# 2015–16 Slovak Extraliga season

The 2015–16 Slovak Extraliga season was the 23rd season of the Slovak Extraliga, the highest level of ice hockey in Slovakia.

## Teams

The following teams are participating in the 2015–16 season. The HK Orange 20 is a project for preparation of the Slovakia junior ice hockey team for the IIHF World U20 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 (50 games) will promote to the playoffs.
| Team Name | Location | Venue | Capacity | Titles | 2014-15 |
| HKm Zvolen | Zvolen | Zvolen Ice Stadium | 7,038 | 2 | Quarterfinalists |
| HC Košice | Košice | Steel Aréna | 8,378 | 7 | Champions |
| HK Nitra | Nitra | Nitra Aréna | 3,600 | 0 | Semifinalists |
| ŠHK 37 Piešťany | Piešťany | EASTON Aréna | 3,050 | 0 | Quarterfinalists |
| HC ’05 Banská Bystrica | Banská Bystrica | Banská Bystrica Ice Stadium | 3,518 | 0 | Finalists |
| HK 36 Skalica | Skalica | Skalica Ice Stadium | 4,100 | 0 | 9th |
| HK Dukla Trenčín | Trenčín | Pavol Demitra Ice Stadium | 6,150 | 3 | Quarterfinalists |
| HK Poprad | Poprad | Poprad Ice Stadium | 4,050 | 0 | Semifinalists |
| MsHK Žilina | Žilina | Garmin Arena | 6,200 | 1 | 10th |
| MHC Mountfield | Martin | Martin Ice Stadium | 4,200 | 0 | Quarterfinalists |
| HK Orange 20 | Bratislava | Vladimír Dzurilla Ice Stadium | 3,500 | – | – |

## Regular season

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final Result |
| 1 | Košice | 50 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 156 | 85 | +71 | 106 | Advance to Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Nitra | 50 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 160 | 129 | +31 | 97 | Advance to Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Zvolen | 50 | 24 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 171 | 131 | +40 | 89 | Advance to Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Banská Bystrica | 50 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 155 | 115 | +40 | 88 | Advance to Quarterfinals |
| 5 | Trenčín | 50 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 114 | 143 | −29 | 69 | Advance to Quarterfinals |
| 6 | Poprad | 50 | 18 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 139 | 149 | −10 | 68 | Advance to Quarterfinals |
| 7 | Žilina | 50 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 117 | 138 | −21 | 68 | Advance to Quarterfinals |
| 8 | Martin | 50 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 106 | 126 | −20 | 55 | Advance to Quarterfinals |
| 9 | Piešťany | 50 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 28 | 115 | 156 | −41 | 51 | Relegation series |
| | HK Orange 20 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 22 | 83 | −61 | 5 | |
| | Skalica | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Denied an "elite license" for financial reasons, relegated |

## Playoffs

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 |
| 2 | Nitra | 4 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Žilina | 0 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Žilina | 0 | 2 | Nitra | 4 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Zvolen | 3 | | | |
| 3 | Zvolen | 4 | 3 | Zvolen | 3 | | | |
| 6 | Poprad | 1 | | | | | | |
| 6 | Poprad | 1 | | | | 2 | Nitra | 4 |
| | | | | | | 4 | Banská Bystrica | 2 |
| 1 | Košice | 4 | | | | | | | 4 | Banská Bystrica | 2 |
| 8 | Martin | 0 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Martin | 0 | 1 | Košice | 2 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Banská Bystrica | 4 | | | |
| 4 | Banská Bystrica | 4 | 4 | Banská Bystrica | 4 | | | |
| 5 | Trenčín | 1 | | | | | | |

## Relegation series (PlayOut)

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final Result |
| 1 | Nové Zámky | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 22 | +4 | 13 | Will play in 2016–17 Slovak Extraliga season |
| 2 | Piešťany | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 25 | −2 | 12 | Will play in 2016–17 Slovak Extraliga season |
| 3 | Bardejov | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 19 | −2 | 11 | Will play in 2016–17 Slovak 1. Liga season |
| 4 | Skalica | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Denied an "elite license" for financial reasons, relegated |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points.