# 2012–13 Slovak Extraliga season

The 2012–13 Slovak Extraliga season was the 20th season of the Slovak Extraliga, the highest level of ice hockey in Slovakia.

## Regular season
### Standings

| Po. | Club | GP | W | OTW/SOW | OTL/SOL | L | GF | GA | PTS |
| 1. | HKm Zvolen | 56 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 203 | 145 | 115 |
| 2. | HC Košice | 56 | 32 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 214 | 138 | 109 |
| 3. | HK Nitra | 56 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 187 | 139 | 107 |
| 4. | ŠHK 37 Piešťany | 56 | 25 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 146 | 138 | 95 |
| 5. | HK 36 Skalica | 56 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 208 | 179 | 91 |
| 6. | HK Dukla Trenčín | 56 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 165 | 161 | 86 |
| 7. | HK Poprad | 56 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 188 | 177 | 83 |
| 8. | HC ’05 Banská Bystrica | 56 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 153 | 186 | 76 |
| 9. | MsHK Žilina | 56 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 32 | 135 | 194 | 53 |
| 10. | MHC Mountfield | 56 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 36 | 117 | 205 | 49 |
| 11. | HK Orange 20 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 34 | 88 | 6 |
* clinched playoff spot
* will play in 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

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM |
| Žigmund Pálffy | HK 36 Skalica | 39 | 26 | 47 | 73 | +40 | 103 |
| Lukáš Jurík | HKm Zvolen | 54 | 30 | 37 | 67 | +37 | 56 |
| Richard Jenčík | HC Košice | 56 | 23 | 43 | 66 | +46 | 14 |
| Marcel Haščák | HC Košice | 51 | 31 | 33 | 64 | +30 | 48 |
| René Školiak | HK 36 Skalica | 54 | 15 | 48 | 63 | +27 | 92 |
| Kamil Brabenec | HKm Zvolen | 55 | 23 | 35 | 58 | +38 | 68 |
| Michal Chovan | HKm Zvolen | 41 | 14 | 43 | 57 | +32 | 62 |
| Peter Klouda | HK Poprad | 53 | 10 | 45 | 55 | +14 | 48 |
| Lukáš Hvila | HK Poprad | 55 | 30 | 23 | 53 | +30 | 54 |
| Roman Tománek | HK Nitra | 55 | 34 | 18 | 52 | +36 | 24 |
| Michael Vandas | HK Poprad | 49 | 21 | 31 | 52 | +33 | 83 |

#### 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 |
| Tomáš Tomek | ŠHK 37 Piešťany | 52 | 3106:07 | 111 | .932 | 2.14 |
| Miroslav Lipovský | HK 36 Skalica | 23 | 1388:38 | 53 | .930 | 2.29 |
| Alexandr Hylák | HC Košice | 52 | 3052:59 | 120 | .919 | 2.36 |
| Marek Šimko | HKm Zvolen | 54 | 3278:37 | 134 | .917 | 2.45 |
| Marek Laco | HK Nitra | 43 | 2536:33 | 113 | .916 | 2.67 |

## Playoffs
### Playoff bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1. | HKm Zvolen | 4 | | | | | | |
| 8. | HC ’05 Banská Bystrica | 1 | | | | | | |
| 8. | HC ’05 Banská Bystrica | 1 | 1. | HKm Zvolen | 4 | | | |
| | | | 4. | ŠHK 37 Piešťany | 3 | | | |
| 4. | ŠHK 37 Piešťany | 4 | 4. | ŠHK 37 Piešťany | 3 | | | |
| 5. | HK 36 Skalica | 3 | | | | | | |
| 5. | HK 36 Skalica | 3 | | | | 1. | HKm Zvolen | 4 |
| | | | | | | 2. | HC Košice | 1 |
| 2. | HC Košice | 4 | | | | | | | 2. | HC Košice | 1 |
| 7. | HK Poprad | 3 | | | | | | |
| 7. | HK Poprad | 3 | 2. | HC Košice | 4 | | | |
| | | | 3. | HK Nitra | 1 | | | |
| 3. | HK Nitra | 4 | 3. | HK Nitra | 1 | | | |
| 6. | HK Dukla Trenčín | 0 | | | | | | |

