1996–97 Slovak Extraliga season

The 1996–97 Slovak Extraliga season was the fourth season of the Slovak Extraliga, the top level of ice hockey in Slovakia. 10 teams participated in the league, and Dukla Trencin won the championship.
==Regular season==
===First round===
 	Team 	GP	Pts	W 	T	L 	GF:GA 	Diff.
1. 	Dukla Trenčín 	36	57 	27	3	6 	151:100	+51
2. 	HC Košice 	36	50 	24	2	10	154:112	+42
3. 	HC Slovan Bratislava 	36	47 	21	5	10	150:108	+42
4. 	ŠKP PS Poprad 	36	44 	18	8	10	146:112	+34
5. 	Martimex ZŤS Martin 	36	44 	19	6	11	111:92 	+19
6. 	HK 32 Liptovský Mikuláš 	36	28 	12	4	20	117:144	-27
7. 	VTJ Spišská Nová Ves 	36	28 	12	4	20	111:140	-29
8. 	Spartak Dubnica nad Váhom	36	24 	9 	6	21	116:161	-45
9. 	MHC Nitra 	36	20 	8 	4	24	106:143	-37
10.	ŠK Iskra Banská Bystrica 	36	18 	6 	6	24	97:147 	-50
=== Final round ===
 	Team 	GP	Pts	W	T	L	GF:GA	Diff.
1.	HC Košice 	10	20 	7	2	1	44:27	+17
2.	Dukla Trenčín 	10	15 	5	0	5	45:29	+16
3.	Martimex ZŤS Martin 	10	14 	6	1	3	36:37	-1
4.	ŠKP PS Poprad 	10	13 	5	1	4	36:39	
5.	HC Slovan Bratislava 	10	11 	4	0	6	42:34	+8
6.	HK 32 Liptovský Mikuláš	10	2 	1	0	9	20:57	-37
=== Relegation ===
 	Team 	GP	Pts	W	T	L 	GF:GA	Diff.
1.	MHC Nitra 	14	19 	8	3	3 	54:42	+12
2.	HK 36 Skalica 	14	18 	7	4	3 	44:37	+7
3.	VTJ Spišská Nová Ves 	14	18 	8	2	4 	52:34	+18
4.	HKm Zvolen 	14	18 	8	2	4 	52:34	+18
5.	ŠK Iskra Banská Bystrica 	14	16 	6	4	4 	46:39	+7
6.	HC MEZ VTJ Michalovce 	14	10 	3	4	7 	36:48	-12
7.	Spartak Dubnica nad Váhom	14	10 	4	2	8 	36:49	-13
8.	HK Dragon Prešov 	14	3 	0	3	11	27:64	-37
==Playoffs==
=== Semifinals ===
* HC Košice - ŠKP PS Poprad 3:0 (6:3,5:2,3:2 OT)
* Dukla Trenčín - Martimex ZŤS Martin 3:0 (10:4,6:2,2:1)
=== 5th place ===
* Slovan Bratislava - HK 32 Liptovský Mikuláš 2:0 (7:2,7:5)
=== 3rd place ===
* Martimex ZŤS Martin-ŠKP PS Poprad 0:2 (0:2,3:4)
=== Final ===
* Dukla Trenčín - HC Košice 3:1 (5:3,1:5,5:2,6:1)
==External links==
* Slovak Ice Hockey Federation
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