The 2021–22 Czech Extraliga season was the 29th season of the Czech Extraliga since its creation after the breakup of Czechoslovakia and the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League in 1993.[1]
2021–22 Czech Extraliga season | |
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League | Czech Extraliga |
Sport | Ice hockey |
Duration | 8 September 2021 – 28 April 2022 |
Number of games | 56 |
Number of teams | 15 |
Regular season | |
Presidential Cup | Mountfield HK |
Playoffs | |
Finals | |
Champions | Třinec |
Runners-up | Sparta Praha |
Regular season
editStandings
editEach team played 56 games, playing each of the other fourteen teams four times – 2x at home, 2x away. Points were awarded for each game, where three points were 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 |
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1 | Mountfield HK | 56 | 31 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 182 | 115 | +67 | 116 | Qualification to Quarter-finals |
2 | Třinec | 56 | 31 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 174 | 118 | +56 | 112 | |
3 | Sparta Praha | 56 | 27 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 203 | 153 | +50 | 99 | |
4 | České Budějovice | 56 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 166 | 151 | +15 | 93 | |
5 | Pardubice | 56 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 173 | 152 | +21 | 93 | Qualification to Wild card round |
6 | Plzeň | 56 | 24 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 167 | 154 | +13 | 91 | |
7 | Liberec | 56 | 25 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 146 | 147 | −1 | 89 | |
8 | Vítkovice | 56 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 142 | 149 | −7 | 87 | |
9 | Olomouc | 56 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 24 | 133 | 152 | −19 | 80 | |
10 | Kometa Brno | 56 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 24 | 145 | 163 | −18 | 76 | |
11 | Mladá Boleslav | 56 | 21 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 128 | 148 | −20 | 76 | |
12 | Karlovy Vary | 56 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 160 | 176 | −16 | 72 | |
13 | Litvínov | 56 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 152 | 173 | −21 | 70 | |
14 | Kladno | 56 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 142 | 183 | −41 | 62 | Qualification to Play Out |
15 | Zlín | 56 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 36 | 108 | 187 | −79 | 44 | Relegated to Czech 1. Liga |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points.
Statistics
editScoring leaders
editThe 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 |
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Filip Chlapík | HC Sparta Praha | 53 | 31 | 39 | 70 | +28 | 39 |
Lukáš Pech | HC Motor České Budějovice | 56 | 22 | 35 | 57 | +8 | 32 |
Michal Bulíř | HC Škoda Plzeň | 53 | 27 | 29 | 56 | −2 | 18 |
Peter Mueller | HC Kometa Brno | 48 | 23 | 32 | 55 | +5 | 14 |
Tomáš Plekanec | Rytíři Kladno | 56 | 17 | 36 | 53 | −4 | 46 |
Erik Thorell | HC Sparta Praha | 49 | 21 | 31 | 52 | +17 | 8 |
Ahti Oksanen | Mountfield HK | 56 | 25 | 23 | 48 | +27 | 16 |
Martin Růžička | HC Oceláři Třinec | 52 | 21 | 27 | 48 | +5 | 12 |
Giorgio Estephan | HC VERVA Litvínov | 56 | 18 | 30 | 48 | −8 | 10 |
Robert Říčka | HC Dynamo Pardubice | 48 | 27 | 20 | 47 | −1 | 30 |
Leading goaltenders
editThe 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 |
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Ondřej Kacetl | HC Oceláři Třinec | 25 | 1394:00 | 17 | 6 | 38 | 2 | 93.00 | 1.64 |
Henri Kiviaho | Mountfield HK | 27 | 1566:00 | 16 | 10 | 53 | 2 | 92.26 | 2.03 |
Marek Mazanec | HC Oceláři Třinec | 34 | 1971:00 | 20 | 12 | 72 | 5 | 91.04 | 2.19 |
Dominik Pavlát | HC Škoda Plzeň | 25 | 1385:00 | 11 | 13 | 51 | 2 | 91.79 | 2.21 |
Dominik Frodl | HC Dynamo Pardubice | 38 | 2123:00 | 19 | 17 | 82 | 4 | 91.41 | 2.32 |
Petr Kváča | Bílí Tygři Liberec | 44 | 2591:00 | 22 | 22 | 104 | 3 | 91.66 | 2.41 |
Jakub Sedláček | HC Kometa Brno | 20 | 1154:00 | 11 | 9 | 47 | 3 | 91.83 | 2.44 |
Gašper Krošelj | BK Mladá Boleslav | 32 | 1714:00 | 14 | 15 | 70 | 2 | 90.85 | 2.45 |
Jan Růžička | BK Mladá Boleslav | 31 | 1614:00 | 10 | 16 | 68 | 1 | 90.41 | 2.53 |
Štěpán Lukeš | HC Energie Karlovy Vary | 35 | 2033:00 | 20 | 13 | 86 | 4 | 91.09 | 2.54 |
Relegation series
editRelegation series played between Rytíři Kladno, the 14th team in regular season, and HC Dukla Jihlava, the winner of 1. Liga winners. The winner of the best-of-seven series would play in the 2022–23 Czech Extraliga.
