2022–23 Slovak 1. Liga season
LeagueSlovakia Slovak 1. Liga
SportIce hockey
Duration
  • 24 September 2022 – 3 March 2023
  • (Regular season)
  • 7 March – 26 April
    (playoffs)
Number of teams12+1
Total attendance220,134
Average attendance669
TV partner(s)JOJ Šport, Niké TV
Regular season
League ChampionVlci Žilina
Top scorer
Playoffs
Finals
ChampionsHC 19 Humenné (1st title)
  Runners-upVlci Žilina

The 2022–23 Slovak 1. Liga season was the 30th season of the Slovak 1. Liga, the second level of ice hockey in Slovakia.[1]

Regular season

Standings

Each team played 44 games: playing each of the other eleven teams four times – twice at home, twice away. At the end of the regular season, the team that finished with the most points was crowned the league champion. Each team played two matches with Slovakia U18 (home and away) to support the preparation of the SR team for 2023 IIHF World U18 Championships.[2]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Žilina 46 25 8 3 10 181 113 +68 94 Qualification to Quarter-finals
2 Dubnica 46 24 3 7 12 148 123 +25 85
3 Humenné 46 23 6 4 13 172 127 +45 85
4 Trnava 46 19 9 5 13 175 149 +26 80
5 Martin 46 20 8 4 14 140 112 +28 80
6 Modré krídla Slovan 46 18 4 7 17 126 131 −5 69
7 Skalica 46 18 5 4 19 130 135 −5 68 Qualification to
Wild card round
8 Považská Bystrica 46 18 4 5 19 155 153 +2 67
9 Žiar nad Hronom 46 19 1 5 21 142 142 0 64
10 Topoľčany 46 18 1 6 21 116 138 −22 62
11 Levice 46 18 3 2 23 138 152 −14 62
12 Brezno 46 8 5 2 31 90 172 −82 33 Relegated to Slovak 2. Liga
  SR 18 24 2 1 4 17 47 113 −66 12
Source: Slovenská hokejová liga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points

Playoffs

Ten teams qualify for the playoffs: the top six teams in the regular season have a bye to the quarterfinals, while teams ranked seventh to tenth meet each other (7 versus 10, 8 versus 9) in a preliminary playoff round.

Bracket

Wild-card round (best-of-5) Quarter-finals (best-of-7) Semi-finals (best-of-7) Finals (best-of-7)
1 Žilina 4
7 Skalica 1 10 Topoľčany 1
10 Topoľčany 3 1 Žilina 4
9 Žiar nad Hronom 2
2 Dubnica 3 (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round)
9 Žiar nad Hronom 4
1 Žilina 3
3 Humenné 4
3 Humenné 4
8 Považská Bystrica 2 6 Modré krídla Slovan 2
9 Žiar nad Hronom 3 3 Humenné 4
5 Martin 2
4 Trnava 3
5 Martin 4

