Extraliga (Slovakia)

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Tipsport League
League logo

Current season 2018/19
sport ice Hockey
Association Slovak Ice Hockey Federation
League foundation 1993/94
Teams 13
Country countries SlovakiaSlovakia Slovakia , HungaryHungaryHungary 
Title holder HC 05 Banská Bystrica
Record champions HC Slovan Bratislava
HC Košice (8 each)
TV partner RTVS
Website tipsportliga.hockey

The Extraliga , officially Tipsport liga since 2015 after the sponsor tipsport , has been the top division in Slovak professional ice hockey since 1993 .

history

The league was created in 1993 after the end of Czechoslovakia from the division of the highest Czechoslovak league, the first division , into a Czech and a Slovak professional class. From the 1993/94 season to 1997/98 the league was officially named Extraliga , and since 1998 various sponsor names have been included in the title, so the division was called West Extraliga until 2001 , other names were Boss Extraliga , ST Extraliga and T-Com Extraliga . From January 16, 2007 to November 2011, the league was officially called Slovnaft Extraliga , then it was called Tipsport Extraliga . Before the 2015/16 season, the league was renamed Tipsport liga .

Logo of the Slovnaft Extraliga 2006–2011

The Slovak Extraliga is considered to be the financially weakest among Europe's top 7 leagues . In the Champions Hockey League she was initially classified as number five because of the successes in the European Cup and thus received a permanent starting place. The clubs' budgets and salaries roughly correspond to the Swiss National League B , with the differences between the top teams such as HC Košice and the back teams being large. The best talents leave the country early, especially to the neighboring Czech Republic or North America.

Period League name
1993-1998 Slovenská extraliga v ľadovom hokeji
1998-2001 West extraliga
2001-2002 Boss extra league
2002-2003 Slovenské Telekomunikácie extraliga
2003-2005 ST extraliga
2005-2006 T-com extraliga
2006-2011 Slovnaft extra league
2011-2015 Tipsport extra league
since 2015 Tipsport league

In 2001 the league was increased to ten teams. This number was kept until 2007, only the mode of promotion and relegation was changed several times. A major change was not introduced until the 2007/08 season: the U20 national team took part in the extra league and, with the newly promoted Kežmarok, is part of a league expansion to twelve teams. Since the 2010/11 season, the league has only been played with eleven participants, including the U20 national team.

With the inclusion of HC Slovan Bratislava in the Continental Hockey League in 2012, ŠHK 37 Piešťany was accepted as a successor in the Extraliga.

For the 2018/19 season, the Extraliga will host two Hungarian teams: DVTK Jegesmedvék from Miskolc and MAC Budapest . The two clubs were the finalists of the Hungarian-Romanian MOL League and First League for the past three years. The inclusion of the teams was supported by the Hungarian government with around 1.8 million euros.

Participants in the 2017/18 season

master

  • 1994: HC Dukla Trenčín
  • 1995: HC Košice
  • 1996: HC Košice
  • 1997: HC Dukla Trenčín
  • 1998: HC Slovan Bratislava
  • 1999: HC Košice
  • 2000: HC Slovan Bratislava
  • 2008: HC Slovan Bratislava
  • 2001: HKm Zvolen
  • 2002: HC Slovan Bratislava
  • 2003: HC Slovan Bratislava
  • 2004: HC Dukla Trenčín
  • 2005: HC Slovan Bratislava
  • 2006: MsHK Žilina
  • 2007: HC Slovan Bratislava
  • 2009: HC Košice
  • 2010: HC Košice
  • 2011: HC Košice
  • 2012: HC Slovan Bratislava
  • 2013: HKm Zvolen
  • 2014: HC Košice
  • 2015: HC Košice
  • 2016: HK Nitra
  • 2017: HC 05 Banská Bystrica
  • 2018: HC 05 Banská Bystrica
  • 2019: HC 05 Banská Bystrica

Top goal scorer since 1993

Ľubomír Kolník , Best Scorer 2005/06

All-Star Team since 1998

Since the 1997/98 season, an all-star team of the league has been elected at the end of the season.

Zlatý puk

Since 1994, at the end of the season, the Golden Puck (Slovak: zlatý puk) has been awarded to the best Slovak ice hockey players and coaches, also outside the extra league.

year Player of the year Best goalkeeper Best defender Best striker Coach of the year
1994 Oto Haščák not determined
1995 Peter Šťastný not determined
1996 Jaromír Dragan not determined
1997 Zdeno Cíger not determined
1998 Peter Bondra Miroslav Šimonovič Róbert Pukalovič Zdeno Cíger Ernest Bokroš
1999 Pavol Demitra Pavol Rybár Ľubomír Višňovský Zdeno Cíger Jan Filc
2000 Miroslav Šatan Pavol Rybár Ľubomír Višňovský Miroslav Šatan Jan Filc
2001 Miroslav Šatan Pavol Rybár Ľubomír Višňovský Richard Šechný Július Supler
2002 Peter Bondra Ján Lašák Ľubomír Višňovský Žigmund Pálffy Jan Filc
2003 Peter Bondra Ján Lašák Ľubomír Višňovský Žigmund Pálffy František Hossa
2004 Miroslav Šatan Ján Lašák Zdeno Chára Michal Handzuš Dušan Gregor
2005 Ľubomír Višňovský Ján Lašák Ľubomír Višňovský Marián Hossa Miloš Říha
2006 Marián Hossa Karol Križan Zdeno Chára Marián Hossa Ján Štrbák
2007 Marián Hossa Peter Budaj Ľubomír Višňovský Marián Hossa Peter Oremus
2008 Marián Hossa Peter Budaj Ľubomír Višňovský Marián Hossa Zdeno Cíger
2009 Zdeno Chára Jaroslav Halák Zdeno Chára Marián Hossa Anton Tomko
2010 Marián Hossa Jaroslav Halák Zdeno Chára Marián Gáborík Jan Filc
2011 Zdeno Chára Jaroslav Halák Zdeno Chára Pavol Demitra Július Supler
2012 Zdeno Chára Ján Laco Zdeno Chára Marián Gáborík Vladimír Vůjtek
2013 Zdeno Chára Rastislav Staňa Zdeno Chára Marián Hossa Peter Mikula
2014 Marián Gáborík Ján Laco Zdeno Chára Marián Gáborík Anton Tomko
2015 Marián Hossa Jaroslav Halák Zdeno Chára Marián Hossa Ernest Bokroš

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Russian league tops first CHL ranking. In: iihf.com. March 7, 2008, accessed July 12, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Slovak league erupts with bang. In: iihf.com. October 10, 2009, accessed July 12, 2017 .
  3. ↑ eurohockey.com, Piešťany enters Slovak Extraliga
  4. ↑ https://www.dnes24.sk/je-to-potvrdene-tipsport-ligu-rozsiria-timy-mac-budapest-a-dvtk-jegesmedvek-miskovec-301701

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