2022-23 Slovak 1. Liga season

2022–23 Slovak 1. Liga season
League	Slovak 1.Liga
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	24 September 2022 – 3 March 2023; (Regular season); 7 March – 26 April; (playoffs);
Number of teams	12+1
Total attendance	220,134
Average attendance	669
TV partner(s)	JOJ Šport, Niké TV
	Regular season
League Champion	Vlci Žilina
Top scorer	Michel Miklík (Trnava); (62 points);
	Playoffs
	Finals
Finals champions	HC 19 Humenné (1st title)
Runners-up	Vlci Žilina
	Slovak 1.Liga seasons
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 Slovak 1. Liga season was the 30th season of the Slovak 1.Liga, the second level of ice hockey in Slovakia.^[1]

Regular season

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 2023 IIHF World U18 Championships.^[2]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Žilina	46	25	8	3	10	181	113	+68	94	Qualification to Quarter-finals
2	Dubnica	46	24	3	7	12	148	123	+25	85
3	Humenné	46	23	6	4	13	172	127	+45	85
4	Trnava	46	19	9	5	13	175	149	+26	80
5	Martin	46	20	8	4	14	140	112	+28	80
6	Modré krídla Slovan	46	18	4	7	17	126	131	−5	69
7	Skalica	46	18	5	4	19	130	135	−5	68	Qualification to Wild card round
8	Považská Bystrica	46	18	4	5	19	155	153	+2	67
9	Žiar nad Hronom	46	19	1	5	21	142	142	0	64
10	Topoľčany	46	18	1	6	21	116	138	−22	62
11	Levice	46	18	3	2	23	138	152	−14	62
12	Brezno	46	8	5	2	31	90	172	−82	33	Relegated to Slovak 2. Liga
	SR 18	24	2	1	4	17	47	113	−66	12

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	Skalica	1	10	Topoľčany	1
						1	Žilina	4
10	Topoľčany	3
						9	Žiar nad Hronom	2
			2	Dubnica	3

			9	Žiar nad Hronom	4
									1	Žilina	3
									3	Humenné	4
			3	Humenné	4
			6	Modré krídla Slovan	2
						3	Humenné	4
8	Považská Bystrica	2
						5	Martin	2
9	Žiar nad Hronom	3	4	Trnava	3

			5	Martin	4

Wild card round

Skalica – Topoľčany 1–3
7.3.2023	Skalica	Topoľčany	7-2
8.3.2023	Skalica	Topoľčany	1-5
10.3.2023	Topoľčany	Skalica	4-3
11.3.2023	Topoľčany	Skalica	2-1
Topoľčany won the series 3–1.

Považská Bystrica – Žiar nad Hronom 2–3
7.3.2023	Považská Bystrica	Žiar nad Hronom	3-4
8.3.2023	Považská Bystrica	Žiar nad Hronom	3-1
10.3.2023	Žiar nad Hronom	Považská Bystrica	2-4
11.3.2023	Žiar nad Hronom	Považská Bystrica	7-1
13.3.2023	Považská Bystrica	Žiar nad Hronom	2-5
Žiar nad Hronom won the series 3–2.

Quarterfinals

Žilina – Topoľčany 4–1
16.3.2023	Žilina	Topoľčany	8-0
17.3.2023	Žilina	Topoľčany	7-2
20.3.2023	Topoľčany	Žilina	6-7
21.3.2023	Topoľčany	Žilina	5-4 OT
23.3.2023	Žilina	Topoľčany	7-3
Žilina won the series 4–1.

Humenné – Modré krídla Slovan 4–2
14.3.2023	Humenné	Modré krídla Slovan	4-1
15.3.2023	Humenné	Modré krídla Slovan	0-1
18.3.2023	Modré krídla Slovan	Humenné	1-5
19.3.2023	Modré krídla Slovan	Humenné	4-3 OT
22.3.2023	Humenné	Modré krídla Slovan	4-3 SO
24.3.2023	Modré krídla Slovan	Humenné	2-3 OT
Humenné won the series 4–2.

