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: |
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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.
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 Name | Location | Venue | Capacity | Titles | 2014-15 | |
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HKm Zvolen | Zvolen | Zvolen Ice Stadium | 7,038 | 2 | Quarterfinalists | |
HC Košice | Košice | Steel Aréna | 8,378 | 7 | Champions | |
HK Nitra | Nitra | Nitra Aréna | 3,600 | 0 | Semifinalists | |
ŠHK 37 Piešťany | Piešťany | EASTON Aréna | 3,050 | 0 | Quarterfinalists | |
HC ’05 Banská Bystrica | Banská Bystrica | Banská Bystrica Ice Stadium | 3,518 | 0 | Finalists | |
HK 36 Skalica | Skalica | Skalica Ice Stadium | 4,100 | 0 | 9th | |
HK Dukla Trenčín | Trenčín | Pavol Demitra Ice Stadium | 6,150 | 3 | Quarterfinalists | |
HK Poprad | Poprad | Poprad Ice Stadium | 4,050 | 0 | Semifinalists | |
MsHK Žilina | Žilina | Garmin Arena | 6,200 | 1 | 10th | |
MHC Mountfield | Martin | Martin Ice Stadium | 4,200 | 0 | Quarterfinalists | |
HK Orange 20 | Bratislava | Vladimír Dzurilla Ice Stadium | 3,500 | – | – |
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.
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points.
Nitra | ||
Banská Bystrica | ||
Košice | ||
4 | Zvolen | |
5 | Trenčín | |
6 | Poprad | |
7 | Žilina | |
8 | Martin | |
9 | Piešťany |