2023–24 Czech Extraliga season

The 2023–24 Czech Extraliga season was the 31st season of the Czech Extraliga since its creation after the breakup of Czechoslovakia and the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League in 1993.^[1] Třinec won the championship for the fifth time in a row, and sixth overall, after beating Pardubice 4–3 in the finals.^[2]

2023–24 Czech Extraliga season
League	Czech Extraliga
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	14 September 2023 – 3 March 2024 (regular season) 6 March – 28 April (playoffs)
Number of teams	14
Regular season
Pohár Jaroslava Pouzara	HC Dynamo Pardubice
Playoffs
Finals
Champions	Třinec
Runners-up	Pardubice

Regular season

Standings

Each team played 52 games, playing each of the other 13 teams four times – twice at home, and twice 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 winner of the regular season.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Pardubice	52	33	8	6	5	203	115	+88	121	Qualification to Quarter-finals
2	Sparta Praha	52	32	6	3	11	172	119	+53	111
3	Třinec	52	25	9	6	12	172	132	+40	99
4	Kometa Brno	52	21	9	5	17	160	139	+21	86
5	Litvínov	52	23	5	4	20	163	165	−2	83	Qualification to Wild card round
6	České Budějovice	52	23	2	10	17	147	149	−2	83
7	Liberec	52	24	3	4	21	174	165	+9	82
8	Mountfield HK	52	16	8	11	17	135	137	−2	75
9	Vítkovice	52	18	5	8	21	132	138	−6	72
10	Olomouc	52	16	7	6	23	123	155	−32	68
11	Karlovy Vary	52	14	8	3	27	128	146	−18	61
12	Plzeň	52	14	6	4	28	130	155	−25	58
13	Mladá Boleslav	52	12	6	6	28	106	154	−48	54
14	Kladno	52	7	4	10	31	120	196	−76	39	Qualification to Play Out

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

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

Relegation series

The promotion/relegation series featured Rytíři Kladno, the last-place team in the regular season, and VHK Vsetín, the 1. Liga winners. Kladno swept the best-of-seven series and will remain in the Extraliga in 2024–25.

17 April 2024 17:00 (CEST)

Kladno

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

Vsetín

ČEZ Stadion, Kladno Attendance: 5,200

Game reference
	Adam Brízgala	Goalies	Patrik Romančík	Referees: Adam Kika Luděk Pilný Linesmen: Miroslav Lhotský David Thuma
	Filip (Jarůšek, Tralmaks) – 28:16 1–0 Jarůšek (Melka, Frolík) – 31:00 2–0 Jarůšek (Filip, Procházka) – 37:13 3–0 Tralmaks (Smoleňák) – 50:56 4–0 4–1 57:28 – Matějček (Rob)
	12 min	Penalties	4 min
	26	Shots	43

18 April 2024 18:00 (CEST)

Kladno

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

Vsetín

ČEZ Stadion, Kladno Attendance: 5,200

Game reference
	Adam Brízgala	Goalies	Patrik Romančík	Referees: Filip Vrba Jakub Šindel Linesmen: Tomáš Brejcha Josef Špůr
	Jágr (Strnad) – 01:59 1–0 Tralmaks (Filip) – 08:11 2–0 2–1 09:19 – Jonák (Teper, Jenáček) (PP) Melka (Strnad, Ticháček) – 19:44 3–1 Smoleňák (Tralmaks, Sideroff) – 21:02 4–1 Melka (Strnad, Jágr) – 22:11 5–1 5–2 26:26 – Klhůfek (Teper, Jenáček) (PP) Procházka (Slováček) (PP) – 33:11 6–2 Procházka (Jarůšek) (PP) – 36:14 7–2
	20 min	Penalties	39 min
	36	Shots	30

21 April 2024 17:00 (CEST)

Vsetín

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

Kladno

Zimní stadion Na Lapači, Vsetín Attendance: 7,700

Game reference
	Maksim Zhukov	Goalies	Adam Brízgala	Referees: Adam Kika Jiří Ondráček Linesmen: Lukáš Rampír Petr Šimánek
	0–1 03:09 – Jarůšek (Filip, Slováček) 0–2 36:41 – Tralmaks (Klepiš, Pytlík) (PP) Dědek – 38:00 1–2 1–3 39:33 – Procházka (Klepiš, Jarůšek) Hrňa (Dědek) – 39:56 2–3
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	26	Shots	31

22 April 2024 18:00 (CEST)

Vsetín

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

Kladno

Zimní stadion Na Lapači, Vsetín Attendance: 7,700

Game reference
	Maksim Zhukov	Goalies	Adam Brízgala	Referees: Roman Mrkva Jakub Šindel Linesmen: Pavel Blažek Vít Lederer
	Bláha (Machala) (SH) – 16:47 1–0 1–1 22:59 – Smoleňák (Ticháček, Klepiš) (PP) 1–2 32:51 – Sideroff (Slováček, Pytlík) Machala (Klhůfek, Jenáček) (PP) – 35:42 2–2 Bláha (Matějček) – 41:11 3–2 3–3 47:47 – Procházka (Slováček, Filip) (PP) 3–4 52:42 – Filip (Slováček) (SH)
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	23	Shots	37

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)
						1	Pardubice	4
	8	Mountfield HK	3			8	Mountfield HK	1
	9	Vítkovice	0								1	Pardubice	4
											5	Litvínov	0
						4	Kometa Brno	2			(Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round)
	5	Litvínov	3			5	Litvínov	4
	12	Plzeň	0													1	Pardubice	3
																3	Třinec	4
						2	Sparta Praha	4
	7	Liberec	3			7	Liberec	0
	10	Olomouc	2								2	Sparta Praha	3
											3	Třinec	4
						3	Třinec	4
	6	České Budějovice	3			6	České Budějovice	3
	11	Karlovy Vary	0

Wild card round

Litvínov – Plzeň 3–0 6.3.2024 Litvínov Plzeň 4-2 7.3.2024 Litvínov Plzeň 4-1 9.3.2024 Plzeň Litvínov 1-2 OT Litvínov won the series 3–0. Liberec – Olomouc 3–2 6.3.2024 Liberec Olomouc 0-1 OT 7.3.2024 Liberec Olomouc 2-3 OT 9.3.2024 Olomouc Liberec 3-4 10.3.2024 Olomouc Liberec 3-5 12.3.2024 Liberec Olomouc 4-1 Liberec won the series 3–2.