Dubnica – Žiar nad Hronom 3–4
16.3.2023	Dubnica	Žiar nad Hronom	2-1
17.3.2023	Dubnica	Žiar nad Hronom	4-0
20.3.2023	Žiar nad Hronom	Dubnica	0-1
21.3.2023	Žiar nad Hronom	Dubnica	4-3
23.3.2023	Dubnica	Žiar nad Hronom	3-4 SO
25.3.2023	Žiar nad Hronom	Dubnica	3-2 SO
27.3.2023	Dubnica	Žiar nad Hronom	3-4
Žiar nad Hronom won the series 4–3.

Trnava – Martin 3–4
14.3.2023	Trnava	Martin	5-1
15.3.2023	Trnava	Martin	0-4
18.3.2023	Martin	Trnava	4-1
19.3.2023	Martin	Trnava	3-5
22.3.2023	Trnava	Martin	5-2
24.3.2023	Martin	Trnava	2-1 OT
26.3.2023	Trnava	Martin	2-3
Martin won the series 4–3.

Semifinals

Žilina – Žiar nad Hronom 4–2
30.3.2023	Žilina	Žiar nad Hronom	6-3
31.3.2023	Žilina	Žiar nad Hronom	2-1
3.4.2023	Žiar nad Hronom	Žilina	5-4 SO
4.4.2023	Žiar nad Hronom	Žilina	2-6
7.4.2023	Žilina	Žiar nad Hronom	1-2
9.4.2023	Žiar nad Hronom	Žilina	2-4
Žilina won the series 4–2.

Humenné – Martin 4–2
1.4.2023	Humenné	Martin	3-1
2.4.2023	Humenné	Martin	0-5
5.4.2023	Martin	Humenné	2-3
6.4.2023	Martin	Humenné	6-2
8.4.2023	Humenné	Martin	5-0
10.4.2023	Martin	Humenné	1-4
Humenné won the series 4–2.

Finals

15 April 2022
18:30 (CEST)

Žilina

2–5
(0–0, 1–3, 1–2)
score in the series: 0–1

Humenné

Niké Aréna, Žilina
Attendance: 4,636


Patrik Romančík	Goalies	Roman Durný	Referees: Juraj Konc Jr. Roman Výleta Linesmen: Adam Jurčiak Drahoslav Vyšný
Halama (Grebenschikov, Varga) – 27:08 / Rehák (Bečka, Lopušan) – 59:24	1–0 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 1–3 / 1–4 / 1–5 / 2–5	31:40 – Borov (Krajňák, Legalin) (PP) / 33:45 – Lačný / 39:47 – Frič (Markuš, Novota) / 51:12 – Lenďák (Safaraleev, Vrábeľ) (PP) / 56:25 – Lačný (Trandin)
39 min	Penalties	33 min
45	Shots	29

16 April 2022
18:30 (CEST)

Žilina

7–0
(3–0, 2–0, 2–0)
score in the series: 1–1

Humenné

Niké Aréna, Žilina
Attendance: 3,342


Patrik Romančík	Goalies	Roman Durný Filip Krasanovský	Referees: Filip Crman Milan Novák Linesmen: Róbert Frimmel Michal Klejna
Sýkora (Koyš, Pohl) (PP) – 03:14 / Halama (Novák, Varga) (PP) – 07:36 / Varga (Halama, Šidlík) (PP) – 13:25 / Varga (Pohl, Halama) – 22:58 / Halama (Tibenský, Varga) (PP) – 39:19 / Halama (Tibenský, Kluka) (PP) – 44:18 / Jakubík (Macek, Kluka) – 48:12	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 / 5–0 / 6–0 / 7–0
8 min	Penalties	16 min
34	Shots	18

19 April 2022
19:00 (CEST)

Humenné

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

Žilina

Humenné Ice Stadium, Humenné
Attendance: 2,640


Roman Durný	Goalies	Patrik Romančík	Referees: Martin Korba Martin Smrek Linesmen: Andrej Bogdaň Michal Drblík
Lačný (Vrábeľ, Vaško) – 23:01 / Krajňák – 30:17	1–0 / 2–0 / 2–1	49:17 – Koyš (Sýkora, Šidlík)
8 min	Penalties	10 min
30	Shots	31

