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. Třinec won the Extraliga for the fourth consecutive season, beating Hradec Králové-based Mountfield HK in the finals by 4 games to 2.
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.
Statistics Scoring leaders
The following shows the top ten players who led the league in points, at the conclusion of the regular season. Player Team HC Oceláři Třinec 52 23 29 52 +7 18 HC Oceláři Třinec 51 29 22 51 +15 36 Rytíři Kladno 52 16 33 49 −6 34 HC Kometa Brno 52 12 36 48 −4 22 HC Vítkovice Ridera 52 21 26 47 +7 10 HC Vítkovice Ridera 51 18 29 47 +20 53 HC Oceláři Třinec 44 10 36 46 +10 10 HC Motor České Budějovice 49 8 38 46 −4 48 47 24 18 42 −8 24 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.
Player Team
Relegation series A relegation series was played between Rytíři Kladno, the 14th team in the regular season, and PSG Berani Zlín, the winner of the same season's 1. Liga. The winner of the best-of-seven series would play in the 2023–24 Czech Extraliga.
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
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Finals
Final rankings Třinec Mountfield HK Pardubice4 Vítkovice5 Sparta Praha6 Liberec7 Kometa Brno 8 Olomouc9 Karlovy Vary10 Mladá Boleslav11 Litvínov12 Plzeň13 České Budějovice14 Kladno
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