| 2020–21 Slovak Extraliga season | |
| League: | Slovak Extraliga |
| Sport: | Ice hockey |
| No Of Games: | 50 |
| No Of Teams: | 12 |
| Season: | Regular season |
| Season Champ Name: | League Champion |
| Season Champs: | HKM Zvolen |
| Playoffs: | Playoffs |
| Playoffs Link: |
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| Finals: | Finals |
| Finals Champ: | HKM Zvolen |
| Finals Runner-Up: | HK Poprad |
| Playoffs Mvp: | Dávid Skokan (Poprad) |
| Playoffs Mvp Link: | Golden Skate |
| Nextseason Year: | 2021–22 |
| Prevseason Year: | 2019–20 |
| Seasonslistnames: | Slovak Extraliga |
The 2020–21 Slovak Extraliga season was the 28th season of the Slovak Extraliga, the highest ice hockey league in Slovakia.The league also includes one team from Hungary.[1] [2]
After two seasons in Slovak Extraliga, the Hungarian team MAC Budapest left the league to participate in the Erste Liga.[3] The reason for this decision was the uncertain financial situation, as the Hungarian government has suspended subsidies for sports clubs due to the coronavirus pandemic and MAC is also having difficulties finding other sponsors.
Each team played 50 games: playing each of the other eleven teams four times – 2x at home, 2x away (44 games) and during the Christmas holidays (22.12.2020 – 6.1.2021) each team played the inserted matches within the region 1x at home, 1x away = 6 games.
Points were awarded for each game, where three points were awarded for winning in regulation time, two points for winning in overtime or shootout, one point for losing in overtime or shootout, and zero points for losing in regulation time. At the end of the regular season, the team that finished with the most points was crowned the league champion.
The following shows the top ten players who led the league in points, at the conclusion of the regular season.[4]
| Player | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | HK Poprad | 48 | 38 | 31 | 69 | +18 | 24 | |
| | HK Poprad | 49 | 20 | 36 | 56 | +21 | 22 | |
| | HC Košice | 45 | 12 | 44 | 56 | +8 | 22 | |
| | HK Nitra | 50 | 23 | 31 | 54 | −3 | 64 | |
| | HK Poprad | 49 | 18 | 34 | 52 | +29 | 107 | |
 | HK Dukla Trenčín | 50 | 17 | 35 | 52 | +8 | 34 | |
| | HKM Zvolen | 49 | 26 | 25 | 51 | +24 | 83 | |
| | HK Nitra | 50 | 18 | 31 | 49 | +8 | 46 | |
 | HKM Zvolen | 49 | 18 | 31 | 49 | +11 | 72 | |
 | HC Košice | 47 | 31 | 17 | 48 | +13 | 58 |
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.[5]
| Player | Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | HC Slovan Bratislava | 24 | 1400:32 | 18 | 6 | 40 | 5 | 93.97 | 1.71 | |
| | HK Dukla Michalovce | 43 | 2479:52 | 28 | 15 | 86 | 4 | 92.82 | 2.08 | |
| | HC Košice | 23 | 1180:56 | 10 | 13 | 45 | 2 | 92.46 | 2.29 | |
| | HKM Zvolen | 41 | 2487:49 | 27 | 14 | 98 | 1 | 92.14 | 2.36 | |
| HC Nové Zámky | 43 | 2609:55 | 18 | 25 | 113 | 2 | 91.51 | 2.60 | ||
| | HK Poprad | 41 | 2409:16 | 26 | 15 | 105 | 2 | 90.81 | 2.61 | |
| | HC Košice | 23 | 1288:51 | 13 | 10 | 57 | 2 | 90.98 | 2.65 | |
| | 25 | 1396:39 | 12 | 13 | 63 | 2 | 91.04 | 2.71 | ||
| | HC 07 Detva | 22 | 1193:40 | 12 | 10 | 54 | 2 | 92.33 | 2.71 | |
| | HC 07 Detva | 22 | 1245:22 | 11 | 11 | 58 | 1 | 92.86 | 2.79 |
Ten teams qualify for the playoffs: the top six teams in the regular season have a bye to the quarterfinals, while teams ranked seventh to tenth meet each other (7 versus 10, 8 versus 9) in a preliminary playoff round.
| Zvolen | ||
| Poprad | ||
| Michalovce | ||
| 4 | Slovan Bratislava | |
| 5 | Nitra | |
| 6 | Detva | |
| 7 | Trenčín | |
| 8 | Nové Zámky | |
| 9 | Košice | |
| 10 | Banská Bystrica | |
| 11 | Miskolc | |
| 12 | Liptovský Mikuláš |