# 2013–14 Slovak Extraliga season

The 2013–14 Slovak Extraliga season was the 21st season of the Slovak Extraliga, the highest level of ice hockey in Slovakia.

## Teams

The following teams are participating in the 2013–14 season. The HK Orange 20 is a project for preparation of the Slovakia junior ice hockey team for the IIHF World Junior 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.
| Team Name | Location | Venue | Capacity | Titles | 2012-13 |
| HKm Zvolen | Zvolen | Zvolen Ice Stadium | 7,038 | 2 | Champions |
| HC Košice | Košice | Steel Aréna | 8,378 | 6 | Runners-up |
| HK Nitra | Nitra | Nitra Aréna | 3,600 | 0 | Semi-finals |
| ŠHK 37 Piešťany | Piešťany | EASTON Aréna | 3,050 | 0 | Semi-finals |
| HC ’05 Banská Bystrica | Banská Bystrica | Banská Bystrica Ice Stadium | 3,518 | 0 | Quarter-finals |
| HK 36 Skalica | Skalica | Skalica Ice Stadium | 4,100 | 0 | Quarter-finals |
| HK Dukla Trenčín | Trenčín | Pavol Demitra Ice Stadium | 6,150 | 3 | Quarter-finals |
| HK Poprad | Poprad | Poprad Ice Stadium | 4,050 | 0 | Quarter-finals |
| MsHK Žilina | Žilina | Garmin Arena | 6,200 | 1 | 9th |
| MHC Mountfield | Martin | Martin Ice Stadium | 4,200 | 0 | 10th |
| HK Orange 20 | Bratislava | Vladimír Dzurilla Ice Stadium | 3,500 | – | – |

## Regular season
### Standings

Source:
| Po. | Club | GP | W | OTW/SOW | OTL/SOL | L | GF | GA | PTS |
| 1. | HC Košice | 56 | 39 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 174 | 98 | 125 |
| 2. | HK Nitra | 56 | 32 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 192 | 114 | 113 |
| 3. | HC ’05 Banská Bystrica | 56 | 29 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 167 | 142 | 100 |
| 4. | ŠHK 37 Piešťany | 56 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 21 | 147 | 139 | 88 |
| 5. | HK Poprad | 56 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 167 | 153 | 86 |
| 6. | HK 36 Skalica | 56 | 24 | 1 | 7 | 24 | 168 | 186 | 81 |
| 7. | HKm Zvolen | 56 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 26 | 138 | 153 | 70 |
| 8. | MHC Mountfield | 56 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 27 | 120 | 161 | 66 |
| 9. | HK Dukla Trenčín | 56 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 27 | 142 | 174 | 62 |
| 10. | MsHK Žilina | 56 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 145 | 204 | 60 |
| | -1000 | -1000 | -1000 | -1000 | -1000 | -1000 | -1000 | -1000 | -1000 |
| 11. | HK Orange 20 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 41 | 77 | 19 |
Clinced Play-off  Relegation series
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

Source:
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM |
| Jozef Stümpel | HK Nitra | 54 | 16 | 51 | 67 | +25 | 12 |
| Roman Tománek | HK Nitra | 53 | 31 | 33 | 64 | +29 | 26 |
| Jaroslav Markovič | MHC Martin | 56 | 25 | 29 | 54 | –11 | 40 |
| Kamil Brabenec | HKm Zvolen | 53 | 16 | 36 | 52 | +5 | 89 |
| René Školiak | HK 36 Skalica | 56 | 16 | 36 | 52 | +2 | 90 |
| Roman Tomas | MsHK Žilina | 44 | 37 | 13 | 50 | –9 | 60 |
| Peter Klouda | MsHK Žilina | 56 | 11 | 39 | 50 | –6 | 32 |
| Adam Lapšanský | HK Poprad | 52 | 28 | 19 | 47 | +6 | 20 |
| Peter Bartoš | HC Košice | 56 | 14 | 33 | 47 | +28 | 55 |
| Petr Obdržálek | HK 36 Skalica | 56 | 27 | 19 | 46 | –4 | 8 |
| Gabriel Spilar | HC Košice | 52 | 25 | 21 | 46 | +22 | 6 |
| Richard Jenčík | HC Košice | 55 | 24 | 22 | 46 | +22 | 8 |
| Arne Kroták | HK Poprad | 52 | 18 | 28 | 46 | +2 | 36 |

#### Leading goaltenders

These are the leaders in GAA among goaltenders that have played at least 1200 minutes.
Source:
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 |
| Alexandr Hylák | HC Košice | 36 | 2078:38 | 65 | .932 | 1.88 |
| Robert Kristan | HK Nitra | 45 | 2607:40 | 93 | .928 | 2.14 |
| Tomáš Tomek | ŠHK 37 Piešťany | 44 | 2530:12 | 101 | .924 | 2.40 |
| Zane Kalemba | HC '05 Banská Bystrica | 49 | 2876:37 | 116 | .930 | 2.42 |
| Marek Šimko | HKm Zvolen | 56 | 3370:32 | 143 | .920 | 2.55 |

