Polish ice hockey league 2015/16

	Ekstraliga
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Master:	KS Cracovia
Relegated:	Naprzód Janów
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The 2015/16 season was the 60th season of the Ekstraliga , the highest Polish ice hockey division , and the 81st staging of the Polish ice hockey championship. KS Cracovia became champion for the eleventh time in its club history . As the last of the playout round Naprzód Janów had to relegate to the I league .

mode

In the main round, each of the twelve teams played a total of 22 games. The best six teams in the main round played the order for the first six places in the playoffs in a quadruple round (20 games for each team). The teams in places seven to twelve also competed against each other four times and played two other playoff participants and the participants in the playouts. 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.

The teams in places nine to eleven played out the relegated team in a playout round in which each team played four times against the other two teams. The team of the youth academy of the Polish association Szkoła Mistrzostwa Sportowego did not have to take part in this elimination round - although the last one.

particularities

With twelve teams, the Ekstraliga comprised the highest number since the 1998/99 season , when 14 teams took part. For the first time since that season, a team from the youth academy of the Polish association Szkoła Mistrzostwa Sportowego from Sosnowiec was there. In addition, their local competitor Zagłębie Sosnowiec and Nesta Toruń (both for the first time since 2013) were new. The latter is the only club that does not come from the south of Poland, but from the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship .

Teams

Cracovia Jastrzębie Tychy Sanok Toruń Bytom Oświęcim Janów Nowy Targ Opole Zagłębie Sosnowiec SMS Sosnowiec Ekstraliga clubs 2015/16

Polonia Bytom KS Cracovia JKH GKS Jastrzębie Naprzód Janów Podhale Nowy Targ Orlik Opole - promoted from the 1st division Actually Unia Oświęcim KH Sanok SMS Sosnowiec - promoted from the 1st division Zagłębie Sosnowiec - promoted from the 1st division Nesta Toruń GKS Tychy - reigning champion

Main round

Game scene between STS Sanok and Podhale Nowy Targ (October 2015)

Before the game between STS Sanok and GKS Tychy (December 2015)

	club	Sp	S.	OTS	SOS	SON	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	KS Cracovia	22nd	17th	1	0	1	0	3	116: 38	54
2.	Podhale Nowy Targ	22nd	16	0	2	1	0	3	116: 43	53
3.	GKS Tychy	22nd	17th	0	0	0	0	5	119: 49	51
4th	JKH GKS Jastrzębie	22nd	14th	0	2	2	0	4th	74:41	48
5.	Actually Unia Oświęcim	22nd	11	1	1	0	1	8th	79:66	38
6th	KH Sanok	22nd	11	1	0	1	1	8th	69:50	37
7th	Orlik Opole	22nd	11	0	1	1	0	9	80:62	36
8th.	Polonia Bytom	22nd	10	0	0	0	1	10	84:71	33
9.	Zagłębie Sosnowiec	22nd	6th	0	0	0	1	15th	49:94	19th
10.	Nesta Toruń	22nd	3	1	0	0	2	16	61: 109	13
11.	Naprzód Janów	22nd	2	2	0	0	1	17th	45: 118	11
12.	SMS Sosnowiec	22nd	1	0	0	0	0	21st	26: 177	3

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

Intermediate round

Michael Cichy was the top scorer of the regular season with 94 points

Places one to six

	club	Sp	S.	OTS	SOS	SON	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	KS Cracovia	42	31	1	2	1	1	6th	190: 85	101
2.	GKS Tychy	42	29	1	1	2	0	9	183: 89	93
3.	Podhale Nowy Targ	42	24	0	3	1	0	14th	176: 104	79
4th	JKH GKS Jastrzębie	42	18th	0	4th	5	1	14th	126: 108	68
5.	KH Sanok	42	17th	2	1	5	1	15th	123: 108	63
6th	Actually Unia Oświęcim	42	16	1	3	0	1	21st	129: 147	57

Places seven to twelve

	club	Sp	S.	OTS	SOS	SON	OTN	N	Gates	Points
7th	Polonia Bytom	42	25th	2	0	0	1	14th	129: 124	80
8th.	Orlik Opole	42	25th	0	1	1	1	14th	192: 135	79
9.	Naprzód Janów	42	15th	2	2	0	1	22nd	129: 182	54
10.	Zagłębie Sosnowiec	42	12	0	1	1	1	27	126: 186	40
11.	Nesta Toruń	42	9	2	0	1	3	27	147: 212	35
12.	SMS Sosnowiec	42	1	1	0	1	1	38	69: 304	7th

