2010–11 Slovak Extraliga season
# 2010–11 Slovak Extraliga season

The 2010–11 Slovak Extraliga season was the 18th season of the Slovak Extraliga since its creation after the breakup of Czechoslovakia and the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League in 1993.

## Regular season

### Standings

| Po. | Club | GP | W | OTW/SOW | OTL/SOL | L | GF | GA | PTS |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. | HC Košice | 57 | 38 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 217 | 102 | 137 |
| 2. | HK ŠKP Poprad | 57 | 30 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 187 | 135 | 111 |
| 3. | HC ’05 Banská Bystrica | 57 | 26 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 179 | 140 | 97 |
| 4. | HC Slovan Bratislava | 57 | 25 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 169 | 144 | 90 |
| 5. | HK Dukla Trenčín | 57 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 147 | 168 | 88 |
| 6. | HKm Zvolen | 57 | 22 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 161 | 156 | 84 |
| 7. | HK 36 Skalica | 57 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 158 | 168 | 79 |
| 8. | HK Nitra | 57 | 21 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 168 | 189 | 77 |
| 9. | MHC Mountfield | 57 | 21 | 1 | 9 | 26 | 153 | 182 | 74 |
| 10. | MsHK Žilina | 57 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 36 | 127 | 186 | 55 |
| 11. | HK Orange 20 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 42 | 140 | 8 |

* clinched playoff spot
* will play in relegation series

Key - GP: Games played, W: Wins, OTW/SOW: Overtime/Shootout wins, OTL/SOL: Overtime/Shootout losses, L: Losses, GF: Goals for, GA: Goals against, PTS: Points.

### Statistics

**Scoring leaders**

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes

| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Miroslav Zálešák | HK 36 Skalica / HC Košice | 58 | 28 | 36 | 64 | +14 | 92 |
| Arne Kroták | HK Poprad | 52 | 20 | 38 | 58 | +35 | 46 |
| Miroslav Štefanka | HK Nitra | 56 | 17 | 39 | 56 | +11 | 34 |
| Peter Bartoš | HC Košice | 57 | 23 | 30 | 53 | +36 | 32 |
| René Školiak | HK 36 Skalica | 47 | 18 | 33 | 51 | +9 | 113 |
| Michal Hudec | HC ’05 Banská Bystrica | 49 | 18 | 31 | 49 | +32 | 83 |
| Roman Tománek | HC ’05 Banská Bystrica | 48 | 29 | 18 | 47 | +38 | 46 |
| Jaroslav Jabrocký | MHC Mountfield | 51 | 27 | 20 | 47 | +18 | 38 |
| Stanislav Gron | HC Košice | 45 | 18 | 29 | 47 | +34 | 8 |
| Jaroslav Kristek | HC Košice | 55 | 14 | 32 | 46 | +43 | 38 |
| Ján Pardavý | HK Dukla Trenčín | 53 | 14 | 32 | 46 | +15 | 34 |

**Leading goaltenders**

These are the leaders in GAA among goaltenders that have played at least 1200 minutes.

GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); GA = Goals against; Sv% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

| Player | Team | GP | TOI | GA | Sv% | GAA |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Július Hudáček | HC Košice | 45 | 2752:58 | 82 | .936 | 1.79 |
| Marcel Melicherčík | HK Poprad | 53 | 3014:48 | 110 | .917 | 2.19 |
| Lukáš Škrečko | HKm Zvolen | 48 | 2605:33 | 103 | .929 | 2.37 |
| Branislav Konrád | HC Slovan Bratislava | 35 | 1998:14 | 79 | .929 | 2.37 |
| Miroslav Šimonovič | HC ’05 Banská Bystrica | 43 | 2553:07 | 110 | .919 | 2.53 |

## Playoffs

### Playoff bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Košice | 4 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Nitra | 1 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Nitra | 1 | 1 | Košice | 4 | | | |
| | | | 5 | Trenčín | 0 | | | |
| 4 | Slovan Bratislava | 3 | 5 | Trenčín | 0 | | | |
| 5 | Trenčín | 4 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Trenčín | 4 | | | | 1 | Košice | 4 |
| | | | | | | 2 | Poprad | 1 |
| 2 | Poprad | 4 | | | | | | | 2 | Poprad | 1 |
| 7 | Skalica | 2 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Skalica | 2 | 2 | Poprad | 4 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Banská Bystrica | 3 | | | |
| 3 | Banská Bystrica | 4 | 3 | Banská Bystrica | 3 | | | |
| 6 | Zvolen | 3 | | | | | | |

### Quarterfinals

* Košice – Nitra 4–1 (4–3, 6–0, 3–2PS, 1–3, 5–0)
* Poprad – Skalica 4–2 (0–2, 2–1, 2–1, 0–1OT, 6–3, 1–0)
* Banská Bystrica – Zvolen 4–3 (3–5, 3–4, 3–0, 4–3PS, 1–2PS, 3–2PS, 2–1)
* Slovan – Trenčín 3–4 (4–2, 4–1, 6–3, 2–3PS, 1–2, 3–6, 2–5)

### Semifinals

* Košice – Trenčín 4–0 (9–1, 5–0, 4–3PS, 5–1)
* Poprad – Banská Bystrica 4–3 (7–5, 1–3, 1–3, 3–2, 4–3OT, 1–2PS, 6–4)

### Finals

* Košice – Poprad 4–1 (3–1, 3–0, 1–2OT, 6–1, 4–1)

### Relegation round

* Žilina – Piešťany 4–0 (4–2, 4–2, 3–1, 3–1)

### Playoff statistics

**Playoff scoring leaders**

| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Miroslav Zálešák | HC Košice | 14 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 4 |
| Michel Miklík | HC Košice | 14 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 14 |
| Martin Kuľha | HK Poprad | 18 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 24 |
| Miroslav Lažo | HC ’05 Banská Bystrica | 14 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 48 |
| Jaroslav Kristek | HC Košice | 14 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 22 |
| Radoslav Tybor | HK Dukla Trenčín | 10 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 6 |
| Stanislav Gron | HC Košice | 14 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 6 |
| Miroslav Škovira | HK Poprad | 18 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 60 |
| Peter Fabuš | HC Košice | 14 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 0 |
| Vladimír Dravecký | HC Košice | 14 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 10 |
| Richard Jenčík | HC Košice | 14 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 2 |

## 2010–11 All Star Team

| Player | Post | Club |
| - | - | - |
| Július Hudáček | G | Košice |
| Ján Tabaček | D | Košice |
| Radoslav Suchý | D | Poprad |
| Arne Kroták | LW | Poprad |
| Stanislav Gron | C | Košice |
| Miroslav Zálešák | RW | Košice |

## Final rankings

| | Košice |
| - | - |
| | Poprad |
| | Banská Bystrica |
| 4 | Trenčín |
| 5 | Slovan Bratislava |
| 6 | Zvolen |
| 7 | Skalica |
| 8 | Nitra |
| 9 | Martin |
| 10 | Žilina |