### Quarterfinals (best-of-seven)

* Zvolen – Banská Bystrica 4–1 (1–2, 2–1, 4–0, 3–2, 3–2PS)
* Piešťany – Skalica 4–3 (5–1, 1–4, 3–2PS, 0–4, 4–5, 3–0, 4–1)
* Košice – Poprad 4–3 (2–1, 2–1, 2–4, 3–6, 3–2, 0–3, 3–1)
* Nitra – Trenčín 4–0 (2–1, 2–0, 4–0, 4–1)

### Semifinals (best-of-seven)

* Zvolen – Piešťany 4–3 (2–1, 3–4PS, 3–2PS, 1–6, 2–1PS, 0–4, 5–0)
* Košice – Nitra 4–1 (3–5, 2–1PS, 7–4, 3–2PS, 6–3)

### Finals (best-of-seven)

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

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

| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM |
| Richard Jenčík | HC Košice | 17 | 13 | 5 | 18 | +11 | 2 |
| Dušan Pašek | HC Košice | 17 | 9 | 9 | 18 | +10 | 10 |
| Marcel Haščák | HC Košice | 17 | 4 | 13 | 17 | +13 | 36 |
| Andrej Podkonický | HKm Zvolen | 17 | 6 | 6 | 12 | +13 | 14 |
| Roman Tománek | HK Nitra | 9 | 8 | 3 | 11 | +8 | 6 |
| Kamil Brabenec | HKm Zvolen | 17 | 7 | 4 | 11 | +12 | 12 |
| René Školiak | HK 36 Skalica | 7 | 6 | 4 | 10 | +3 | 10 |
| Samir Saliji | ŠHK 37 Piešťany | 12 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -4 | 2 |
| Marek Slovák | HC Košice | 16 | 4 | 6 | 10 | +1 | 14 |
| Peter Zuzin | HKm Zvolen | 17 | 4 | 6 | 10 | +5 | 0 |
| Jakub Ručkay | ŠHK 37 Piešťany | 14 | 3 | 7 | 10 | +6 | 18 |
| Gabriel Spilar | HC Košice | 14 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 14 |

## Relegation round

In the relegation round the 10th place team MHC Martin played against the 1.Liga champion HC 46 Bardejov.

### MHC Martin vs. HC 46 Bardejov

* Martin won series 4 – 3

## Attendance

Source:
| Team Name | Arena | Capacity | Attendance | % |
| HC Košice | Steel Aréna | 8,378 | 4,060 | 49% |
| HC ’05 Banská Bystrica | Banská Bystrica Ice Stadium | 3,518 | 1,660 | 47% |
| HK 36 Skalica | Skalica Ice Stadium | 4,100 | 1,910 | 47% |
| HK Dukla Trenčín | Pavol Demitra Ice Stadium | 6,150 | 1,801 | 29% |
| HK Nitra | Nitra Aréna | 3,600 | 2,593 | 72% |
| HK Orange 20 | Vladimír Dzurilla Ice Stadium | 3,500 | — | — |
| HK Poprad | Poprad Ice Stadium | 4,050 | 1,500 | 37% |
| HKm Zvolen | Zvolen Ice Stadium | 7,038 | 2,286 | 33% |
| MHC Mountfield | Martin Ice Stadium | 4,200 | 1,329 | 32% |
| MsHK Žilina | Garmin Arena | 6,200 | 1,127 | 18% |
| ŠHK 37 Piešťany | EASTON Aréna | 3,050 | 2,204 | 72% |

## All-Stars Team

Source:
| Goaltender | Tomáš Tomek ŠHK 37 Piešťany | Tomáš Tomek ŠHK 37 Piešťany | Tomáš Tomek ŠHK 37 Piešťany | Tomáš Tomek ŠHK 37 Piešťany | Tomáš Tomek ŠHK 37 Piešťany | Tomáš Tomek ŠHK 37 Piešťany |
| Defencemen | Peter König HK Nitra | Peter König HK Nitra | Peter König HK Nitra | Martin Štrbák HC Košice | Martin Štrbák HC Košice | Martin Štrbák HC Košice |
| Forwards | Marcel Haščák HC Košice | Marcel Haščák HC Košice | Lukáš Jurík HKm Zvolen | Lukáš Jurík HKm Zvolen | Žigmund Pálffy HK 36 Skalica | Žigmund Pálffy HK 36 Skalica |

## Final rankings

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