2004–05 Slovak Extraliga season

The Slovak Extraliga 2004–05 was the twelfth regular season of the Slovak Extraliga, the top level of professional ice hockey in Slovakia. During the 2004–05 NHL lockout several Slovak players returned to their homeland, including Pavol Demitra, Marián Hossa, Marián Gáborík (all in Dukla Trenčín), Miroslav Šatan and Ľubomír Višňovský (both in HC Slovan Bratislava), Michal Handzuš, Richard Zedník and Vladimír Országh (all in HKm Zvolen), Ladislav Nagy and Martin Štrbák (both in HC Košice).
==Regular season==
===Final standings===
Po.	Club 	GP	W 	OTW	T 	OTL	L 	GF 	GA 	PTS
1. 	HKm Zvolen 	54	31	5 	4 	1 	13	185	128	107
2. 	HC Slovan Bratislava 	54	34	0 	5 	2 	13	184	115	107
3. 	HC Dukla Trenčín 	54	31	1 	7 	1 	14	200	127	102
4. 	HC Košice 	54	29	1 	6 	2 	16	156	124	95
5. 	HK Nitra 	54	26	1 	7 	2 	18	152	146	87
6. 	MsHK Žilina 	54	23	3 	4 	0 	24	148	138	79
7. 	HK Poprad 	54	19	2 	11	1 	21	133	134	72
8. 	MHk 32 Liptovský Mikuláš	54	18	1 	8 	1 	26	139	166	64
9. 	HK 36 Skalica 	54	11	0 	6 	2 	35	129	205	39
10.	HK Dubnica 	54	4 	0 	2 	2 	46	93 	236	14
Key - GP: Games played, W: Wins, OTW: Over time wins, T: Ties, OTL: Over time losses, L: Losses, GF: Goals for, GA: Goals against, PTS: Points.
==Playoffs==
===Playoff bracket===
==Playout==
Extraliga Last Team	Score 	1st. League Winner
HK Dubnica* 	4:2 	HC Topoľčany
HK Dubnica* 	7:1, 2:4, 1:2, 3:0, 8:0, 7:1	HC Topoľčany
* Dubnica sold license for the 2005-06 season to Martin due to financial troubles.
==Scoring Leaders==
Regular season
# 	Player 	Club 	GP	G 	A 	PTS
1.	Pavol Demitra 	Trenčín	54	28	54	82
2.	Jaroslav Kmiť 	Košice 	53	23	33	56
3.	Richard Kapuš 	Slovan 	52	17	37	54
4.	Marián Gáborík	Trenčín	29	25	27	52
5.	Arne Kroták 	Košice 	51	26	25	51
Key - GP: Games played, G: Goals, A: Assists, PTS: Points.
Play-off
# 	Player 	Club 	GP	G 	A 	PTS
1.	Miroslav Šatan	Slovan 	18	15	7 	22
2.	Zdeno Cíger 	Slovan 	19	6 	15	21
3.	Richard Zedník	Zvolen 	17	9 	10	19
4.	Marián Gáborík	Trenčín	12	8 	9 	17
4.	Pavol Demitra 	Trenčín	12	4 	13	17
==2004-05 All Star Team==
Player 	Post	Club
Karol Križan 	G 	Zvolen
Ľubomír Višňovský	D 	Slovan
René Vydarený 	D 	Slovan
Miroslav Šatan 	LW 	Slovan
Michal Handzuš 	C 	Zvolen
Pavol Demitra 	RW 	Trenčín
Coach 	Club
Miloš Říha	Slovan
==External links==
* Slovak Ice Hockey Federation
* Hockey Archives
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