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

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 and one Czechoslovak championship, 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.
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.
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 plays 48 games, playing each of the other twelve teams four times. Points are awarded for each game, where three points are 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 plays 10 games, playing each of the other five teams two times. Points are awarded for each game, where three points are 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 is crowned the league champion.

Group 7–12

Each team plays 10 games, playing each of the other five teams two times. Points are awarded for each game, where three points are 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.
PlayerTeam
HC Slovan Bratislava53233962+4158
HKM Zvolen51144660+478
HKM Zvolen51213859+2846
HC Košice45332255+1936
HK Dukla Trenčín53144155–750
HC '05 Banská Bystrica55213354+2412
HC Košice53183553+376
HC '05 Banská Bystrica51133851+20116
HC Slovan Bratislava51272249+3780
MAC Budapest54242448–668

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.
PlayerTeam
HC Slovan Bratislava291707:3121849593.671.72
HC Košice422557:15311177593.371.81
442618:48331189292.982.04
HK Poprad442641:34261897692.512.20
HK Dukla Trenčín321899:41201274292.722.34
HC Slovan Bratislava271592:25161164191.722.41
HKM Zvolen422465:422121101291.462.46
HK Dukla Trenčín251420:49121359492.122.49
HK Dukla Michalovce442098:002123106291.532.57
DVTK Jegesmedvék372131:14181999291.622.79