2021–22 Czech Extraliga season

2021–22 Czech Extraliga season
2021–22 Czech Extraliga season
League	Czech Extraliga
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	8 September 2021 – 28 April 2022
Number of games	56
Number of teams	15
Regular season
Presidential Cup	Mountfield HK
Playoffs
Finals
Champions	Třinec
Runners-up	Sparta Praha
Czech Extraliga seasons
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The 2021–22 Czech Extraliga season was the 29th season of the Czech Extraliga since its creation after the breakup of Czechoslovakia and the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League in 1993.^[1]

Regular season

Standings

Each team played 56 games, playing each of the other fourteen teams four times – 2x at home, 2x 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 the league champion.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mountfield HK	56	31	9	5	11	182	115	+67	116	Qualification to Quarter-finals
2	Třinec	56	31	6	7	12	174	118	+56	112
3	Sparta Praha	56	27	6	6	17	203	153	+50	99
4	České Budějovice	56	26	5	5	20	166	151	+15	93
5	Pardubice	56	22	11	5	18	173	152	+21	93	Qualification to Wild card round
6	Plzeň	56	24	5	9	18	167	154	+13	91
7	Liberec	56	25	3	8	20	146	147	−1	89
8	Vítkovice	56	22	8	5	21	142	149	−7	87
9	Olomouc	56	20	8	4	24	133	152	−19	80
10	Kometa Brno	56	17	10	5	24	145	163	−18	76
11	Mladá Boleslav	56	21	3	7	25	128	148	−20	76
12	Karlovy Vary	56	19	4	7	26	160	176	−16	72
13	Litvínov	56	18	4	8	26	152	173	−21	70
14	Kladno	56	14	6	8	28	142	183	−41	62	Qualification to Play Out
15	Zlín	56	9	6	5	36	108	187	−79	44	Relegated to Czech 1. Liga

Source: Tipsport Extraliga
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
Filip Chlapík	HC Sparta Praha	53	31	39	70	+28	39
Lukáš Pech	HC Motor České Budějovice	56	22	35	57	+8	32
Michal Bulíř	HC Škoda Plzeň	53	27	29	56	−2	18
Peter Mueller	HC Kometa Brno	48	23	32	55	+5	14
Tomáš Plekanec	Rytíři Kladno	56	17	36	53	−4	46
Erik Thorell	HC Sparta Praha	49	21	31	52	+17	8
Ahti Oksanen	Mountfield HK	56	25	23	48	+27	16
Martin Růžička	HC Oceláři Třinec	52	21	27	48	+5	12
Giorgio Estephan	HC VERVA Litvínov	56	18	30	48	−8	10
Robert Říčka	HC Dynamo Pardubice	48	27	20	47	−1	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
Ondřej Kacetl	HC Oceláři Třinec	25	1394:00	17	6	38	2	93.00	1.64
Henri Kiviaho	Mountfield HK	27	1566:00	16	10	53	2	92.26	2.03
Marek Mazanec	HC Oceláři Třinec	34	1971:00	20	12	72	5	91.04	2.19
Dominik Pavlát	HC Škoda Plzeň	25	1385:00	11	13	51	2	91.79	2.21
Dominik Frodl	HC Dynamo Pardubice	38	2123:00	19	17	82	4	91.41	2.32
Petr Kváča	Bílí Tygři Liberec	44	2591:00	22	22	104	3	91.66	2.41
Jakub Sedláček	HC Kometa Brno	20	1154:00	11	9	47	3	91.83	2.44
Gašper Krošelj	BK Mladá Boleslav	32	1714:00	14	15	70	2	90.85	2.45
Jan Růžička	BK Mladá Boleslav	31	1614:00	10	16	68	1	90.41	2.53
Štěpán Lukeš	HC Energie Karlovy Vary	35	2033:00	20	13	86	4	91.09	2.54

Relegation series

Relegation series played between Rytíři Kladno, the 14th team in regular season, and HC Dukla Jihlava, the winner of 1. Liga winners. The winner of the best-of-seven series would play in the 2022–23 Czech Extraliga.