17 April 2022 16:00 (CEST) | Kladno | 6–4 (1–0, 2–3, 3–1) score in the series: 1–0 | Jihlava | Rocknet aréna, Chomutov Attendance: 4,500 |
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Landon Bow | Goalies | Maksim Zhukov | Referees: Adam Kika Matěj Sýkora Linesmen: Jiří Gebauer Marek Hlavatý | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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37 min | Penalties | 26 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Shots | 6 |
18 April 2022 18:00 (CEST) | Kladno | 4–1 (0–1, 2–0, 2–0) score in the series: 2–0 | Jihlava | Rocknet aréna, Chomutov Attendance: 4,200 |
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Landon Bow | Goalies | Maksim Zhukov | Referees: René Hradil Tomáš Veselý Linesmen: Ladislav Lučan Milan Kis | ||||||||||||||
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6 min | Penalties | 6 min | |||||||||||||||
29 | Shots | 38 |
21 April 2022 17:30 (CEST) | Jihlava | 5–3 (1–0, 3–3, 1–0) score in the series: 1–2 | Kladno | CZ LOKO ARÉNA, Jihlava Attendance: 5,134 |
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Maksim Zhukov | Goalies | Landon Bow | Referees: Robin Šír Matěj Sýkora Linesmen: Miroslav Lhotský Jiří Svoboda | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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12 min | Penalties | 16 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
39 | Shots | 37 |
22 April 2022 17:30 (CEST) | Jihlava | 2–7 (1–2, 1–2, 0–3) score in the series: 1–3 | Kladno | CZ LOKO ARÉNA, Jihlava Attendance: 5,557 |
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Maksim Zhukov | Goalies | Landon Bow | Referees: Vladimír Pešina Adam Kika Linesmen: Jiří Ondráček Daniel Hynek | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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29 min | Penalties | 8 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
28 | Shots | 38 |
25 April 2022 18:00 (CEST) | Kladno | 6–3 (2–2, 1–1, 3–0) score in the series: 4–1 | Jihlava | Rocknet aréna, Chomutov Attendance: 4,500 |
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Landon Bow | Goalies | Maksim Zhukov | Referees: Adam Kika Roman Mrkva Linesmen: Tomáš Brejcha Jiří Ondráček | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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6 min | Penalties | 10 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
30 | Shots | 33 |
Playoffs
editTwelve 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
editWild-card round (best-of-5) | Quarter-finals (best-of-7) | Semi-finals (best-of-7) | Finals (best-of-7) | ||||||||||||||||
2 | Třinec | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | Vítkovice | 3 | 8 | Vítkovice | 0 | ||||||||||||||
9 | Olomouc | 2 | 2 | Třinec | 4 | ||||||||||||||
11 | Mladá Boleslav | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Mountfield HK | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Plzeň | 2 | 11 | Mladá Boleslav | 4 | ||||||||||||||
11 | Mladá Boleslav | 3 | 2 | Třinec | 4 | ||||||||||||||
3 | Sparta Praha | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
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7 | Liberec | 3 | 7 | Liberec | 0 | ||||||||||||||
10 | Kometa Brno | 2 | 3 | Sparta Praha | 4 | ||||||||||||||
4 | České Budějovice | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | České Budějovice | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Pardubice | 3 | 5 | Pardubice | 1 | ||||||||||||||
