2021-22 Slovak 1. Liga season

2021–22 Slovak 1. Liga season
League	Slovak 1.Liga
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	22 September 2021 – 27 February 2022 (Regular season) 1 March – 13 April 2022 (playoffs)
Number of teams	13
Regular season
League Champion	Vlci Žilina
Top scorer	Daniel Štumpf (Skalica) (72 points)
Playoffs
Finals
Finals champions	Vlci Žilina (2nd title)
Runners-up	HK Martin
Slovak 1.Liga seasons
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The 2021–22 Slovak 1. Liga season was the 29th season of the Slovak 1.Liga, the second level of ice hockey in Slovakia.

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Žilina	45	34	4	5	2	188	76	+112	115	Qualification to Quarter-finals
2	Skalica	45	25	6	3	11	192	124	+68	90
3	Martin	46	26	3	5	12	161	123	+38	89
4	Humenné	44	21	6	2	15	138	103	+35	77
5	Topoľčany	43	22	4	2	15	140	110	+30	76
6	Dubnica	43	17	7	4	15	145	126	+19	69
7	Považská Bystrica	45	20	2	4	19	121	137	−16	68	Qualification to Wild card round
8	Trnava	46	16	5	5	20	155	174	−19	63
9	Žiar nad Hronom	46	17	1	6	22	108	142	−34	59
10	Modré krídla Slovan	45	13	6	4	22	115	147	−32	55
11	Levice	46	11	2	3	30	98	158	−60	40
12	Brezno	46	10	1	4	31	106	175	−69	36	Qualification to Play Out
	SR 18	24	2	1	1	20	44	116	−72	9

Playoffs

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
	7	Považská Bystrica	1			10	Modré krídla Slovan	0
											1	Žilina	4
	10	Modré krídla Slovan	3
											5	Topoľčany	0
						4	Humenné	1
						5	Topoľčany	4
																1	Žilina	4
																3	Martin	2
						2	Skalica	4
						8	Trnava	3
											2	Skalica	1
	8	Trnava	3
											3	Martin	4
	9	Žiar nad Hronom	1			3	Martin	4
						6	Dubnica	3

Wild card round

Považská Bystrica – Modré krídla Slovan 1–3 1.3.2022 Považská Bystrica Modré krídla Slovan 5-2 2.3.2022 Považská Bystrica Modré krídla Slovan 1-3 4.3.2022 Modré krídla Slovan Považská Bystrica 3-2 5.3.2022 Modré krídla Slovan Považská Bystrica 2-1 Modré krídla Slovan won the series 3–1.

Trnava – Žiar nad Hronom 3–1 1.3.2022 Trnava Žiar nad Hronom 5-4 2.3.2022 Trnava Žiar nad Hronom 3-1 4.3.2022 Žiar nad Hronom Trnava 5-2 5.3.2022 Žiar nad Hronom Trnava 3-5 Trnava won the series 3–1.

Quarterfinals

Žilina – Modré krídla Slovan 4–0 10.3.2022 Žilina Modré krídla Slovan 1-0 11.3.2022 Žilina Modré krídla Slovan 4-0 14.3.2022 Modré krídla Slovan Žilina 3-7 15.3.2022 Modré krídla Slovan Žilina 0-1 Žilina won the series 4–0. Martin – Dubnica 4–3 8.3.2022 Martin Dubnica 2-3 OT1 9.3.2022 Martin Dubnica 4-1 12.3.2022 Dubnica Martin 1-0 SO 13.3.2022 Dubnica Martin 2-3 OT1 16.3.2022 Martin Dubnica 4-1 18.3.2022 Dubnica Martin 3-0 20.3.2022 Martin Dubnica 4-1 Martin won the series 4–3.

Skalica – Trnava 4–3 10.3.2022 Skalica Trnava 3-4 11.3.2022 Skalica Trnava 5-3 14.3.2022 Trnava Skalica 2-4 15.3.2022 Trnava Skalica 5-2 17.3.2022 Skalica Trnava 2-1 19.3.2022 Trnava Skalica 2-1 OT1 21.3.2022 Skalica Trnava 3-2 OT1 Skalica won the series 4–3. Humenné – Topoľčany 1–4 8.3.2022 Humenné Topoľčany 1-3 9.3.2022 Humenné Topoľčany 0-3 12.3.2022 Topoľčany Humenné 2-3 SO 13.3.2022 Topoľčany Humenné 5-3 16.3.2022 Humenné Topoľčany 2-5 Topoľčany won the series 4–1.

Semifinals

Žilina – Topoľčany 4–0 26.3.2022 Žilina Topoľčany 3-2 27.3.2022 Žilina Topoľčany 5-1 30.3.2022 Topoľčany Žilina 0-1 31.3.2022 Topoľčany Žilina 1-2 SO Žilina won the series 4–0.

Skalica – Martin 1–4 24.3.2022 Skalica Martin 2-3 OT1 25.3.2022 Skalica Martin 2-4 28.3.2022 Martin Skalica 2-3 OT1 29.3.2022 Martin Skalica 3-0 1.4.2022 Skalica Martin 1-5 Martin won the series 4–1.