17 April 2022
16:00 (CEST)

Kladno

6–4
(1–0, 2–3, 3–1)
score in the series: 1–0

Jihlava

Rocknet aréna, Chomutov
Attendance: 4,500

Game reference

Landon Bow

Goalies

Maksim Zhukov

Referees:
Adam Kika
Matěj Sýkora
Linesmen:
Jiří Gebauer
Marek Hlavatý

Kubík (Plekanec, Hlava) (PP1) – 05:05	1–0
	1–1	26:09 – Havránek (Kachyňa, Dundáček)
Hlava (Kubík) – 29:41	2–1
	2–2	30:02 – Helt (Kachyňa)
	2–3	32:50 – Skořepa (Havránek)
Filip (Babka) (SH1) – 39:24	3–3
Baránek (Indrák) – 45:17	4–3
	4–4	50:58 – Havránek (Bilčík, Dundáček)
Kubík (Dotchin, Jágr) (PP1) – 54:29	5–4
Hlava (Plekanec, Dotchin) – 57:13	6–4

37 min

Penalties

26 min

6

Shots

6

18 April 2022
18:00 (CEST)

Kladno

4–1
(0–1, 2–0, 2–0)
score in the series: 2–0

Jihlava

Rocknet aréna, Chomutov
Attendance: 4,200

Game reference

Landon Bow

Goalies

Maksim Zhukov

Referees:
René Hradil
Tomáš Veselý
Linesmen:
Ladislav Lučan
Milan Kis

	0–1	03:19 – Čermák
Babka – 24:26	1–1
Kubík (Baránek) (PP1) – 25:32	2–1
Zikmund (Wood) – 46:03	3–1
Dotchin – 58:59	4–1

6 min

Penalties

6 min

29

Shots

38

21 April 2022
17:30 (CEST)

Jihlava

5–3
(1–0, 3–3, 1–0)
score in the series: 1–2

Kladno

CZ LOKO ARÉNA, Jihlava
Attendance: 5,134

Game reference

Maksim Zhukov

Goalies

Landon Bow

Referees:
Robin Šír
Matěj Sýkora
Linesmen:
Miroslav Lhotský
Jiří Svoboda

Eliáš (Cachnín, Menšík) – 16:21	1–0
	1–1	22:29 – Beran (Melka, Zikmund)
	1–2	23:18 – Babka (Jágr)
Zadražil (Havránek) – 25:10	2–2
Seman (Harkabus, Mareš) (PP1) – 28:31	3–2
Havránek (Helt, Zadražil) (PP1) – 33:56	4–2
	4–3	39:01 – Plekanec (Kubík)
Čachotský (Havránek) (EN) – 59:47	5–3

12 min

Penalties

16 min

39

Shots

37

22 April 2022
17:30 (CEST)

Jihlava

2–7
(1–2, 1–2, 0–3)
score in the series: 1–3

Kladno

CZ LOKO ARÉNA, Jihlava
Attendance: 5,557

Game reference

Maksim Zhukov

Goalies

Landon Bow

Referees:
Vladimír Pešina
Adam Kika
Linesmen:
Jiří Ondráček
Daniel Hynek

Helt (Havránek, Dundáček) – 08:26	1–0
	1–1	12:35 – Arzamastsev (Zikmund, Suchánek)
	1–2	19:27 – Baránek (Kubík, Plekanec) (PP1)
	1–3	20:28 – Kubík (Plekanec)
Cachnín (Mareš, Bilčík) – 27:25	2–3
	2–4	38:31 – Plekanec (Kubík)
	2–5	46:09 – Plekanec (Hlava, Wood)
	2–6	49:29 – Zikmund (Pytlík)
	2–7	53:15 – Kubík (Plekanec, Baránek)

29 min

Penalties

8 min

28

Shots

38

25 April 2022
18:00 (CEST)

Kladno

6–3
(2–2, 1–1, 3–0)
score in the series: 4–1

Jihlava

Rocknet aréna, Chomutov
Attendance: 4,500

Game reference

Landon Bow

Goalies

Maksim Zhukov

Referees:
Adam Kika
Roman Mrkva
Linesmen:
Tomáš Brejcha
Jiří Ondráček

Zikmund (Dotchin, Bow) (PP1) – 05:57	1–0
	1–1	11:59 – Seman (Helt, Kachyňa)
	1–2	15:55 – Čachotský (Menšík, Harkabus) (PP1)
Kubík (Baránek, Hlava) – 17:26	2–2
Beran (Plekanec, Kubík) (PP2) – 25:43	3–2
	3–3	38:58 – Seman (PP1)
Beran (Zikmund, Plekanec) (PP1) – 54:10	4–3
Plekanec (Hlava) – 54:52	5–3
Kubík (EN) – 59:58	6–3

6 min

Penalties

10 min

30

Shots

33

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	Třinec	4
8	Vítkovice	3	8	Vítkovice	0
9	Olomouc	2				2	Třinec	4
						11	Mladá Boleslav	0
			1	Mountfield HK	1
6	Plzeň	2	11	Mladá Boleslav	4
11	Mladá Boleslav	3							2	Třinec	4
									3	Sparta Praha	2
			3	Sparta Praha	4
7	Liberec	3	7	Liberec	0
10	Kometa Brno	2				3	Sparta Praha	4
						4	České Budějovice	1
			4	České Budějovice	4
5	Pardubice	3	5	Pardubice	1
12	Karlovy Vary	0

Wild card round

Pardubice – Karlovy Vary 3–0
11.3.2022	Pardubice	Karlovy Vary	3-2
12.3.2022	Pardubice	Karlovy Vary	4-2
14.3.2022	Karlovy Vary	Pardubice	2-3 OT1
Pardubice won the series 3–0.

