2023–24 Slovak Extraliga season

The 2023–24 Slovak Extraliga season was be the 31st season of the Slovak Extraliga, the highest ice hockey league in Slovakia.
==Team changes==
HC 19 Humenné are playing in the league for the first time after winning Slovak 1. Liga in the season 2022–23 in a best-of-seven playoff against Vlci Žilina. 
HC MV Transport Prešov finished in the 2022–23 Slovak Extraliga season on the last 12th place and was relegated to a second highest ice hockey league in Slovakia. 
==Regular season==
===Standings===
Each team played 50 games: playing each of the other eleven teams four times – 2x at home, 2x away (44 games) and during the Christmas holidays (22.12.2023 – 5.1.2024) each team played the inserted matches within the region 1x at home, 1x away = 6 games. 
Points were awarded for each game, where three points are awarded for winning in regulation time, two points for winning in overtime or shootout, one point for losing in overtime or shootout, and zero points for losing in regulation time. At the end of the regular season, the team that finished with the most points was crowned the league champion.
===Statistics===
====Scoring leaders====
The following shows the top ten players who led the league in points, at the conclusion of the regular season. 
Player	Team 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	HK Spišská Nová Ves 	45	14	45	59	+11	38
 	HK Poprad 	44	30	27	57	+29	44
 	HK Nitra 	44	26	31	57	−2 	16
 	HC '05 Banská Bystrica	41	25	31	56	+2 	22
 	HK Dukla Michalovce 	48	11	43	54	+14	20
 	HC '05 Banská Bystrica	49	19	33	52	+4 	87
 	HK Nitra 	48	14	38	52	+3 	12
 	HC Slovan Bratislava 	46	17	31	48	+16	30
 	HK Spišská Nová Ves 	49	10	38	48	+27	14
 	HK Nitra 	44	26	20	46	+12	10
====Leading goaltenders====
The following shows the top ten goaltenders who led the league in goals against average, provided that they have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, at the conclusion of the regular season.
Player	Team 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	HC Košice 	24	1,287:06	13	11	41 	3	93.64	1.91
 	HK Poprad 	44	2,501:15	30	14	89 	1	92.88	2.13
 	HC Košice 	30	1,711:23	15	15	63 	2	92.35	2.21
 	HK Dukla Michalovce 	39	2,322:38	25	14	90 	4	93.08	2.32
 	HK Spišská Nová Ves 	30	1,721:17	19	11	71 	0	90.65	2.47
 	HC Slovan Bratislava 	30	1,744:44	19	11	79 	2	91.51	2.72
 	HC '05 Banská Bystrica	27	1,491:51	16	11	71 	3	91.94	2.86
 	 	49	2,756:14	21	28	132	1	90.69	2.87
 	HK Dukla Trenčín 	40	2,282:28	20	20	110	3	91.52	2.89
 	HC Nové Zámky 	48	2,867:45	19	29	139	1	91.18	2.91
==Playoffs==
Ten teams qualify for the playoffs: the top six teams in the regular season have a bye to the quarterfinals, while teams ranked seventh to tenth meet each other (7 versus 10, 8 versus 9) in a preliminary playoff round.
===Bracket===
===Wild card round===
===Quarterfinals===
===Semifinals===
===Finals===
==Final rankings==
align=center style="width:20px;	Nitra
align=center 	Spišská Nová Ves
align=center 	Michalovce
4 	Košice
5 	Poprad
6 	Slovan Bratislava
7 	Banská Bystrica
8 	Zvolen
9 	Trenčín
10 	Liptovský Mikuláš
11 	Nové Zámky
12 	Humenné
==References==
==External links==
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Category:Slovak Extraliga seasons
Slovak Extraliga
Category:2023–24 in Slovak ice hockey leagues