2014–15 Czech 1. Liga season
Sports season
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The 2014-15 Czech 1. liga season was the 21st season of the Czech 1. liga, the second level of ice hockey in the Czech Republic. 14 teams participated in the league.
| 2014–15 Czech 1. Liga season | |
|---|---|
| League |  Czech 1. liga |
| Sport | Ice hockey |
| Games | 52 |
| Teams | 14 |
| Regular season | |
| Season champions | Piráti Chomutov |
| Playoffs | |
| Finals | |
Piráti Chomutov and ČEZ Motor České Budějovice won this season of the league, with Chomutov later succeeding in the Extraliga qualification, thus being promoted to the league for the following season. They were subsequently replaced by HC Slavia Praha, who were relegated to the 1. Liga after 20 straight seasons in the Extraliga.
HC Rebel Havlíčkův Brod was relegated to the Czech 2. liga after almost 9 years in the league, having been plagued by financial difficulties throughout the season. They were subsequently replaced by HC ZUBR Přerov, who were promoted from the 2. Liga.
Format
14 teams competed in the league, with the top 6 teams at the end of the regular season qualifying for the playoffs. The teams finishing 7th through 10th played a best-of-five play-in series to determine who will join the top six in the playoff quarter-finals (best-of-seven). No final was played. Instead, two teams which won the semifinals were declared co-champions and both advanced to the qualifying group against the two worst placed teams at the end of the Extraliga regular season.
The four lowest ranked teams (11–14) after the regular season played in a play-out group (12 games, all regular-season matches are counted into the ranking). The worst team after 12 rounds was relegated to the Czech 2. Liga.
Regular season
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Piráti Chomutov | 52 | 33 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 200 | 102 | +98 | 119 | Qualification for Quarter-finals |
| 2 | ČEZ Motor České Budějovice | 52 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 185 | 134 | +51 | 95 | |
| 3 | Třebíč | 52 | 28 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 145 | 127 | +18 | 94 | |
| 4 | Jihlava | 52 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 169 | 140 | +29 | 93 | |
| 5 | Rytíři Kladno | 52 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 185 | 126 | +59 | 92 | |
| 6 | Havířov | 52 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 147 | 147 | 0 | 82 | |
| 7 | Kadaň | 52 | 23 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 139 | 134 | +5 | 81 | Qualification for Wild card round |
| 8 | Litoměřice | 52 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 151 | 131 | +20 | 81 | |
| 9 | Benátky nad Jizerou | 52 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 22 | 131 | 126 | +5 | 78 | |
| 10 | Ústí nad Labem | 52 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 159 | 165 | −6 | 75 | |
| 11 | Salith Šumperk | 52 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 154 | 188 | −34 | 70 | Qualification for Play Out |
| 12 | Most | 52 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 109 | 195 | −86 | 52 | |
| 13 | Prostějov | 52 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 35 | 116 | 207 | −91 | 40 | |
| 14 | Havlíčkův Brod | 52 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 34 | 115 | 183 | −68 | 40 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points.
Playoffs
| Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
| Piráti Chomutov | ||||||||||||||
| Piráti Chomutov | 4 | |||||||||||||
| HC Slovan Ústečtí Lvi | 2 | |||||||||||||
| SK Kadaň | 1 | |||||||||||||
| HC Slovan Ústečtí Lvi | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Piráti Chomutov | 4 | |||||||||||||
| HC Dukla Jihlava | 1 | |||||||||||||
| HC Dukla Jihlava | ||||||||||||||
| HC Dukla Jihlava | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Rytíři Kladno | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Rytíři Kladno | ||||||||||||||
| not played | ||||||||||||||
| ČEZ Motor České Budějovice | ||||||||||||||
| ČEZ Motor České Budějovice | 4 | |||||||||||||
| HC Benátky nad Jizerou | 2 | |||||||||||||
| HC Stadion Litoměřice | 0 | |||||||||||||
| HC Benátky nad Jizerou | 3 | |||||||||||||
| ČEZ Motor České Budějovice | 4 | |||||||||||||
| SK Horácká Slávia Třebíč | 1 | Third place | ||||||||||||
| SK Horácká Slavia Třebíč | ||||||||||||||
| SK Horácká Slavia Třebíč | 4 | not played | ||||||||||||
| AZ Havířov | 0 | |||||||||||||
| AZ Havířov | ||||||||||||||
2015-16 Extraliga qualification
| Pl. | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | Goals | Pts | |
| 1. | HC Olomouc | 12 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 34:26 | 23 |
| 2. | Piráti Chomutov | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 38:25 | 21 |
| 3. | HC Slavia Praha | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 25:23 | 19 |
| 4. | ČEZ Motor České Budějovice | 12 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 22:45 | 9 |
Piráti Chomutov have been promoted to the Extraliga for the 2015-16 season.
HC Olomouc have qualified for the 2015-16 Czech Extraliga season
HC Slavia Praha have been relegated to the Czech 1. Liga for the 2015–16 season, after 21 straight seasons in the Extraliga.
ČEZ Motor České Budějovice failed to qualify for the 2015-16 Czech Extraliga season. They will resume playing in the Czech 1. Liga.
Play-out
| Pl. | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | Goals | Pts | |
| 1. | Salith Šumperk | 58 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 200:102 | 78 |
| 2. | HC Most | 57* | 12 | 6 | 10 | 29 | 121:215 | 58 |
| 3. | LHK Jestřábi Prostějov | 58 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 37 | 140:222 | 52 |
| 4. | HC Rebel Havlíčkův Brod | 57* | 10 | 6 | 5 | 36 | 129:202 | 47 |
*- the final game between HC Rebel Havlíčkův Brod and HC Most was cancelled.
HC Rebel Havlíčkův Brod was relegated.