	10	53	2	92.26	2.03
Marek Mazanec	HC Oceláři Třinec	34	1971:00	20	12	72	5	91.04	2.19
Dominik Pavlát	HC Škoda Plzeň	25	1385:00	11	13	51	2	91.79	2.21
Dominik Frodl	HC Dynamo Pardubice	38	2123:00	19	17	82	4	91.41	2.32
Petr Kváča	Bílí Tygři Liberec	44	2591:00	22	22	104	3	91.66	2.41
Jakub Sedláček	HC Kometa Brno	20	1154:00	11	9	47	3	91.83	2.44
Gašper Krošelj	BK Mladá Boleslav	32	1714:00	14	15	70	2	90.85	2.45
Jan Růžička	BK Mladá Boleslav	31	1614:00	10	16	68	1	90.41	2.53
Štěpán Lukeš	HC Energie Karlovy Vary	35	2033:00	20	13	86	4	91.09	2.54

Relegation series

Relegation series played between Rytíři Kladno, the 14th team in regular season, and HC Dukla Jihlava, the winner of 1. Liga winners. The winner of the best-of-seven series would play in the 2022–23 Czech Extraliga.

17 April 2022 16:00 (CEST)

Kladno

6–4 (1–0, 2–3, 3–1) score in the series: 1–0

Jihlava

Rocknet aréna, Chomutov Attendance: 4,500

Game reference
	Landon Bow	Goalies	Maksim Zhukov	Referees: Adam Kika Matěj Sýkora Linesmen: Jiří Gebauer Marek Hlavatý
	Kubík (Plekanec, Hlava) (PP1) – 05:05 1–0 1–1 26:09 – Havránek (Kachyňa, Dundáček) Hlava (Kubík) – 29:41 2–1 2–2 30:02 – Helt (Kachyňa) 2–3 32:50 – Skořepa (Havránek) Filip (Babka) (SH1) – 39:24 3–3 Baránek (Indrák) – 45:17 4–3 4–4 50:58 – Havránek (Bilčík, Dundáček) Kubík (Dotchin, Jágr) (PP1) – 54:29 5–4 Hlava (Plekanec, Dotchin) – 57:13 6–4
	37 min	Penalties	26 min
	6	Shots	6

18 April 2022 18:00 (CEST)

Kladno

4–1 (0–1, 2–0, 2–0) score in the series: 2–0

Jihlava

Rocknet aréna, Chomutov Attendance: 4,200

Game reference
	Landon Bow	Goalies	Maksim Zhukov	Referees: René Hradil Tomáš Veselý Linesmen: Ladislav Lučan Milan Kis
	0–1 03:19 – Čermák Babka – 24:26 1–1 Kubík (Baránek) (PP1) – 25:32 2–1 Zikmund (Wood) – 46:03 3–1 Dotchin – 58:59 4–1
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	29	Shots	38

21 April 2022 17:30 (CEST)

Jihlava

5–3 (1–0, 3–3, 1–0) score in the series: 1–2

Kladno

CZ LOKO ARÉNA, Jihlava Attendance: 5,134

Game reference
	Maksim Zhukov	Goalies	Landon Bow	Referees: Robin Šír Matěj Sýkora Linesmen: Miroslav Lhotský Jiří Svoboda
	Eliáš (Cachnín, Menšík) – 16:21 1–0 1–1 22:29 – Beran (Melka, Zikmund) 1–2 23:18 – Babka (Jágr) Zadražil (Havránek) – 25:10 2–2 Seman (Harkabus, Mareš) (PP1) – 28:31 3–2 Havránek (Helt, Zadražil) (PP1) – 33:56 4–2 4–3 39:01 – Plekanec (Kubík) Čachotský (Havránek) (EN) – 59:47 5–3
	12 min	Penalties	16 min
	39	Shots	37

22 April 2022 17:30 (CEST)

Jihlava

2–7 (1–2, 1–2, 0–3) score in the series: 1–3

Kladno

CZ LOKO ARÉNA, Jihlava Attendance: 5,557

Game reference
	Maksim Zhukov	Goalies	Landon Bow	Referees: Vladimír Pešina Adam Kika Linesmen: Jiří Ondráček Daniel Hynek
	Helt (Havránek, Dundáček) – 08:26 1–0 1–1 12:35 – Arzamastsev (Zikmund, Suchánek) 1–2 19:27 – Baránek (Kubík, Plekanec) (PP1) 1–3 20:28 – Kubík (Plekanec) Cachnín (Mareš, Bilčík) – 27:25 2–3 2–4 38:31 – Plekanec (Kubík) 2–5 46:09 – Plekanec (Hlava, Wood) 2–6 49:29 – Zikmund (Pytlík) 2–7 53:15 – Kubík (Plekanec, Baránek)
	29 min	Penalties	8 min
	28	Shots	38

