2023–24_Slovak_1._Liga_season
2023–24 Slovak 1. Liga season
Sports season
The 2023–24 Slovak 1. Liga season was the 31st season of the Slovak 1. Liga, the second level of ice hockey in Slovakia.[1]
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Quick Facts League, Sport ...
| 2023–24 Slovak 1. Liga season | |
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| League |  Slovak 1. Liga |
| Sport | Ice hockey |
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| Number of teams | 12+1 |
| Total attendance | 247 413 |
| Average attendance | 749 |
| TV partner(s) | JOJ Šport, Niké TV |
| Regular season | |
| League Champion | Vlci Žilina |
| Runners-up | HC Prešov |
| Top scorer | Andrei Legalin (Topoľčany) (68 points) |
| Playoffs | |
| Finals | |
| Champions | Vlci Žilina (3rd title) |
| Runners-up | HC Prešov |
| Slovak 1. Liga seasons | |
← 2022–23 2024–25 → | |
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Standings
Each team played 44 games: playing each of the other eleven teams four times – twice at home, twice away. At the end of the regular season, the team that finished with the most points was crowned the league champion. Each team played two matches with Slovakia U18 (home and away) to support the preparation of the SR team for 2024 IIHF World U18 Championships.[2]
More information Pos, Team ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Žilina | 46 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 212 | 74 | +138 | 123 | Qualification to Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Prešov | 46 | 24 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 186 | 127 | +59 | 89 | |
| 3 | Topoľčany | 46 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 175 | 143 | +32 | 85 | |
| 4 | Považská Bystrica | 46 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 147 | 145 | +2 | 76 | |
| 5 | Skalica | 46 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 149 | 148 | +1 | 75 | |
| 6 | Dubnica | 46 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 128 | 128 | 0 | 71 | |
| 7 | Modré krídla Slovan | 46 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 133 | 119 | +14 | 67 | Qualification to Wild card round |
| 8 | Žiar nad Hronom | 46 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 145 | 145 | 0 | 66 | |
| 9 | Trebišov | 46 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 138 | 175 | −37 | 57[lower-alpha 1] | |
| 10 | AquaCity Pikes | 46 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 130 | 158 | −28 | 57[lower-alpha 1] | |
| 11 | Trnava | 46 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 148 | 182 | −34 | 50 | |
| 12 | Rimavská Sobota | 46 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 28 | 121 | 180 | −59 | 41 | Relegated to Slovak 2. Liga |
| SR 18 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 41 | 129 | −88 | 7 |
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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.
Bracket
| Wild-card round (best-of-5) | Quarter-finals (best-of-7) | Semi-finals (best-of-7) | Finals (best-of-7) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Žilina | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Žiar nad Hronom | 3 | 8 | Žiar nad Hronom | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 9 | Trebišov | 0 | 1 | Žilina | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| 6 | Dubnica | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Topoľčany | 2 | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Dubnica | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Žilina | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Prešov | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Prešov | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Modré krídla Slovan | 3 | 7 | Modré krídla Slovan | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| 10 | AquaCity Pikes | 1 | 2 | Prešov | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | Považská Bystrica | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Považská Bystrica | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Skalica | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Wild card round
More information Modré krídla Slovan – AquaCity Pikes 3–1, Žiar nad Hronom – Trebišov 3–0 ...
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Quarterfinals
More information Žilina – Žiar nad Hronom 4–1, Topoľčany – Dubnica 2–4 ...
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Semifinals
More information Žilina – Dubnica 4–2, Prešov – Považská Bystrica 4–1 ...
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Finals
| 14 April 2024 17:30 (CEST) | Žilina | 8–1 (0–1, 5–0, 3–0) score in the series: 1–0 | Prešov | Niké Aréna, Žilina Attendance: 4,900 |
More information Game reference ...
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| Michal Valent | Goalies | Juraj Ovečka Juraj Hollý | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 18 min | Penalties | 10 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 32 | Shots | 38 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 15 April 2024 17:30 (CEST) | Žilina | 5–0 (2–0, 0–0, 3–0) score in the series: 2–0 | Prešov | Niké Aréna, Žilina Attendance: 4,063 |
More information Game reference ...
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| Michal Valent | Goalies | Juraj Ovečka | |||||||||||||||
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| 12 min | Penalties | 27 min | |||||||||||||||
| 30 | Shots | 28 | |||||||||||||||
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| 18 April 2024 17:30 (CEST) | Prešov | 0–1 (0–0, 0–0, 0–1) score in the series: 0–3 | Žilina | Attendance: 2,502 |
| 19 April 2024 18:00 (CEST) | Prešov | 1–5 (1–0, 0–4, 0–1) score in the series: 0–4 | Žilina | Attendance: 3,117 |
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 | Prešov |
 | Považská Bystrica |
| 4 | Dubnica |
| 5 | Topoľčany |
| 6 | Skalica |
| 7 | Modré krídla Slovan |
| 8 | Žiar nad Hronom |
| 9 | Trebišov |
| 10 | AquaCity Pikes |
| 11 | Trnava |
| 12 | Rimavská Sobota |
| SR 18 |
- "Slovenská hokejová liga". hockeyslovakia.sk (in Slovak).
- "Smernica pre prvú ligu seniorov" (PDF). hockeyslovakia.sk (in Slovak).