2021–22 Belarusian Extraliga season

The 2021–22 Belarusian Extraliga season was the 30th season of the Belarusian Extraliga, the top level of ice hockey in Belarus. Twelve teams participated in the league.[1]

2021–22 Extraliga
LeagueExtraliga
SportIce hockey
Duration31 August 2021 – February 2022
Number of teams12
Regular season
Best recordYunost Minsk
  Runners-upMetallurg Zhlobin
Playoffs
Finals
ChampionsMetallurg Zhlobin (2nd title)
  Runners-upYunost Minsk

Regular season

First round
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Yunost Minsk 44 26 5 7 6 119 75 +44 69 Advance to Second Round Group A
2 Metallurg Zhlobin 44 19 10 6 9 140 101 +39 64
3 HK Gomel 44 23 5 6 10 134 96 +38 62
4 Shakhtyor Soligorsk 44 21 8 3 12 123 87 +36 61
5 HK Vitebsk 44 17 8 8 11 107 100 +7 58
6 Neman Grodno 44 18 4 5 17 119 94 +25 49
7 Dinamo-Molodechno 44 19 3 4 18 104 116 −12 48 Advance to Second Round Group B
8 Khimik-SKA Novopolotsk 44 12 8 6 18 82 89 −7 46
9 HK Lokomotiv Orsha 44 14 5 7 18 92 91 +1 45
10 HK Brest 44 10 4 7 23 75 121 −46 35
11 HK Mogilev 44 9 5 5 25 54 107 −53 33
12 HK Lida 44 7 4 5 28 77 149 −72 27
Source: hockey.by
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points.[1]

Group A
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Yunost Minsk 54 31 9 7 7 156 99 +57 87 Advance to play-offs
2 Metallurg Zhlobin 54 25 12 7 10 174 120 +54 81
3 HK Gomel 54 25 7 7 15 152 126 +26 71
4 Shakhtyor Soligorsk 54 23 9 5 17 142 117 +25 69
5 HK Vitebsk 54 21 8 10 15 134 124 +10 68
6 Neman Grodno 54 20 4 8 22 137 120 +17 56
Source: hockey.by
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points.[1]

Group B
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Dinamo-Molodechno 54 24 5 6 19 133 138 −5 64 Advance to qualification round
2 Khimik-SKA Novopolotsk 54 16 12 6 20 107 103 +4 62
3 HK Lokomotiv Orsha 54 20 6 8 20 116 106 +10 60
4 HK Brest 54 12 6 9 27 98 147 −49 45
5 HK Mogilev 54 12 5 8 29 70 130 −60 42
6 HK Lida 54 7 5 7 35 103 192 −89 31
Source: hockey.by
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points.[1]

Scoring leaders

The following shows the top ten players who led the league in points, at the conclusion of matches played on 20 February 2022.[2]

Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIM
Alexei Mikhnov Metallurg Zhlobin 51 27 26 53 +25 37
Aleksandr Timiryov Metallurg Zhlobin 51 29 22 51 +19 14
Stanislav Kuchkin HK Gomel 46 23 28 51 +23 48
Alexei Mastryukov Metallurg Zhlobin 49 18 16 44 +23 14
Denis Kuzmin HK Vitebsk 50 14 27 41 +30 42
Pavel Kopytin Dinamo-Molodechno 45 15 25 40 -3 49
Nikita Remezov Neman Grodno 38 14 26 40 +9 12
Andrei Feklistov Shakhtyor Soligorsk 52 18 21 39 +6 25
Evgeniy Grigorenko HK Gomel 45 19 19 38 +21 8
Pavel Razvadovski HK Gomel 51 19 18 37 +17 45

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 matches played on 7 October 2021.[3]

