2017–18 Czech Extraliga season explained

2017–18 Czech Extraliga
League:Czech Extraliga
Sport:Ice hockey
No Of Teams:14
Tv:Česká televize
Season:Regular Season
Season Champ Name:Presidential Cup
Top Scorer:Milan Gulaš (HC Plzeň)
Playoffs:Playoffs
Finals:Finals
Finals Champ:HC Kometa Brno
Finals Runner-Up:HC Oceláři Třinec
Seasonslist:List of Czech Extraliga seasons
Seasonslistnames:Czech Extraliga
Prevseason Link:2016–17 Czech Extraliga season
Prevseason Year:2016–17
Nextseason Link:2018–19 Czech Extraliga season
Nextseason Year:2018–19

The 2017–18 Czech Extraliga season was the 25th season of the Czech Extraliga since its creation after the breakup of Czechoslovakia and the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League in 1993.

Regular season

Pl.TeamGPWOTWOTLLGoalsPts
1. HC PlzeňCHL52 28 7 9 8 172:123 107
2. Mountfield HKCHL 52 26 7 7 12 146:101 99
3. 52 24 6 8 14 143:122 92
4. 52 26 4 6 16 157:119 92
5. 52 23 6 9 14 148:121 90
6. HC Dynamo Pardubice52 20 5 6 21 148:121 76
7. 52 18 9 4 21 132:138 76
8. 52 16 10 7 19 129:136 75
9. 52 18 8 4 22 121:140 74
10. 52 18 5 7 22 140:150 71
11. Piráti Chomutov52 13 10 9 20 132:155 68
12. 52 15 6 8 23 118:139 65
13. 52 12 7 7 26 106:139 57
14. 52 10 7 6 29 118:168 50

Scoring leaders

List shows the ten best skaters based on the number of points during the regular season. If two or more skaters are tied (i.e. same number of points, goals and played games), all of the tied skaters are shown.

[1]
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes

PlayerTeam
48 23 38 61 +20 50
50 30 27 57 +18 59
49 29 25 54 +4 42
50 21 28 49 +15 56
49 12 34 46 0 20
52 18 25 43 -6 20
46 15 27 42 +12 20
52 14 26 40 0 34
45 15 24 39 +6 34
48 21 17 38 +19 54

Leading goaltenders

These are the leaders in GAA among goaltenders who played at least 40% of the team's minutes. The table is sorted by GAA, and the criteria for inclusion are bolded.

[2]

GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

PlayerTeam
36 2078 60 7 93.19 1.73
44 2546 86 4 92.82 2.03
47 2770 97 5 92.57 2.10
47 2781 98 5 93.34 2.11
37 2249 85 6 91.60 2.27
45 2536 99 6 91.29 2.34
28 1580 62 1 91.83 2.35
41 2398 98 3 91.81 2.45
38 2126 87 3 91.71 2.46
48 2841 117 7 90.53 2.47

Playoffs

Ten teams qualify for the playoffs. Teams 1–6 have a bye to the quarterfinals, while teams 7–10 meet each other in a preliminary playoff round.

Playoff bracket

In the first round the 7th-ranked team will meet the 10th-ranked team and the 8th-ranked team will meet the 9th-ranked team for a place in the second round. In the second round, the top-ranked team will meet the lowest-ranked winner of the first round, the 2nd-ranked team will face the other winner of the first round, the 3rd-ranked team will face the 6th-ranked team, and the 4th-ranked team will face the 5th-ranked team. In the third round, the highest remaining seed is matched against the lowest remaining seed. In each round the higher-seeded team is awarded home advantage. In the first round the meetings are played as best-of-five series and the rest is best-of-seven series that follows an alternating home team format: the higher-seeded team will play at home for games 1 and 2 (plus 5 and 7 if necessary), and the lower-seeded team will be at home for game 3 and 4 (plus 6 if necessary).

Play-off final: HC Oceláři Třinec - HC Kometa Brno 1:4 (5:1, 2:3, 2:3, 2:5, 1:4). HC Kometa Brno has won its second Czech league title (and 13th overall title).

Relegation

Place Team GP W OTW OTL L GFGA Pts
1 12521 4 27 2720
2 12 4323302420
3 1251 24292519
4 12401717 2713

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Statistik - hokej.cz . ELH.
  2. Web site: Statistik - hokej.cz . ELH.