Liberec – Kometa Brno 3–2
11.3.2022	Liberec	Kometa Brno	4-3
12.3.2022	Liberec	Kometa Brno	3-2 OT1
14.3.2022	Kometa Brno	Liberec	4-2
15.3.2022	Kometa Brno	Liberec	3-2
17.3.2022	Liberec	Kometa Brno	6-1
Liberec won the series 3–2.

Plzeň – Mladá Boleslav 2–3
11.3.2022	Plzeň	Mladá Boleslav	3-2 OT1
12.3.2022	Plzeň	Mladá Boleslav	2-3
14.3.2022	Mladá Boleslav	Plzeň	5-3
15.3.2022	Mladá Boleslav	Plzeň	0-1
17.3.2022	Plzeň	Mladá Boleslav	2-3
Mladá Boleslav won the series 3–2.

Vítkovice – Olomouc 3–2
11.3.2022	Vítkovice	Olomouc	4-3 OT1
12.3.2022	Vítkovice	Olomouc	1-3
14.3.2022	Olomouc	Vítkovice	3-2
15.3.2022	Olomouc	Vítkovice	3-4
17.3.2022	Vítkovice	Olomouc	3-1
Vítkovice won the series 3–2.

Quarterfinals

Mountfield HK – Mladá Boleslav 1–4
19.3.2022	Mountfield HK	Mladá Boleslav	2-1
20.3.2022	Mountfield HK	Mladá Boleslav	2-3
23.3.2022	Mladá Boleslav	Mountfield HK	3-2 SO
24.3.2022	Mladá Boleslav	Mountfield HK	4-3 OT1
27.3.2022	Mountfield HK	Mladá Boleslav	3-4 OT1
Mladá Boleslav won the series 4–1.

Sparta Praha – Liberec 4–1
21.3.2022	Sparta Praha	Liberec	7-0
22.3.2022	Sparta Praha	Liberec	3-2
25.3.2022	Liberec	Sparta Praha	1-2
26.3.2022	Liberec	Sparta Praha	4-2
28.3.2022	Sparta Praha	Liberec	5-4 OT3
Sparta Praha won the series 4–1.

Třinec – Vítkovice 4–0
19.3.2022	Třinec	Vítkovice	3-0
20.3.2022	Třinec	Vítkovice	2-1
23.3.2022	Vítkovice	Třinec	1-2
24.3.2022	Vítkovice	Třinec	1-2
Třinec won the series 4–0.

České Budějovice – Pardubice 4–1
21.3.2022	České Budějovice	Pardubice	3-1
22.3.2022	České Budějovice	Pardubice	3-2
25.3.2022	Pardubice	České Budějovice	1-2
26.3.2022	Pardubice	České Budějovice	3-2
28.3.2022	České Budějovice	Pardubice	4-3
České Budějovice won the series 4–1.

Semifinals

Třinec – Mladá Boleslav 4–0
3.4.2022	Třinec	Mladá Boleslav	3-0
4.4.2022	Třinec	Mladá Boleslav	1-0 SO
7.4.2022	Mladá Boleslav	Třinec	3-4 OT
8.4.2022	Mladá Boleslav	Třinec	1-2
Třinec won the series 4–0.

Sparta Praha – České Budějovice 4–1
3.4.2022	Sparta Praha	České Budějovice	2-1
4.4.2022	Sparta Praha	České Budějovice	5-1
7.4.2022	České Budějovice	Sparta Praha	2-3 OT
8.4.2022	České Budějovice	Sparta Praha	3-1
11.4.2022	Sparta Praha	České Budějovice	3-2
Sparta Praha won the series 4–1.

Finals

18 April 2022
17:00 (CEST)

Třinec

4–1
(0–1, 0–0, 4–0)
score in the series: 1–0

Sparta Praha

Werk Arena, Třinec
Attendance: 5,400

Game reference

Ondřej Kacetl

Goalies

Július Hudáček

Referees:
Antonín Jeřábek
Oldřich Hejduk
Linesmen:
Daniel Hynek
Josef Špůr

	0–1	09:34 – Matushkin (Thorell, Chlapík) (PP1)
Svačina (Marinčin) – 44:49	1–1
Nestrašil (O. Kovařčík, Kundrátek) – 48:16	2–1
Chmielewski (Růžička) – 50:59	3–1
Marcinko – 57:36	4–1

