2021–22 Slovak 1. Liga season

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]

2021–22 Slovak 1. Liga season
League 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
  • Daniel Štumpf (Skalica)
  • (72 points)
Playoffs
Finals
ChampionsVlci Žilina (2nd title)
  Runners-upHK Martin

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

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

References

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