Extraliga (Slovakia) 2001/02

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Master:	HC Slovan Bratislava
Relegated:	MHC Nitra
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The 2001/02 season of the Extraliga was the ninth regular staging of the top division of ice hockey in Slovakia . In the playoff final, HC Slovan Bratislava prevailed against HKm Zvolen with 4-2 wins and thus won the third Slovak championship title in the club's history. The MHC Nitra had to take part in the relegation due to the last place in the main round and ultimately relegated to the second-class first division . The team was replaced by the second division champions HK Spišská Nová Ves .

Attendees

table

Pl.	team	Sp.	S3	S2	N1	U	N0	Torv.	Pt.
1.	HKm Zvolen	54	30th	3	6th	4th	11	201-121	76
2.	HC Slovan Bratislava	54	27	4th	8th	2	13	160-113	72
3.	HC Košice	54	25th	5	6th	5	13	183-133	71
4th	HK Poprad	54	21st	6th	8th	3	16	139-142	65
5.	Dukla Trenčín	54	22nd	5	6th	1	20th	169-146	61
6th	HK 36 Skalica	54	20th	4th	7th	2	21st	153-136	57
7th	MHk 32 Liptovský Mikuláš	54	17th	3	6th	3	25th	144-168	49
8th.	MsHK Žilina	54	16	3	4th	6th	25th	119-158	48
9.	MHC Martin	54	12	3	7th	4th	28	130-193	41
10.	MHC Nitra	54	12	0	6th	6th	30th	107-195	36

Play-offs

Quarter finals		Semifinals		final



HC Dukla Trenčín	1

HK Poprad	4th
		HK Poprad	0

		HKm Zvolen	4th
HKm Zvolen	4th

MsHK Žilina	0
				HKm Zvolen	2

				HC Slovan Bratislava	4th
HC Slovan Bratislava	4th

MHk 32 Liptovský Mikuláš	3
		HC Slovan Bratislava	4th	Game for third place

		HC Košice	2
HC Košice	4th			not played out

HK 36 Skalica	1

final


Date, place	Home team	- visiting team	Result
April 1, 2002, Zvolen	HKm Zvolen	- HC Slovan Bratislava	3: 4
April 2, 2002, Zvolen	HKm Zvolen	- HC Slovan Bratislava	3: 6
April 5, 2002, Bratislava	HC Slovan Bratislava	- HKm Zvolen	1: 3
April 6, 2002, Bratislava	HC Slovan Bratislava	- HKm Zvolen	3: 2 a.d.
April 9, 2002, Zvolen	HKm Zvolen	- HC Slovan Bratislava	8: 1
April 11, 2002, Bratislava	HC Slovan Bratislava	- HKm Zvolen	4: 1

Champion of the 2001/02 season was HC Slovan Bratislava, who won the best-of-seven series against HKm Zvolen with 4-2 wins and won the third Slovak championship title in the club's history.

Champion team of HC Slovan Bratislava

	goalkeeper	Stanislav Petrík , Pavol Rybár
	Defender	Daniel Babka , Brian Casey , Radoslav Hecl , Marek Kolba , Pavol Mihálik , Radoslav Sloboda , Ján Tabaček
	striker	Juraj Halaj , Daniel Hančák , Michal Hreus , Michal Hudec , Ľubomír Hurtaj , Tomáš Jaško , Richard Kapuš , Andrej Kollár , Martin Kulha , Jozef Mrena , Warren Norris , Slavomír Pavličko , Ľubomír Pištek , Andrej Podkonický , Igor Rataj , Marcel Sakac
	Trainer	Miloš Říha , Ľubomír Pokovič , Marcel Sakáč

All-Star Team

goal	Miroslav Šimonovič
defense	Radoslav Hecl		Dušan Milo
Storm	Jaroslav Török	Richard Sechny		Juraj Halaj

Relegation

In the relegation between the Extraliga and the 1st League, the last-placed club in the Extraliga, the MHC Nitra , met the champions of the 1st League, the HK Spišská Nová Ves . The latter prevailed with 4-2 wins and rose to the extra league, while the team of the MHC Nitra was relegated to the second division.

MHC Nitra - HK Spišská Nová Ves 2: 4

Individual evidence

↑ www.hockeyarchives.info (fr.), Championnat de Slovaquie 2001/02

[1] www.hockeyarchives.info (fr.), Championnat de Slovaquie 2001/02