# 2024–25 Slovak Extraliga season

The 2024–25 Slovak Extraliga season is the 32nd season of the Slovak Extraliga, the highest ice hockey league in Slovakia.

## Team changes

HC 19 Humenné finished in the 2023–24 Slovak Extraliga season on the last 12th place and was relegated to a second highest ice hockey league in Slovakia. Meanwhile Vlci Žilina won the promotion from the second league.

## Regular season
### Standings

Each team played 54 games: playing each of the other eleven teams four times – 2x at home, 2x away (44 games) and during the Christmas holidays (18.12.2024 – 12.1.2025) each team played the inserted matches within variant "Group West" and "Group East" 1x at home, 1x away = 10 games.
Points were awarded for each game, where three points are 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 | Spišská Nová Ves | 54 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 173 | 152 | +21 | 104 | Qualification to Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Košice | 54 | 27 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 172 | 130 | +42 | 101 | Qualification to Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Nitra | 54 | 25 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 197 | 163 | +34 | 97 | Qualification to Quarter-finals |
| 4 | Žilina | 54 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 18 | 174 | 146 | +28 | 94 | Qualification to Quarter-finals |
| 5 | Banská Bystrica | 54 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 19 | 161 | 145 | +16 | 88 | Qualification to Quarter-finals |
| 6 | Poprad | 54 | 24 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 178 | 144 | +34 | 86 | Qualification to Quarter-finals |
| 7 | Slovan Bratislava | 54 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 164 | 159 | +5 | 81 | Qualification to Wild card round |
| 8 | Trenčín | 54 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 150 | 155 | −5 | 80 | Qualification to Wild card round |
| 9 | Michalovce | 54 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 157 | 153 | +4 | 80 | Qualification to Wild card round |
| 10 | Zvolen | 54 | 17 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 174 | 174 | 0 | 73 | Qualification to Wild card round |
| 11 | Liptovský Mikuláš | 54 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 140 | 173 | −33 | 59 | |
| 12 | Nové Zámky | 54 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 41 | 114 | 260 | −146 | 29 | Relegated to Slovak 1. Liga |
* 1 2 Trenčín 7 points, Michalovce 5

### Statistics
#### Scoring leaders

The following players led the league in regular season points at the completion of games played on 26 February 2025.
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM |
| Andrew Calof | HK Poprad | 50 | 20 | 45 | 65 | +9 | 12 |
| Adam Cracknell | HK Poprad | 51 | 33 | 23 | 56 | +7 | 14 |
| Matthew Boucher | HC '05 Banská Bystrica | 48 | 29 | 27 | 56 | +8 | 34 |
| Sean Josling | HK Dukla Trenčín | 51 | 27 | 27 | 54 | −4 | 41 |
| Kyle Olson | HKM Zvolen | 47 | 29 | 20 | 49 | −7 | 73 |
| Connor Ford | HK Spišská Nová Ves | 50 | 11 | 37 | 48 | +8 | 14 |
| Samuel Takáč | HC Slovan Bratislava | 48 | 16 | 30 | 46 | +20 | 18 |
| Renārs Krastenbergs | HK Dukla Michalovce | 51 | 29 | 16 | 45 | −8 | 32 |
| Samuel Buček | HK Nitra | 50 | 26 | 19 | 45 | +18 | 44 |
| Hunter Fejes | Vlci Žilina | 46 | 22 | 23 | 45 | +13 | 57 |

#### 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 games played on 22 December 2024.
| Player | Team | GP | TOI | W | L | GA | SO | SV% | GAA |
| Mareks Mitens | HK Spišská Nová Ves | 27 | 1,573:17 | 18 | 9 | 63 | 1 | 91.75 | 2.40 |
| Ádám Vay | HK Poprad | 24 | 1,366:13 | 12 | 12 | 58 | 4 | 91.70 | 2.55 |
| Dominik Hrachovina | HC MONACObet Banská Bystrica | 22 | 1,337:22 | 13 | 9 | 59 | 0 | 91.97 | 2.65 |
| Filip Surák | HK 32 Liptovský Mikuláš | 15 | 864:07 | 5 | 10 | 39 | 2 | 91.41 | 2.71 |
| Jaroslav Janus | HC Košice | 18 | 1,026:37 | 12 | 6 | 47 | 1 | 90.93 | 2.75 |
| Sami Aittokallio | HK Nitra | 19 | 1,091:26 | 12 | 7 | 51 | 1 | 91.84 | 2.80 |
| Connor LaCouvee | Vlci Žilina | 22 | 1,249:51 | 12 | 10 | 59 | 0 | 90.12 | 2.83 |
| Julian Junca | HK Dukla Ingema Michalovce | 19 | 1,106:56 | 10 | 9 | 54 | 1 | 90.83 | 2.93 |
| Michal Valent | HK Dukla Trenčín | 17 | 920:39 | 9 | 8 | 46 | 2 | 91.10 | 3.00 |
| Evan Fitzpatrick | HK 32 Liptovský Mikuláš | 16 | 819:30 | 5 | 11 | 41 | 2 | 90.33 | 3.00 |

