Extraliga (Czech Republic) 1996/97
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| Master: | HC Petra Vsetín | ||
| Relegated: | none | ||
| • Extraliga | 1st league ↓ | 2nd league ↓↓ | Krajské přebory ↓↓↓ | |||
The 1996/97 season was the fourth regular staging of the Czech extra league . In the play-off final, last year's winner HC Petra Vsetín prevailed against HC Vítkovice with 3-0 . In the first division of the Czech Republic , HC Kralupy nad Vltavou and HC Becherovka Karlovy Vary took the first two places, but neither of them managed to get promoted to the extraleague in the extraliga relegation.
mode
In 52 games, all teams play two complete double rounds, so each team has 26 home and away games. The teams in places 1 to 8 qualify directly for the play-offs, which are played in the best-of-five mode . For the teams in places 9 to 12, the season ends after the main round. At the end of the season, in addition to the playoffs, there will be a relegation round, in which the two last-placed teams from the Extraliga and the winners of the play-off semi-finals of the 1st division take part. In the best-of-seven mode with a maximum of seven games per team, the two promoted to the extra league and relegated to the first division are determined.
Regular season
table
| # | team | Sp | S. | U | N | Torv. | Points |
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| 1. | HC Petra Vsetín | 52 | 34 | 7th | 11 | 198: 120 | 75 |
| 2. | HC Sparta Prague | 52 | 28 | 11 | 13 | 227: 168 | 67 |
| 3. | HC Vítkovice | 52 | 25th | 12 | 15th | 160: 120 | 62 |
| 4th | HC Železárny Třinec | 52 | 23 | 10 | 19th | 175: 152 | 56 |
| 5. | HC IPB Pojišťovna Pardubice | 52 | 25th | 5 | 22nd | 170: 164 | 55 |
| 6th | HC Poldi Kladno | 52 | 21st | 12 | 19th | 132: 152 | 54 |
| 7th | HC České Budějovice | 52 | 20th | 12 | 20th | 149: 145 | 52 |
| 8th. | HC Slavia Prague | 52 | 21st | 10 | 21st | 166: 167 | 52 |
| 9. | HC Chemopetrol Litvínov | 52 | 20th | 12 | 20th | 171: 185 | 52 |
| 10. | AC ZPS Zlín | 52 | 22nd | 6th | 24 | 179: 179 | 50 |
| 11. | HC ZKZ Plzeň | 52 | 19th | 9 | 24 | 155: 172 | 47 |
| 12. | HC Olomouc | 52 | 16 | 11 | 25th | 122: 155 | 43 |
| 13. | HC Dukla Jihlava | 52 | 13 | 10 | 29 | 140: 187 | 36 |
| 14th | HC Slezan Opava | 52 | 10 | 7th | 35 | 125: 203 | 27 |
Awards
- Top scorer: Jiří Dopita - 37 goals for HC Petra Vsetín
- Top template: Roman Horák (HC Sparta Prague) with 55 assists
- Top scorer: Roman Horák (HC Sparta Prague) 73 points, 21 goals and 52 assists
- Top goalkeeper: Roman Cechmánek (HC Petra Vsetín): average goal against 2.1, catch rate of 93%
Play-offs
Tournament tree
| Quarter finals | Semifinals | final | ||||||||
| HC Petra Vsetín | 3 | |||||||||
| HC Slavia Prague | 0 | |||||||||
| HC Petra Vsetín | 3 | |||||||||
| HC IPB Pojišťovna Pardubice | 1 | |||||||||
| HC IPB Pojišťovna Pardubice | 3 | |||||||||
| HC Železárny Třinec | 1 | |||||||||
| HC Petra Vsetín | 3 | |||||||||
| HC Vítkovice | 0 | |||||||||
| HC Vítkovice | 3 | |||||||||
| HC Poldi Kladno | 0 | |||||||||
| HC Vítkovice | 3 | Game for third place | ||||||||
| HC Sparta Prague | 0 | |||||||||
| HC České Budějovice | 2 | HC IPB Pojišťovna Pardubice | 0 | |||||||
| HC Sparta Prague | 3 | HC Sparta Prague | 2 | |||||||
The team of HC Petra Vsetín, which had won the Czech championship in the previous two years, prevailed against HC Vítkovice with 3-0 and won the third title in the club's history. The main guarantee for this success was the goalkeeper of the year, Roman Čechmánek , who repeatedly failed HC Vítkovice's top attacking formation, Chlubna - Prokopjew - Moravec .
Champion team of HC Petra Vsetín
| goalkeeper | Roman Čechmánek , Ivo Pešat , Milan Zpěvák |
| Defender | Jiří Veber , Alexej Jaškin , Antonín Stavjaňa , Michal Divíšek , Jan Srdínko , Tomáš Jakeš , Michal Šafařík , Leoš Kozel , Pavel Zubíček |
| Attacking player | Jiří Dopita , Tomáš Sršeň , Tomáš Kapusta , Josef Beránek , Ondřej Kratěna , Rostislav Vlach , Michal Tomek , Andrej Galkin , Otto Haščák , Roman Stantien , David Hruška , Ivan Padělek , Daniel Tesařík , Lukáš Duba |
| Trainer | Jan Neliba and Zdislav Tabara |
Relegation
| 13th (EL) - 2nd ( 1st division ) | HC Dukla Jihlava | 4: 1 (4: 2, 3: 1, 1: 3, 3: 0, 7: 0) |
HC Kralupy nad Vltavou |
| 14th (EL) - 1st (1st league) | HC Slezan Opava | 4: 3 (6: 1, 4: 1, 4: 3 a.d., 2: 4, 1: 3, 4: 5 a.d., 4: 3) |
HC Becherovka Karlovy Vary |
So Dukla Jihlava and HC Opava remain in the extra league, while HC Kralupy nad Vltavou and HC Becherovka Karlovy Vary continue to play in the first division. Later HC Olomouc sold its Extraliga license to Karlovy Vary, so that the team from Karlovy Vary rose after all.
trophies
| Award | winner | team |
|---|---|---|
| Player of the year | Jiří Dopita | HC Vsetín |
| Goalkeeper of the Year | Roman Čechmánek | HC Vsetín |
| Defender of the Year | Antonín Stavjaňa | HC Vsetín |
| Coach of the year | Miloš Říha | HC IPB Pojišťovna Pardubice |
| MVP of the playoffs | Ondřej Kratěna | HC Vsetín |
| Rookie of the year | Radek Martínek | HC České Budějovice |
| Fairest player | Radek Bělohlav | HC České Budějovice |
| Best foreign player | Dmitri Erofeev | HC Vítkovice |
All-Star Team
| goal | Martin Prusek | |||||
| defense | Dmitri Erofeev |
 Antonín Stavjaňa
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| Storm |
Josef Beránek
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Jiří Dopita
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 Roman Lang
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