20 April 2022
18:00 (CEST)

Humenné

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

Žilina

Humenné Ice Stadium, Humenné
Attendance: 2,480


Roman Durný	Goalies	Patrik Romančík	Referees: Peter Rojík Tomáš Orolin Linesmen: Tomáš Knižka Martin Ordzovenský
Trandin (Vrábeľ, Lenďák) (PP) – 12:23 / Safaraleev (Lenďák, Vrábeľ) (PP) – 20:56 / Vrábeľ (Safaraleev, Lenďák) (PP, EN) – 58:19	0–1 / 0–2 / 1–2 / 2–2 / 2–3 / 3–3	01:15 – Grebenschikov / 06:36 – Macek (Paukovček, Mráz) (PP) / 55:10 – Mráz (Pohl)
8 min	Penalties	16 min
29	Shots	37

22 April 2022
18:30 (CEST)

Žilina

9–1
(2–1, 6–0, 1–0)
score in the series: 2–3

Humenné

Niké Aréna, Žilina
Attendance: 4,620


Patrik Romančík	Goalies	Roman Durný Filip Krasanovský	Referees: Vladimír Fridrich Martin Korba Linesmen: Martin Hercog Peter Tvrdoň
Varga (Pacalaj, Melcher) – 06:16 / Paukovček (Koyš, Pohl) (PP) – 08:42 / Mráz (Koyš, Macek) (PP) – 20:31 / Melcher (Varga, Novák) – 20:45 / Růžička (Koyš, Lopušan) – 22:20 / Sýkora – 29:04 / Macek (Mráz, Pacalaj) – 30:39 / Jakubík (Sýkora) – 32:18 / Rehák (Macek) – 56:25	1–0 / 2–0 / 2–1 / 3–1 / 4–1 / 5–1 / 6–1 / 7–1 / 8–1 / 9–1	18:45 – Ťavoda (Novický, Horvát)
22 min	Penalties	18 min
38	Shots	30

24 April 2022
16:00 (CEST)

Humenné

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

Žilina

Humenné Ice Stadium, Humenné
Attendance: 2,294


Roman Durný	Goalies	Patrik Romančík	Referees: Tomáš Orolin Filip Crman Linesmen: Lukáš Kacej Andrej Bogdaň
Safaraleev (Vaško, Lenďák) – 06:49	1–0 / 1–1 / 1–2	39:01 – Paukovček (Melcher, Varga) (PP) / 62:43 – Pohl (Halama, Varga) (PP)
8 min	Penalties	12 min
18	Shots	41

26 April 2022
17:30 (CEST)

Žilina

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

Humenné

Niké Aréna, Žilina
Attendance: 5,036


Patrik Romančík	Goalies	Roman Durný	Referees: Vladimír Baluška Daniel Konc Sr. Linesmen: Tomáš Knižka Tomáš Gegáň
Sýkora – 06:56 / Mráz (Koyš, Šidlík) – 48:05	1–0 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 2–2	Trandin (Ťavoda, Legalin) – 47:17 / Safaraleev (Trandin, Frič) – 54:36
0 min	Penalties	0 min
43	Shots	36

Final rankings

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

References

↑ "Slovenská hokejová liga" (in Slovak). hockeyslovakia.sk. https://www.hockeyslovakia.sk/sk/stats/info/809/slovenska-hokejova-liga.
↑ "Smernica pre prvú ligu seniorov" (in Slovak). hockeyslovakia.sk. https://www.hockeyslovakia.sk/userfiles/file/Smernice/SMERNICA%201HL_SHL%2022_23_VV%205%2010%202022%20upd.pdf.

External links

Official website

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[1] "Slovenská hokejová liga" (in Slovak). hockeyslovakia.sk. https://www.hockeyslovakia.sk/sk/stats/info/809/slovenska-hokejova-liga.

[2] "Smernica pre prvú ligu seniorov" (in Slovak). hockeyslovakia.sk. https://www.hockeyslovakia.sk/userfiles/file/Smernice/SMERNICA%201HL_SHL%2022_23_VV%205%2010%202022%20upd.pdf.

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2022–23 Slovak 1. Liga season
League	Slovak 1.Liga
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	24 September 2022 – 3 March 2023 (Regular season) 7 March – 26 April (playoffs)
Number of teams	12+1
Total attendance	220,134
Average attendance	669
TV partner(s)	JOJ Šport, Niké TV
Regular season
League Champion	Vlci Žilina
Top scorer	Michel Miklík (Trnava) (62 points)
Playoffs
Finals
Finals champions	HC 19 Humenné (1st title)
Runners-up	Vlci Žilina
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