6 min

Penalties

4 min

26

Shots

24

19 April 2022
17:00 (CEST)

Třinec

1–2
(0–0, 0–1, 1–1)
score in the series: 1–1

Sparta Praha

Werk Arena, Třinec
Attendance: 5,400

Game reference

Ondřej Kacetl

Goalies

Július Hudáček

Referees:
Vladimír Pešina
Robin Šír
Linesmen:
Miroslav Lhotský
Jiří Svoboda

	0–1	32:28 – Řepík (Forman, Polášek)
	0–2	53:41 – Pavelka (Řepík)
Hrňa (Nestrašil, Růžička) – 58:28	1–2

4 min

Penalties

8 min

31

Shots

29

22 April 2022
18:30 (CEST)

Sparta Praha

2–3
(1–0, 0–2, 1–1)
score in the series: 1–2

Třinec

O₂ Arena, Prague
Attendance: 17,220

Game reference

Július Hudáček

Goalies

Ondřej Kacetl

Referees:
Roman Mrkva
Daniel Pražák
Linesmen:
Tomáš Brejcha
Vít Lederer

Řepík (Sobotka, Forman) – 09:16	1–0
	1–1	28:51 – Marcinko (Marinčin, Hrňa) (PP1)
	1–2	37:07 – Nestrašil (Kundrátek)
	1–3	47:25 – Dravecký (Roman, Hrehorčák)
Kaše (Němeček, Řepík) – 59:44	2–3

13 min

Penalties

15 min

21

Shots

21

23 April 2022
17:00 (CEST)

Sparta Praha

5–2
(0–1, 3–0, 2–1)
score in the series: 2–2

Třinec

O₂ Arena, Prague
Attendance: 17,220

Game reference

Július Hudáček

Goalies

Ondřej Kacetl

Referees:
Antonín Jeřábek
Oldřich Hejduk
Linesmen:
Miroslav Lhotský
Jiří Svoboda

	0–1	15:49 – Nestrašil (M. Kovařčík, Zahradníček)
Němeček (Matushkin, Sobotka) – 20:30	1–1
Šmerha – 22:21	2–1
Sobotka (Šmerha) – 32:17	3–1
Buchtele (Kaše, Šmerha) – 46:42	4–1
	4–2	49:41 – Zbořil (Marcinko, Svačina)
Forman (Matushkin, Thorell) (PP1) – 58:08	5–2

4 min

Penalties

8 min

24

Shots

29

26 April 2022
17:00 (CEST)

Třinec

7–3
(2–2, 4–1, 1–0)
score in the series: 3–2

Sparta Praha

Werk Arena, Třinec
Attendance: 5,400

Game reference

Ondřej Kacetl

Goalies

Július Hudáček

Referees:
Vladimír Pešina
Robin Šír
Linesmen:
Daniel Hynek
Josef Špůr

Daňo (Růžička) – 06:27	1–0
	1–1	07:08 – Němeček
	1–2	09:52 – Dvořák (Matushkin, Němeček)
Daňo (Růžička) – 11:26	2–2
O. Kovařčík (M. Kovařčík, Nestrašil) – 22:17	3–2
Marinčin (Dravecký, Hrehorčák) – 22:50	4–2
	4–3	25:28 – Šmerha (Moravčík)
Hrňa (Marinčin) (PP1) – 26:41	5–3
Růžička (Zbořil) – 37:38	6–3
O. Kovařčík (Nestrašil) – 47:58	7–3

6 min

Penalties

8 min

28

Shots

31

28 April 2022
19:00 (CEST)

Sparta Praha

1–2
(0–2, 0–0, 1–0)
score in the series: 2–4

Třinec

O₂ Arena, Prague
Attendance: 17,220

Game reference

Július Hudáček

Goalies

Ondřej Kacetl

Referees:
Antonín Jeřábek
Oldřich Hejduk
Linesmen:
Miroslav Lhotský
Jiří Svoboda

	0–1	14:13 – Dravecký (Roman)
	0–2	15:48 – Svačina (PS)
Horák (Řepík) – 52:43	1–2

4 min

Penalties

4 min

25

Shots

19

Final rankings

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

References

^ "Tipsport extraliga vítá velké osobnosti i nové partnery. Hrát se bude 60 kol!". hokej.cz (in Czech).
^ "Statistics – Hráči 2021/2022" (in Czech). hokej.cz. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
^ "Statistics – Brankári 2021/2022" (in Czech). hokej.cz. Retrieved 8 September 2021.

External links

Official website

[1] "Tipsport extraliga vítá velké osobnosti i nové partnery. Hrát se bude 60 kol!". hokej.cz (in Czech).

[2] "Statistics – Hráči 2021/2022" (in Czech). hokej.cz. Retrieved 8 September 2021.

[3] "Statistics – Brankári 2021/2022" (in Czech). hokej.cz. Retrieved 8 September 2021.

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