2021–22 Czech Extraliga season
LeagueCzech Extraliga
SportIce hockey
Duration8 September 2021 – 28 April 2022
Number of games56
Number of teams15
Regular season
Presidential CupMountfield HK
Playoffs
Finals
ChampionsTřinec
  Runners-upSparta Praha

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
Czech Republic Filip Chlapík HC Sparta Praha 53 31 39 70 +28 39
Czech Republic Lukáš Pech HC Motor České Budějovice 56 22 35 57 +8 32
Czech Republic Michal Bulíř HC Škoda Plzeň 53 27 29 56 −2 18
United States Peter Mueller HC Kometa Brno 48 23 32 55 +5 14
Czech Republic Tomáš Plekanec Rytíři Kladno 56 17 36 53 −4 46
Sweden Erik Thorell HC Sparta Praha 49 21 31 52 +17 8
Finland Ahti Oksanen Mountfield HK 56 25 23 48 +27 16
Czech Republic Martin Růžička HC Oceláři Třinec 52 21 27 48 +5 12
Canada Giorgio Estephan HC VERVA Litvínov 56 18 30 48 −8 10
Czech Republic 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
Czech Republic Ondřej Kacetl HC Oceláři Třinec 25 1394:00 17 6 38 2 93.00 1.64
Finland Henri Kiviaho Mountfield HK 27 1566:00 16 10 53 2 92.26 2.03
Czech Republic Marek Mazanec HC Oceláři Třinec 34 1971:00 20 12 72 5 91.04 2.19
Czech Republic Dominik Pavlát HC Škoda Plzeň 25 1385:00 11 13 51 2 91.79 2.21
Czech Republic Dominik Frodl HC Dynamo Pardubice 38 2123:00 19 17 82 4 91.41 2.32
Czech Republic Petr Kváča Bílí Tygři Liberec 44 2591:00 22 22 104 3 91.66 2.41
Czech Republic Jakub Sedláček HC Kometa Brno 20 1154:00 11 9 47 3 91.83 2.44
Slovenia Gašper Krošelj BK Mladá Boleslav 32 1714:00 14 15 70 2 90.85 2.45
Czech Republic Jan Růžička BK Mladá Boleslav 31 1614:00 10 16 68 1 90.41 2.53
Czech Republic 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)		Kladno6–4
(1–0, 2–3, 3–1)
score in the series: 1–0		JihlavaRocknet aréna, Chomutov
Attendance: 4,500
Game reference
Landon BowGoaliesMaksim ZhukovReferees:
Adam Kika
Matěj Sýkora
Linesmen:
Jiří Gebauer
Marek Hlavatý
Kubík (Plekanec, Hlava) (PP1) – 05:051–0
1–126:09 – Havránek (Kachyňa, Dundáček)
Hlava (Kubík) – 29:412–1
2–230:02 – Helt (Kachyňa)
2–332:50 – Skořepa (Havránek)
Filip (Babka) (SH1) – 39:243–3
Baránek (Indrák) – 45:174–3
4–450:58 – Havránek (Bilčík, Dundáček)
Kubík (Dotchin, Jágr) (PP1) – 54:295–4
Hlava (Plekanec, Dotchin) – 57:136–4
37 minPenalties26 min
6Shots6
18 April 2022
18:00 (CEST)		Kladno4–1
(0–1, 2–0, 2–0)
score in the series: 2–0		JihlavaRocknet aréna, Chomutov
Attendance: 4,200
Game reference
Landon BowGoaliesMaksim ZhukovReferees:
René Hradil
Tomáš Veselý
Linesmen:
Ladislav Lučan
Milan Kis
0–103:19 – Čermák
Babka – 24:261–1
Kubík (Baránek) (PP1) – 25:322–1
Zikmund (Wood) – 46:033–1
Dotchin – 58:594–1
6 minPenalties6 min
29Shots38
21 April 2022
17:30 (CEST)		Jihlava5–3
(1–0, 3–3, 1–0)
score in the series: 1–2		KladnoCZ LOKO ARÉNA, Jihlava
Attendance: 5,134
Game reference
Maksim ZhukovGoaliesLandon BowReferees:
Robin Šír
Matěj Sýkora
Linesmen:
Miroslav Lhotský
Jiří Svoboda
Eliáš (Cachnín, Menšík) – 16:211–0
1–122:29 – Beran (Melka, Zikmund)
1–223:18 – Babka (Jágr)
Zadražil (Havránek) – 25:102–2
Seman (Harkabus, Mareš) (PP1) – 28:313–2
Havránek (Helt, Zadražil) (PP1) – 33:564–2
4–339:01 – Plekanec (Kubík)
Čachotský (Havránek) (EN) – 59:475–3
12 minPenalties16 min
39Shots37
22 April 2022
17:30 (CEST)		Jihlava2–7
(1–2, 1–2, 0–3)
score in the series: 1–3		KladnoCZ LOKO ARÉNA, Jihlava
Attendance: 5,557
Game reference
Maksim ZhukovGoaliesLandon BowReferees:
Vladimír Pešina
Adam Kika
Linesmen:
Jiří Ondráček
Daniel Hynek
Helt (Havránek, Dundáček) – 08:261–0
1–112:35 – Arzamastsev (Zikmund, Suchánek)
1–219:27 – Baránek (Kubík, Plekanec) (PP1)
1–320:28 – Kubík (Plekanec)
Cachnín (Mareš, Bilčík) – 27:252–3
2–438:31 – Plekanec (Kubík)
2–546:09 – Plekanec (Hlava, Wood)
2–649:29 – Zikmund (Pytlík)
2–753:15 – Kubík (Plekanec, Baránek)
29 minPenalties8 min
28Shots38
25 April 2022
18:00 (CEST)		Kladno6–3
(2–2, 1–1, 3–0)
score in the series: 4–1		JihlavaRocknet aréna, Chomutov
Attendance: 4,500
Game reference
Landon BowGoaliesMaksim ZhukovReferees:
Adam Kika
Roman Mrkva
Linesmen:
Tomáš Brejcha
Jiří Ondráček
Zikmund (Dotchin, Bow) (PP1) – 05:571–0
1–111:59 – Seman (Helt, Kachyňa)
1–215:55 – Čachotský (Menšík, Harkabus) (PP1)
Kubík (Baránek, Hlava) – 17:262–2
Beran (Plekanec, Kubík) (PP2) – 25:433–2
3–338:58 – Seman (PP1)
Beran (Zikmund, Plekanec) (PP1) – 54:104–3
Plekanec (Hlava) – 54:525–3
Kubík (EN) – 59:586–3
6 minPenalties10 min
30Shots33

