2022–23 Czech Extraliga season

Number of games52Number of teams14Regular seasonPohár Jaroslava PouzaraHC Dynamo PardubiceTop scorerPlayoffsFinalsChampionsTřinec  Runners-upMountfield HKCzech Extraliga seasons

The 2022–23 Czech Extraliga season was the 30th season of the Czech Extraliga since its creation after the breakup of Czechoslovakia and the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League in 1993.^[1]

Regular season

Standings

Each team played 52 games, playing each of the other 13 teams four times – twice at home, and twice away. Points were awarded for each game, where three points were awarded for winning in regulation time, two points for winning in overtime or shootout, one point for losing in overtime or shootout, and zero points for losing in regulation time. At the end of the regular season, the team that finished with the most points was crowned winner of the regular season.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Pardubice	52	29	8	5	10	159	110	+49	108	Qualification to Quarter-finals
2	Vítkovice	52	28	4	10	10	159	122	+37	102
3	Sparta Praha	52	28	6	3	15	155	122	+33	99
4	Mountfield HK	52	23	7	5	17	141	124	+17	88
5	Liberec	52	19	10	10	13	156	129	+27	87	Qualification to Wild card round
6	Třinec	52	21	5	7	19	149	121	+28	80
7	Kometa Brno	52	19	6	3	24	134	150	−16	72
8	Olomouc	52	19	6	2	25	121	141	−20	71
9	Karlovy Vary	52	19	4	3	26	129	163	−34	68
10	Mladá Boleslav	52	15	7	8	22	116	128	−12	67
11	Litvínov	52	15	7	8	22	137	144	−7	67
12	Plzeň	52	15	6	8	23	127	146	−19	65
13	České Budějovice	52	15	5	6	26	132	158	−26	61
14	Kladno	52	15	3	6	28	122	179	−57	57	Qualification to Play Out

Statistics

Scoring leaders

The following shows the top ten players who led the league in points, at the conclusion of the regular season.^[2]

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
Martin Růžička	HC Oceláři Třinec	52	23	29	52	+7	18
Marko Daňo	HC Oceláři Třinec	51	29	22	51	+15	36
Tomáš Plekanec	Rytíři Kladno	52	16	33	49	−6	34
Petr Holík	HC Kometa Brno	52	12	36	48	−4	22
Roberts Bukarts	HC Vítkovice Ridera	52	21	26	47	+7	10
Dominik Lakatoš	HC Vítkovice Ridera	51	18	29	47	+20	53
Andrej Nestrašil	HC Oceláři Třinec	44	10	36	46	+10	10
Lukáš Pech	HC Motor České Budějovice	49	8	38	46	−4	48
Milan Gulaš	HC Motor České Budějovice	47	24	18	42	−8	24
Lukáš Radil	HC Dynamo Pardubice	49	14	26	40	+29	30

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 the regular season.^[3]

Player	Team	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA

Relegation series

Relegation series played between Rytíři Kladno, the 14th team in regular season, and PSG Berani Zlín, the winner of 1. Liga winners. The winner of the best-of-seven series would play in the 2023–24 Czech Extraliga.

16 April 2023 16:00 (CEST)

Kladno

1–0 (0–0, 0–0, 1–0) score in the series: 1–0

Zlín

ČEZ Stadion, Kladno Attendance: 5,200

Game reference
	Adam Brízgala	Goalies	Daniel Huf	Referees: Adam Kika Jan Hribik Linesmen: Daniel Hynek Stanislav Hnát
	Indrák (Klepiš, Slováček) – 43:54 1–0
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	40	Shots	22

17 April 2023 18:00 (CEST)

Kladno

3–1 (2–0, 0–0, 1–1) score in the series: 2–0

Zlín

ČEZ Stadion, Kladno Attendance: 5,200

Game reference
	Adam Brízgala	Goalies	Daniel Huf	Referees: Robin Šír Oldřich Hejduk Linesmen: Tomáš Brejcha Michal Zíka
	Slováček (Veber, Filip) – 01:56 1–0 Beran (Bláha, Filip) – 04:27 2–0 Babka (Bláha, Pytlík) – 44:50 3–0 3–1 47:55 – Kratochvíl (Kindl, Zbořil)
	18 min	Penalties	16 min
	38	Shots	33

20 April 2023 17:30 (CEST)

Zlín

1–7 (0–4, 0–3, 1–0) score in the series: 0–3

Kladno

Zimní stadion Luďka Čajky, Zlín Attendance: 7,000

Game reference
	Daniel Huf Michal Kořének	Goalies	Adam Brízgala	Referees: René Hradil Roman Mrkva Linesmen: Vít Lederer Michal Axman
	0–1 03:26 – Plekanec (Kubík) (SH) 0–2 06:07 – Filip (Slováček, Veber) 0–3 17:45 – Pytlík (Klepiš, Zikmund) 0–4 18:33 – Indrák (Kubík, Plekanec) 0–5 21:02 – Ticháček (Filip, Procházka) 0–6 31:52 – Zikmund (Ticháček, Klepiš) (PP) 0–7 39:38 – Plekanec Kratochvíl (Mrázek, Sedlák) (PP) – 54:46 1–7
	10 min	Penalties	4 min
	17	Shots	43

