The 2023–24 Czech Extraliga season was the 31st season of the Czech Extraliga since its creation after the breakup of Czechoslovakia and the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League in 1993.[1]
| 2023–24 Czech Extraliga season | |
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| League | Czech Extraliga |
| Sport | Ice hockey |
| Duration |
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| Number of games | 52 |
| Number of teams | 14 |
| Regular season | |
| Pohár Jaroslava Pouzara | HC Dynamo Pardubice |
| Playoffs | |
| Finals | |
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 |
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| 1 | Pardubice | 52 | 33 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 203 | 115 | +88 | 121 | Qualification to Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Sparta Praha | 52 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 172 | 119 | +53 | 111 | |
| 3 | Třinec | 52 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 172 | 132 | +40 | 99 | |
| 4 | Kometa Brno | 52 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 17 | 160 | 139 | +21 | 86 | |
| 5 | Litvínov | 52 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 163 | 165 | −2 | 83 | Qualification to Wild card round |
| 6 | České Budějovice | 52 | 23 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 147 | 149 | −2 | 83 | |
| 7 | Liberec | 52 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 174 | 165 | +9 | 82 | |
| 8 | Mountfield HK | 52 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 135 | 137 | −2 | 75 | |
| 9 | Vítkovice | 52 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 132 | 138 | −6 | 72 | |
| 10 | Olomouc | 52 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 123 | 155 | −32 | 68 | |
| 11 | Karlovy Vary | 52 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 27 | 128 | 146 | −18 | 61 | |
| 12 | Plzeň | 52 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 130 | 155 | −25 | 58 | |
| 13 | Mladá Boleslav | 52 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 106 | 154 | −48 | 54 | |
| 14 | Kladno | 52 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 31 | 120 | 196 | −76 | 39 | Qualification to Play Out |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points.
Statistics
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 |
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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 |
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Relegation series
Relegation series played between Rytíři Kladno, the 14th team in regular season, and the winner of 1. Liga winners. The winner of the best-of-seven series would play in the 2024–25 Czech Extraliga.
| Rytíři Kladno | v |
| Rytíři Kladno | v |
| v | Rytíři Kladno |
| v | Rytíři Kladno |
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) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Pardubice | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Mountfield HK | 3 | 8 | Mountfield HK | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 9 | Vítkovice | 0 | 1 | Pardubice | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| 5 | Litvínov | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Kometa Brno | 2 | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Litvínov | 3 | 5 | Litvínov | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| 12 | Plzeň | 0 | 1 | Pardubice | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | Sparta Praha | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Liberec | 3 | 7 | Liberec | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| 10 | Olomouc | 2 | 2 | Sparta Praha | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | Třinec | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Třinec | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | České Budějovice | 3 | 6 | České Budějovice | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 11 | Karlovy Vary | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Wild card round
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Quarterfinals
Semifinals
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Finals
| Pardubice | v |
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| v | Pardubice |
| v | Pardubice |
Final rankings
| 4 | Litvínov |
| 5 | Kometa Brno |
| 6 | České Budějovice |
| 7 | Liberec |
| 8 | Mountfield HK |
| 9 | Vítkovice |
| 10 | Olomouc |
| 11 | Karlovy Vary |
| 12 | Plzeň |
| 13 | Mladá Boleslav |
| 14 | Kladno |
References
- ^ "Extraliga klepe na dveře! Hvězdy nebo porce inovací. Co všechno se mění?". hokej.cz (in Czech).
- ^ "Statistics – Hráči 2023/2024" (in Czech). hokej.cz. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
- ^ "Statistics – Brankári 2023/2024" (in Czech). hokej.cz. Retrieved 8 September 2022.