2013–14 Slovak Extraliga season

The 2013–14 Slovak Extraliga season is the 21st season of the Slovak Extraliga, the highest level of ice hockey in Slovakia.
==Teams==
The following teams are participating in the 2013–14 season. The HK Orange 20 is a project for preparation of the Slovakia junior ice hockey team for the IIHF World U20 Championship. The team do not play complete regular season and cannot promote to the playoffs or get relegated. First 8 teams in table after the regular season (56 games) will promote to the playoffs.
Team Name 	Location 	Venue 	Capacity	Titles	2012-13
HKm Zvolen 	Zvolen 	Zvolen Ice Stadium 	7,038 	2 	Champions
HC Košice 	Košice 	Steel Aréna 	8,378 	6 	Runners-up
HK Nitra 	Nitra 	Nitra Aréna 	3,600 	0 	Semi-finals
ŠHK 37 Piešťany 	Piešťany 	EASTON Aréna 	3,050 	0 	Semi-finals
HC ’05 Banská Bystrica	Banská Bystrica	Banská Bystrica Ice Stadium 	3,518 	0 	Quarter-finals
HK 36 Skalica 	Skalica 	Skalica Ice Stadium 	4,100 	0 	Quarter-finals
HK Dukla Trenčín 	Trenčín 	Pavol Demitra Ice Stadium 	6,150 	3 	Quarter-finals
HK Poprad 	Poprad 	Poprad Ice Stadium 	4,050 	0 	Quarter-finals
MsHK Žilina 	Žilina 	Garmin Arena 	6,200 	1 	9th
MHC Mountfield 	Martin 	Martin Ice Stadium 	4,200 	0 	10th
HK Orange 20 	Bratislava 	Vladimír Dzurilla Ice Stadium	3,500 	– 	–
==Regular season==
===Standings===
Source: 
Po.	Club 	GP 	W 	OTW/SOW	OTL/SOL	L 	GF 	GA 	PTS
1. 	HC Košice 	56 	39 	4 	0 	13 	174 	98 	125
2. 	HK Nitra 	56 	32 	5 	7 	12 	192 	114 	113
3. 	HC ’05 Banská Bystrica	56 	29 	3 	7 	17 	167 	142 	100
4. 	ŠHK 37 Piešťany 	56 	21 	11 	3 	21 	147 	139 	88
5. 	HK Poprad 	56 	22 	7 	6 	21 	167 	153 	86
6. 	HK 36 Skalica 	56 	24 	1 	7 	24 	168 	186 	81
7. 	HKm Zvolen 	56 	17 	6 	7 	26 	138 	153 	70
8. 	MHC Mountfield 	56 	15 	7 	7 	27 	120 	161 	66
9. 	HK Dukla Trenčín 	56 	13 	7 	9 	27 	142 	174 	62
10.	MsHK Žilina 	56 	16 	4 	4 	32 	145 	204 	60
 	-1000 	-1000	-1000	-1000 	-1000 	-1000	-1000	-1000	-1000
11.	HK Orange 20 	20 	3 	4 	2 	11 	41 	77 	19
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====
Source: 
 
