2022–23 Czech Extraliga season

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.[1]

2022–23 Czech Extraliga season
LeagueCzech Extraliga
SportIce hockey
Duration
  • 15 September 2022 – 5 March 2023 (regular season)
  • 8 March – 28 April (playoffs)
Number of games52
Number of teams14
Regular season
Pohár Jaroslava PouzaraHC Dynamo Pardubice
Top scorer
Playoffs
Finals
ChampionsTřinec
  Runners-upMountfield HK

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 29 8 5 10 159 110 +49 108 Qualification to Quarter-finals
2 Vítkovice 52 28 4 10 10 159 122 +37 102
3 Sparta Praha 52 28 6 3 15 155 122 +33 99
4 Mountfield HK 52 23 7 5 17 141 124 +17 88
5 Liberec 52 19 10 10 13 156 129 +27 87 Qualification to
Wild card round
6 Třinec 52 21 5 7 19 149 121 +28 80
7 Kometa Brno 52 19 6 3 24 134 150 −16 72
8 Olomouc 52 19 6 2 25 121 141 −20 71
9 Karlovy Vary 52 19 4 3 26 129 163 −34 68
10 Mladá Boleslav 52 15 7 8 22 116 128 −12 67
11 Litvínov 52 15 7 8 22 137 144 −7 67
12 Plzeň 52 15 6 8 23 127 146 −19 65
13 České Budějovice 52 15 5 6 26 132 158 −26 61
14 Kladno 52 15 3 6 28 122 179 −57 57 Qualification to Play Out
Source: Tipsport Extraliga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points.

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
Czech Republic Martin Růžička HC Oceláři Třinec 52 23 29 52 +7 18
Slovakia Marko Daňo HC Oceláři Třinec 51 29 22 51 +15 36
Czech Republic Tomáš Plekanec Rytíři Kladno 52 16 33 49 −6 34
Czech Republic Petr Holík HC Kometa Brno 52 12 36 48 −4 22
Latvia Roberts Bukarts HC Vítkovice Ridera 52 21 26 47 +7 10
Czech Republic Dominik Lakatoš HC Vítkovice Ridera 51 18 29 47 +20 53
Czech Republic Andrej Nestrašil HC Oceláři Třinec 44 10 36 46 +10 10
Czech Republic Lukáš Pech HC Motor České Budějovice 49 8 38 46 −4 48
Czech Republic Milan Gulaš HC Motor České Budějovice 47 24 18 42 −8 24
Czech Republic Lukáš Radil 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.[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 PSG Berani Zlín, the winner of 1. Liga winners. The winner of the best-of-seven series would play in the 2023–24 Czech Extraliga.

16 April 2023
16:00 (CEST)		Kladno1–0
(0–0, 0–0, 1–0)
score in the series: 1–0		ZlínČEZ Stadion, Kladno
Attendance: 5,200
Game reference
Adam BrízgalaGoaliesDaniel HufReferees:
Adam Kika
Jan Hribik
Linesmen:
Daniel Hynek
Stanislav Hnát
Indrák (Klepiš, Slováček) – 43:541–0
4 minPenalties8 min
40Shots22
17 April 2023
18:00 (CEST)		Kladno3–1
(2–0, 0–0, 1–1)
score in the series: 2–0		ZlínČEZ Stadion, Kladno
Attendance: 5,200
Game reference
Adam BrízgalaGoaliesDaniel HufReferees:
Robin Šír
Oldřich Hejduk
Linesmen:
Tomáš Brejcha
Michal Zíka
Slováček (Veber, Filip) – 01:561–0
Beran (Bláha, Filip) – 04:272–0
Babka (Bláha, Pytlík) – 44:503–0
3–147:55 – Kratochvíl (Kindl, Zbořil)
18 minPenalties16 min
38Shots33
20 April 2023
17:30 (CEST)		Zlín1–7
(0–4, 0–3, 1–0)
score in the series: 0–3		KladnoZimní stadion Luďka Čajky, Zlín
Attendance: 7,000
Game reference
Daniel Huf
Michal Kořének		GoaliesAdam BrízgalaReferees:
René Hradil
Roman Mrkva
Linesmen:
Vít Lederer
Michal Axman
0–103:26 – Plekanec (Kubík) (SH)
0–206:07 – Filip (Slováček, Veber)
0–317:45 – Pytlík (Klepiš, Zikmund)
0–418:33 – Indrák (Kubík, Plekanec)
0–521:02 – Ticháček (Filip, Procházka)
0–631:52 – Zikmund (Ticháček, Klepiš) (PP)
0–739:38 – Plekanec
Kratochvíl (Mrázek, Sedlák) (PP) – 54:461–7
10 minPenalties4 min
17Shots43
21 April 2023
17:30 (CEST)		Zlín0–1
(0–0, 0–1, 0–0)
score in the series: 0–4		KladnoZimní stadion Luďka Čajky, Zlín
Attendance: 7,000
Game reference
Daniel HufGoaliesAdam BrízgalaReferees:
Oldřich Hejduk
Jakub Šindel
Linesmen:
Daniel Hynek
Petr Šimánek
0–121:06 – Indrák (Ticháček, Klepiš)
8 minPenalties4 min
16Shots38