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

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

18 April 2022
17:00 (CEST)		Třinec4–1
(0–1, 0–0, 4–0)
score in the series: 1–0		Sparta PrahaWerk Arena, Třinec
Attendance: 5,400
Game reference
Ondřej KacetlGoaliesJúlius HudáčekReferees:
Antonín Jeřábek
Oldřich Hejduk
Linesmen:
Daniel Hynek
Josef Špůr
0–109:34 – Matushkin (Thorell, Chlapík) (PP1)
Svačina (Marinčin) – 44:491–1
Nestrašil (O. Kovařčík, Kundrátek) – 48:162–1
Chmielewski (Růžička) – 50:593–1
Marcinko – 57:364–1
6 minPenalties4 min
26Shots24
19 April 2022
17:00 (CEST)		Třinec1–2
(0–0, 0–1, 1–1)
score in the series: 1–1		Sparta PrahaWerk Arena, Třinec
Attendance: 5,400
Game reference
Ondřej KacetlGoaliesJúlius HudáčekReferees:
Vladimír Pešina
Robin Šír
Linesmen:
Miroslav Lhotský
Jiří Svoboda
0–132:28 – Řepík (Forman, Polášek)
0–253:41 – Pavelka (Řepík)
Hrňa (Nestrašil, Růžička) – 58:281–2
4 minPenalties8 min
31Shots29
22 April 2022
18:30 (CEST)		Sparta Praha2–3
(1–0, 0–2, 1–1)
score in the series: 1–2		TřinecO2 Arena, Prague
Attendance: 17,220
Game reference
Július HudáčekGoaliesOndřej KacetlReferees:
Roman Mrkva
Daniel Pražák
Linesmen:
Tomáš Brejcha
Vít Lederer
Řepík (Sobotka, Forman) – 09:161–0
1–128:51 – Marcinko (Marinčin, Hrňa) (PP1)
1–237:07 – Nestrašil (Kundrátek)
1–347:25 – Dravecký (Roman, Hrehorčák)
Kaše (Němeček, Řepík) – 59:442–3
13 minPenalties15 min
21Shots21
23 April 2022
17:00 (CEST)		Sparta Praha5–2
(0–1, 3–0, 2–1)
score in the series: 2–2		TřinecO2 Arena, Prague
Attendance: 17,220
Game reference
Július HudáčekGoaliesOndřej KacetlReferees:
Antonín Jeřábek
Oldřich Hejduk
Linesmen:
Miroslav Lhotský
Jiří Svoboda
0–115:49 – Nestrašil (M. Kovařčík, Zahradníček)
Němeček (Matushkin, Sobotka) – 20:301–1
Šmerha – 22:212–1
Sobotka (Šmerha) – 32:173–1
Buchtele (Kaše, Šmerha) – 46:424–1
4–249:41 – Zbořil (Marcinko, Svačina)
Forman (Matushkin, Thorell) (PP1) – 58:085–2
4 minPenalties8 min
24Shots29
26 April 2022
17:00 (CEST)		Třinec7–3
(2–2, 4–1, 1–0)
score in the series: 3–2		Sparta PrahaWerk Arena, Třinec
Attendance: 5,400
Game reference
Ondřej KacetlGoaliesJúlius HudáčekReferees:
Vladimír Pešina
Robin Šír
Linesmen:
Daniel Hynek
Josef Špůr
Daňo (Růžička) – 06:271–0
1–107:08 – Němeček
1–209:52 – Dvořák (Matushkin, Němeček)
Daňo (Růžička) – 11:262–2
O. Kovařčík (M. Kovařčík, Nestrašil) – 22:173–2
Marinčin (Dravecký, Hrehorčák) – 22:504–2
4–325:28 – Šmerha (Moravčík)
Hrňa (Marinčin) (PP1) – 26:415–3
Růžička (Zbořil) – 37:386–3
O. Kovařčík (Nestrašil) – 47:587–3
6 minPenalties8 min
28Shots31
28 April 2022
19:00 (CEST)		Sparta Praha1–2
(0–2, 0–0, 1–0)
score in the series: 2–4		TřinecO2 Arena, Prague
Attendance: 17,220
Game reference
Július HudáčekGoaliesOndřej KacetlReferees:
Antonín Jeřábek
Oldřich Hejduk
Linesmen:
Miroslav Lhotský
Jiří Svoboda
0–114:13 – Dravecký (Roman)
0–215:48 – Svačina (PS)
Horák (Řepík) – 52:431–2
4 minPenalties4 min
25Shots19

Final rankings

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

References

  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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