Wild card round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

15 April 2022
18:30 (CEST)		Žilina2–5
(0–0, 1–3, 1–2)
score in the series: 0–1		HumennéNiké Aréna, Žilina
Attendance: 4,636
Game reference
Patrik RomančíkGoaliesRoman DurnýReferees:
Juraj Konc Jr.
Roman Výleta
Linesmen:
Adam Jurčiak
Drahoslav Vyšný
Halama (Grebenschikov, Varga) – 27:081–0
1–131:40 – Borov (Krajňák, Legalin) (PP)
1–233:45 – Lačný
1–339:47 – Frič (Markuš, Novota)
1–451:12 – Lenďák (Safaraleev, Vrábeľ) (PP)
1–556:25 – Lačný (Trandin)
Rehák (Bečka, Lopušan) – 59:242–5
39 minPenalties33 min
45Shots29
16 April 2022
18:30 (CEST)		Žilina7–0
(3–0, 2–0, 2–0)
score in the series: 1–1		HumennéNiké Aréna, Žilina
Attendance: 3,342
Game reference
Patrik RomančíkGoaliesRoman Durný
Filip Krasanovský		Referees:
Filip Crman
Milan Novák
Linesmen:
Róbert Frimmel
Michal Klejna
Sýkora (Koyš, Pohl) (PP) – 03:141–0
Halama (Novák, Varga) (PP) – 07:362–0
Varga (Halama, Šidlík) (PP) – 13:253–0
Varga (Pohl, Halama) – 22:584–0
Halama (Tibenský, Varga) (PP) – 39:195–0
Halama (Tibenský, Kluka) (PP) – 44:186–0
Jakubík (Macek, Kluka) – 48:127–0
8 minPenalties16 min
34Shots18
19 April 2022
19:00 (CEST)		Humenné2–1
(0–0, 2–0, 0–1)
score in the series: 2–1		ŽilinaHumenné Ice Stadium, Humenné
Attendance: 2,640
Game reference
Roman DurnýGoaliesPatrik RomančíkReferees:
Martin Korba
Martin Smrek
Linesmen:
Andrej Bogdaň
Michal Drblík
Lačný (Vrábeľ, Vaško) – 23:011–0
Krajňák – 30:172–0
2–149:17 – Koyš (Sýkora, Šidlík)
8 minPenalties10 min
30Shots31
20 April 2022
18:00 (CEST)		Humenné4–3 GWS
(1–2, 1–0, 1–1)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)
score in the series: 3–1		ŽilinaHumenné Ice Stadium, Humenné
Attendance: 2,480
Game reference
Roman DurnýGoaliesPatrik RomančíkReferees:
Peter Rojík
Tomáš Orolin
Linesmen:
Tomáš Knižka
Martin Ordzovenský
0–101:15 – Grebenschikov
0–206:36 – Macek (Paukovček, Mráz) (PP)
Trandin (Vrábeľ, Lenďák) (PP) – 12:231–2
Safaraleev (Lenďák, Vrábeľ) (PP) – 20:562–2
2–355:10 – Mráz (Pohl)
Vrábeľ (Safaraleev, Lenďák) (PP, EN) – 58:193–3
Lačný MISS
Krajňák MISS
Legalin MISS
Lenďák GOAL
Markuš GOAL		ShootoutGOAL Pohl
MISS Halama
MISS Varga
MISS Růžička
MISS Mráz
8 minPenalties16 min
29Shots37
22 April 2022
18:30 (CEST)		Žilina9–1
(2–1, 6–0, 1–0)
score in the series: 2–3		HumennéNiké Aréna, Žilina
Attendance: 4,620
Game reference
Patrik RomančíkGoaliesRoman Durný
Filip Krasanovský		Referees:
Vladimír Fridrich
Martin Korba
Linesmen:
Martin Hercog
Peter Tvrdoň
Varga (Pacalaj, Melcher) – 06:161–0
Paukovček (Koyš, Pohl) (PP) – 08:422–0
2–118:45 – Ťavoda (Novický, Horvát)
Mráz (Koyš, Macek) (PP) – 20:313–1
Melcher (Varga, Novák) – 20:454–1
Růžička (Koyš, Lopušan) – 22:205–1
Sýkora – 29:046–1
Macek (Mráz, Pacalaj) – 30:397–1
Jakubík (Sýkora) – 32:188–1
Rehák (Macek) – 56:259–1
22 minPenalties18 min
38Shots30
24 April 2022
16:00 (CEST)		Humenné1–2 OT
(1–0, 0–1, 1–1)
(OT: 0–1)
score in the series: 3–3		ŽilinaHumenné Ice Stadium, Humenné
Attendance: 2,294
Game reference
Roman DurnýGoaliesPatrik RomančíkReferees:
Tomáš Orolin
Filip Crman
Linesmen:
Lukáš Kacej
Andrej Bogdaň
Safaraleev (Vaško, Lenďák) – 06:491–0
1–139:01 – Paukovček (Melcher, Varga) (PP)
1–262:43 – Pohl (Halama, Varga) (PP)
8 minPenalties12 min
18Shots41
26 April 2022
17:30 (CEST)		Žilina2–3 GWS
(1–0, 0–0, 1–2)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)
score in the series: 3–4		HumennéNiké Aréna, Žilina
Attendance: 5,036
Game reference
Patrik RomančíkGoaliesRoman DurnýReferees:
Vladimír Baluška
Daniel Konc Sr.
Linesmen:
Tomáš Knižka
Tomáš Gegáň
Sýkora – 06:561–0
1–1Trandin (Ťavoda, Legalin) – 47:17
Mráz (Koyš, Šidlík) – 48:052–1
2–2Safaraleev (Trandin, Frič) – 54:36
Pohl MISS
Sýkora MISS
Mráz MISS
Varga MISS
Macek MISS		ShootoutMISS Lačný
MISS Krajňák
MISS Legalin
GOAL Lenďák
0 minPenalties0 min
43Shots36

Final rankings

Humenné
Žilina
Martin
4Žiar nad Hronom
5Dubnica
6Trnava
7Modré krídla Slovan
8Topoľčany
9Skalica
10Považská Bystrica
11Levice
12Brezno
 SR 18

References

  1. ↑ "Slovenská hokejová liga". hockeyslovakia.sk (in Slovak).
  2. ↑ "Smernica pre prvú ligu seniorov" (PDF). hockeyslovakia.sk (in Slovak).
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