## Playoffs

Ten teams qualify for the playoffs: the top six teams in the regular season have a bye to the quarterfinals, while teams ranked seventh to tenth meet each other (7 versus 10, 8 versus 9) in a preliminary playoff round.

### Bracket

| Wild-card round (best-of-5) | Wild-card round (best-of-5) | Wild-card round (best-of-5) | Quarter-finals (best-of-7) | Quarter-finals (best-of-7) | Semi-finals (best-of-7) | Semi-finals (best-of-7) | Semi-finals (best-of-7) |
| | | | 1 | Spišská Nová Ves | | | |
| 7 | Slovan Bratislava | 1 | 10 | Zvolen | | | |
| 10 | Zvolen | 3 | | | | | |
| | | | 4 | Žilina | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) |
| | | | 5 | Banská Bystrica | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) |
| | | | 2 | Košice | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) |
| 8 | Trenčín | 3 | 8 | Trenčín | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) |
| 9 | Michalovce | 2 | | | | | |
| | | | 3 | Nitra | | | |
| | | | 6 | Poprad | | | |

### Wild card round

Slovan Bratislava – Zvolen 1–3 :
| 10.3.2025 | Slovan Bratislava | Zvolen | 2-4 |
| 11.3.2025 | Slovan Bratislava | Zvolen | 5-1 |
| 13.3.2025 | Zvolen | Slovan Bratislava | 5-2 |
| 14.3.2025 | Zvolen | Slovan Bratislava | 3-2 |
| Zvolen won the series 3–1. ||||
Trenčín – Michalovce 3–2 :
| 10.3.2025 | Trenčín | Michalovce | 3-1 |
| 11.3.2025 | Trenčín | Michalovce | 1-4 |
| 13.3.2025 | Michalovce | Trenčín | 2-3 |
| 14.3.2025 | Michalovce | Trenčín | 5-0 |
| 16.3.2025 | Trenčín | Michalovce | 4-2 |
| Trenčín won the series 3–2. ||||

### Quarterfinals

Spišská Nová Ves – Zvolen 0-0 :
| 19.3.2025 | Spišská Nová Ves | Zvolen | 0-0 |
| 20.3.2025 | Spišská Nová Ves | Zvolen | 0-0 |
| 23.3.2025 | Zvolen | Spišská Nová Ves | 0-0 |
| 24.3.2025 | Zvolen | Spišská Nová Ves | 0-0 |
Nitra – Poprad 0-0 :
| 17.3.2025 | Nitra | Poprad | 0-0 |
| 18.3.2025 | Nitra | Poprad | 0-0 |
| 21.3.2025 | Poprad | Nitra | 0-0 |
| 22.3.2025 | Poprad | Nitra | 0-0 |
Košice – Trenčín 0-0 :
| 19.3.2025 | Košice | Trenčín | 0-0 |
| 20.3.2025 | Košice | Trenčín | 0-0 |
| 23.3.2025 | Trenčín | Košice | 0-0 |
| 24.3.2025 | Trenčín | Košice | 0-0 |
Žilina – Banská Bystrica 0-0 :
| 17.3.2025 | Žilina | Banská Bystrica | 0-0 |
| 18.3.2025 | Žilina | Banská Bystrica | 0-0 |
| 21.3.2025 | Banská Bystrica | Žilina | 0-0 |
| 22.3.2025 | Banská Bystrica | Žilina | 0-0 |

### Semifinals

– 0-0 :
| TBA | 0-0 |
| TBA | 0-0 |
| TBA | 0-0 |
| TBA | 0-0 |
– 0-0 :
| TBA | 0-0 |
| TBA | 0-0 |
| TBA | 0-0 |
| TBA | 0-0 |

## Final rankings

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| 9 | Slovan Bratislava |
| 10 | Michalovce |
| 11 | Liptovský Mikuláš |
| 12 | Nové Zámky |