2023-24 Slovak 1. Liga season

From International Hockey Wiki
Revision as of 18:44, 18 July 2024 by Admin (talk | contribs)
(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)
Jump to navigation Jump to search
2023–24 Slovak 1. Liga season
League Flag of Slovakia Slovak 1.Liga
Sport Ice hockey
Duration
  • 22 September 2023 – 3 March 2024
  • (Regular season)
  • 6 March – 19 April 2024
    (playoffs)
Number of teams 12+1
Total attendance 247 413
Average attendance 749
Regular season
League Champion Vlci Žilina
Runners-up HC Prešov
Top scorer Andrei Legalin (Topoľčany) (68 points)
Playoffs
Finals
Finals champions Vlci Žilina (3rd title)
  Runners-up HC Prešov

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]

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 2024 IIHF World U18 Championships.[2]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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
10 AquaCity Pikes 46 14 5 5 22 130 158 −28 57
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

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  
8  Žiar nad Hronom 3     8  Žiar nad Hronom 1    
  1  Žilina 4  
9  Trebišov 0    
  6  Dubnica 2    
3  Topoľčany 2
   
  6  Dubnica 4  
    1  Žilina 4
  2  Prešov 0
  2  Prešov 4    
7  Modré krídla Slovan 0    
  2  Prešov 4
7  Modré krídla Slovan 3  
  4  Považská Bystrica 1  
10  AquaCity Pikes 1     4  Považská Bystrica 4
 
    5  Skalica 1  

Wild card round

Modré krídla Slovan – AquaCity Pikes 3–1
6.3.2024 Modré krídla Slovan AquaCity Pikes 4-1
7.3.2024 Modré krídla Slovan AquaCity Pikes 2-4
9.3.2024 AquaCity Pikes Modré krídla Slovan 2-5
10.3.2024 AquaCity Pikes Modré krídla Slovan 0-7
Modré krídla Slovan won the series 3–1.


Žiar nad Hronom – Trebišov 3–0
6.3.2024 Žiar nad Hronom Trebišov 11-3
7.3.2024 Žiar nad Hronom Trebišov 4-2
9.3.2024 Trebišov Žiar nad Hronom 2-3 OT
Žiar nad Hronom won the series 3–0.


Quarterfinals

Žilina – Žiar nad Hronom 4–1
15.3.2024 Žilina Žiar nad Hronom 2-0
16.3.2024 Žilina Žiar nad Hronom 6-1
19.3.2024 Žiar nad Hronom Žilina 2-4
20.3.2024 Žiar nad Hronom Žilina 5-3
22.3.2024 Žilina Žiar nad Hronom 3-1
Žilina won the series 4–1.



Topoľčany – Dubnica 2–4
13.3.2024 Topoľčany Dubnica 3-2
14.3.2024 Topoľčany Dubnica 0-1
17.3.2024 Dubnica Topoľčany 6-2
18.3.2024 Dubnica Topoľčany 1-2 OT
21.3.2024 Topoľčany Dubnica 2-4
23.3.2024 Dubnica Topoľčany 5-2
Dubnica won the series 4–2.


Prešov – Modré krídla Slovan 4–0
15.3.2024 Prešov Modré krídla Slovan 4-1
16.3.2024 Prešov Modré krídla Slovan 2-1 OT
19.3.2024 Modré krídla Slovan Prešov 1-7
20.3.2024 Modré krídla Slovan Prešov 1-5
Prešov won the series 4–0.



Považská Bystrica – Skalica 4–1
13.3.2024 Považská Bystrica Skalica 5-0
14.3.2024 Považská Bystrica Skalica 1-7
17.3.2024 Skalica Považská Bystrica 0-4
18.3.2024 Skalica Považská Bystrica 3-5
21.3.2024 Považská Bystrica Skalica 6-2
Považská Bystrica won the series 4–1.


Semifinals

Žilina – Dubnica 4–2
29.3.2024 Žilina Dubnica 6-0
30.3.2024 Žilina Dubnica 3-1
2.4.2024 Dubnica Žilina 3-2
3.4.2024 Dubnica Žilina 4-3 SO
6.4.2024 Žilina Dubnica 8-4
8.4.2024 Dubnica Žilina 2-3 OT
Žilina won the series 4–2.


Prešov – Považská Bystrica 4–1
31.3.2024 Prešov Považská Bystrica 5-3
1.4.2024 Prešov Považská Bystrica 3-4 OT
4.4.2024 Považská Bystrica Prešov 2-5
5.4.2024 Považská Bystrica Prešov 4-5 OT
7.4.2024 Prešov Považská Bystrica 3-0
Prešov won the series 4–1.


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
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
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

Final rankings

Gold medal icon.png] Žilina
Silver medal icon.png Prešov
Bronze medal icon.png 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

References

  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/Smernice2024/SMERNICA%201HL_SHL%2023_24bp-21_9.pdf. 

External links

This page uses Creative Commons Licensed content from Wikipedia (view authors).
Retrieved from "http://internationalhockeywiki.com/ihw/index.php?title=2023-24_Slovak_1._Liga_season&oldid=61404"