1st League (Czechoslovakia) 1970/71

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1st League
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Master: Dukla Jihlava
Relegated: TJ Škoda Plzeň
• 1st division |  1. ČNHL ↓   |  1. SNHL ↓

The 1970/71 season of the 1st division was the 28th regular staging of the top ice hockey division in Czechoslovakia . In the playoff final, the army sports club Dukla Jihlava prevailed with 3-0 victories against the ZKL Brno . For the team it was their fifth Czechoslovak championship title . The TJ Škoda Plzeň rose from bottom of the table in the second division, while the TJ Gottwaldov secured promotion to the first division in the league qualification.

mode

As in the previous season, the league was played with ten teams. Since each team played two home and two away games against each group opponent, the total number of games per team in the main round was 36 games. Then, unlike in previous years, the best four teams played out the champions in the playoffs. While the semi-finals took place in best-of-seven mode, the final was played in best-of-five mode and the game for third place in best-of-three mode. The bottom of the table in the main round rose directly to the respective national championship.

Main round

Pl. team Sp. S. U N Torv. Pt.
1. ZKL Brno 36 20th 7th 9 152: 104 47
2. Dukla Jihlava 36 19th 8th 9 147: 87 46
3. TJ SONP Kladno 36 20th 4th 12 140: 93 44
4th Slovan CHZJD Bratislava 36 17th 5 14th 127: 103 39
5. VSŽ Košice 36 13 8th 15th 110: 131 34
6th Tesla Pardubice 36 14th 5 17th 127: 135 33
7th Spartak ČKD Prague 36 14th 5 17th 126: 156 33
8th. CHZ Litvínov 36 13 6th 17th 109: 156 32
9. Motor České Budějovice 36 10 8th 18th 126: 165 28
10. TJ Škoda Plzeň 36 10 4th 22nd 120: 154 24

Play-offs

  Semifinals final
       
 ZKL Brno 4th
 SONP Kladno 3  
   
 
 Dukla Jihlava 3
   ZKL Brno 0
 
Game for third place
   
 Dukla Jihlava 4th  SONP Kladno 0
 Slovan Bratislava 1    Slovan Bratislava 2

The top scorer in the main round was Jan Havel from Spartak ČKD Prague, who scored 32 goals in his team's 36 games.

Champion team from Dukla Jihlava

logo goalkeeper Jiří Crha , Hronek
Defender Jan Suchý , Ladislav Šmíd , Josef Horešovský , Jan Eysselt , Jiří Bubla , Milan Kajkl , M. Dvořák, Lyčka
striker Jan Klapáč , Jaroslav Holík , Jiří Holík , Jan Hrbatý , Josef Augusta , Vorlíček, Balun, Mec, Janák, M. Novák, Jiří Novák , Hlaváček, Čech, V. Honc
Trainer Jaroslav Pitner , Stanislav Neveselý

1st league qualification

The winners of the three second division groups , VTŽ Chomutov , TJ Gottwaldov and Dukla Trenčín , as well as the group runner-up I. ČLTK Prague played in a round trip for admission to the first division for the following season. Gottwaldov prevailed with ten points.

space team Points
1. TJ Gottwaldov 10
2. Dukla Trenčín 8th
3. VTŽ Chomutov 4th
4th I. ČLTK Prague 2

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ hokej.cz, Historie hokejové ligy, sezona 1970–1971

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