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

Wild card round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals
18 April 2023
17:00 (CEST)		Mountfield HK2–4
(0–0, 0–1, 2–3)
score in the series: 0–1		TřinecČPP Arena, Hradec Králové
Attendance: 6,890
Game reference
Matěj MachovskýGoaliesOndřej KacetlReferees:
Antonín Jeřábek
Jiří Ondráček
Linesmen:
Daniel Hynek
Petr Šimánek
0–129:11 – Kurovský (Roman, Adámek)
0–240:50 – Voženílek (Daňo)
Klíma (Okuliar) – 41:121–2
Smoleňák (Pilař) – 43:522–2
2–348:43 – Voženílek (Daňo)
2–459:21 – Dravecký (Nestrašil)
4 minPenalties4 min
29Shots23
19 April 2023
17:00 (CEST)		Mountfield HK1–2 OT
(0–1, 1–0, 0–0)
(OT: 0–1)
score in the series: 0–2		TřinecČPP Arena, Hradec Králové
Attendance: 6,890
Game reference
Matěj MachovskýGoaliesOndřej KacetlReferees:
Robin Šír
Peter Stano
Linesmen:
Jiří Ondráček
Josef Špůr
0–108:55 – Růžička (Voženílek, Nestrašil)
Jergl (Okuliar, Klíma) (PP1) – 22:021–1
1–270:44 – Voženílek (Chmielewski, Daňo)
4 minPenalties6 min
30Shots23
22 April 2023
17:00 (CEST)		Třinec1–0
(0–0, 1–0, 0–0)
score in the series: 3–0		Mountfield HKWerk Arena, Třinec
Attendance: 5,400
Game reference
Ondřej KacetlGoaliesMatěj MachovskýReferees:
Antonín Jeřábek
Daniel Pražák
Linesmen:
Josef Špůr
Michal Zíka
Daňo (Chmielewski) – 20:541–0
6 minPenalties4 min
22Shots30
23 April 2023
17:00 (CEST)		Třinec1–2 OT
(0–1, 1–0, 0–0)
(OT: 0–1)
score in the series: 3–1		Mountfield HKWerk Arena, Třinec
Attendance: 5,400
Game reference
Ondřej KacetlGoaliesMatěj MachovskýReferees:
Jan Hribik
Robin Šír
Linesmen:
Jiří Ondráček
Jiří Svoboda
0–118:07 – Jank (Jergl)
Adámek (Hudáček, Voženílek) – 24:191–1
1–260:34 – R. Pavlík (Jank)
4 minPenalties8 min
30Shots23
26 April 2023
17:00 (CEST)		Mountfield HK3–0
(1–0, 1–0, 1–0)
score in the series: 2–3		TřinecČPP Arena, Hradec Králové
Attendance: 6,890
Game reference
Matěj MachovskýGoaliesOndřej KacetlReferees:
Antonín Jeřábek
Daniel Pražák
Linesmen:
Miroslav Lhotský
Josef Špůr
Miškář (Werek, R. Pavlík)– 00:271–0
Pilař (Okuliar, McCormack) – 36:562–0
Zachar (Okuliar)– 57:493–0
12 minPenalties6 min
28Shots30
28 April 2023
17:00 (CEST)		Třinec4-1
(1–0, 0–0, 3–1)
score in the series: 4–2		Mountfield HKWerk Arena, Třinec
Attendance: 5,400
Game reference
Ondřej KacetlGoaliesMatěj MachovskýReferees:
Jan Hribik
Robin Šír
Linesmen:
Jiří Ondráček
Daniel Hynek
Marinčin (Voženílek) – 13:561–0
1–146:08 – Rosandić (F. Pavlík)
Hudáček (Voženílek, Nestrašil) – 56:432–1
Nestrašil (Jeřábek) – 58:123–1
Daño (Vrána, Smith) – 58:484–1
2 minPenalties4 min
32Shots20

Final rankings
Třinec
Mountfield HK
Pardubice
4Vítkovice
5Sparta Praha
6Liberec
7Kometa Brno
8Olomouc
9Karlovy Vary
10Mladá Boleslav
11Litvínov
12Plzeň
13České Budějovice
14Kladno

References
  1. "Změny v extralize: APK, hrací dny, sudí a vyloučení. Nový název má i pohár". hokej.cz (in Czech).
  2. "Statistics – Hráči 2022/2023" (in Czech). hokej.cz. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  3. "Statistics – Brankári 2022/2023" (in Czech). hokej.cz. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
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