2011–12 Slovak Extraliga season

2011–12 Slovak Extraliga season
League	Slovak Extraliga
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	14 September 2011 – 21 April 2012
Regular season
League Champion	HC Košice
Top scorer	Žigmund Pálffy (HK 36 Skalica)
Playoffs
Finals
Champions	HC Slovan Bratislava
Runners-up	HC Košice

The 2011–12 Slovak Extraliga season was the 19th season of the Slovak Extraliga since its creation after the breakup of Czechoslovakia and the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League in 1993.

Regular season

Standings

Po.	Club	GP	W	OTW/SOW	OTL/SOL	L	GF	GA	PTS
1.	HC Košice	55	35	2	1	17	191	130	110
2.	HK 36 Skalica	55	33	1	3	18	205	154	104
3.	HC Slovan Bratislava	55	31	1	7	16	176	138	102
4.	HK Poprad	55	29	4	6	16	187	146	101
5.	HK Dukla Trenčín	55	22	5	3	25	147	149	79
6.	MsHK Žilina	55	20	6	5	24	138	164	77
7.	HKm Zvolen	55	21	4	4	26	135	174	75
8.	HC ’05 Banská Bystrica	55	16	9	9	21	136	138	75
9.	MHC Mountfield	55	15	7	4	29	143	186	63
10.	HK Nitra	55	13	5	3	34	141	194	52
11.	HK Orange 20	10	0	1	0	9	15	41	2

clinched playoff spot

Key - GP: Games played, W: Wins, OTW/SOW: Overtime/Shootout wins, OTL/SOL: Overtime/Shootout losses, L: Losses, GF: Goals for, GA: Goals against, PTS: Points.

Statistics

Scoring leaders

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
Žigmund Pálffy	HK 36 Skalica	48	26	57	83	+61	76
René Školiak	HK 36 Skalica	54	20	42	62	+38	114
Martin Kuľha	HK Poprad	53	31	21	52	+39	70
Jan Hruška	HK 36 Skalica	55	25	27	52	+36	28
Miroslav Šatan	HC Slovan Bratislava	49	23	29	52	+35	127
Peter Sivák	MsHK Žilina	55	21	30	51	+18	70
Ľubomír Vaic	HK Poprad	54	18	33	51	+22	59
Petr Obdržálek	HK 36 Skalica	52	16	34	50	+36	12
Richard Rapáč	HK Poprad	45	20	27	47	+30	82
Miroslav Zálešák	HC Košice	54	15	32	47	+29	36

Leading goaltenders

These are the leaders in GAA among goaltenders that have played at least 1200 minutes.

GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); GA = Goals against; Sv% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

Player	Team	GP	TOI	GA	Sv%	GAA
Alexandr Hylák	HC Košice	52	3074:35	118	.934	2.30
Branislav Konrád	HC Slovan Bratislava	45	2570:41	99	.929	2.31
Sergei Khoroshun	HC ’05 Banská Bystrica	34	1960:13	77	.925	2.36
Matúš Kostúr	HC ’05 Banská Bystrica	23	1397:26	55	.931	2.36
Marcel Melicherčík	HK Poprad	48	2819:47	113	.925	2.40

Playoffs

Playoff bracket

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
	1	Košice	4
	8	Banská Bystrica	1
						1	Košice	4
						7	Zvolen	0
	2	Skalica	2
	7	Zvolen	4
											1	Košice	3
											3	Slovan Bratislava	4
	3	Slovan Bratislava	4
	6	Žilina	1
						3	Slovan Bratislava	4
						5	Trenčín	0
	4	Poprad	2
	5	Trenčín	4

Quarterfinals (best-of-seven)

• Košice – Banská Bystrica 4–1 (4–3OT, 4–3, 0–1, 3–1, 2–1OT)
• Skalica – Zvolen 2–4 (3–4, 3–0, 2–4, 2–4, 3–1, 1–5)
• Slovan – Žilina 4–1 (3–2, 4–2, 1–3, 5–2, 8–2)
• Poprad – Trenčín 2–4 (5–1, 4–5PS, 1–4, 0–3, 2–1, 1–6)

Semifinals (best-of-seven)

• Košice – Zvolen 4–0 (7–4, 6–2, 6–1, 5–3)
• Slovan – Trenčín 4–0 (5–4OT, 6–4, 6–2, 4–3)

Finals (best-of-seven)

• Košice – Slovan 3–4 (2–5, 4–2, 3–1, 1–2, 2–1OT, 3–6, 1–2OT)

Playoff statistics

Playoff scoring leaders

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Miroslav Šatan	HC Slovan Bratislava	12	8	14	22	10
Ján Lipiansky	HC Slovan Bratislava	16	3	17	20	10
Libor Hudáček	HC Slovan Bratislava	16	9	6	15	32
Peter Bartoš	HC Košice	16	3	11	14	4
Vladimír Dravecký	HC Košice	16	11	2	13	14
Miroslav Zálešák	HC Košice	16	7	5	12	18
Marek Bartánus	HC Slovan Bratislava	16	6	6	12	8
Roman Kukumberg	HC Slovan Bratislava	16	3	9	12	12
Michel Miklík	HC Košice	16	6	5	11	6
Kamil Brabenec	HKm Zvolen	10	5	6	11	18

Final rankings

	Slovan Bratislava
	Košice
	Trenčín
4	Zvolen
5	Skalica
6	Poprad
7	Žilina
8	Banská Bystrica
9	Martin
10	Nitra

External links

• Official website