Polish ice hockey league 1987/88

Polish ice hockey league
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Master:	Polonia Bytom
Relegated:	ŁKS Łódź
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The 1987/88 season was the 53rd season of the Polish Ice Hockey League , the highest Polish ice hockey division . Polonia Bytom became champion for the third time in the club's history . ŁKS Łódź rose to the 2nd division.

mode

First, the ten teams spent a common main round. The six best-placed teams qualified for the final round, whose participants all qualified for the playoffs in which the champions were played off. The other four teams played a qualifying round, the top two of which also qualified for the playoffs. The last two placed in the qualifying round then met in the relegation. The results from the main round were carried over to the final or qualifying round. Each team received two points for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a defeat.

Teams

Oświęcim Tychy Sosnowiec Katowice Gdańsk Cracovia Nowy Targ Bytom Łódź Janów Ekstraliga clubs 1987/88

Polonia Bytom KS Cracovia Naprzód Janów Stoczniowiec Gdańsk GKS Katowice ŁKS Łódź Podhale Nowy Targ Unia Oświęcim Zagłębie Sosnowiec GKS Tychy

Final round

	club	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Polonia Bytom	28	23	5	0	168: 66	51
2.	GKS Tychy	28	17th	2	9	161: 108	36
3.	Naprzód Janów	28	15th	5	8th	131: 96	35
4th	Zagłębie Sosnowiec	28	14th	3	11	105: 94	31
5.	Podhale Nowy Targ	28	11	2	15th	113: 104	24
6th	Stoczniowiec Gdańsk	28	8th	5	15th	84: 140	21st

Sp = games, S = wins, U = draws, N = losses, OTS = overtime wins, OTN = overtime losses, SOS = penalty wins, SON = penalty losses

Qualifying round

	club	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
7th	GKS Katowice	30th	11	4th	15th	117: 123	26th
8th.	Unia Oświęcim	30th	10	5	15th	107: 152	25th
9.	ŁKS Łódź	30th	8th	5	17th	95: 173	21st
10.	KS Cracovia	30th	6th	6th	18th	93: 179	18th

Sp = games, S = wins, U = draws, N = losses, OTS = overtime wins, OTN = overtime losses, SOS = penalty wins, SON = penalty losses

Playoffs

Quarter finals

• Polonia Bytom - Unia Oświęcim 2: 0 (12: 2, 7: 2)
• Zagłębie Sosnowiec - Podhale Nowy Targ 2: 0 (4: 2, 4: 3 apt)
• GKS Tychy - GKS Katowice 2: 1 (4: 0, 2: 6, 6: 1)
• Naprzód Janów - KS Cracovia 2: 0 (4: 3, 8: 1)

Semifinals

• Polonia Bytom - Zagłębie Sosnowiec 2: 1 (4: 6, 5: 2, 10: 1)
• GKS Tychy - Naprzód Janów 2: 1 (3: 1, 5: 6, 4: 2)

final

• Polonia Bytom - GKS Tychy 2: 0 (5: 2, 4: 0)

Placement games

Game for 7th place

• Stoczniowiec Gdańsk - Unia Oświęcim 1: 2 (7: 6, 5: 7, 1: 4)

Play for 5th place

• Podhale Nowy Targ - GKS Katowice 2: 0 (9: 2, 6: 2)

3rd place match

• Naprzód Janów - Zagłębie Sosnowiec 1: 2 (3: 2, 2: 5, 2: 3)

Relegation

• ŁKS Łódź - KS Cracovia 0: 4 (1: 6, 1: 9, 1: 7, 1: 4)

Web links

• Playing time at hockeyarchives.info (French)