Slovenská hokejová liga

This article is about the Slovak minor league whose name translates to Slovak Hockey League. For the top level of Slovak ice hockey, see Slovak Extraliga.

The TIPOS Slovenská hokejová liga (TIPOS Slovak Hockey League) is a professional ice hockey league comprising twelve teams in Slovakia. It is the second highest ice hockey league in Slovakia.^[1]

TIPOS Slovenská hokejová liga

Current season, competition or edition: 2023–24 Slovak 1. Liga season
Sport	Ice hockey
Founded	1993
No. of teams	12
Country	Slovakia
Most recent champion(s)	Vlci Žilina (3rd title)
Most titles	HK Spišská Nová Ves & HC '05 Banská Bystrica (both 4 titles)
Promotion to	Slovak Extraliga
Relegation to	Slovak 2. Liga
Official website	shl.hockeyslovakia.sk

Game

Main article: Ice hockey

Every regular season game has three 20-minute periods, with a maximum intermission of 18 minutes between periods.^[2] If the game is tied after the 60-minute regulation, a five-minute three-on-three sudden death overtime period is played. If the game remains tied after the overtime period, a shootout decides the game. In a shootout, the team that scores the most penalty shots out of five attempts wins. If the game is still tied after the first five penalty-shot rounds, the shootout continues round by round, until one team scores while the other fails to score.

Teams

Twelve teams play in the 2024–25 Slovak 1. Liga season.

Topoľčany

Považská Bystrica

Dubnica

Trnava

Skalica

Humenné

Žiar nad Hronom

Modré krídla Slovan

Prešov

SR 18

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Teams of the 2024–25 Slovak 1. Liga season

2024–25 season

Team Name	City	Venue	Capacity
HK Levice	Levice	Zimný štadión Levice	4,233
HC Prešov	Prešov	ICE Aréna Prešov	3,600
HC Topoľčany	Topoľčany	Topvar Aréna	3,400
HK Skalica	Skalica	Skalica Ice Stadium	4,100
HC 19 Humenné	Humenné	Humenné Ice Stadium	3,150
HK 95 Panthers Považská Bystrica	Považská Bystrica	Zimný štadión MSK Považská Bystrica	2,400
MHK Dubnica nad Váhom	Dubnica nad Váhom	Zimný štadión Dubnica nad Váhom	3,000
HK Trnava	Trnava	Zimný štadión Trnava	3,800
HK MŠK Indian Žiar nad Hronom	Žiar nad Hronom	Slovalco aréna	2,025
JOJ ŠPORT Slovensko 18	Piešťany	Patrícia Ice Arena 37	5,000

Previous winners

Slovak Hockey League Champions

• 1994 – HK Spartak Dubnica nad Váhom
• 1995 – ŠK Iskra Banská Bystrica
• 1996 – HK VTJ Spišská Nová Ves
• 1997 – HKm Zvolen
• 1998 – ŠK Iskra Banská Bystrica
• 1999 – HK Spartak Dubnica nad Váhom
• 2000 – HC Martimex ZŤS Martin
• 2001 – MsHK ŠKP Žilina
• 2002 – HK VTJ Spišská Nová Ves
• 2003 – MHC Nitra
• 2004 – HK Dubnica nad Váhom
• 2005 – HKm Detva
• 2006 – HC '05 Banská Bystrica
• 2007 – MHK SkiPark Kežmarok
• 2008 – HC '05 Banská Bystrica
• 2009 – HK Spišská Nová Ves
• 2010 – ŠHK 37 Piešťany
• 2011 – ŠHK 37 Piešťany
• 2012 – HC 46 Bardejov
• 2013 – HC 46 Bardejov
• 2014 – HC 46 Bardejov
• 2015 – HC 07 Detva
• 2016 – HC Nové Zámky
• 2017 – HC 07 Orin Detva
• 2018 – HK Dukla Ingema Michalovce
• 2019 – HK Dukla Ingema Michalovce
• 2020 – Not held due to COVID-19 pandemic in Slovakia
• 2021 – HK Spišská Nová Ves
• 2022 – Vlci Žilina
• 2023 – HC 19 Humenné
• 2024 – Vlci Žilina

See also

• Slovak Extraliga
• 2. liga