2014–15 Slovak Extraliga season


The 2014–15 Slovak Extraliga season is the 22nd season of the Slovak Extraliga, the highest level of ice hockey in Slovakia.

Teams

The following teams are participating in the 2014–15 season. The HK Orange 20 is a project for preparation of the Slovakia junior ice hockey team for the IIHF World U20 Championship. The team do not play complete regular season and cannot promote to the playoffs or get relegated. First 8 teams in table after the regular season will promote to the playoffs.
Team NameLocationVenueCapacityTitles2013-14
HKm ZvolenZvolenZvolen Ice Stadium7,0382Quarterfinalists
HC KošiceKošiceSteel Aréna8,3787Champions
HK NitraNitraNitra Aréna3,6000Runners-up
ŠHK 37 PiešťanyPiešťanyEASTON Aréna3,0500Semifinalists
HC ’05 Banská BystricaBanská BystricaBanská Bystrica Ice Stadium3,5180Semifinalists
HK 36 SkalicaSkalicaSkalica Ice Stadium4,1000Quarterfinalists
HK Dukla TrenčínTrenčínPavol Demitra Ice Stadium6,15039th
HK PopradPopradPoprad Ice Stadium4,0500Quarterfinalists
MsHK ŽilinaŽilinaGarmin Arena6,200110th
MHC MountfieldMartinMartin Ice Stadium4,2000Quarterfinalists
HK Orange 20BratislavaVladimír Dzurilla Ice Stadium3,500

Regular season

Relegation series

Relegation series will be played between MsHK Žilina, the 10th team in regular season, and HC 07 Detva, the winner of 1.liga. The winner of best-of-seven series will play in Extraliga in 2015–16 season.

PlayOut

Žilina wins the series 4-1 and will play in 2015–16 Slovak Extraliga season

Playoffs

The seeding in Play-off is based on the ranking in Regular season. All Play-off rounds are played in the best-of-seven format, with the higher seeded team having the home advantage for the possible seventh game.

Playoff bracket