# 2009–10 Slovak Extraliga season

The 2009–10 Slovak Extraliga season was the 17th season of the Slovak Extraliga since its creation after the breakup of Czechoslovakia and the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League in 1993.

## Regular season
### Standings

| Po. | Club | GP | W | OTW/SOW | OTL/SOL | L | GF | GA | +/− | PTS |
| 1. | HC Slovan Bratislava | 47 | 35 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 199 | 101 | +98 | 117 |
| 2. | HC ’05 Banská Bystrica | 47 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 179 | 133 | +46 | 96 |
| 3. | HC Košice | 47 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 179 | 126 | +53 | 81 |
| 4. | MHC Martin | 47 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 139 | 131 | +8 | 79 |
| 5. | HK 36 Skalica | 47 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 153 | 137 | +16 | 79 |
| 6. | HK Poprad | 47 | 24 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 155 | 132 | +23 | 77 |
| 7. | HK Nitra | 47 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 127 | 130 | −3 | 76 |
| 8. | HKm Zvolen | 47 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 132 | 126 | +6 | 71 |
| 9. | HK Dukla Trenčín | 47 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 159 | 167 | −8 | 61 |
| 10. | MsHK Žilina | 47 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 23 | 126 | 158 | −32 | 56 |
| 11. | HK Spišská Nová Ves | 47 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 125 | 168 | −43 | 48 |
| 12. | MHk 32 Liptovský Mikuláš | 47 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 129 | 185 | −56 | 45 |
| 13. | HK Orange 20 | 36 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 70 | 178 | −108 | 14 |
* clinched playoff spot
* will play in relegation series
* relegated to the second division
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

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM |
| Martin Kuľha | HC Slovan Bratislava | 43 | 23 | 34 | 57 | +45 | 40 |
| Peter Klouda | HK Poprad | 46 | 17 | 40 | 57 | +24 | 50 |
| Ján Pardavý | HC ’05 Banská Bystrica | 45 | 27 | 28 | 55 | +29 | 12 |
| Tomáš Bulík | HC ’05 Banská Bystrica | 44 | 23 | 31 | 54 | +30 | 34 |
| Ľubomír Vaic | HC Slovan Bratislava | 46 | 15 | 39 | 54 | +55 | 30 |
| Žigmund Pálffy | HK 36 Skalica | 36 | 17 | 36 | 53 | +38 | 28 |
| Richard Šechný | HK Poprad | 46 | 17 | 34 | 51 | +18 | 48 |
| Marek Bartánus | MHk 32 Liptovský Mikuláš | 47 | 28 | 21 | 49 | +6 | 30 |
| Rudolf Huna | HC Košice | 47 | 24 | 25 | 49 | +18 | 16 |
| Tomáš Chrenko | HK Nitra | 46 | 15 | 34 | 49 | +9 | 105 |
| Marek Uram | MHC Martin | 46 | 14 | 35 | 49 | +14 | 34 |

#### Leading goaltenders

These are the leaders in GAA among goaltenders that have played at least 1200 minutes.
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 |
| Branislav Konrád | HC Slovan Bratislava | 36 | 2169:20 | 73 | .940 | 2.02 |
| Július Hudáček | HC Košice | 27 | 1588:17 | 60 | .934 | 2.27 |
| Michal Dzubina | MHC Martin | 26 | 1324:27 | 54 | .925 | 2.45 |
| Zdenko Kotvan | HK 36 Skalica | 33 | 1759:29 | 73 | .920 | 2.49 |
| Vlastimil Lakosil | HK Nitra | 35 | 1981:46 | 86 | .910 | 2.60 |

## Playoffs
### Playoff bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Slovan Bratislava | 4 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Zvolen | 1 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Zvolen | 1 | 1 | Slovan Bratislava | 4 | | | |
| | | | 7 | Nitra | 0 | | | |
| 2 | Banská Bystrica | 2 | 7 | Nitra | 0 | | | |
| 7 | Nitra | 4 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Nitra | 4 | | | | 1 | Slovan Bratislava | 2 |
| | | | | | | 3 | Košice | 4 |
| 3 | Košice | 4 | | | | | | | 3 | Košice | 4 |
| 6 | Poprad | 1 | | | | | | |
| 6 | Poprad | 1 | 3 | Košice | 4 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Martin | 1 | | | |
| 4 | Martin | 4 | 4 | Martin | 1 | | | |
| 5 | Skalica | 3 | | | | | | |

### Quarterfinals

* Slovan – Zvolen 4–1 (8–2, 1–6, 4–1, 3–2PS, 3–2OT)
* Banská Bystrica – Nitra 2–4 (3–4PS, 2–1, 3–0, 1–4, 2–4, 3–4PS)
* Košice – Poprad 4–1 (1–0PS, 4–2, 2–4, 5–1, 8–1)
* Martin - Skalica 4–3 (2–6, 4–5PS, 7–3, 3–1, 1–3, 2–0, 4–3)

### Semifinals

* Slovan – Nitra 4–0 (4–0, 5–3, 9–2, 5–2)
* Košice – Martin 4–1 (5–2, 5–3, 2–0, 1–2, 5–2)

### Finals

* Slovan – Košice 2–4 (2–5, 3–6, 2–1PS, 2–3, 4–1, 2–5)

### Relegation round

* Žilina – Piešťany 4–1 (4–0, 3–1, 3–2, 2–3PS, 3–1)

### Playoff statistics
#### Playoff scoring leaders

| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Ľubomír Vaic | HC Slovan Bratislava | 15 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 20 |
| Miroslav Lažo | HC Slovan Bratislava | 15 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 34 |
| Vladimír Dravecký | HC Košice | 16 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 2 |
| Martin Hujsa | HC Slovan Bratislava | 15 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 16 |
| Peter Húževka | HC Košice | 16 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 18 |

## Final rankings

| | Košice |
| | Slovan Bratislava |
| | Martin |
| 4 | Nitra |
| 5 | Banská Bystrica |
| 6 | Skalica |
| 7 | Poprad |
| 8 | Zvolen |
| 9 | Trenčín |
| 10 | Žilina |
| 11 | Spišská Nová Ves |
| 12 | Liptovský Mikuláš |