25 April 2022 18:00 (CEST)

Kladno

6–3 (2–2, 1–1, 3–0) score in the series: 4–1

Jihlava

Rocknet aréna, Chomutov Attendance: 4,500

Game reference
	Landon Bow	Goalies	Maksim Zhukov	Referees: Adam Kika Roman Mrkva Linesmen: Tomáš Brejcha Jiří Ondráček
	Zikmund (Dotchin, Bow) (PP1) – 05:57 1–0 1–1 11:59 – Seman (Helt, Kachyňa) 1–2 15:55 – Čachotský (Menšík, Harkabus) (PP1) Kubík (Baránek, Hlava) – 17:26 2–2 Beran (Plekanec, Kubík) (PP2) – 25:43 3–2 3–3 38:58 – Seman (PP1) Beran (Zikmund, Plekanec) (PP1) – 54:10 4–3 Plekanec (Hlava) – 54:52 5–3 Kubík (EN) – 59:58 6–3
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	30	Shots	33

Playoffs

Twelve teams qualify for the playoffs: the top four teams in the regular season have a bye to the quarterfinals, while teams ranked fifth to twelfth meet each other (5 versus 12, 6 versus 11, 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)
						2	Třinec	4
	8	Vítkovice	3			8	Vítkovice	0
	9	Olomouc	2								2	Třinec	4
											11	Mladá Boleslav	0
						1	Mountfield HK	1
	6	Plzeň	2			11	Mladá Boleslav	4
	11	Mladá Boleslav	3													2	Třinec	4
																3	Sparta Praha	2
						3	Sparta Praha	4
	7	Liberec	3			7	Liberec	0
	10	Kometa Brno	2								3	Sparta Praha	4
											4	České Budějovice	1
						4	České Budějovice	4
	5	Pardubice	3			5	Pardubice	1
	12	Karlovy Vary	0

Wild card round

Pardubice – Karlovy Vary 3–0 11.3.2022 Pardubice Karlovy Vary 3-2 12.3.2022 Pardubice Karlovy Vary 4-2 14.3.2022 Karlovy Vary Pardubice 2-3 OT1 Pardubice won the series 3–0. Liberec – Kometa Brno 3–2 11.3.2022 Liberec Kometa Brno 4-3 12.3.2022 Liberec Kometa Brno 3-2 OT1 14.3.2022 Kometa Brno Liberec 4-2 15.3.2022 Kometa Brno Liberec 3-2 17.3.2022 Liberec Kometa Brno 6-1 Liberec won the series 3–2.

Plzeň – Mladá Boleslav 2–3 11.3.2022 Plzeň Mladá Boleslav 3-2 OT1 12.3.2022 Plzeň Mladá Boleslav 2-3 14.3.2022 Mladá Boleslav Plzeň 5-3 15.3.2022 Mladá Boleslav Plzeň 0-1 17.3.2022 Plzeň Mladá Boleslav 2-3 Mladá Boleslav won the series 3–2. Vítkovice – Olomouc 3–2 11.3.2022 Vítkovice Olomouc 4-3 OT1 12.3.2022 Vítkovice Olomouc 1-3 14.3.2022 Olomouc Vítkovice 3-2 15.3.2022 Olomouc Vítkovice 3-4 17.3.2022 Vítkovice Olomouc 3-1 Vítkovice won the series 3–2.

Quarterfinals

Mountfield HK – Mladá Boleslav 1–4 19.3.2022 Mountfield HK Mladá Boleslav 2-1 20.3.2022 Mountfield HK Mladá Boleslav 2-3 23.3.2022 Mladá Boleslav Mountfield HK 3-2 SO 24.3.2022 Mladá Boleslav Mountfield HK 4-3 OT1 27.3.2022 Mountfield HK Mladá Boleslav 3-4 OT1 Mladá Boleslav won the series 4–1. Sparta Praha – Liberec 4–1 21.3.2022 Sparta Praha Liberec 7-0 22.3.2022 Sparta Praha Liberec 3-2 25.3.2022 Liberec Sparta Praha 1-2 26.3.2022 Liberec Sparta Praha 4-2 28.3.2022 Sparta Praha Liberec 5-4 OT3 Sparta Praha won the series 4–1.

Třinec – Vítkovice 4–0 19.3.2022 Třinec Vítkovice 3-0 20.3.2022 Třinec Vítkovice 2-1 23.3.2022 Vítkovice Třinec 1-2 24.3.2022 Vítkovice Třinec 1-2 Třinec won the series 4–0. České Budějovice – Pardubice 4–1 21.3.2022 České Budějovice Pardubice 3-1 22.3.2022 České Budějovice Pardubice 3-2 25.3.2022 Pardubice České Budějovice 1-2 26.3.2022 Pardubice České Budějovice 3-2 28.3.2022 České Budějovice Pardubice 4-3 České Budějovice won the series 4–1.

Semifinals

Třinec – Mladá Boleslav 4–0 3.4.2022 Třinec Mladá Boleslav 3-0 4.4.2022 Třinec Mladá Boleslav 1-0 SO 7.4.2022 Mladá Boleslav Třinec 3-4 OT 8.4.2022 Mladá Boleslav Třinec 1-2 Třinec won the series 4–0.