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

Playouts

	club	Sp	S.	OTS	SOS	SON	OTN	N	Gates	Points
9.	Nesta Toruń	8th	5	0	0	0	0	3	39:30	15th
10.	Zagłębie Sosnowiec	8th	3	0	1	0	1	3	30:31	12
11.	Naprzód Janów	8th	2	1	0	1	0	4th	30:38	9

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

Playoffs

Patrik Svitana was the playoff top scorer with 18 points

Tournament tree

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

final

March 14, 2016 6:30 p.m.

KS Cracovia Petr Šinágl (22:55) Filip Drzewiecki (39:31) Krystian Dziubiński (50:28)

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

GKS Tychy Łukasz Sokół (17:36)

Lodowisko im. Adama "Rocha" Kowalskiego , Krakow Spectators: 2,200

March 15, 2016 6:30 p.m.

KS Cracovia Damian Kapica (23:47) Damian Słaboń (26:47) Karol Kisielewski (29:22) Krystian Dziubiński (42:34)

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

GKS Tychy Michael Kolarz (39:05)

Lodowisko im. Adama "Rocha" Kowalskiego, Krakow Spectators: 2,200

March 18, 2015 6:00 p.m.

GKS Tychy Bartłomiej Pociecha (36:12) Radosław Galant (PS)

2: 1 n.P. (0: 0, 1: 1, 0: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0) Match report

KS Cracovia Rafał Dutka (39:46)

Zimowy Stadium , Tychy Spectators: 3,200

March 19, 2015 4:30 p.m.

GKS Tychy Filip Komorski (1:04) Martin Vozdecký (26:58) Martin Vozdecký (33:29) Josef Vítek (38:06) Michał Woźnica (43:44) Patryk Kogut (59:55)

6: 3 (1: 1, 3: 0, 2: 2) game report

KS Cracovia Maciej Urbanowicz (3:13) Marek Wróbel (42:13) Maciej Kruczek (52:04)

Zimowy Stadium, Tychy Spectators: 3,200

March 22, 2016 7:00 p.m.

KS Cracovia Krystian Dziubiński (21:40)

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

GKS Tychy Martin Vozdecký (3:20) Josef Vítek (57:25) Josef Vítek (58:55)

Lodowisko im. Adama "Rocha" Kowalskiego, Krakow Spectators: 2,200

March 24, 2015 6:30 p.m.

GKS Tychy Bartosz Ciura (19:23) Jakub Witecki (48:27)

2: 3 (1: 2, 0: 1, 1: 0) match report

KS Cracovia Artiom Bożko (5:38) Damian Kapica (17:40) Petr Šinágl (37:14)

Zimowy Stadium , Tychy Spectators: 3,300

March 26, 2016 2:30 p.m.

KS Cracovia Paweł Kucewicz (13:28) Petr Šinágl

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

GKS Tychy Mikołaj Łopuski (41:12)

Lodowisko im. Adama "Rocha" Kowalskiego, Krakow Spectators: 2,200

Squad of the Polish champions

Polish champion KS Cracovia

Goalkeepers: Robert Kowalówka , Michael Łuba , Rafał Radziszewski Defenders: Bartosz Dąbkowski , Rafał Dutka , Maciej Kruczek , Dawid Maciejewski , Peter Novajovský , Patryk Noworyta , Mateusz Rompkowski , David Turoň , Patryk Wajda Attackers: Artiom Bozko , Adam Domogała , Filip Drzewiecki , Krystian Dziubiński , Jakub Gawlik , Kacper Guzik , Damian Kapica , Karol Kisielewski , Paweł Kucewicz , Oliver Paczkowski , Grzegorz Pasiut , Petr Šinágl , Damian Słaboń , Patrik Svitana , Maciej Urbanowicz , Marek Wróbel Coaching staff: Rudolf Roháček , Mariusz Dulęba

Web links

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

See also

• Polish Ice Hockey Cup 2015/16