12 | Karlovy Vary | 0 |
Wild card round
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Quarterfinals
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Semifinals
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Finals
edit18 April 2022 17:00 (CEST) | Třinec | 4–1 (0–1, 0–0, 4–0) score in the series: 1–0 | Sparta Praha | Werk Arena, Třinec Attendance: 5,400 |
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Ondřej Kacetl | Goalies | Július Hudáček | Referees: Antonín Jeřábek Oldřich Hejduk Linesmen: Daniel Hynek Josef Špůr | ||||||||||||||
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26 | Shots | 24 |
19 April 2022 17:00 (CEST) | Třinec | 1–2 (0–0, 0–1, 1–1) score in the series: 1–1 | Sparta Praha | Werk Arena, Třinec Attendance: 5,400 |
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Ondřej Kacetl | Goalies | Július Hudáček | Referees: Vladimír Pešina Robin Šír Linesmen: Miroslav Lhotský Jiří Svoboda | ||||||||
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31 | Shots | 29 |
22 April 2022 18:30 (CEST) | Sparta Praha | 2–3 (1–0, 0–2, 1–1) score in the series: 1–2 | Třinec | O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 17,220 |
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Július Hudáček | Goalies | Ondřej Kacetl | Referees: Roman Mrkva Daniel Pražák Linesmen: Tomáš Brejcha Vít Lederer | ||||||||||||||
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13 min | Penalties | 15 min | |||||||||||||||
21 | Shots | 21 |
23 April 2022 17:00 (CEST) | Sparta Praha | 5–2 (0–1, 3–0, 2–1) score in the series: 2–2 | Třinec | O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 17,220 |
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Július Hudáček | Goalies | Ondřej Kacetl | Referees: Antonín Jeřábek Oldřich Hejduk Linesmen: Miroslav Lhotský Jiří Svoboda | ||||||||||||||||||||
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24 | Shots | 29 |
26 April 2022 17:00 (CEST) | Třinec | 7–3 (2–2, 4–1, 1–0) score in the series: 3–2 | Sparta Praha | Werk Arena, Třinec Attendance: 5,400 |
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Ondřej Kacetl | Goalies | Július Hudáček | Referees: Vladimír Pešina Robin Šír Linesmen: Daniel Hynek Josef Špůr | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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28 | Shots | 31 |
28 April 2022 19:00 (CEST) | Sparta Praha | 1–2 (0–2, 0–0, 1–0) score in the series: 2–4 | Třinec | O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 17,220 |
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Július Hudáček | Goalies | Ondřej Kacetl | Referees: Antonín Jeřábek Oldřich Hejduk Linesmen: Miroslav Lhotský Jiří Svoboda | ||||||||
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25 | Shots | 19 |
Final rankings
editTřinec | |
Sparta Praha | |
České Budějovice | |
4 | Mladá Boleslav |
5 | Mountfield HK |
6 | Pardubice |
7 | Liberec |
8 | Vítkovice |
9 | Plzeň |
10 | Olomouc |
11 | Kometa Brno |
12 | Karlovy Vary |
13 | Litvínov |
14 | Kladno |
15 | Zlín |
References
edit- ^ "Tipsport extraliga vítá velké osobnosti i nové partnery. Hrát se bude 60 kol!". hokej.cz (in Czech).
- ^ "Statistics – Hráči 2021/2022" (in Czech). hokej.cz. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
- ^ "Statistics – Brankári 2021/2022" (in Czech). hokej.cz. Retrieved 8 September 2021.