Sparta Praha – České Budějovice 4–1 3.4.2022 Sparta Praha České Budějovice 2-1 4.4.2022 Sparta Praha České Budějovice 5-1 7.4.2022 České Budějovice Sparta Praha 2-3 OT 8.4.2022 České Budějovice Sparta Praha 3-1 11.4.2022 Sparta Praha České Budějovice 3-2 Sparta Praha won the series 4–1.

Finals

18 April 2022 17:00 (CEST)

Třinec

4–1 (0–1, 0–0, 4–0) score in the series: 1–0

Sparta Praha

Werk Arena, Třinec Attendance: 5,400

Game reference
	Ondřej Kacetl	Goalies	Július Hudáček	Referees: Antonín Jeřábek Oldřich Hejduk Linesmen: Daniel Hynek Josef Špůr
	0–1 09:34 – Matushkin (Thorell, Chlapík) (PP1) Svačina (Marinčin) – 44:49 1–1 Nestrašil (O. Kovařčík, Kundrátek) – 48:16 2–1 Chmielewski (Růžička) – 50:59 3–1 Marcinko – 57:36 4–1
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	26	Shots	24

19 April 2022 17:00 (CEST)

Třinec

1–2 (0–0, 0–1, 1–1) score in the series: 1–1

Sparta Praha

Werk Arena, Třinec Attendance: 5,400

Game reference
	Ondřej Kacetl	Goalies	Július Hudáček	Referees: Vladimír Pešina Robin Šír Linesmen: Miroslav Lhotský Jiří Svoboda
	0–1 32:28 – Řepík (Forman, Polášek) 0–2 53:41 – Pavelka (Řepík) Hrňa (Nestrašil, Růžička) – 58:28 1–2
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	31	Shots	29

22 April 2022 18:30 (CEST)

Sparta Praha

2–3 (1–0, 0–2, 1–1) score in the series: 1–2

Třinec

O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 17,220

Game reference
	Július Hudáček	Goalies	Ondřej Kacetl	Referees: Roman Mrkva Daniel Pražák Linesmen: Tomáš Brejcha Vít Lederer
	Řepík (Sobotka, Forman) – 09:16 1–0 1–1 28:51 – Marcinko (Marinčin, Hrňa) (PP1) 1–2 37:07 – Nestrašil (Kundrátek) 1–3 47:25 – Dravecký (Roman, Hrehorčák) Kaše (Němeček, Řepík) – 59:44 2–3
	13 min	Penalties	15 min
	21	Shots	21

23 April 2022 17:00 (CEST)

Sparta Praha

5–2 (0–1, 3–0, 2–1) score in the series: 2–2

Třinec

O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 17,220

Game reference
	Július Hudáček	Goalies	Ondřej Kacetl	Referees: Antonín Jeřábek Oldřich Hejduk Linesmen: Miroslav Lhotský Jiří Svoboda
	0–1 15:49 – Nestrašil (M. Kovařčík, Zahradníček) Němeček (Matushkin, Sobotka) – 20:30 1–1 Šmerha – 22:21 2–1 Sobotka (Šmerha) – 32:17 3–1 Buchtele (Kaše, Šmerha) – 46:42 4–1 4–2 49:41 – Zbořil (Marcinko, Svačina) Forman (Matushkin, Thorell) (PP1) – 58:08 5–2
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	24	Shots	29

26 April 2022 17:00 (CEST)

Třinec

7–3 (2–2, 4–1, 1–0) score in the series: 3–2

Sparta Praha

Werk Arena, Třinec Attendance: 5,400

Game reference
	Ondřej Kacetl	Goalies	Július Hudáček	Referees: Vladimír Pešina Robin Šír Linesmen: Daniel Hynek Josef Špůr
	Daňo (Růžička) – 06:27 1–0 1–1 07:08 – Němeček 1–2 09:52 – Dvořák (Matushkin, Němeček) Daňo (Růžička) – 11:26 2–2 O. Kovařčík (M. Kovařčík, Nestrašil) – 22:17 3–2 Marinčin (Dravecký, Hrehorčák) – 22:50 4–2 4–3 25:28 – Šmerha (Moravčík) Hrňa (Marinčin) (PP1) – 26:41 5–3 Růžička (Zbořil) – 37:38 6–3 O. Kovařčík (Nestrašil) – 47:58 7–3
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	28	Shots	31

28 April 2022 19:00 (CEST)

Sparta Praha

1–2 (0–2, 0–0, 1–0) score in the series: 2–4

Třinec

O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 17,220

Game reference
	Július Hudáček	Goalies	Ondřej Kacetl	Referees: Antonín Jeřábek Oldřich Hejduk Linesmen: Miroslav Lhotský Jiří Svoboda
	0–1 14:13 – Dravecký (Roman) 0–2 15:48 – Svačina (PS) Horák (Řepík) – 52:43 1–2
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	25	Shots	19

Final rankings

	Třinec
	Sparta Praha
	České Budějovice
4	Mladá Boleslav
5	Mountfield HK
6	Pardubice
7	Liberec
8	Vítkovice
9	Plzeň
10	Olomouc
11	Kometa Brno
12	Karlovy Vary
13	Litvínov
14	Kladno
15	Zlín