Player Team GP TOI W L GA SO Sv% GAA
Aleksandr Samoylov Metallurg Zhlobin 13 794:00 11 2 24 2 1.81 94
Sergey Bronnikov HK Brest 11 589:00 4 7 21 0 2.14 94
Nikita Mytnik Yunost Minsk 13 783:00 5 8 35 0 2.68 90
Artur Malkov HK Mogilev 12 679:00 3 9 20 2 1.77 93
Mikhail Karnaukhov Dinamo-Molodechno 11 621:00 6 5 22 4 2.13 92
Konstantin Kozlovsky HK Lida 12 568:00 5 7 29 2 3.06 90
Aleksey Merzlov HK Lokomotiv Orsha 7 426:00 3 4 13 1 1.83 94
Stepan Goryachevskikh Khimik-SKA Novopolotsk 8 484:00 4 4 8 3 0.99 96
Rostislav Zinovenko Yunost Minsk 10 606:00 7 3 13 2 1.29 94
Maxim Malyutin Neman Grodno 9 482:00 3 6 17 1 2.12 92

Playoffs

Bracket
  Qualification round (best-of-3) Quarter-finals (best-of-7) Semi-finals (best-of-7) Finals (best-of-7)
                                     
  1 Yunost Minsk 4  
8 Khimik-SKA Novopolotsk 2  
7 Dinamo-Molodechno 2     1 Yunost Minsk 4  
10 HK Brest 0     6 Neman Grodno 2  
2 Metallurg Zhlobin 4
  7 Dinamo-Molodechno 0  
(Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round)   1 Yunost Minsk 3
  2 Metallurg Zhlobin 4
  3 HK Gomel 1  
6 Neman Grodno 4  
8 Khimik-SKA Novopolotsk 2     2 Metallurg Zhlobin 4
9 HK Lokomotiv Orsha 1     4 Shakhtyor Soligorsk 3  
4 Shakhtyor Soligorsk 4  
  5 HK Vitebsk 0    

Qualification round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals
13 April 2022
19:25 (UTC+3)		Yunost Minsk2–1
(1–0, 1–1, 0–0)
score in the series: 1–0		Metallurg ZhlobinChizhovka-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 1,555
15 April 2022
19:25 (UTC+3)		Yunost Minsk4–3 OT
(1–0, 2–2, 0–1)
(OT: 1–0)
score in the series: 2–0		Metallurg ZhlobinChizhovka-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 3,300
17 April 2022
18:00 (UTC+3)		Metallurg Zhlobin6–5
(1–0, 3–1, 2–4)
score in the series: 1–2		Yunost MinskIce Palace Metalurg, Zhlobin
Attendance: 2,000
19 April 2022
18:55 (UTC+3)		Metallurg Zhlobin4–3
(1–1, 2–0, 1–2)
score in the series: 2–2		Yunost MinskIce Palace Metalurg, Zhlobin
Attendance: 2,000
21 April 2022
18:55 (UTC+3)		Yunost Minsk3–2 OT
(0–1, 1–0, 1–1)
(OT: 1–0)
score in the series: 3–2		Metallurg ZhlobinChizhovka-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 3,800
23 April 2022
16:55 (UTC+3)		Metallurg Zhlobin3–2
(1–1, 1–0, 1–1)
score in the series: 3–3		Yunost MinskIce Palace Metalurg, Zhlobin
Attendance: 2,200
25 April 2022
18:55 (UTC+3)		Yunost Minsk0–3
(0–1, 0–1, 0–1)
score in the series: 3–4		Metallurg ZhlobinMinsk-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 15,086

Final rankings
Metallurg Zhlobin
Yunost Minsk
Shakhtyor Soligorsk
4Neman Grodno
5HK Gomel
6HK Vitebsk
7Dinamo-Molodechno
8Khimik-SKA Novopolotsk
9HK Lokomotiv Orsha
10HK Brest
11HK Mogilev
12HK Lida

References
  1. "Экстралига-2021/22. Расписание матчей и результаты" [Extraliga 2021/22. Match schedule and results]. Belarus Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2021-09-25. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
  2. "Бомбардиры" [Scorers]. Belarus Ice Hockey Federation (in Russian). Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  3. "Лучшие вратари" [Best goalkeepers]. Belarus Ice Hockey Federation (in Russian). Retrieved 7 October 2021.
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