2023–24 Czech Extraliga season

Sports season
  • 14 September 2023 – 3 March 2024 (regular season)
  • 6 March – (playoffs)
Number of games52Number of teams14Regular seasonPohár Jaroslava PouzaraHC Dynamo PardubicePlayoffsFinalsCzech Extraliga seasons
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The 2023–24 Czech Extraliga season was the 31st 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 33 8 6 5 203 115 +88 121 Qualification to Quarter-finals
2 Sparta Praha 52 32 6 3 11 172 119 +53 111
3 Třinec 52 25 9 6 12 172 132 +40 99
4 Kometa Brno 52 21 9 5 17 160 139 +21 86
5 Litvínov 52 23 5 4 20 163 165 −2 83 Qualification to
Wild card round
6 České Budějovice 52 23 2 10 17 147 149 −2 83
7 Liberec 52 24 3 4 21 174 165 +9 82
8 Mountfield HK 52 16 8 11 17 135 137 −2 75
9 Vítkovice 52 18 5 8 21 132 138 −6 72
10 Olomouc 52 16 7 6 23 123 155 −32 68
11 Karlovy Vary 52 14 8 3 27 128 146 −18 61
12 Plzeň 52 14 6 4 28 130 155 −25 58
13 Mladá Boleslav 52 12 6 6 28 106 154 −48 54
14 Kladno 52 7 4 10 31 120 196 −76 39 Qualification to Play Out
Source: Tipsport Extraliga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points.

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

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 the winner of 1. Liga winners. The winner of the best-of-seven series would play in the 2024–25 Czech Extraliga.

Rytíři Kladnov
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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)
1 Pardubice 4
8 Mountfield HK 3 8 Mountfield HK 1
9 Vítkovice 0 1 Pardubice 2
5 Litvínov 0
4 Kometa Brno 2 (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round)
5 Litvínov 3 5 Litvínov 4
12 Plzeň 0  
 
2 Sparta Praha 4
7 Liberec 3 7 Liberec 0
10 Olomouc 2 2 Sparta Praha 0
3 Třinec 0
3 Třinec 4
6 České Budějovice 3 6 České Budějovice 3
11 Karlovy Vary 0

Wild card round

LitvínovPlzeň 3–0
6.3.2024 Litvínov Plzeň 4-2
7.3.2024 Litvínov Plzeň 4-1
9.3.2024 Plzeň Litvínov 1-2 OT
Litvínov won the series 3–0.


LiberecOlomouc 3–2
6.3.2024 Liberec Olomouc 0-1 OT
7.3.2024 Liberec Olomouc 2-3 OT
9.3.2024 Olomouc Liberec 3-4
10.3.2024 Olomouc Liberec 3-5
12.3.2024 Liberec Olomouc 4-1
Liberec won the series 3–2.
České BudějoviceKarlovy Vary 3–0
6.3.2024 České Budějovice Karlovy Vary 4-2
7.3.2024 České Budějovice Karlovy Vary 5-4 OT
9.3.2024 Karlovy Vary České Budějovice 1-3
České Budějovice won the series 3–0.


Mountfield HKVítkovice 3–0
6.3.2024 Mountfield HK Vítkovice 4-3
7.3.2024 Mountfield HK Vítkovice 1-0
9.3.2024 Vítkovice Mountfield HK 1-3
Mountfield HK won the series 3–0.

Quarterfinals

PardubiceMountfield HK 4–1
15.3.2024 Pardubice Mountfield HK 5-4 OT
16.3.2024 Pardubice Mountfield HK 3-2
19.3.2024 Mountfield HK Pardubice 2-1 SO
20.3.2024 Mountfield HK Pardubice 0-1
23.3.2024 Pardubice Mountfield HK 3-2
Pardubice won the series 4–1.


TřinecČeské Budějovice 4–3
17.3.2024 Třinec České Budějovice 2-0
18.3.2024 Třinec České Budějovice 2-0
21.3.2024 České Budějovice Třinec 3-4
22.3.2024 České Budějovice Třinec 4-1
24.3.2024 Třinec České Budějovice 2-3
26.3.2024 České Budějovice Třinec 3-0
28.3.2024 Třinec České Budějovice 2-0
Třinec won the series 4–3.
Sparta PrahaLiberec 4–0
15.3.2024 Sparta Praha Liberec 3-2 SO
16.3.2024 Sparta Praha Liberec 3-2 OT
19.3.2024 Liberec Sparta Praha 3-5
20.3.2024 Liberec Sparta Praha 2-5
Sparta Praha won the series 4–0.


Kometa BrnoLitvínov 2–4
17.3.2024 Kometa Brno Litvínov 1-2 SO
18.3.2024 Kometa Brno Litvínov 1-5
21.3.2024 Litvínov Kometa Brno 3-4
22.3.2024 Litvínov Kometa Brno 1-5
24.3.2024 Kometa Brno Litvínov 1-2 OT
26.3.2024 Litvínov Kometa Brno 4-1
Litvínov won the series 4–2.

Semifinals

PardubiceLitvínov 2–0
31.3.2024 Pardubice Litvínov 2-1
1.4.2024 Pardubice Litvínov 3-0
4.4.2024 Litvínov Pardubice 0-0
5.4.2024 Litvínov Pardubice 0-0
Pardubice leads the series 2–0.
Sparta PrahaTřinec 0–0
2.4.2024 Sparta Praha Třinec 0-0
3.4.2024 Sparta Praha Třinec 0-0
6.4.2024 Třinec Sparta Praha 0-0
7.4.2024 Třinec Sparta Praha 0-0

Finals

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Final rankings

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

References

  1. ^ "Extraliga klepe na dveře! Hvězdy nebo porce inovací. Co všechno se mění?". hokej.cz (in Czech).
  2. ^ "Statistics – Hráči 2023/2024" (in Czech). hokej.cz. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Statistics – Brankári 2023/2024" (in Czech). hokej.cz. Retrieved 8 September 2022.

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