Finals

4 April 2022 17:00 (UTC+2)

Žilina

2–3 (1–0, 1–2, 0–1) score in the series: 0–1

Martin

Niké Aréna, Žilina Attendance: 3,084

Game reference
	Stanislav Škorvánek	Goalies	Vladimír Glosár	Referees: Milan Adamec Michal Smrek Linesmen: Lukáš Beniač Maroš Pribula
	Koyš (Drtina) (PP) – 01:21 / Petran (Safaraleev, Šidlík) – 38:19	1–0 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 2–2 / 2–3	21:44 – Makarov (Nauš) / 23:53 – Tiainen (Charvát, Makarov) (PP) / 56:10 – Poliaček (Makarov)
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	35	Shots	41

5 April 2022 17:30 (UTC+2)

Žilina

0–1 (0–1, 0–0, 0–0) score in the series: 0–2

Martin

Niké Aréna, Žilina Attendance: 3,096

Game reference
	Stanislav Škorvánek	Goalies	Vladimír Glosár	Referees: Roman Výleta Michal Mĺkvy Linesmen: Ivan Haringa Juraj Šefčík
		0–1	10:29 – Poliaček (Toma, Charvát) (PP)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	16	Shots	18

8 April 2022 17:30 (UTC+2)

Martin

3–4 GWS (0–1, 3–0, 0–2) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 0–1) score in the series: 2–1

Žilina

Martin Ice Stadium, Martin Attendance: 3,180

Game reference
	Vladimír Glosár	Goalies	Stanislav Škorvánek	Referees: Martin Jobbágy Vladimír Fridrich Linesmen: Matej Janiga Michal Orolin
	Poliaček (Toma, Juščák) (PP) – 28:00 / Poliaček (Makarov) – 31:46 / Murček (Tiainen, Makarov) (PP) – 35:32	0–1 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 3–1 / 3–2 / 3–3	14:32 – Safaraleev (Drtina) (PP) / 40:22 – Koyš (Safaraleev, Jansons) (PP) / 59:42 – Markovič (Drtina, Macek)

9 April 2022 18:00 (UTC+2)

Martin

2–3 GWS (0–1, 0–1, 2–0) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 0–1) score in the series: 2–2

Žilina

Martin Ice Stadium, Martin Attendance: 3,498

Game reference
	Vladimír Glosár	Goalies	Stanislav Škorvánek	Referees: Martin Korba Peter Stano Linesmen: Jaroslav Riš Andrej Bogdaň
	Makarov (Huhtela) – 50:20 / Huhtela (Makarov) – 54:12	0–1 / 0–2 / 1–2 / 2–2	09:03 – Safaraleev (Šmída) / 23:27 – Petráš (Halama, Pišoja)
	33 min	Penalties	31 min
	44	Shots	34

11 April 2022 17:30 (UTC+2)

Žilina

3–2 OT (0–1, 1–0, 1–1) (OT: 1–0) score in the series: 3–2

Martin

Niké Aréna, Žilina Attendance: 4,116

Game reference
	Stanislav Škorvánek	Goalies	Vladimír Glosár	Referees: Róbert Müllner Juraj Konc Jr. Linesmen: Adam Jurčiak Tomáš Knižka
	Petráš (Halama, Šidlík) – 26:42 / Petráš (Šidlík) – 45:54 / Safaraleev (Drtina, Koyš) – 66:26	0–1 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 2–2 / 3–2	14:21 – Murček (Fafrák, Tiainen) / 55:44 – Toma (Juščák)
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	26	Shots	24

13 April 2022 18:00 (UTC+2)

Martin

2–3 OT (0–0, 0–2, 2–0) (OT: 0–1) score in the series: 2–4

Žilina

Martin Ice Stadium, Martin Attendance: 2,899

Game reference
	Vladimír Glosár	Goalies	Stanislav Škorvánek	Referees: Ondrej Kalina Miroslav Štefik Linesmen: Martin Ordzovenský Martin Staššák
	Juščák (Dírer) – 49:40 / Poliaček (Charvát) (PP2) – 55:38	0–1 / 0–2 / 1–2 / 2–2 / 2–3	28:52 – Jansons (PP) / 36:18 – Cíger (Skladaný, Jansons) / 60:25 – Halama (Jansons)
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	22	Shots	16

Relegation

Regular season 12th placed Brezno will play a best-of-7 series against the 2. Liga winner Trebišov.

Brezno – Trebišov 4–3
13.04.2022	Trebišov	Brezno	5-6 OT
14.04.2022	Trebišov	Brezno	2-1
17.04.2022	Brezno	Trebišov	5-2
18.04.2022	Brezno	Trebišov	1-4
20.04.2022	Trebišov	Brezno	2-3 SO
22.04.2022	Brezno	Trebišov	1-2
24.04.2022	Trebišov	Brezno	2-3 OT
Brezno won the series 4–3.

Final rankings

	Žilina
	Martin
	Skalica
4	Topoľčany
5	Humenné
6	Dubnica
7	Trnava
8	Modré krídla Slovan
9	Považská Bystrica
10	Žiar nad Hronom
11	Levice
12	Brezno
	SR 18

External links

• Official website

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