21 April 2023 17:30 (CEST)

Zlín

0–1 (0–0, 0–1, 0–0) score in the series: 0–4

Kladno

Zimní stadion Luďka Čajky, Zlín Attendance: 7,000

Game reference
	Daniel Huf	Goalies	Adam Brízgala	Referees: Oldřich Hejduk Jakub Šindel Linesmen: Daniel Hynek Petr Šimánek
	0–1 21:06 – Indrák (Ticháček, Klepiš)
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	16	Shots	38

Playoffs

Twelve teams qualify for the playoffs: the top four teams in the regular season have a bye to the quarterfinals, while teams ranked fifth to twelfth meet each other (5 versus 12, 6 versus 11, 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)
						2	Vítkovice	4
	7	Kometa Brno	3			7	Kometa Brno	2
	10	Mladá Boleslav	1								2	Vítkovice	3
											4	Mountfield HK	4
						4	Mountfield HK	4			(Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round)
	5	Liberec	3			5	Liberec	1
	12	Plzeň	2													4	Mountfield HK	2
																6	Třinec	4
						1	Pardubice	4
	8	Olomouc	3			8	Olomouc	0
	9	Karlovy Vary	1								1	Pardubice	3
											6	Třinec	4
						3	Sparta Praha	2
	6	Třinec	3			6	Třinec	4
	11	Litvínov	0

Wild card round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

18 April 2023 17:00 (CEST)

Mountfield HK

2–4 (0–0, 0–1, 2–3) score in the series: 0–1

Třinec

ČPP Arena, Hradec Králové Attendance: 6,890

Game reference
	Matěj Machovský	Goalies	Ondřej Kacetl	Referees: Antonín Jeřábek Jiří Ondráček Linesmen: Daniel Hynek Petr Šimánek
	0–1 29:11 – Kurovský (Roman, Adámek) 0–2 40:50 – Voženílek (Daňo) Klíma (Okuliar) – 41:12 1–2 Smoleňák (Pilař) – 43:52 2–2 2–3 48:43 – Voženílek (Daňo) 2–4 59:21 – Dravecký (Nestrašil)
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	29	Shots	23

19 April 2023 17:00 (CEST)

Mountfield HK

1–2 OT (0–1, 1–0, 0–0) (OT: 0–1) score in the series: 0–2

Třinec

ČPP Arena, Hradec Králové Attendance: 6,890

Game reference
	Matěj Machovský	Goalies	Ondřej Kacetl	Referees: Robin Šír Peter Stano Linesmen: Jiří Ondráček Josef Špůr
	0–1 08:55 – Růžička (Voženílek, Nestrašil) Jergl (Okuliar, Klíma) (PP1) – 22:02 1–1 1–2 70:44 – Voženílek (Chmielewski, Daňo)
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	30	Shots	23

22 April 2023 17:00 (CEST)

Třinec

1–0 (0–0, 1–0, 0–0) score in the series: 3–0

Mountfield HK

Werk Arena, Třinec Attendance: 5,400

Game reference
	Ondřej Kacetl	Goalies	Matěj Machovský	Referees: Antonín Jeřábek Daniel Pražák Linesmen: Josef Špůr Michal Zíka
	Daňo (Chmielewski) – 20:54 1–0
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	22	Shots	30

23 April 2023 17:00 (CEST)

Třinec

1–2 OT (0–1, 1–0, 0–0) (OT: 0–1) score in the series: 3–1

Mountfield HK

Werk Arena, Třinec Attendance: 5,400

Game reference
	Ondřej Kacetl	Goalies	Matěj Machovský	Referees: Jan Hribik Robin Šír Linesmen: Jiří Ondráček Jiří Svoboda
	0–1 18:07 – Jank (Jergl) Adámek (Hudáček, Voženílek) – 24:19 1–1 1–2 60:34 – R. Pavlík (Jank)
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	30	Shots	23

26 April 2023 17:00 (CEST)

Mountfield HK

3–0 (1–0, 1–0, 1–0) score in the series: 2–3

Třinec

ČPP Arena, Hradec Králové Attendance: 6,890

Game reference
	Matěj Machovský	Goalies	Ondřej Kacetl	Referees: Antonín Jeřábek Daniel Pražák Linesmen: Miroslav Lhotský Josef Špůr
	Miškář (Werek, R. Pavlík)– 00:27 1–0 Pilař (Okuliar, McCormack) – 36:56 2–0 Zachar (Okuliar)– 57:49 3–0
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	28	Shots	30

28 April 2023 17:00 (CEST)

Třinec

4–1 (1–0, 0–0, 3–1) score in the series: 4–2

Mountfield HK

Werk Arena, Třinec Attendance: 5,400

Game reference
	Ondřej Kacetl	Goalies	Matěj Machovský	Referees: Jan Hribik Robin Šír Linesmen: Jiří Ondráček Daniel Hynek
	Marinčin (Voženílek) – 13:56 1–0 1–1 46:08 – Rosandić (F. Pavlík) Hudáček (Voženílek, Nestrašil) – 56:43 2–1 Nestrašil (Jeřábek) – 58:12 3–1 Daño (Vrána, Smith) – 58:48 4–1
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	32	Shots	20

Final rankings

	Třinec
	Mountfield HK
	Pardubice
4	Vítkovice
5	Sparta Praha
6	Liberec
7	Kometa Brno
8	Olomouc
9	Karlovy Vary
10	Mladá Boleslav
11	Litvínov
12	Plzeň
13	České Budějovice
14	Kladno

References

External links

• Official website