2024–25 Czech Extraliga season
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The 2024–25 Czech Extraliga season was the 32nd season of the Czech Extraliga since its creation after the breakup of Czechoslovakia and the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League in 1993. HC Sparta Praha drew the highest average home league attendance with 12,804.[1]
- 17 September 2024 – 4 March 2025 (Regular season)
| 2024–25 Czech Extraliga season | |
|---|---|
| League | Czech Extraliga |
| Sport | Ice hockey |
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| Teams | 14 |
| Regular season | |
| Pohár Jaroslava Pouzara | HC Sparta Praha |
| Playoffs | |
| Finals | |
| Champions | Kometa Brno |
| Runners-up | Pardubice |
Regular season
Each team play 52 games, playing each of the other 13 teams four times – twice at home, and twice away. Points were awarded for each game, where three points are awarded for winning in regulation time, two points for winning in overtime or shootout, one point for losing in overtime or shootout, and zero points for losing in regulation time. At the end of the regular season, the team that finishes with the most points is crowned winner of the regular season.
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sparta Praha | 52 | 29 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 177 | 110 | +67 | 104 | Advance to Playoffs, Regular season winners and Champions Hockey League |
| 2 | Mountfield HK | 52 | 26 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 137 | 130 | +7 | 91 | Advance to Playoffs and Champions Hockey League |
| 3 | Pardubice | 52 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 149 | 126 | +23 | 88 | Qualification to Quarter-finals |
| 4 | Kometa Brno (C) | 52 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 147 | 139 | +8 | 84 | |
| 5 | Karlovy Vary | 52 | 20 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 142 | 139 | +3 | 82 | Qualification to Wild card round |
| 6 | České Budějovice | 52 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 19 | 141 | 148 | −7 | 80 | |
| 7 | Litvínov | 52 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 123 | 128 | −5 | 80 | |
| 8 | Plzeň | 52 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 118 | 133 | −15 | 78 | |
| 9 | Mladá Boleslav | 52 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 19 | 137 | 136 | +1 | 76 | |
| 10 | Třinec | 52 | 18 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 121 | 123 | −2 | 74 | |
| 11 | Liberec | 52 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 141 | 149 | −8 | 71 | |
| 12 | Vítkovice | 52 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 144 | 162 | −18 | 64 | |
| 13 | Kladno | 52 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 141 | 164 | −23 | 63 | |
| 14 | Olomouc | 52 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 29 | 121 | 152 | −31 | 57 | Qualification to Play Out |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points.
(C) Play-off Champions and Champions Hockey League
Statistics
Scoring leaders
The following shows the top ten players who led the league in points, at the conclusion of the regular season.[2]
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kladno | 48 | 23 | 28 | 51 | +4 | 66 | |
| Karlovy Vary | 51 | 30 | 20 | 50 | +17 | 26 | |
| Sparta Praha | 49 | 15 | 33 | 48 | +25 | 36 | |
| Kometa Brno | 45 | 24 | 23 | 47 | +2 | 9 | |
| Pardubice | 50 | 19 | 27 | 46 | +13 | 14 | |
| Karlovy Vary | 50 | 14 | 31 | 45 | +15 | 29 | |
| Vítkovice | 51 | 23 | 20 | 43 | +7 | 10 | |
| Liberec | 51 | 11 | 31 | 42 | -3 | 45 | |
| Liberec | 49 | 24 | 17 | 41 | -8 | 55 | |
| Litvínov | 44 | 15 | 26 | 41 | -7 | 22 |
Leading goaltenders
The following shows the top ten goaltenders who led the league in goals against average, provided that they have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, at the conclusion of the regular season.[3]
| Player | Team | GP | TOI | W | L | GA | SO | Sv% | GAA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sparta Praha | 34 | 2038 | 24 | 9 | 58 | 6 | 92.50 | 1.71 | |
| Mountfield HK | 34 | 2035 | 21 | 13 | 69 | 4 | 91.91 | 2.03 | |
| Třinec | 31 | 1861 | 16 | 14 | 64 | 3 | 91.72 | 2.06 | |
| Plzeň | 39 | 2343 | 20 | 17 | 81 | 2 | 92.40 | 2.07 | |
| Litvínov | 29 | 1668 | 15 | 13 | 59 | 5 | 92.97 | 2.12 | |
| Pardubice | 37 | 2169 | 21 | 16 | 78 | 5 | 91.40 | 2.16 | |
| Mladá Boleslav | 40 | 2406 | 24 | 16 | 88 | 4 | 92.04 | 2.19 | |
| Třinec | 22 | 1307 | 7 | 15 | 50 | 1 | 92.04 | 2.30 |
Relegation series
The promotion/relegation series featured HC Olomouc, the last-place team in the regular season, and HC Dukla Jihlava, the 1. Liga winners. Olomouc swept the best-of-seven series and will remain in the Extraliga in 2025–26.[4]
Playoffs
Twelve teams qualify for the playoffs: the top four teams in the regular season have a bye to the quarterfinals, while teams ranked fifth to twelfth meet each other (5 versus 12, 6 versus 11, 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) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Mountfield HK | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Plzeň | 1 | 9 | Mladá Boleslav | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 9 | Mladá Boleslav | 3 | 2 | Mountfield HK | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | Pardubice | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Pardubice | 4 | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | České Budějovice | 3 | 6 | České Budějovice | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| 11 | Liberec | 2 | 3 | Pardubice | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | Kometa Brno | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Sparta Praha | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Litvínov | 1 | 10 | Třinec | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 10 | Třinec | 3 | 1 | Sparta Praha | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | Kometa Brno | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Kometa Brno | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Karlovy Vary | 3 | 5 | Karlovy Vary | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 12 | Vítkovice | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
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Wild card round
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Quarterfinals
Semifinals
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Finals
| 17 April 2025 | Pardubice | 1–2 OT (0–0, 1–0, 0–1) (OT: 0–1) score in the series: 0–1 | Kometa Brno | Enteria arena, Pardubice Attendance: 10,194 |
| 18 April 2025 | Pardubice | 2–1 (0–0, 2–1, 0–0) score in the series: 1–1 | Kometa Brno | Enteria arena, Pardubice Attendance: 10,194 |
| 21 April 2025 | Kometa Brno | 1–4 (0–0, 0–2, 1–2) score in the series: 1–2 | Pardubice | Winning Group Arena, Brno Attendance: 7,700 |
| 22 April 2025 | Kometa Brno | 7–4 (2–3, 2–1, 3–0) score in the series: 2–2 | Pardubice | Winning Group Arena, Brno Attendance: 7,700 |
| 25 April 2025 | Pardubice | 2–4 (0–1, 0–2, 2–1) score in the series: 2–3 | Kometa Brno | Enteria arena, Pardubice Attendance: 10,194 |
| 27 April 2025 | Kometa Brno | 1–5 (0–1, 0–1, 1–3) score in the series: 3–3 | Pardubice | Winning Group Arena, Brno Attendance: 7,700 |
| 29 April 2025 | Pardubice | 0–3 (0–1, 0–0, 0–2) score in the series: 3–4 Kometa Brno won title | Kometa Brno | Enteria arena, Pardubice Attendance: 10,194 |