2004–05 Slovak Extraliga season
# 2004–05 Slovak Extraliga season

The Slovak Extraliga 2004–05 was the twelfth regular season of the Slovak Extraliga, the top level of professional ice hockey in Slovakia. During the 2004–05 NHL lockout several Slovak players returned to their homeland, including Pavol Demitra, Marián Hossa, Marián Gáborík (all in HK Dukla Trenčín), Miroslav Šatan and Ľubomír Višňovský (both in HC Slovan Bratislava), Michal Handzuš, Richard Zedník and Vladimír Országh (all in HKm Zvolen), Ladislav Nagy and Martin Štrbák (both in HC Košice), and Žigmund Pálffy (in HK 36 Skalica).

## Regular season

### Final standings

| Po. | Club | GP | W | OTW | T | OTL | L | GF | GA | PTS |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. | HKm Zvolen | 54 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 185 | 128 | 107 |
| 2. | HC Slovan Bratislava | 54 | 34 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 184 | 115 | 107 |
| 3. | HC Dukla Trenčín | 54 | 31 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 200 | 127 | 102 |
| 4. | HC Košice | 54 | 29 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 156 | 124 | 95 |
| 5. | HK Nitra | 54 | 26 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 152 | 146 | 87 |
| 6. | MsHK Žilina | 54 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 148 | 138 | 79 |
| 7. | HK Poprad | 54 | 19 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 21 | 133 | 134 | 72 |
| 8. | MHk 32 Liptovský Mikuláš | 54 | 18 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 26 | 139 | 166 | 64 |
| 9. | HK 36 Skalica | 54 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 35 | 129 | 205 | 39 |
| 10. | HK Dubnica | 54 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 46 | 93 | 236 | 14 |

Key - GP: Games played, W: Wins, OTW: Over time wins, T: Ties, OTL: Over time losses, L: Losses, GF: Goals for, GA: Goals against, PTS: Points.

## Playoffs

### Playoff bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. | HKm Zvolen | 4 | | | | | | |
| 8. | MHk 32 Lipt. Mikuláš | 1 | | | | | | |
| 8. | MHk 32 Lipt. Mikuláš | 1 | 1. | HKm Zvolen | 4 | | | |
| | | | 4. | HC Košice | 1 | | | |
| 4. | HC Košice | 4 | 4. | HC Košice | 1 | | | |
| 5. | HK Nitra | 1 | | | | | | |
| 5. | HK Nitra | 1 | | | | 1. | HKm Zvolen | 3 |
| | | | | | | 2. | HC Slovan | 4 |
| 2. | HC Slovan | 4 | | | | | | | 2. | HC Slovan | 4 |
| 7. | HK Poprad | 1 | | | | | | |
| 7. | HK Poprad | 1 | 2. | HC Slovan | 4 | | | |
| | | | 3. | Dukla Trenčín | 3 | | | |
| 3. | Dukla Trenčín | 4 | 3. | Dukla Trenčín | 3 | | | |
| 6. | MsHK Žilina | 1 | | | | | | |

## Playout

| Extraliga Last Team | Score | 1st. League Winner |
| - | - | - |
| HK Dubnica* | 4:2 | HC Topoľčany |
| HK Dubnica* | 7:1, 2:4, 1:2, 3:0, 8:0, 7:1 | HC Topoľčany |

* Dubnica sold license for the 2005-06 season to Martin due to financial troubles.

## Scoring Leaders

| # | Player | Club | GP | G | A | PTS |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. | Pavol Demitra | Trenčín | 54 | 28 | 54 | 82 |
| 2. | Jaroslav Kmiť | Košice | 53 | 23 | 33 | 56 |
| 3. | Richard Kapuš | Slovan | 52 | 17 | 37 | 54 |
| 4. | Marián Gáborík | Trenčín | 29 | 25 | 27 | 52 |
| 5. | Arne Kroták | Košice | 51 | 26 | 25 | 51 |
| # | Player | Club | GP | G | A | PTS |
| 1. | Miroslav Šatan | Slovan | 18 | 15 | 7 | 22 |
| 2. | Zdeno Cíger | Slovan | 19 | 6 | 15 | 21 |
| 3. | Richard Zedník | Zvolen | 17 | 9 | 10 | 19 |
| 4. | Marián Gáborík | Trenčín | 12 | 8 | 9 | 17 |
| 4. | Pavol Demitra | Trenčín | 12 | 4 | 13 | 17 |

## 2004-05 All Star Team

| Player | Post | Club |
| - | - | - |
| Karol Križan | G | Zvolen |
| Ľubomír Višňovský | D | Slovan |
| René Vydarený | D | Slovan |
| Miroslav Šatan | LW | Slovan |
| Michal Handzuš | C | Zvolen |
| Pavol Demitra | RW | Trenčín |
| Coach | Club |
| Miloš Říha | Slovan |
