2020–21 Slovak 1. Liga season

2020–21 Slovak 1. Liga season
LeagueSlovakia Slovak 1. Liga
SportIce hockey
Duration
  • October 2020 – March 2021
  • (Regular season)
Number of teams11
Regular season
League ChampionVlci Žilina
Top scorer
Playoffs
Finals championsHK Spišská Nová Ves
  Runners-upVlci Žilina
Slovak 1. Liga seasons

The 2020–21 Slovak 1. Liga season was the 28th season of the Slovak 1. Liga, the second level of ice hockey in Slovakia.[1]

Regular season

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Standings

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Each team played 38 games: playing each of the other nine teams four times – 2x at home, 2x away (36 games). At the end of the regular season, the team that finished with the most points was crowned the league champion. Each 1HL team played two matches with SR 18 (1x at home and 1x outside) to support the preparation of the SR team for MS U18, I. div. sk. A 2021.[2]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Žilina 38 31 2 1 4 183 66 +117 98 Qualification to Quarter-finals
2 Martin 38 23 2 1 12 139 107 +32 74
3 Spišská Nová Ves 38 21 4 2 11 120 99 +21 73
4 Topoľčany 38 18 3 4 13 124 106 +18 64
5 Dubnica 38 19 0 4 15 126 115 +11 61
6 Levice 38 13 3 5 17 109 120 −11 50
7 Humenné 38 13 2 5 18 101 130 −29 48
8 Považská Bystrica 38 11 6 0 21 101 140 −39 45
9 Skalica 38 12 1 5 20 108 126 −18 43
10 Trnava 38 10 1 0 27 98 148 −50 32
  SR 18 20 2 3 0 15 50 102 −52 12
Source: Slovenská hokejová liga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points

Playoffs

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Eight teams qualify for the playoffs.

Bracket

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Quarter-finals (best-of-7) Semi-finals (best-of-7) Finals (best-of-7)
         
1 Žilina 4
8 Považská Bystrica 0
1 Žilina 4
5 Dubnica 0
4 Topoľčany 0
5 Dubnica 4
1 Žilina 1
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
3 Spišská Nová Ves 4
2 Martin 4
7 Humenné 0
2 Martin 2
3 Spišská Nová Ves 4
3 Spišská Nová Ves 4
6 Levice 0

Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Finals

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8 April 2021
17:30		Žilina3–4
(0–2, 2–0, 1–2)
score in the series: 0–1		Spišská Nová VesVojtech Závodský Ice Arena, Žilina
Game reference
Patrik Romančík
Maroš Mikoláš		GoaliesMarcel Melicherčík
0–100:50 – Hvila (Tyczyński)
0–214:53 – Rapáč (Hančák, Tyczyński)
Jurčík (Jaborník, Koyš) – 22:241–2
Cíger (Dubeň) – 22:562–2
Petráš (Urban, Mikula) (PP) – 44:123–2
3–344:25 – Rapáč (Hvila, Fabian)
3–444:49 – Džugan (Giľák, Dow)
22 minPenalties26 min
37Shots33
9 April 2021
17:30		Žilina3–5
(0–3, 3–1, 0–1)
score in the series: 0–2		Spišská Nová VesVojtech Závodský Ice Arena, Žilina
Game reference
Maroš MikolášGoaliesMarcel Melicherčík
41 minPenalties14 min
49Shots24
12 April 2021
18:00		Spišská Nová Ves1–5
(0–3, 1–0, 0–2)
score in the series: 2–1		ŽilinaSpiš Aréna, Spišská Nová Ves
Game reference
Marcel MelicherčíkGoaliesMaroš Mikoláš
18 minPenalties12 min
28Shots34
13 April 2021
18:00		Spišská Nová Ves1–0
(0–0, 1–0, 0–0)
score in the series: 3–1		ŽilinaSpiš Aréna, Spišská Nová Ves
Game reference
Marcel MelicherčíkGoaliesMaroš Mikoláš
Tyczyński (Rapáč, Hvila) – 24:341–0
10 minPenalties10 min
28Shots39
16 April 2021
17:30		Žilina3–4 GWS
(1–1, 1–1, 1–1)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)
score in the series: 1–4		Spišská Nová VesVojtech Závodský Ice Arena, Žilina
Game reference

Spišská Nová Ves wins the finals 4-1.

Final rankings

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Spišská Nová Ves
Žilina
Martin
4 Dubnica
5 Topoľčany
6 Levice
7 Humenné
8 Považská Bystrica
9 Skalica
10 Trnava
  SR 18

References

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  1. ^ "Slovenská hokejová liga". hockeyslovakia.sk (in Slovak).
  2. ^ "Smernica pre prvú ligu seniorov" (PDF). hockeyslovakia.sk (in Slovak).
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