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.
==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==
;First round
Pos	Team 	Pld	W 	OTW	OTL	L 	GF 	GA 	GD 	Pts	Qualification
1 	Banská Bystrica 	48 	27	9 	3 	9 	154	93 	+61 	102	Qualification to Group 1–6
2 	Slovan Bratislava	48 	28	6 	4 	10	173	95 	+78 	100	Qualification to Group 1–6
3 	Košice 	48 	25	9 	4 	10	146	98 	+48 	97 	Qualification to Group 1–6
4 	Poprad 	48 	24	5 	5 	14	148	114	+34 	87 	Qualification to Group 1–6
5 	Zvolen 	48 	28	0 	3 	17	173	127	+46 	87 	Qualification to Group 1–6
6 	Trenčín 	48 	22	5 	5 	16	148	121	+27 	81 	Qualification to Group 1–6
7 	Michalovce 	48 	18	4 	7 	19	125	136	−11 	69 	Qualification to Group 7–12
8 	Nitra 	48 	18	2 	7 	21	124	136	−12 	65 	Qualification to Group 7–12
9 	Miskolc 	48 	17	5 	3 	23	127	143	−16 	64 	Qualification to Group 7–12
10 	Budapest 	48 	14	2 	5 	27	139	184	−45 	51 	Qualification to Group 7–12
11 	Nové Zámky 	48 	11	6 	5 	26	125	166	−41 	50 	Qualification to Group 7–12
12 	Detva 	48 	14	2 	2 	30	112	173	−61 	48 	Qualification to Group 7–12
13 	Liptovský Mikuláš	48 	8 	3 	5 	32	78 	186	−108	35 	
;Group 1-6
Pos	Team 	Pld	W 	OTW	OTL	L 	GF 	GA 	GD 	Pts	Qualification
1 	Banská Bystrica 	55 	32	10 	4 	9 	180	109	+71	120	Qualification to Quarter-finals
2 	Slovan Bratislava	55 	29	8 	5 	13	191	118	+73	108	Qualification to Quarter-finals
3 	Košice 	55 	28	9 	4 	14	163	114	+49	106	Qualification to Quarter-finals
4 	Poprad 	55 	28	5 	5 	17	170	131	+39	99 	Qualification to Quarter-finals
5 	Trenčín 	55 	26	5 	5 	19	167	139	+28	93 	Qualification to Quarter-finals
6 	Zvolen 	55 	29	0 	4 	22	186	152	+34	91 	Qualification to Quarter-finals
;Group 7-12
Pos	Team 	Pld	W 	OTW	OTL	L 	GF 	GA 	GD 	Pts	Qualification
7 	Michalovce	55 	20	5 	8 	22	152	157	−5 	78 	Qualification to Quarter-finals
8 	Nitra 	55 	21	3 	8 	23	149	157	−8 	77 	Qualification to Quarter-finals
9 	Miskolc 	55 	20	7 	3 	25	148	158	−10	77 	
10 	Budapest 	55 	18	2 	5 	30	158	201	−43	63 	
11 	Nové Zámky	55 	13	6 	8 	28	143	188	−45	59 	
12 	Detva 	55 	16	3 	2 	34	131	206	−75	56 	
==Playoffs==
The playoffs were cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in Slovakia.
==References==
==External links==
*Official website
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