2010–11 MOL Liga season

Sports season
2010–11 MOL Season
LeagueMOL Liga
SportIce hockey
Duration7 September 2010 – 22 January 2011
Number of teams9
Finals championsHSC Csíkszereda
MOL Liga seasons

The 2010–11 MOL Liga season was the third edition of the international ice hockey championship for teams from Hungary and Romania. This season nine teams participated, including defending champions Vasas Budapest Stars, the second team of Erste Bank Eishockey Liga outfit SAPA AV19 Székesfehérvár and HSC Csíkszereda from Szekler Land.

Teams

Team City/Area Arena Capacity Founded
Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák Hungary Dunaújváros Dunaújvárosi Jégcsarnok 4,000 2006
FTC-Orangeways Hungary Budapest Pesterzsébeti Jégcsarnok 1,500 1928
Miskolci JJSE Hungary Miskolc Miskolci Jégcsarnok 1,300 1978
SAPA AV19 Székesfehérvár II Hungary Székesfehérvár Ifjabb Ocskay Gábor Ice Hall 3,600 1960
Újpesti TE Hungary Budapest Újpesti Jégcsarnok 1,300 1955
Vasas HC Hungary Budapest IceCenter (Jégcentrum) 2,000 2001
HSC Csíkszereda Romania Miercurea-Ciuc Vákár Lajos Ice Hall 2,000 1929
SCM Fenestela Braşov Romania Braşov Braşov Olympic Ice Hall 2,000 2007
Steaua Rangers Romania Bucharest Patinoarul Mihai Flamaropol 8,000 1951

Regular season

Standings

Club GP W OTW SOW SOL OTL L GF GA GD Pts
HSC Csíkszereda 32 21 3 1 0 1 6 161 73 +88 72
Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák 32 22 1 0 1 1 7 170 85 +85 70
Miskolci JJSE 32 19 3 0 2 1 7 163 96 +67 66
Vasas HC 32 19 0 2 0 2 9 136 75 +61 63
FTC-Orangeways 32 16 0 1 1 1 13 128 117 +11 52
SCM Fenestela Braşov 32 14 0 0 3 1 14 116 103 +13 46
SAPA AV19 Székesfehérvár II 32 8 1 3 0 0 20 97 148 –51 32
Steaua Rangers 32 8 0 1 1 1 21 91 161 –70 28
Újpesti TE 32 1 0 0 0 0 31 68 272 –204 3

Last updated on 16 December 2010.

Individual statistics

Scoring leaders

The following players led the league in points at the conclusion of the regular season.[1]

Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIM
Joshua Bonar Miskolci JJSE 31 29 30 59 +25 115
Martin Saluga Miskolci JJSE 32 24 33 57 +27 10
Vaclav Novak HSC Csíkszereda 29 24 28 52 +26 58
Vladimir Dubek Miskolci JJSE 32 21 29 50 +17 16
Lubomir Hurtaj HSC Csíkszereda 26 20 28 48 +32 46
Tyler Metcalfe Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák 29 24 22 46 +34 38
Kurt MacSweyn Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák 31 16 29 45 +35 50
Casey Bartzen Miskolci JJSE 25 12 33 45 +16 48
Ladislav Sikorcin HSC Csíkszereda 29 21 23 44 +30 26
Nikandrosz Galanisz Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák 30 17 26 43 +19 53

Leading goaltenders

The following goaltenders led the league in save percentage at the end of the regular season.[2]

