2009–10 Czech Extraliga season


The 2009–10 Czech Extraliga season was the 17th season of the Czech Extraliga since its creation after the breakup of Czechoslovakia and the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League in 1993. In the regular season, Plzeň 1929 finished atop the league, Roman Červenka led the league in points and assists, and Petr Ton led the league in goals.

Team overview



TeamCityArenaHead coachCaptain
Bílí Tygři LiberecLiberecTipsport Arena
Budvar Arena
Karlovy VaryKarlovy VaryKV Arena
KladnoKladnoZimní stadion
Kometa BrnoBrnoHala Rondo
LitvínovLitvínovIvan Hlinka Stadion
Mladá BoleslavMladá BoleslavMetrostav Aréna
Oceláři TřinecTřinecWerk Arena
PardubicePardubice
Plzeň 1929Plzeň
Slavia PraguePragueO2 Arena
Sparta PraguePragueTesla Arena
Vítkovice SteelOstrava
ZlínZlínZimní stadion Luďka Čajky

Regular season

Standings

TeamGPWOTWOTLLGFGAPNotes
Plzeň 1929 '52296710162128106Qualified to
first round
of [|playoffs]
Zlín '5225931515412996Qualified to
first round
of playoffs
Pardubice '5227471417913196Qualified to
first round
of playoffs
Vítkovice Steel '5221971516113688Qualified to
first round
of playoffs
Sparta Prague '5221961615713287Qualified to
first round
of playoffs
Oceláři Třinec '5220871715314883Qualified to
first round
of playoffs
Slavia Prague '5220622414215174Qualified to
preliminary round
of playoffs
Bílí Tygři Liberec '5221252414115172Qualified to
preliminary round
of playoffs
'52157121813015171Qualified to
preliminary round
of playoffs
Litvínov '5219452415219370Qualified to
preliminary round
of playoffs
Karlovy Vary 5217392313515266Entered into
[|relegation round]
Kometa Brno 5216552612315063Entered into
relegation round
Mladá Boleslav 52121062413514862Entered into
relegation round
Kladno 5215452813315758Entered into
relegation round

;Key
' = Playoff champions; ' = Qualified to playoffs; ' = Relegation playoff; ' = Relegation playoff winner; = Relegated.

Season summary

The regular season consisted of 52 games for each team. Every team plays each of the other 13 teams four times, twice at home and twice on the road. Each game is worth three points in the standings. A game won in regulation nets the victor three points and the loser none. A game the ends in a tie at the end of regulation goes into overtime and, if necessary, a shootout. In an overtime or shootout game, the winner earns two points while the loser is awarded one point.

Playoffs

Bracket

The playoff bracket is not a fixed bracket. Like the intraconference bracket in the NHL, the matchups are adjusted in each successive round in order to place the top-ranked team against the bottom-ranked team.

Playoff summary

At the end of the regular season, the seventh through tenth-placed teams played in a best-of-five, preliminary playoff round. In the preliminary round Bílí Tygři Liberec defeated České Budějovice and Slavia Prague defeated Litvínov, both series going the 5-game distance. Liberec was then paired against Plzeň, and Slavia were paired against Zlín. Other first round matchups included Vítkovice-Sparta and Pardubice-Třinec.
The quarterfinal round saw two major upsets as the preliminary round winners knocked off the two highest-seeded teams from the regular season. Eighth-seeded Liberec knocked off top seed Plzeň in six games, 4-2, capped off by a 7-2 victory in game 6. The other first round upset saw Slavia knock off Zlín, also in six games and in front of their home crowd. Third-seeded Pardubice, after dropping the first game at home, ran off four straight victories to defeat Třinec 4-1. The only first round series to go the seven-game distance saw Vitkovice win at home to hold off Sparta.
In the semifinal round, Pardubice, the highest-remaining seed, were placed against Liberec, and Vitkovice were paired against Slavia.

Relegation

Play-out round

The bottom four teams from the regular season - Karlovy Vary, Kometa Brno, Mladá Boleslav, Kladno - were placed in a "play-out" relegation group. The group is structured like a mini-season in which each of the four teams played each of the other four times, twice at home and twice on the road, the same as the regular season format. The results from the regular season standings are retained, and the additional relegation round match results are added to the table in order to determine which team is relegated to the Czech First League. Mladá Boleslav won only two of their twelve relegation round games, one in regulation and one in a shootout, and faced the 1. národní hokejová liga winner KLH Chomutov in best-of-seven series.
TeamGPWOTWOTLLGFGAP
Kometa Brno '6422862815917888
Kladno '6422573016918683
Karlovy Vary '6420511281608181
Mladá Boleslav '64131183215818469

;Key
' = Playoff champions; ' = Qualified to playoffs; ' = Relegation playoff; ' = Relegation playoff winner; = Relegated.

Play-off round

Mladá Boleslav were paired against KLH Chomutov, playoff winners of the 2009-10 playoffs of the 1. národní hokejová liga, with the winner of the best of seven series earning a place in the 2010–11 Czech Extraliga season. Mladá Boleslav won the series 4-1 and retained their position in the Extraliga.
DateHomeScoreAway
April 10Mladá Boleslav5 - 3Chomutov
April 11Mladá Boleslav1 - 2Chomutov
April 14Chomutov2 - 4Mladá Boleslav
April 15Chomutov3 - 4Mladá Boleslav
April 18Mladá Boleslav5 - 1Chomutov