## Play-off

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 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1. | HC Košice | 4 | | | | | | |
| 8. | MHC Mountfield | 0 | | | | | | |
| 8. | MHC Mountfield | 0 | 1. | HC Košice | 4 | | | |
| | | | 4. | ŠHK 37 Piešťany | 2 | | | |
| 4. | ŠHK 37 Piešťany | 4 | 4. | ŠHK 37 Piešťany | 2 | | | |
| 5. | HK Poprad | 1 | | | | | | |
| 5. | HK Poprad | 1 | | | | 1. | HC Košice | 4 |
| | | | | | | 2. | HK Nitra | 3 |
| 2. | HK Nitra | 4 | | | | | | | 2. | HK Nitra | 3 |
| 7. | HKm Zvolen$^†$ | 0 | | | | | | |
| 7. | HKm Zvolen$^†$ | 0 | 2. | HK Nitra | 4 | | | |
| | | | 3. | HC ’05 B. Bystrica | 1 | | | |
| 3. | HC ’05 B. Bystrica | 4 | 3. | HC ’05 B. Bystrica | 1 | | | |
| 6. | HK 36 Skalica | 2 | | | | | | |
    $^†$ Defending champion

### Quarterfinals

Source:

#### (1) HC Košice vs. (8) MHC Mountfield

* Košice won the series 4 – 0

#### (2) HK Nitra vs. (7) HKm Zvolen

* Nitra won the series 4 – 0

#### (3) HC '05 Banská Bystrica vs. (6) HK 36 Skalica

* Banská Bystrica won the series 4 – 2

#### (4) ŠHK 37 Piešťany vs. (5) HK Poprad

* Piešťany won the series 4 – 1

### Semifinals
#### (1) HC Košice vs. (4) ŠHK 37 Piešťany

* Košice won the series 4 – 2

#### (2) HK Nitra vs. (3) HC '05 Banská Bystrica

* Nitra won the series 4 – 1

### Finals
#### (1) HC Košice vs. (2) HK Nitra

* Košice won the series 4 – 3 and became Champions

### Statistics
#### Scoring leaders

Source:
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM |
| Jozef Stümpel | HK Nitra | 9 | 3 | 11 | 14 | + | 12 |
| Roman Tománek | HK Nitra | 9 | 6 | 7 | 13 | + | 8 |
| Richard Jenčík | HC Košice | 10 | 5 | 7 | 12 | + | 2 |
| Lukáš Novák | HK Nitra | 8 | 6 | 4 | 10 | + | 35 |
| Petr Kafka | HC '05 Banská Bystrica | 11 | 6 | 4 | 10 | + | 4 |
| Václav Stupka | ŠHK 37 Piešťany | 11 | 5 | 4 | 9 | + | 0 |
| Peter Bartoš | HC Košice | 10 | 4 | 5 | 9 | + | 52 |
| Richard Lelkeš | HK Nitra | 9 | 6 | 2 | 8 | + | 4 |
| Henrich Ručkay | HK Nitra | 6 | 4 | 4 | 8 | + | 2 |

## Relegation series

Source:
Relegation series will be played between MsHK Žilina, the 10th team in regular season, and HC 46 Bardejov, the winner of 1.liga. The winner of best-of-seven series will play in Extraliga in 2014–15 season.

### MsHK Žilina vs. HC 46 Bardejov

* Žilina won the series 4 – 1 and will play in Extraliga in the next season

## Attendance

Source:
| Team Name | Arena | Capacity | Attendance | % |
| HC Košice | Steel Aréna | 8,378 | 4,008 | 48% |
| HC ’05 Banská Bystrica | Banská Bystrica Ice Stadium | 3,518 | 1,514 | 43% |
| HK 36 Skalica | Skalica Ice Stadium | 4,100 | 1,435 | 35% |
| HK Dukla Trenčín | Pavol Demitra Ice Stadium | 6,150 | 1,426 | 23% |
| HK Nitra | Nitra Aréna | 3,600 | 2,757 | 77% |
| HK Orange 20 | Vladimír Dzurilla Ice Stadium | 3,500 | 332 | 9% |
| HK Poprad | Poprad Ice Stadium | 4,050 | 1,391 | 34% |
| HKm Zvolen | Zvolen Ice Stadium | 7,038 | 1,560 | 23% |
| MHC Mountfield | Martin Ice Stadium | 4,200 | 1,481 | 35% |
| MsHK Žilina | Garmin Arena | 6,200 | 1,203 | 19% |
| ŠHK 37 Piešťany | EASTON Aréna | 3,050 | 1,442 | 47% |

## Final rankings

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