Player Team GP TOI SOG SVS GA SVS% GAA
Miklós Rajna Vasas HC 20 1,098:28 663 622 41 .938 2.23
Tamás Kiss Vasas HC 15 776:41 526 492 34 .935 2.62
Peter Sevela Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák 12 631:14 388 361 27 .930 2.56
Timo Lindström Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák 13 691:38 397 367 30 .924 2.60
Patrik Polc SCM Fenestela Braşov 31 1,652:18 1206 1113 93 .923 3.37
Dávid Duschek Miskolci JJSE 17 900:35 509 467 42 .917 2.79
Stanislav Kozuch HSC Csíkszereda 30 1,690:02 715 654 61 .915 2.16
Krisztián Budai FTC-Orangeways 19 1,032:45 648 590 58 .910 3.36
Dávid Gyenes Miskolci JJSE 19 1,036:55 584 531 53 .909 3.06
Bence Bálizs SAPA AV19 Székesfehérvár II 25 1,430:50 1106 1002 104 .906 4.36

Playoffs

After the regular season the seven best placed teams qualified automatically for the playoffs, while the eighth and ninth placed teams decided the one remaining playoff place in a best-of-three series. The teams are drawn together according to their final result in the regular season.

Pre-qualifying

All times are local (UTC+1).

14 December 2010
18:00		Steaua Rangers5–6
( 2–2, 2–1, 1–3 )		Újpesti TEPatinoarul Mihai Flamaropol, Bucharest
Attendance: 50
Game reference
Adrian Catrinoi CorneaGoaliesMárk HajekReferees:
Lehel Gergely
Istvan Mathe
0–13:04 – P. Németh
M. Georgescu (V. Nicolescu) – 05:531–1
C. Flueras (R. Lupascu) – 09:012–1
2–210:46 – P. Szajbert
2–323:51 – P. Szajbert (B. Zalavári) (PP)
M. Marcus (M. Georgescu, T. Predoi) – 36:273–3
V. Nicolescu (Zs. Mastaleriu, I. Timaru) – 36:524–3
4–443:41 – T. Rosztocsil (PS)
4–550:23 – Zs. Gergely (B. Kukucska, B. Rusznyák)
I. Timaru (SH) – 53:235–5
5–659:10 – D. Roczanov
4 minPenalties10 min
25Shots29
15 December 2010
14:00		Steaua Rangers1–7
( 0–3, 0–2, 1–2 )		Újpesti TEPatinoarul Mihai Flamaropol, Bucharest
Attendance: 50
Game reference
Lorand KariGoaliesAttila Norbert SzőkeReferees:
Eduard Popescu
Alexandru Butucel
0–110:39 – P. Németh (A. Tolnai, R. Davis)
0–214:27 – Zs. Gergely (P. Szajbert, D. Roczanov)
0–319:29 – A. Tolnai (B. Rusznyák, D. Roczanov)
0–425:26 – D. Roczanov (P. Szajbert)
0–525:46 – B. Rusznyák (R. Davis))
0–640:55 – R. Davis (P. Németh) (PP2)
0–743:42 – R. Davis (P. Németh, D. Roczanov)
V. Nicolescu (I. Timaru) (SH) – 56:061–7
18 minPenalties10 min
18Shots44
Újpesti TE have won the series to 2–0 and thus qualified for the playoffs.

Playoff bracket

 
Quarter FinalSemi FinalFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
HSC Csíkszereda3
 
 
 
Újpesti TE0
 
HSC Csíkszereda3
 
 
 
Vasas HC1
 
Vasas HC3
 
 
 
FTC-Orangeways0
 
HSC Csíkszereda4
 
 
 
Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák1
 
Miskolci JJSE3
 
 
 
SCM Fenestela Braşov1
 
Miskolci JJSE0
 
 
 
Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák3
 
Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák3
 
 
SAPA AV19 II Sz'fehérvár0
 
HSC Csíkszereda have won the best-of-seven series final to 4–1 and took the MOL Liga title.

References

  1. ^ "MOL Liga Statisztika – Kanadai táblázat" (in Hungarian). Hungarian Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 6 December 2010. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
  2. ^ "MOL Liga Statisztika – Kapus statisztika" (in Hungarian). Hungarian Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 13 November 2010. Retrieved 26 January 2011.

External links

  • MOL Liga Official Website
  • MOL Liga on Scoresway ice hockey site