The 2008–09 Slovenian Hockey League season was the 18th season of the Slovenian Ice Hockey League. The competition was mostly made up of teams from Slovenia, but there were also two teams from Croatia.
At the end of the regular season, the playoffs were held. It was the first time that the playoffs featured a non-Slovenian team. Jesenice won the title after defeating Olimpija in the final.
Teams
Alfa Bled HK Olimpija HDD Olimpija (play-offs only) Jesenice (play-offs only) Maribor Maribor II Medveščak Mladi Jesenice Mladost Slavija Triglav Kranj
Standings after the regular season RkTeamGPWOTWOTLLGFGAPts1. Meveščak35 33 0 1 1 227 66 1002. Maribor35 25 3 3 4 208 59 843. Triglav Kranj35 21 2 1 11 172 71 684. Mladi Jesenice35 19 2 2 12 208 89 635. HK Olimpija35 16 5 4 10 192 98 626. Bled35 16 2 2 15 155 134 547. Mladost35 14 1 2 18 152 175 468. Slavija35 8 2 2 23 140 160 309. Maribor II35 5 0 1 29 77 250 1610. Alfa35 0 1 0 34 62 491 2
Play-offs
Round 1 Medveščak defeated Slavija 2–0 in a best of three series. Medveščak – Slavija 9–1 (2–0, 5–0, 2–1) Slavija – Medveščak 1–6 (0–1, 1–3, 0–2)
Maribor defeated Mladost 2–0 in a best of three series. Maribor – Mladost 3–1 Mladost – Maribor 2–4 (0–1, 0–1, 2–2)
Triglav Kranj defeated Bled 2–1 in a best of three series. Triglav Kranj – Bled 5–3 (1–2, 4–0, 0–1) Bled – Triglav Kranj 6–2 (1–1, 3–1, 2–0) Triglav Kranj – Bled 6–0 (1–0, 4–0, 1–0)
HK Olimpija defeated Mladi Jesenice 2–0 in a best of three series. HK Olimpija – Mladi Jesenice 4–1 (1–1, 2–0, 1–0) Mladi Jesenice – HK Olimpija 1–3 (0–2, 1–0, 0–1)
Quarter-finals Maribor defeated Triglav Kranj 2–1 in a best of three series. Maribor – Triglav Kranj 2–3 (0–1, 0–1, 2–1) Triglav Kranj – Maribor 2–3 OT (0–0, 1–0, 1–2, 0–1) Maribor – Triglav Kranj 7–2 (1–2, 4–0, 2–0)
Medveščak defeated HK Olimpija 2–0 in a best of three series. Medveščak – HK Olimpija 3–2 (0–0, 0–1, 2–1, 1–0) OT HK Olimpija – Medveščak 3–4 (0–1, 2–1, 1–2)
Semi-finals Jesenice and HDD Olimpija joined in the semi-finals.
Jesenice defeated Maribor 2–0 in a best of three series. Jesenice – Maribor 8–2 (3–1, 4–1, 1–0) Maribor – Jesenice 2–3 (1–1, 1–1, 0–0, 0–1) OT
Olimpija defeated Medveščak 2–1 in a best of three series. Olimpija – Medveščak 0–1 (0–1, 0–0, 0–0) Medveščak – Olimpija 3–6 (2–2, 0–3, 1–1) Olimpija – Medveščak 4–1 (1–0, 2–1, 1–0)
Final Jesenice defeated Olimpija 4–0 in a best of seven series. Jesenice – Olimpija 5–2 (3–0, 2–1, 0–1) Jesenice – Olimpija 2–1 (0–0, 1–0, 0–1, 0–0, 1–0) Olimpija – Jesenice 0–2 (0–0, 0–1, 0–1) Olimpija – Jesenice 1–2 (0–1, 0–0, 1–1)
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