2025–26 Slovak Extraliga season
Sports season
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The 2025–26 Slovak Extraliga season is the 33rd season of the Slovak Extraliga, the highest ice hockey league in Slovakia.[1][2]
- 12 September 2025 – 8 March 2026 (regular season)
- 11 March – April 2026 (playoffs)
| 2025–26 Slovak Extraliga season | |
|---|---|
| League | Slovak Extraliga |
| Sport | Ice hockey |
| Duration |
|
| Games | 54 |
| Teams | 12 |
| Regular season | |
| Playoffs | |
| Finals | |
Team changes
Regular season
Standings
Each team played 54 games: playing each of the other eleven teams four times – 2x at home, 2x away (44 games) and during the Christmas holidays (12.12.2025 – 5.1.2026) each team played the inserted matches within variant "Group West" and "Group East" 1x at home, 1x away = 10 games.
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 finished with the most points was crowned the league champion.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nitra | 50 | 29 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 172 | 118 | +54 | 103 | Qualification to Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Slovan Bratislava | 50 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 169 | 130 | +39 | 98 | |
| 3 | Košice | 50 | 26 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 141 | 121 | +20 | 90 | |
| 4 | Žilina | 50 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 153 | 134 | +19 | 87 | |
| 5 | Banská Bystrica | 50 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 167 | 146 | +21 | 83 | |
| 6 | Poprad | 50 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 18 | 162 | 133 | +29 | 78 | |
| 7 | Spišská Nová Ves | 50 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 129 | 139 | −10 | 72 | Qualification to Wild card round |
| 8 | Liptovský Mikuláš | 50 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 153 | 163 | −10 | 68 | |
| 9 | Michalovce | 50 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 156 | 168 | −12 | 65 | |
| 10 | Zvolen | 50 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 23 | 152 | 163 | −11 | 64 | |
| 11 | Trenčín | 50 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 24 | 112 | 150 | −38 | 55 | Relegation series |
| 12 | Prešov | 50 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 35 | 94 | 195 | −101 | 37 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points.
Statistics
Scoring leaders
The following players led the league in regular season points at the completion of games played on 22 February 2026.[3]
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carter Turnbull | HC '05 Banská Bystrica | 47 | 32 | 32 | 64 | +22 | 14 |
| Jordan Martel | HK Dukla Michalovce | 47 | 27 | 29 | 56 | +4 | 50 |
| Adam Cracknell | HK Poprad | 49 | 23 | 32 | 55 | +24 | 72 |
| Marc-Olivier Roy | HK Dukla Michalovce | 48 | 13 | 42 | 55 | +9 | 38 |
| Oleksiy Myklukha | HC '05 Banská Bystrica | 48 | 16 | 38 | 54 | +17 | 0 |
| Jake Virtanen | HK Dukla Michalovce | 50 | 28 | 24 | 52 | –3 | 87 |
| Brendan Ranford | Vlci Žilina | 49 | 18 | 31 | 49 | +16 | 65 |
| Roman Faith | HC '05 Banská Bystrica | 48 | 16 | 33 | 49 | +18 | 76 |
| Šimon Petráš | HC Košice | 45 | 25 | 23 | 48 | +11 | 14 |
| Liam Pecararo | HC Slovan Bratislava | 38 | 19 | 29 | 48 | +11 | 26 |
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 games played on 22 February 2026.[4]
| Player | Team | GP | TOI | W | L | GA | SO | SV% | GAA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jasper Patrikainen | HK Nitra | 29 | 1,1717:18 | 21 | 8 | 58 | 6 | 93.03 | 2.03 |
| Patrik Jurčák | HC Košice | 26 | 1,453:55 | 13 | 13 | 54 | 4 | 91.56 | 2.23 |
| Dominik Riečický | HC Košice | 24 | 1,328:51 | 13 | 11 | 52 | 3 | 91.03 | 2.35 |
| Henri Kiviaho | HC Slovan Bratislava | 30 | 1,738:27 | 19 | 11 | 69 | 2 | 91.71 | 2.38 |
| Connor Lacouvee | Vlci Žilina | 31 | 1,703:52 | 16 | 15 | 69 | 2 | 91.70 | 2.43 |
| Eugen Rabčan | HC '05 Banská Bystrica | 37 | 2,111:28 | 20 | 17 | 90 | 5 | 92.08 | 2.56 |
| Filip Surák | HK Spišská Nová Ves / MHk 32 Liptovský Mikuláš | 27 | 1,473:30 | 13 | 14 | 63 | 3 | 91.08 | 2.57 |
| Julian Junca | HK Spišská Nová Ves | 25 | 1,405:48 | 10 | 15 | 61 | 1 | 92.18 | 2.60 |
| Filip Belányi | HK Poprad | 27 | 1,524:34 | 13 | 14 | 67 | 2 | 90.85 | 2.64 |
| Pavel Kantor | HKM Zvolen | 33 | 1,830:59 | 16 | 17 | 89 | 3 | 90.04 | 2.92 |
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 | Nitra | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Spišská Nová Ves | 1 | 10 | Michalovce | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 10 | Michalovce | 3 | 1 | Nitra | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| 5 | Poprad | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Žilina | 2 | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Poprad | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Nitra | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Slovan Bratislava | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Slovan Bratislava | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Liptovský Mikuláš | 3 | 8 | Liptovský Mikuláš | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| 9 | Zvolen | 1 | 2 | Slovan Bratislava | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | Košice | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Košice | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Banská Bystrica | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
