Polish ice hockey league 2014/15

	Ekstraliga
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Master:	GKS Tychy
Relegated:	GKS Katowice
• Ekstraliga | I league ↓

The 2014/15 season was the 59th season of the Ekstraliga , the highest Polish ice hockey division , and the 80th edition of the Polish ice hockey championship. GKS Tychy became champions for the second time in its club history , while GKS Katowice had to relegate back to the second class I league after two years of first class .

mode

In the main round, each of the ten teams played a total of 36 games. The best six teams in the main round played in a double round (ten games for each team) the order for the first six places in the playoffs. The teams in places seven to ten competed against each other four times (twelve games for each team) and played two other playoff participants and the relegated player in the I league . The main round results were adopted in each case. In the playoffs , the quarter-finals were played in the " Best of Five " mode , the semi-finals and the final in the "Best of Seven" mode. The two losers in the semi-finals played third place in the “Best of Three” mode. Each team received three points for a win after regular time, two points for a win after overtime or shootout , one point for a defeat after overtime or shootout and zero points for a defeat after regular time.

particularities

For the first time since the 2010/11 season , the Ekstraliga was fully occupied again with ten teams. With promoted Orlik Opole , a team from the Opole Voivodeship played in the top division for the first time since 2004 . Naprzód Janów returned to the Ekstraliga three years after relegation in 2011.

Teams

Cracovia Jastrzębie Tychy Sanok Katowice Bytom Oświęcim Janów Nowy Targ Opole Ekstraliga clubs 2014/15

Polonia Bytom KS Cracovia JKH GKS Jastrzębie GKS Katowice Naprzód Janów - promoted from the 1st division Podhale Nowy Targ Orlik Opole - promoted from the 1st division Actually Unia Oświęcim KH Sanok - reigning master GKS Tychy

Main round

	club	Sp	S.	OTS	SOS	SON	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	GKS Tychy	36	26th	0	1	1	1	7th	175: 80	82
2.	KH Sanok	36	25th	0	1	2	1	7th	179: 77	80
3.	JKH GKS Jastrzębie	36	24	1	1	2	0	8th	153: 61	78
4th	KS Cracovia	36	23	0	2	1	1	9	175: 91	75
5.	Podhale Nowy Targ	36	19th	1	1	2	0	13	138: 81	63
6th	Actually Unia Oświęcim	36	16	0	2	2	0	16	136: 92	54
7th	Orlik Opole	36	13	0	5	1	0	17th	100: 112	50
8th.	Naprzód Janów	36	12	2	0	2	0	20th	116: 140	42
9.	Polonia Bytom	36	4th	0	0	0	1	31	90: 243	13
10.	GKS Katowice	36	1	0	0	0	0	35	60: 351	3

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

Intermediate round

Places one to six

	club	Sp	S.	OTS	SOS	SON	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	JKH GKS Jastrzębie	46	31	2	2	2	0	9	189: 87	103
2.	KH Sanok	46	32	0	1	3	1	9	221: 99	102
3.	GKS Tychy	46	31	1	1	1	1	11	215: 110	99
4th	KS Cracovia	46	27	0	2	1	1	15th	204: 128	87
5.	Podhale Nowy Targ	46	21st	1	1	3	1	19th	162: 114	71
6th	Actually Unia Oświęcim	46	17th	0	3	2	1	23	156: 135	60

Places seven to ten

	club	Sp	S.	OTS	SOS	SON	OTN	N	Gates	Points
7th	Orlik Opole	48	21st	0	5	2	0	20th	151: 139	75
8th.	Naprzód Janów	48	19th	3	1	2	0	23	171: 180	67
9.	Polonia Bytom	48	10	0	0	0	2	36	145: 283	32
10.	GKS Katowice	48	2	0	0	0	0	46	95: 434	6th

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

Playoffs

Tournament tree

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	JKH GKS Jastrzębie	3
	Naprzód Janów	0
					JKH GKS Jastrzębie	4th
					Podhale Nowy Targ	1
	KS Cracovia	0
	Podhale Nowy Targ	3
									JKH GKS Jastrzębie	2
									GKS Tychy	4th
	GKS Tychy	3
	Actually Unia Oświęcim	1
					GKS Tychy	4th			Game for third place
					KH Sanok	2
	KH Sanok	3							Podhale Nowy Targ	2
	Orlik Opole	0							KH Sanok	0

final

March 24, 2015 6:30 p.m.

JKH GKS Jastrzębie Roman Němeček (9:10)

1: 2 (1: 2, 0: 0, 0: 0) match report

GKS Tychy Jakub Witecki (8:45) Nicolas Besch (35:48)

Jastor , Jastrzębie-Zdrój spectators: 2,000

March 25, 2015 6:00 p.m.

JKH GKS Jastrzębie Roman Němeček (15:55) Maciej Urbanowicz (23:23) Jan Steber (30:52) Leszek Laszkiewicz (33:36)

4: 2 (1: 1, 3: 0, 0: 1) game report

GKS Tychy Jurij Kuzin (5:25) Josef Vítek (53:28)

Jastor, Jastrzębie-Zdrój spectators: 1,900

March 28, 2015 6:00 p.m.

GKS Tychy

0: 2 (0: 1, 0: 0, 0: 1) game report

JKH GKS Jastrzębie Maciej Urbanowicz (1:29) Richard Bordowy (59:31)

Zimowy Stadium , Tychy Spectators: 3,500

March 29, 2015 4:30 p.m.

GKS Tychy Josef Vítek (35:23) Josef Vítek (43:14) Radosław Galant (44:37) Marcin Kolusz (57:00)

4: 1 (0: 1, 1: 0, 3: 0) game report

JKH GKS Jastrzębie Michal Plichta (15:00)

Zimowy Stadium, Tychy Spectators: 3,000

April 1, 2015 6:30 p.m.

JKH GKS Jastrzębie Martin Przygodzki (18:20) Mateusz Rompkowski (18:40)

2: 4 (2: 2, 0: 2, 0: 0) game report

GKS Tychy Marcin Kolusz (4:03) Jakub Witecki (11:21) Kacper Guzik (25:22) Josef Vítek (30:59)

Jastor, Jastrzębie-Zdrój spectators: 2,000

April 2, 2015 4:30 p.m.

GKS Tychy Adam Bagiński (9:53) Kacper Guzik (11:42) Jarosław Rzeszutko (18:46) Michał Kotlorz (20:39)

4: 1 (3: 1, 1: 0, 0: 0) game report

JKH GKS Jastrzębie Jan Steber (1:10)

Zimowy Stadium, Tychy Spectators: 3,200

Squad of the Polish champions

Polish champion GKS Tychy

Goalkeepers: Kamil Kosowski , Arkadiusz Sobecki , Štefan Žigárdy Defenders: Nicolas Besch , Jakub Ferenc , Jaroslav Hertl , Michał Kotlorz , Pavel Mojžíš , Bartłomiej Pociecha , Łukasz Sokół , Jakub Wanacki Attackers: Adam Bagiński , Radosław Galant , Kacper Guzik , Bartłomiej Jeziorski , Maksim Katorszkin , Patryk Kogut , Marcin Kolusz , Yuri Kuzin , Mikołaj Łopuski , Dawid Majoch , Adrian Parzysek , Kacper Różycki , Jaroslaw Rzeszutko , Josef Vítek , Jakub Witecki , Michał Woźnica Coaching staff: Jiří Šejba , Krzysztof Majkowski

Web links

• Official website of the Polish Ice Hockey League (Polish)
• League statistics on Hokej.net (Polish)

See also

• Polish Ice Hockey Cup 2014/15