2015–16 Slovak Extraliga season explained

2015–16 Slovak Extraliga season
League:Slovak Extraliga
Sport:Ice hockey
Duration:September 2015 – April 2016
Season:Regular season
Season Champ Name:League Champion
Season Champs:HC Košice
Second Place:HK Nitra
Top Scorer:Lukáš Hvila (Banská Bystrica)
Playoffs:Playoffs
Playoffs Link:
  1. Playoffs
Finals Champ:HK Nitra
Finals Runner-Up:HC ’05 Banská Bystrica
Playoffs Mvp:David Laliberté (Nitra)
Playoffs Mvp Link:Golden Skate
Nextseason Year:2016–17
Prevseason Year:2014–15
Seasonslistnames:Slovak Extraliga

The 2015–16 Slovak Extraliga season was the 23rd season of the Slovak Extraliga, the highest level of ice hockey in Slovakia.

Teams

The following teams are participating in the 2015–16 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 (50 games) will promote to the playoffs.

Team NameLocationVenueCapacityTitles2014-15
HKm ZvolenZvolenZvolen Ice Stadium7,0382Quarterfinalists
HC KošiceKošiceSteel Aréna8,3787Champions
HK NitraNitraNitra Aréna3,6000Semifinalists
ŠHK 37 PiešťanyPiešťanyEASTON Aréna3,0500Quarterfinalists
HC ’05 Banská BystricaBanská BystricaBanská Bystrica Ice Stadium3,5180Finalists
HK 36 SkalicaSkalicaSkalica Ice Stadium4,10009th
HK Dukla TrenčínTrenčínPavol Demitra Ice Stadium6,1503Quarterfinalists
HK PopradPopradPoprad Ice Stadium4,0500Semifinalists
MsHK ŽilinaŽilinaGarmin Arena6,200110th
MHC MountfieldMartinMartin Ice Stadium4,2000Quarterfinalists
HK Orange 20BratislavaVladimír Dzurilla Ice Stadium3,500

Regular season

Playoffs

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

Relegation series (PlayOut)

Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points.

External links

Final rankings

Nitra
Banská Bystrica
Košice
4Zvolen
5Trenčín
6Poprad
7Žilina
8Martin
9Piešťany