2019–20 Slovak Extraliga season

The 2019–20 Slovak Extraliga season was the 27th season of the Slovak Extraliga, the highest ice hockey league in Slovakia.
Since the 2018–19 season, the league also includes two teams from Hungary.
The season was ended prematurely due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Slovakia, the season was curtailed on 11 March.HC '05 Banská Bystrica, which had won the regular season, was declared the season champion by Tipsport liga for 2020-21 Champions Hockey League purposes, as final regular season standings in lieu of playoffs were used to determine Tipsport liga nominations to the league.
==Team changes==
HC Slovan Bratislava returns to the league in this season since it was not able to continue in the KHL due to financial problems. The club has won eight Slovak championships (most recently in 2012) and one Czechoslovak championship (1979), making it the second most successful ice hockey club in Slovak history after their biggest rival HC Košice. In the season 2019–20 no team will be relegated. The winner of the Slovak 1. Liga will play in the Slovak Extraliga in the season 2020–21, so the league will have 14 teams.Tipsport Liga 2019/20 odštartuje 12. septembra šlágrom Košice – Slovan
HK Dukla Michalovce are playing in the league for the first time after winning promotion from the Slovak 1. Liga in a best-of-seven playoff against MsHK Žilina, which was therefore relegated.Historický postup. Michalovce sa prvýkrát prebojovali medzi elitu
HK Orange 20, who had participated in the league as a project to prepare the Slovakia junior ice hockey team for the IIHF World U20 Championship, were removed from the league.
==Regular season==
Each team played 48 games, playing each of the other twelve teams four times. Points were awarded for each game, where three points werere awarded for winning in regulation time, two points for winning in overtime or shootouts, one point for losing in overtime or shootouts and zero points for losing in regulation time.
===Standings===
===Group 1–6===
Each team played 10 games, playing each of the other five teams two times. Points were awarded for each game, where three points were awarded for winning in regulation time, two points for winning in overtime or shootouts, one point for losing in overtime or shootouts and zero points for losing in regulation time. At the end of the regular season, the team that finishes with the most points was crowned the league champion.
===Group 7–12===
Each team played 10 games, playing each of the other five teams two times. Points were awarded for each game, where three points were awarded for winning in regulation time, two points for winning in overtime or shootouts, one point for losing in overtime or shootouts and zero points for losing in regulation time.
==Playoffs==
The playoffs were cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in Slovakia.
==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 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	HC Slovan Bratislava 	53	23	39	62	+41	58
 	HKM Zvolen 	51	14	46	60	+4 	78
 	HKM Zvolen 	51	21	38	59	+28	46
 	HC Košice 	45	33	22	55	+19	36
 	HK Dukla Trenčín 	53	14	41	55	–7 	50
 	HC '05 Banská Bystrica	55	21	33	54	+24	12
 	HC Košice 	53	18	35	53	+3 	76
 	HC '05 Banská Bystrica	51	13	38	51	+20	116
 	HC Slovan Bratislava 	51	27	22	49	+37	80
 	MAC Budapest 	54	24	24	48	–6 	68
===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 Slovan Bratislava	29	1707:31	21	8 	49 	5	93.67	1.72
 	HC Košice 	42	2557:15	31	11	77 	5	93.37	1.81
 	 	44	2618:48	33	11	89 	2	92.98	2.04
 	HK Poprad 	44	2641:34	26	18	97 	6	92.51	2.20
 	HK Dukla Trenčín 	32	1899:41	20	12	74 	2	92.72	2.34
 	HC Slovan Bratislava	27	1592:25	16	11	64 	1	91.72	2.41
 	HKM Zvolen 	42	2465:42	21	21	101	2	91.46	2.46
 	HK Dukla Trenčín 	25	1420:49	12	13	59 	4	92.12	2.49
 	HK Dukla Michalovce 	44	2098:00	21	23	106	2	91.53	2.57
 	DVTK Jegesmedvék 	37	2131:14	18	19	99 	2	91.62	2.79
==References==
==External links==
*Official website
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