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2021–22 Slovak 1. Liga season

2021–22 Slovak 1. Liga season
LeagueSlovakia Slovak 1. Liga
SportIce hockey
Duration
  • 22 September 2021 – 27 February 2022
  • (Regular season)
  • 1 March – 13 April 2022
    (playoffs)
Number of teams13
Regular season
League ChampionVlci Žilina
Top scorer
Playoffs
Finals
ChampionsVlci Žilina (2nd title)
  Runners-upHK Martin
Slovak 1. Liga seasons

The 2021–22 Slovak 1. Liga season was the 29th season of the Slovak 1. Liga, the second level of ice hockey in Slovakia.[1]

Regular season

Standings

Each team played 44 games: playing each of the other eleven teams four times – 2x at home, 2x away. At the end of the regular season, the team that finished with the most points was crowned the league champion. Each 1HL team played two matches with SR 18 (1x at home and 1x outside) to support the preparation of the SR team for MS U18.[2]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Žilina 45 34 4 5 2 188 76 +112 115 Qualification to Quarter-finals
2 Skalica 45 25 6 3 11 192 124 +68 90
3 Martin 46 26 3 5 12 161 123 +38 89
4 Humenné 44 21 6 2 15 138 103 +35 77
5 Topoľčany 43 22 4 2 15 140 110 +30 76
6 Dubnica 43 17 7 4 15 145 126 +19 69
7 Považská Bystrica 45 20 2 4 19 121 137 −16 68 Qualification to
Wild card round
8 Trnava 46 16 5 5 20 155 174 −19 63
9 Žiar nad Hronom 46 17 1 6 22 108 142 −34 59
10 Modré krídla Slovan 45 13 6 4 22 115 147 −32 55
11 Levice 46 11 2 3 30 98 158 −60 40
12 Brezno 46 10 1 4 31 106 175 −69 36 Qualification to Play Out
  SR 18 24 2 1 1 20 44 116 −72 9
Source: Slovenská hokejová liga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points

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 Žilina 4
7 Považská Bystrica 1 10 Modré krídla Slovan 0
10 Modré krídla Slovan 3 1 Žilina 4
5 Topoľčany 0
4 Humenné 1 (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round)
5 Topoľčany 4
1 Žilina 4
3 Martin 2
2 Skalica 4
8 Trnava 3 8 Trnava 3
9 Žiar nad Hronom 1 2 Skalica 1
3 Martin 4
3 Martin 4
6 Dubnica 3


