Extraliga (Slovakia) 2007/08

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Master: HC Slovan Bratislava
Relegated: none
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The 2007/08 season of the Slovnaft Extraliga was the 15th regular staging of the top ice hockey division in Slovakia . In the playoff final, HC Slovan Bratislava prevailed against HC Košice 4-3 and won the seventh Slovak championship title in the club's history.

Participant and mode

The league was increased to 12 clubs before the 2007/08 season. The champions of the first division , the MHK SkiPark Kežmarok , and the Slovak U20 national team were newly accepted . The latter was supposed to prepare for the U20 World Cup in 2008 as part of the Extraliga - under the name HK VSR SR 20 - and play a total of 34 games within the league. All other teams play a total of 54 games, i. H. 27 home and away games each. First a double round was played between all teams (44 games per participant) and then a half single round was played among the remaining club teams.

Regular season

table

Pl. team Sp. S3 S n. V. N n. V. N Torv. Pt.
1. HC Slovan Bratislava 54 35 7th 2 10 195-130 119
2. HC Košice 54 31 5 5 13 188-127 103
3. MHC Martin 54 32 3 3 16 169-123 102
4th HK 36 Skalica 54 32 4th 18th 177-136 96
5. HKm Zvolen 54 28 4th 4th 18th 188-148 92
6th HK Dukla Trenčín 54 25th 8th 3 18th 170-144 91
7th HK Aquacity ŠKP Poprad 54 27 4th 3 20th 171-138 89
8th. MsHK Žilina 54 17th 3 5 29 147-174 57
9. MHK SkiPark Kežmarok 54 16 2 9 27 141-181 52
10. HK Ardo Nitra 54 12 4th 3 35 127-206 44
11. MHk 32 Liptovský Mikuláš 54 10 4th 5 35 126-194 38
12. HK VSR SR 20 34 2 2 1 28 57-155 12

For a win after extra time or penalty shootout, only two instead of three points were awarded to the winner, the loser receives no point in either case.

Top scorer

Pl. Surname team T A. Pt
1. Žigmund Pálffy HK Skalica 30th 45 75
2. Martin Kuľha HC Slovan 33 30th 63
3. Peter Klouda HKm Zvolen 11 50 61
4th Martin Hujsa HC Slovan 25th 34 59
5 Lukáš Říha MHC Martin 18th 37 55
6th Juraj Faith HC Košice 23 29 52
7th Peter Bartos HC Košice 18th 34 52
8th. Richard Hartmann HK Skalica 16 36 52
9. Filip Turek HKm Zvolen 20th 30th 50
10. Gabriel Spilár HC Košice 13 37 50

Play-offs

Quarter finals Semifinals final
                   
       
 HC Košice  4th
 HK Aquacity ŠKP Poprad  1  
 HC Košice  4th
   HK 36 Skalica  3  
 HK 36 Skalica  4th
 HKm Zvolen  2  
 HC Košice  3
    HC Slovan Bratislava  4th
 HC Dukla Trenčín  4th
 MHC Martin  3  
 HC Dukla Trenčín  3 Game for third place
   HC Slovan Bratislava  4th  
 HC Slovan Bratislava  4th  not played out  
 MsHK Žilina  0      

The champions of the 2007/08 season were HC Slovan Bratislava, who beat HC Košice 4: 3 and won their seventh title in the club's history. Outstanding players in Slovan's ranks were Martin Kuľha , goalkeeper Sasu Hovi and Richard Kapuš .

Top scorer

Pl. Surname team T A. Pt
1. Žigmund Pálffy HK Skalica 7th 17th 24
2. Jaroslav Kmiť HC Košice 9 10 19th
3. Andrej Kollár HC Dukla Trenčín 5 12 17th
4th Martin Kuľha HC Slovan 8th 8th 16
5. Richard Kapuš HC Slovan 4th 12 16

Champion team of HC Slovan Bratislava

goalkeeper Sasu Hovi , Ján Chovan
Defender Milan Bališ , Lukáš Bohunický , Dušan Devečka , Daniel Hančák , Peter Huba , Milan Hruška , Jozef Kováčik , Petr Pavlas , Michal Sersen , Jan Srdínko
striker Igor Baček , Róbert Döme (C), Juraj Gráčik , Michal Hreus , Martin Hujsa , Richard Kapuš , Michal Kokavec , Juraj Kora , Radoslav Kropáč , Martin Kuľha , Mirsolav Lažo , Ľubomír Pištek , Ondrej Rusnák , Marek Uram
Trainer Zdeno Cíger , Miroslav Miklošovič , Igor Tóth

Awards

All-Star Team

goal Sasu Hovi
defense Peter Pavlas HK 36 Skalica logo.jpg Martin Ivicic
Storm Martin Hujsa HC Dukla Trenčín Logo.svg Andrei Kollar HK 36 Skalica logo.jpg Žigmund Pálffy

Individual evidence

  1. www.hockeyarchives.info (fr.), Championnat de Slovaquie 2007/08
  2. hockeyslovakia.sk, Štatistika brankárov