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes
Player 	Team 	 	 	 	 	 	
Jozef Stümpel 	HK Nitra 	54	16	51	67	+25	12
Roman Tománek 	HK Nitra 	53	31	33	64	+29	26
Jaroslav Markovič	MHC Martin 	56	25	29	54	–11	40
Kamil Brabenec 	HKm Zvolen 	53	16	36	52	+5 	89
René Školiak 	HK 36 Skalica	56	16	36	52	+2 	90
Roman Tomas 	MsHK Žilina 	44	37	13	50	–9 	60
Peter Klouda 	MsHK Žilina 	56	11	39	50	–6 	32
Adam Lapšanský 	HK Poprad 	52	28	19	47	+6 	20
Peter Bartoš 	HC Košice 	56	14	33	47	+28	55
Petr Obdržálek 	HK 36 Skalica	56	27	19	46	–4 	8
Gabriel Spilar 	HC Košice 	52	25	21	46	+22	6
Richard Jenčík 	HC Košice 	55	24	22	46	+22	8
Arne Kroták 	HK Poprad 	52	18	28	46	+2 	36
====Leading goaltenders====
These are the leaders in GAA among goaltenders that have played at least 1200 minutes.
Source: 
GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); GA = Goals Against; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average
Player 	Team 	 	 	 	 	
Alexandr Hylák	HC Košice 	36	2078:38	65 	.932	1.88
Robert Kristan	HK Nitra 	45	2607:40	93 	.928	2.14
Tomáš Tomek 	ŠHK 37 Piešťany 	44	2530:12	101	.924	2.40
Zane Kalemba 	HC '05 Banská Bystrica	49	2876:37	116	.930	2.42
Marek Šimko 	HKm Zvolen 	56	3370:32	143	.920	2.55
==Play-off==
The seeding in Play-off is based on the ranking in Regular season. All Play-off rounds are played in the best-of-seven format, with the higher seeded team having the home advantage for the possible seventh game.
===Playoff bracket===
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:† Defending champion
===Quarterfinals===
Source: 
====(1) HC Košice vs. (8) MHC Mountfield====
====(2) HK Nitra vs. (7) HKm Zvolen====
 
====(3) HC '05 Banská Bystrica vs. (6) HK 36 Skalica ====
====(4) ŠHK 37 Piešťany vs. (5) HK Poprad====
===Semifinals===
====(1) HC Košice vs. (4) ŠHK 37 Piešťany====
====(2) HK Nitra vs. (3) HC '05 Banská Bystrica====
===Finals===
====(1) HC Košice vs. (2) HK Nitra====
===Statistics===
====Scoring leaders====
Source: 
 
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes
Player 	Team 	 	 	 	 	 	
Jozef Stümpel 	HK Nitra 	9 	3	11	14	+	12
Roman Tománek 	HK Nitra 	9 	6	7 	13	+	8
Richard Jenčík	HC Košice 	10	5	7 	12	+	2
Lukáš Novák 	HK Nitra 	8 	6	4 	10	+	35
Petr Kafka 	HC '05 Banská Bystrica	11	6	4 	10	+	4
Václav Stupka 	ŠHK 37 Piešťany 	11	5	4 	9 	+	0
Peter Bartoš 	HC Košice 	10	4	5 	9 	+	52
Richard Lelkeš	HK Nitra 	9 	6	2 	8 	+	4
Henrich Ručkay	HK Nitra 	6 	4	4 	8 	+	2
==Relegation series==
Source: 
Relegation series will be played between MsHK Žilina, the 10th team in regular season, and HC 46 Bardejov, the winner of 1.liga. The winner of best-of-seven series will play in Extraliga in 2014–15 season.
===MsHK Žilina vs. HC 46 Bardejov===
==Attendance==
Source:
Team Name 	Arena 	Capacity	Attendance	%
HC Košice 	Steel Aréna 	8,378 	4,008 	48%
HC ’05 Banská Bystrica	Banská Bystrica Ice Stadium 	3,518 	1,514 	43%
HK 36 Skalica 	Skalica Ice Stadium 	4,100 	1,435 	35%
HK Dukla Trenčín 	Pavol Demitra Ice Stadium 	6,150 	1,426 	23%
HK Nitra 	Nitra Aréna 	3,600 	2,757 	77%
HK Orange 20 	Vladimír Dzurilla Ice Stadium	3,500 	332 	9%
HK Poprad 	Poprad Ice Stadium 	4,050 	1,391 	34%
HKm Zvolen 	Zvolen Ice Stadium 	7,038 	1,560 	23%
MHC Mountfield 	Martin Ice Stadium 	4,200 	1,481 	35%
MsHK Žilina 	Garmin Arena 	6,200 	1,203 	19%
ŠHK 37 Piešťany 	EASTON Aréna 	3,050 	1,442 	47%
==References==
==External links==
*Official website
*Season statistics
Category:Slovak Extraliga seasons
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