Wild card round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

4 April 2022
17:00 (UTC+2)
Žilina2–3
(1–0, 1–2, 0–1)
score in the series: 0–1
MartinNiké Aréna, Žilina
Attendance: 3,084
Game reference
Stanislav ŠkorvánekGoaliesVladimír GlosárReferees:
Milan Adamec
Michal Smrek
Linesmen:
Lukáš Beniač
Maroš Pribula
Koyš (Drtina) (PP) – 01:211–0
1–121:44 – Makarov (Nauš)
1–223:53 – Tiainen (Charvát, Makarov) (PP)
Petran (Safaraleev, Šidlík) – 38:192–2
2–356:10 – Poliaček (Makarov)
8 minPenalties6 min
35Shots41
5 April 2022
17:30 (UTC+2)
Žilina0–1
(0–1, 0–0, 0–0)
score in the series: 0–2
MartinNiké Aréna, Žilina
Attendance: 3,096
Game reference
Stanislav ŠkorvánekGoaliesVladimír GlosárReferees:
Roman Výleta
Michal Mĺkvy
Linesmen:
Ivan Haringa
Juraj Šefčík
0–110:29 – Poliaček (Toma, Charvát) (PP)
6 minPenalties6 min
16Shots18
8 April 2022
17:30 (UTC+2)
Martin3–4 GWS
(0–1, 3–0, 0–2)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)
score in the series: 2–1
ŽilinaMartin Ice Stadium, Martin
Attendance: 3,180
Game reference
Vladimír GlosárGoaliesStanislav ŠkorvánekReferees:
Martin Jobbágy
Vladimír Fridrich
Linesmen:
Matej Janiga
Michal Orolin
0–114:32 – Safaraleev (Drtina) (PP)
Poliaček (Toma, Juščák) (PP) – 28:001–1
Poliaček (Makarov) – 31:462–1
Murček (Tiainen, Makarov) (PP) – 35:323–1
3–240:22 – Koyš (Safaraleev, Jansons) (PP)
3–359:42 – Markovič (Drtina, Macek)
Poliaček MISS
Makarov MISS
Huhtela GOAL
Dírer GOAL
Nauš MISS
Dírer GOAL
Huhtela MISS
Dírer MISS
Charvát MISS
Fafrák MISS
Makarov MISS
Huhtela MISS
ShootoutGOAL Petráš
MISS Koyš
MISS Halama
MISS Markovič
GOAL Mikula
GOAL Mikula
MISS Petráš
MISS Mikula
MISS Petráš
MISS Markovič
MISS Halama
GOAL Linet
9 April 2022
18:00 (UTC+2)
Martin2–3 GWS
(0–1, 0–1, 2–0)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)
score in the series: 2–2
ŽilinaMartin Ice Stadium, Martin
Attendance: 3,498
Game reference
Vladimír GlosárGoaliesStanislav ŠkorvánekReferees:
Martin Korba
Peter Stano
Linesmen:
Jaroslav Riš
Andrej Bogdaň
0–109:03 – Safaraleev (Šmída)
0–223:27 – Petráš (Halama, Pišoja)
Makarov (Huhtela) – 50:201–2
Huhtela (Makarov) – 54:122–2
Poliaček MISS
Tiainen GOAL
Huhtela MISS
Charvát MISS
ShootoutGOAL Petráš
GOAL Safaraleev
MISS Linet
MISS Mikula
GOAL Koyš
33 minPenalties31 min
44Shots34
11 April 2022
17:30 (UTC+2)
Žilina3–2 OT
(0–1, 1–0, 1–1)
(OT: 1–0)
score in the series: 3–2
MartinNiké Aréna, Žilina
Attendance: 4,116
Game reference
Stanislav ŠkorvánekGoaliesVladimír GlosárReferees:
Róbert Müllner
Juraj Konc Jr.
Linesmen:
Adam Jurčiak
Tomáš Knižka
0–114:21 – Murček (Fafrák, Tiainen)
Petráš (Halama, Šidlík) – 26:421–1
Petráš (Šidlík) – 45:542–1
2–255:44 – Toma (Juščák)
Safaraleev (Drtina, Koyš) – 66:263–2
6 minPenalties4 min
26Shots24
13 April 2022
18:00 (UTC+2)
Martin2–3 OT
(0–0, 0–2, 2–0)
(OT: 0–1)
score in the series: 2–4
ŽilinaMartin Ice Stadium, Martin
Attendance: 2,899
Game reference
Vladimír GlosárGoaliesStanislav ŠkorvánekReferees:
Ondrej Kalina
Miroslav Štefik
Linesmen:
Martin Ordzovenský
Martin Staššák
0–128:52 – Jansons (PP)
0–236:18 – Cíger (Skladaný, Jansons)
Juščák (Dírer) – 49:401–2
Poliaček (Charvát) (PP2) – 55:382–2
2–360:25 – Halama (Jansons)
10 minPenalties10 min
22Shots16

Relegation

Regular season 12th placed Brezno will play a best-of-7 series against the 2. Liga winner Trebišov.

BreznoTrebišov 4–3
13.04.2022 Trebišov Brezno 5-6 OT
14.04.2022 Trebišov Brezno 2-1
17.04.2022 Brezno Trebišov 5-2
18.04.2022 Brezno Trebišov 1-4
20.04.2022 Trebišov Brezno 2-3 SO
22.04.2022 Brezno Trebišov 1-2
24.04.2022 Trebišov Brezno 2-3 OT
Brezno won the series 4–3.

Final rankings

Žilina
Martin
Skalica
4 Topoľčany
5 Humenné
6 Dubnica
7 Trnava
8 Modré krídla Slovan
9 Považská Bystrica
10 Žiar nad Hronom
11 Levice
12 Brezno
  SR 18

References

  1. ^ "Slovenská hokejová liga". hockeyslovakia.sk (in Slovak).
  2. ^ "Smernica pre prvú ligu seniorov" (PDF). hockeyslovakia.sk (in Slovak).