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2018–19 Czech Extraliga season

2018–19 Czech Extraliga
LeagueCzech Extraliga
SportIce hockey
Number of teams14
TV partner(s)Česká televize
Regular Season
Presidential CupHC Bílí Tygři Liberec
Top scorerMilan Gulaš (HC Plzeň)
Playoffs
Finals
ChampionsHC Oceláři Třinec
  Runners-upHC Bílí Tygři Liberec
Czech Extraliga seasons
2019–20 →

The 2018–19 Czech Extraliga season was the 26th season of the Czech Extraliga since its creation after the breakup of Czechoslovakia and the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League in 1993.

Regular season

Pl. Team GP W OTW OTL L Goals Pts
1. HC Bílí Tygři Liberec 52 30 3 5 14 170:125 101
2. HC Oceláři Třinec 52 30 3 3 16 153:117 99
3. HC Plzeň 52 26 7 6 13 178:116 98
4. HK Hradec Králové 52 25 6 6 15 147:125 93
5. HC Kometa Brno 52 23 7 5 17 149:133 88
6. HC Olomouc 52 24 3 7 18 127:139 85
7. HC Vítkovice 52 24 4 3 21 142:131 83
8. BK Mladá Boleslav 52 25 3 1 23 128:118 82
9. PSG Berani Zlín 52 22 3 5 22 143:144 77
10. HC Sparta Praha 52 20 7 2 23 140:140 76
11. HC Litvínov 52 20 5 1 26 128:147 71
12. HC Energie Karlovy Vary 52 13 4 6 29 125:155 53
13. Piráti Chomutov 52 13 3 5 31 116:174 50
14. HC Dynamo Pardubice 52 9 2 5 36 102:187 36

Scoring leaders

List shows the ten best skaters based on the number of points during the regular season. If two or more skaters are tied (i.e. same number of points, goals and played games), all of the tied skaters are shown.

[1]
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIM
Czech Republic Milan Gulaš HC Škoda Plzeň 51 30 32 62 +10 46
Czech Republic Marek Kvapil Bílí Tygři Liberec 47 25 32 57 +10 12
Czech Republic Petr Holík HC Kometa Brno 52 17 38 55 +18 16
United States Peter Mueller HC Kometa Brno 43 24 21 45 +9 42
Czech Republic Martin Růžička HC Oceláři Třinec 42 19 25 44 +15 18
Czech Republic Martin Zaťovič HC Kometa Brno 52 22 19 41 +15 30
Czech Republic Michal Vondrka BK Mladá Boleslav 52 17 24 41 +8 22
Czech Republic Ondřej Roman HC Vítkovice Ridera 50 14 26 40 -1 20
Slovakia Libor Hudáček Bílí Tygři Liberec 52 17 22 39 +11 18
Czech Republic Vladimír Růžička Piráti Chomutov 50 16 23 39 -11 40

Leading goaltenders

These are the leaders in GAA among goaltenders who played at least 40% of the team's minutes. The table is sorted by GAA, and the criteria for inclusion are bolded.

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GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

Player Team GP TOI GA SO Sv% GAA
Czech Republic Dominik Frodl HC Plzeň 43 2,569 81 4 92.8 1.89
Slovenia Gašper Krošelj BK Mladá Boleslav 34 1,877 64 5 92.1 2.05
United States Brandon Maxwell HK Hradec Kralove 29 1,716 59 1 91.8 2.06
Czech Republic Patrik Bartošák HC Vítkovice Ridera 47 2,742 99 1 93.5 2.17
Czech Republic Šimon Hrubec HC Oceláři Třinec 46 2,638 96 5 92.2 2.18
Czech Republic Libor Kašík PSG Berani Zlín 19 1,113 41 0 92.0 2.21
Czech Republic Pavel Kantor BK Mladá Boleslav 14 947 35 1 90.9 2.25
Czech Republic Roman Will Bílí Tygři Liberec 51 2,941 111 5 91.6 2.26
Czech Republic Jan Lukáš HC Olomouc 22 1,255 49 1 92.3 2.34
Czech Republic Karel Vejmelka HC Kometa Brno 31 1,762 70 1 91.5 2.38

Playoffs

Ten teams qualify for the playoffs. Teams 1–6 have a bye to the quarterfinals, while teams 7–10 meet each other in a preliminary playoff round.

Playoff bracket

In the first round the 7th-ranked team will meet the 10th-ranked team and the 8th-ranked team will meet the 9th-ranked team for a place in the second round. In the second round, the top-ranked team will meet the lowest-ranked winner of the first round, the 2nd-ranked team will face the other winner of the first round, the 3rd-ranked team will face the 6th-ranked team, and the 4th-ranked team will face the 5th-ranked team. In the third round, the highest remaining seed is matched against the lowest remaining seed. In each round the higher-seeded team is awarded home advantage. In the first round the meetings are played as best-of-five series and the rest is best-of-seven series that follows an alternating home team format: the higher-seeded team will play at home for games 1 and 2 (plus 5 and 7 if necessary), and the lower-seeded team will be at home for game 3 and 4 (plus 6 if necessary).

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
1 Bili Tygri Liberec 4
8 BK Mlada Boleslav 3 8 BK Mlada Boleslav 1
9 PSG Berani Zlín 2 1 Bili Tygri Liberec 4
5 HC Kometa Brno 2
4 HK Hradec Kralove 0 (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round)
5 HC Kometa Brno 4
1 Bili Tygri Liberec 2
2 HC Ocelari Trinec 4
2 HC Ocelari Trinec 4
7 HC Vitkovice 3 7 HC Vitkovice 0
10 HC Sparta Praha 1 2 HC Ocelari Trinec 4
3 HC Plzen 3
3 HC Plzen 4
6 HC Olomouc 3


Play-off final: Bili Tygri Liberec - HC Ocelari Trinec 2:4 (1:2, 3:1, 4:1, 1:2 OT, 2:3 OT, 4:2). HC Ocelari Trinec has won its second Czech league title.

Relegation

Place Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA Pts
1 HC Dynamo Pardubice 12 9 0 0 3 26 20 27
2 Rytiri Kladno 12 7 0 1 4 30 30 22
3 Pirati Chomutov 12 5 1 1 5 31 37 18
4 Motor Ceske Budejovice 12 1 1 0 10 26 40 5

References