2008–09 Slovenian Hockey League season

The 2008-2009 Slovenian Hockey League season was the 18th such season in Slovenia. The competition was mostly made up of teams from Slovenia, but there were two teams from Croatia too. 
The regular season was the first such season where a non-Slovenian team placed in first. 
At the end of the regular season the playoffs, also known as the Slovenian Hockey Championship, was held. It was the first playoffs that featured a non-Slovenian team. In the end HK Jesenice won the title. 
==Teams==
* KHL Medveščak
* KHL Mladost
* HD mladi Jesenice
* HDK Stavbar Maribor
* HDK Maribor mladi
* HK Alfa
* HK MK Bled
* HK Slavija
* HK Triglav
* HS Olimpija
* HDD Olimpija Ljubljana (playoffs only)
* HK Jesenice (playoffs only)
==Standings after regular season==
Rk 	Team 	GP	W 	OTW	OTL	L 	GF 	GA 	Pts
1. 	KHL Medveščak 	35	33	0 	1 	1 	227	66 	100
2. 	HDK Stavbar Maribor	35	25	3 	3 	4 	208	59 	84
3. 	HK Triglav 	35	21	2 	1 	11	172	71 	68
4. 	HD mladi Jesenice 	35	19	2 	2 	12	208	89 	63
5. 	HS Olimpija 	35	16	5 	4 	10	192	98 	62
6. 	HK MK Bled 	35	16	2 	2 	15	155	134	54
7. 	KHL Mladost 	35	14	1 	2 	18	152	175	46
8. 	HK Slavija 	35	8 	2 	2 	23	140	160	30
9. 	HDK Maribor mladi 	35	5 	0 	1 	29	77 	250	16
10.	HK Alfa 	35	0 	1 	0 	34	62 	491	2
==Playoffs==
===Round 1===
KHL Medveščak swept HK Slavija 2-0 in a best of three series.
* KHL Medveščak - HK Slavija 9:1 (2:0, 5:0, 2:1)
* HK Slavija - KHL Medveščak 1:6 (0:1, 1:3, 0:2)
HDK Stavbar swept KHL Mladost 2-0 in a best of three series.
* HDK Stavbar - KHL Mladost 3:1
* KHL Mladost - HDK Stavbar 2:4 (0:1, 0:1, 2:2)
HK Triglav beat HK MK Bled 2-1 in a best of three series.
* HK Triglav - HK MK Bled 5:3 (1:2, 4:0, 0:1) 
* HK MK Bled - HK Triglav 6:2 (1:1, 3:1, 2:0)
* HK Triglav - HK MK Bled 6:0 (1:0, 4:0, 1:0)
HS Olimpija swept Jesenice mladi 2-0 in a best of three series.
* HS Olimpija - HD mladi Jesenice 4:1 (1:1, 2:0, 1:0) 
* HD mladi Jesenice - HS Olimpija 1:3 (0:2, 1:0, 0:1)
===Quarterfinals===
HDK Stavbar beat HK Triglav 2-1 in a best of three series.
* HDK Stavbar - HK Triglav 2:3 (0:1, 0:1, 2:1)
* HK Triglav - HDK Stavbar Maribor 2:3 OT (0:0, 1:0, 1:2, 0:1)
* HDK Stavbar Maribor - HK Triglav 7:2 (1:2, 4:0, 2:0)
KHL Medveščak swept HS Toja Olimpija 2-0 in a best of three series.
* KHL Medveščak - HS Olimpija 3:2 (0:0, 0:1, 2:1; 1:0) OT
* HS Toja Olimpija - KHL Medveščak 3:4 (0:1, 2:1, 1:2)
===Semifinals===
HK Jesenice and HDD Olimpija joined in, at the semifinals.
HK Jesenice swept HDK Stavbar 2-0 in a best of three series.
* HK Acroni Jesenice - HDK Stavbar 8:2 (3:1, 4:1, 1:0)
* HDK Stavbar Maribor - HK Acroni Jesenice 2:3 (1:1, 1:1, 0:0, 0:1) OT
HDD Olimpija beat KHL Medveščak 2-1 in a best of three series.
* HDD Olimpija - KHL Medveščak 0:1 (0:1, 0:0, 0:0)
* KHL Medveščak - HDD Tilia Olimpija 3:6 (2:2, 0:3, 1:1) 
* HDD Tilia Olimpija - KHL Medveščak Zagreb 4:1 (1:0, 2:1, 1:0)
===Finals===
HK Jasenice swept HDD Olimpija, 4-0 in a best of seven series.
*HK Jesenice : HDD Olimpija 5:2 ( 3:0, 2:1, 0:1)
*HK Jesenice - HDD Olimpija 2:1 (0:0, 1:0, 0:1, 0:0, 1:0) SO
*HDD Olimpija - HK Jesenice 0:2 (0:0, 0:1, 0:1) 
*HDD Olimpija - HK Jesenice 1:2 (0:1, 0:0, 1:1)
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