The 2014–15 Slovak Extraliga season was the 22nd season of the Slovak Extraliga, the highest level of ice hockey in Slovakia.
Teams The following teams are participating in the 2014–15 season. The HK Orange 20 is a project for preparation of the Slovakia junior ice hockey team for the IIHF World U20 Championship. The team do not play complete regular season and cannot promote to the playoffs or get relegated. First 8 teams in table after the regular season (56 games) will promote to the playoffs.
Team name Location Venue Capacity Titles2013-14 HKm Zvolen Zvolen Zvolen Ice Stadium 7,038 2Quarterfinalists HC Košice Košice Steel Aréna 8,378 7Champions HK Nitra Nitra Nitra Aréna 3,600 0Runners-up ŠHK 37 Piešťany Piešťany EASTON Aréna 3,050 0 Semifinalists HC ’05 Banská Bystrica Banská Bystrica Banská Bystrica Ice Stadium 3,518 0Semifinalists HK 36 Skalica Skalica Skalica Ice Stadium 4,100 0 Quarterfinalists HK Dukla Trenčín Trenčín Pavol Demitra Ice Stadium 6,150 39th HK Poprad Poprad Poprad Ice Stadium 4,050 0 Quarterfinalists MsHK Žilina Žilina Garmin Arena 6,200 110th MHC Mountfield Martin Martin Ice Stadium 4,200 0 Quarterfinalists HK Orange 20 Bratislava Vladimír Dzurilla Ice Stadium 3,500 – –
Regular season
Relegation series Relegation series will be played between MsHK Žilina, the 10th team in regular season, and HC 07 Detva, the winner of 1.liga. The winner of best-of-seven series will play in Extraliga in 2015–16 season.
PlayOut
Žilina wins the series 4-1 and will play in 2015–16 Slovak Extraliga season
Playoffs The seeding in Play-off is based on the ranking in Regular season. All Play-off rounds are played in the best-of-seven format, with the higher seeded team having the home advantage for the possible seventh game.
Playoff bracket
Final rankings Košice Banská Bystrica Nitra4 Poprad5 Zvolen6 Trenčín7 Martin8 Piešťany9 Skalica10 Žilina
External links Official website Season statistics