# 2011–12 Slovak Extraliga season

The 2011–12 Slovak Extraliga season was the 19th 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 Košice | 55 | 35 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 191 | 130 | 110 |
| 2. | HK 36 Skalica | 55 | 33 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 205 | 154 | 104 |
| 3. | HC Slovan Bratislava | 55 | 31 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 176 | 138 | 102 |
| 4. | HK Poprad | 55 | 29 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 187 | 146 | 101 |
| 5. | HK Dukla Trenčín | 55 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 147 | 149 | 79 |
| 6. | MsHK Žilina | 55 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 138 | 164 | 77 |
| 7. | HKm Zvolen | 55 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 135 | 174 | 75 |
| 8. | HC ’05 Banská Bystrica | 55 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 21 | 136 | 138 | 75 |
| 9. | MHC Mountfield | 55 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 29 | 143 | 186 | 63 |
| 10. | HK Nitra | 55 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 34 | 141 | 194 | 52 |
| 11. | HK Orange 20 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 15 | 41 | 2 |
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 | 48 | 26 | 57 | 83 | +61 | 76 |
| René Školiak | HK 36 Skalica | 54 | 20 | 42 | 62 | +38 | 114 |
| Martin Kuľha | HK Poprad | 53 | 31 | 21 | 52 | +39 | 70 |
| Jan Hruška | HK 36 Skalica | 55 | 25 | 27 | 52 | +36 | 28 |
| Miroslav Šatan | HC Slovan Bratislava | 49 | 23 | 29 | 52 | +35 | 127 |
| Peter Sivák | MsHK Žilina | 55 | 21 | 30 | 51 | +18 | 70 |
| Ľubomír Vaic | HK Poprad | 54 | 18 | 33 | 51 | +22 | 59 |
| Petr Obdržálek | HK 36 Skalica | 52 | 16 | 34 | 50 | +36 | 12 |
| Richard Rapáč | HK Poprad | 45 | 20 | 27 | 47 | +30 | 82 |
| Miroslav Zálešák | HC Košice | 54 | 15 | 32 | 47 | +29 | 36 |

#### 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 |
| Alexandr Hylák | HC Košice | 52 | 3074:35 | 118 | .934 | 2.30 |
| Branislav Konrád | HC Slovan Bratislava | 45 | 2570:41 | 99 | .929 | 2.31 |
| Sergei Khoroshun | HC ’05 Banská Bystrica | 34 | 1960:13 | 77 | .925 | 2.36 |
| Matúš Kostúr | HC ’05 Banská Bystrica | 23 | 1397:26 | 55 | .931 | 2.36 |
| Marcel Melicherčík | HK Poprad | 48 | 2819:47 | 113 | .925 | 2.40 |

## Playoffs
### Playoff bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | Košice | 4 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Banská Bystrica | 1 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Banská Bystrica | 1 | 1 | Košice | 4 | | | |
| | | | 7 | Zvolen | 0 | | | |
| 2 | Skalica | 2 | 7 | Zvolen | 0 | | | |
| 7 | Zvolen | 4 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Zvolen | 4 | | | | 1 | Košice | 3 |
| | | | | | | 3 | Slovan Bratislava | 4 |
| 3 | Slovan Bratislava | 4 | | | | | | | 3 | Slovan Bratislava | 4 |
| 6 | Žilina | 1 | | | | | | |
| 6 | Žilina | 1 | 3 | Slovan Bratislava | 4 | | | |
| | | | 5 | Trenčín | 0 | | | |
| 4 | Poprad | 2 | 5 | Trenčín | 0 | | | |
| 5 | Trenčín | 4 | | | | | | |

### Quarterfinals (best-of-seven)

* Košice – Banská Bystrica 4–1 (4–3OT, 4–3, 0–1, 3–1, 2–1OT)
* Skalica – Zvolen 2–4 (3–4, 3–0, 2–4, 2–4, 3–1, 1–5)
* Slovan – Žilina 4–1 (3–2, 4–2, 1–3, 5–2, 8–2)
* Poprad – Trenčín 2–4 (5–1, 4–5PS, 1–4, 0–3, 2–1, 1–6)

### Semifinals (best-of-seven)

* Košice – Zvolen 4–0 (7–4, 6–2, 6–1, 5–3)
* Slovan – Trenčín 4–0 (5–4OT, 6–4, 6–2, 4–3)

### Finals (best-of-seven)

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

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

| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Miroslav Šatan | HC Slovan Bratislava | 12 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 10 |
| Ján Lipiansky | HC Slovan Bratislava | 16 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 10 |
| Libor Hudáček | HC Slovan Bratislava | 16 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 32 |
| Peter Bartoš | HC Košice | 16 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 4 |
| Vladimír Dravecký | HC Košice | 16 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 14 |
| Miroslav Zálešák | HC Košice | 16 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 18 |
| Marek Bartánus | HC Slovan Bratislava | 16 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 8 |
| Roman Kukumberg | HC Slovan Bratislava | 16 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 12 |
| Michel Miklík | HC Košice | 16 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 6 |
| Kamil Brabenec | HKm Zvolen | 10 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 18 |

## Final rankings

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