České Budějovice – Karlovy Vary 3–0 6.3.2024 České Budějovice Karlovy Vary 4-2 7.3.2024 České Budějovice Karlovy Vary 5-4 OT 9.3.2024 Karlovy Vary České Budějovice 1-3 České Budějovice won the series 3–0. Mountfield HK – Vítkovice 3–0 6.3.2024 Mountfield HK Vítkovice 4-3 7.3.2024 Mountfield HK Vítkovice 1-0 9.3.2024 Vítkovice Mountfield HK 1-3 Mountfield HK won the series 3–0.

Quarterfinals

Pardubice – Mountfield HK 4–1 15.3.2024 Pardubice Mountfield HK 5-4 OT 16.3.2024 Pardubice Mountfield HK 3-2 19.3.2024 Mountfield HK Pardubice 2-1 SO 20.3.2024 Mountfield HK Pardubice 0-1 23.3.2024 Pardubice Mountfield HK 3-2 Pardubice won the series 4–1. Třinec – České Budějovice 4–3 17.3.2024 Třinec České Budějovice 2-0 18.3.2024 Třinec České Budějovice 2-0 21.3.2024 České Budějovice Třinec 3-4 22.3.2024 České Budějovice Třinec 4-1 24.3.2024 Třinec České Budějovice 2-3 26.3.2024 České Budějovice Třinec 3-0 28.3.2024 Třinec České Budějovice 2-0 Třinec won the series 4–3.

Sparta Praha – Liberec 4–0 15.3.2024 Sparta Praha Liberec 3-2 SO 16.3.2024 Sparta Praha Liberec 3-2 OT 19.3.2024 Liberec Sparta Praha 3-5 20.3.2024 Liberec Sparta Praha 2-5 Sparta Praha won the series 4–0. Kometa Brno – Litvínov 2–4 17.3.2024 Kometa Brno Litvínov 1-2 SO 18.3.2024 Kometa Brno Litvínov 1-5 21.3.2024 Litvínov Kometa Brno 3-4 22.3.2024 Litvínov Kometa Brno 1-5 24.3.2024 Kometa Brno Litvínov 1-2 OT 26.3.2024 Litvínov Kometa Brno 4-1 Litvínov won the series 4–2.

Semifinals

Pardubice – Litvínov 4–0 31.3.2024 Pardubice Litvínov 2-1 1.4.2024 Pardubice Litvínov 3-0 4.4.2024 Litvínov Pardubice 2-3 5.4.2024 Litvínov Pardubice 5-6 Pardubice won the series 4–0.

Sparta Praha – Třinec 3–4 2.4.2024 Sparta Praha Třinec 3-0 3.4.2024 Sparta Praha Třinec 3-2 OT 6.4.2024 Třinec Sparta Praha 2-3 OT 7.4.2024 Třinec Sparta Praha 4-1 9.4.2024 Sparta Praha Třinec 2-3 11.4.2024 Třinec Sparta Praha 2-1 OT 13.4.2024 Sparta Praha Třinec 2-3 OT4 Třinec won the series 4–3 (and became the first club in Czech Extraliga, which turned the play-off series from 0–3 into 4–3[5]).

Finals

16 April 2024

Pardubice

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

Třinec

Enteria arena, Pardubice Attendance: 10,194

Game reference
	Roman Will	Goalies	Ondřej Kacetl

17 April 2024

Pardubice

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

Třinec

Enteria arena, Pardubice Attendance: 10,194

Game reference
	Roman Will	Goalies	Ondřej Kacetl

20 April 2024

Třinec

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

Pardubice

Werk Arena, Třinec Attendance: 5,400

Game reference
	Ondřej Kacetl	Goalies	Roman Will

21 April 2024

Třinec

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

Pardubice

Werk Arena, Třinec Attendance: 5,400

Game reference
	Ondřej Kacetl	Goalies	Roman Will

24 April 2024

Pardubice

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

Třinec

Enteria arena, Pardubice Attendance: 10,194

Game reference

26 April 2024

Třinec

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

Pardubice

Werk Arena, Třinec Attendance: 5,400

Game reference
	Ondřej Kacetl	Goalies	Roman Will

28 April 2024

Pardubice

1–2 OT2 (0–0, 1–1, 0–0) (OT: 0–1) score in the series: 3–4

Třinec

Enteria arena, Pardubice Attendance: 10,194

Game reference
	Roman Will	Goalies	Ondřej Kacetl
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	43	Shots	23

Final rankings

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

Attendances

#	Ice hockey club	Average attendance[6]
1	HC Sparta Praha	11,586
2	HC Dynamo Pardubice	9,460
3	HC Kometa Brno	6,875
4	Motor České Budějovice	6,132
5	HC Vítkovice Ridera	5,350
6	HC Bílí Tygři Liberec	5,333
7	HC Škoda Plzeň	4,773
8	HC Olomouc	4,754
9	HC Litvínov	4,639
10	HC Oceláři Třinec	4,586
11	Mountfield HK	4,362
12	HC Energie Karlovy Vary	4,346
13	BK Mladá Boleslav	3,016
14	Rytíři Kladno	2,653