The 2023–24 Slovak Extraliga season was the 31st season of the Slovak Extraliga, the highest ice hockey league in Slovakia.

Team changes HC 19 Humenné are playing in the league for the first time after winning Slovak 1. Liga in the season 2022–23 in a best-of-seven playoff against Vlci Žilina.

HC MV Transport Prešov finished in the 2022–23 Slovak Extraliga season on the last 12th place and was relegated to a second highest ice hockey league in Slovakia.

Regular season Standings Each team played 50 games: playing each of the other eleven teams four times – 2x at home, 2x away (44 games) and during the Christmas holidays (22.12.2023 – 5.1.2024) each team played the inserted matches within the region 1x at home, 1x away = 6 games.

Points were awarded for each game, where three points are 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 the league champion.

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 HK Spišská Nová Ves 45 14 45 59 +11 38 HK Poprad 44 30 27 57 +29 44 HK Nitra 44 26 31 57 −2 16 HC '05 Banská Bystrica 41 25 31 56 +2 22 HK Dukla Michalovce 48 11 43 54 +14 20 HC '05 Banská Bystrica 49 19 33 52 +4 87 HK Nitra 48 14 38 52 +3 12 HC Slovan Bratislava 46 17 31 48 +16 30 HK Spišská Nová Ves 49 10 38 48 +27 14 HK Nitra 44 26 20 46 +12 10

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 HC Košice 24 1,287:06 13 11 41 3 93.64 1.91 HK Poprad 44 2,501:15 30 14 89 1 92.88 2.13 HC Košice 30 1,711:23 15 15 63 2 92.35 2.21 HK Dukla Michalovce 39 2,322:38 25 14 90 4 93.08 2.32 HK Spišská Nová Ves 30 1,721:17 19 11 71 0 90.65 2.47 HC Slovan Bratislava 30 1,744:44 19 11 79 2 91.51 2.72 HC '05 Banská Bystrica 27 1,491:51 16 11 71 3 91.94 2.86 49 2,756:14 21 28 132 1 90.69 2.87 HK Dukla Trenčín 40 2,282:28 20 20 110 3 91.52 2.89 HC Nové Zámky 48 2,867:45 19 29 139 1 91.18 2.91

Playoffs Ten teams qualify for the playoffs: the top six teams in the regular season have a bye to the quarterfinals, while teams ranked seventh to tenth meet each other (7 versus 10, 8 versus 9) in a preliminary playoff round.

Bracket

Wild card round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Final rankings Nitra Spišská Nová Ves Michalovce4 Košice5 Poprad6 Slovan Bratislava7 Banská Bystrica8 Zvolen9 Trenčín10 Liptovský Mikuláš11 Nové Zámky12 Humenné

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