2025–26 Czech Extraliga season
| 2025–26 Czech Extraliga season | |
|---|---|
| League | Czech Extraliga |
| Sport | Ice hockey |
| Duration |
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| Teams | 14 |
| Regular season | |
| Pohár Jaroslava Pouzara | HC Dynamo Pardubice |
| Playoffs | |
| Finals | |
The 2025–26 Czech Extraliga season is the 33rd season of the Czech Extraliga since its creation after the breakup of Czechoslovakia and the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League in 1993.
Regular season
Each team plays 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 are 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 finishes with the most points is crowned winner of the regular season.
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pardubice | 52 | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 165 | 117 | +48 | 99 | Advance to Playoffs, Regular season winners and Champions Hockey League |
| 2 | Plzeň | 52 | 25 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 142 | 104 | +38 | 93 | Advance to Playoffs and Champions Hockey League |
| 3 | Liberec | 52 | 25 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 148 | 121 | +27 | 91 | Qualification to Quarter-finals |
| 4 | Mountfield HK | 52 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 141 | 120 | +21 | 90 | |
| 5 | Třinec | 52 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 148 | 131 | +17 | 87 | Qualification to Wild card round |
| 6 | Karlovy Vary | 52 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 138 | 130 | +8 | 87 | |
| 7 | Sparta Praha | 52 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 161 | 135 | +26 | 86 | |
| 8 | Kometa Brno | 52 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 141 | 149 | −8 | 76 | |
| 9 | České Budějovice | 52 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 143 | 148 | −5 | 72 | |
| 10 | Kladno | 52 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 129 | 137 | −8 | 70 | |
| 11 | Vítkovice | 52 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 135 | 160 | −25 | 70 | |
| 12 | Olomouc | 52 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 124 | 158 | −34 | 66 | |
| 13 | Mladá Boleslav | 52 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 102 | 140 | −38 | 62 | |
| 14 | Litvínov | 52 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 34 | 107 | 174 | −67 | 43 | 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.[1]
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roman Červenka | Pardubice | 43 | 19 | 41 | 60 | +26 | 28 |
| Lukáš Sedlák | Pardubice | 49 | 17 | 25 | 52 | +24 | 31 |
| Filip Chlapík | Sparta Praha | 48 | 21 | 30 | 51 | +5 | 32 |
| Anthony Nellis | Vítkovice | 52 | 25 | 22 | 47 | 0 | 30 |
| Nick Olesen | České Budějovice | 51 | 14 | 31 | 45 | –10 | 32 |
| Jakub Flek | Kometa Brno | 50 | 24 | 20 | 44 | –1 | 4 |
| Libor Hudáček | Třinec | 51 | 17 | 27 | 44 | +7 | 51 |
| Róbert Lantoši | České Budějovice | 52 | 17 | 26 | 43 | -4 | 36 |
| Jan Košťálek | Pardubice | 46 | 16 | 27 | 43 | +9 | 26 |
| Michael Špaček | Sparta Praha | 52 | 15 | 28 | 43 | -3 | 18 |
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.[2]
| Player | Team | GP | TOI | W | L | GA | SO | Sv% | GAA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Malík | Plzeň | 41 | 2403 | 25 | 14 | 66 | 6 | 92.93 | 1.65 |
| Stanislav Škorvánek | Mountfield HK | 44 | 2550 | 28 | 15 | 83 | 9 | 92.43 | 1.95 |
| Roman Will | Pardubice | 38 | 2259 | 25 | 12 | 75 | 2 | 91.45 | 1.99 |
| Petr Kváča | Liberec | 42 | 2555 | 24 | 18 | 86 | 6 | 92.61 | 2.02 |
| Marek Mazanec | Třinec | 39 | 2290 | 24 | 14 | 78 | 3 | 92.54 | 2.04 |
| Dominik Frodl | Karlovy Vary | 40 | 2336 | 23 | 16 | 82 | 5 | 92.46 | 2.11 |
| Adam Brízgala | Kladno | 42 | 2387 | 20 | 20 | 84 | 4 | 92.61 | 2.11 |
| Jakub Kovář | Sparta Praha | 26 | 1491 | 13 | 12 | 57 | 1 | 92.07 | 2.29 |
| Josef Kořenář | Sparta Praha | 24 | 1414 | 15 | 8 | 57 | 1 | 90.73 | 2.42 |
| Milan Klouček | České Budějovice | 26 | 1502 | 14 | 10 | 61 | 2 | 90.87 | 2.44 |
Relegation series
The promotion/relegation series will feature HC Litvínov, the last-place team in the regular season, and the 1. Liga winners.
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 | Plzeň | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Sparta Praha | 3 | 7 | Sparta Praha | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 10 | Kladno | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Liberec | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Karlovy Vary | 3 | 6 | Karlovy Vary | |||||||||||||||
| 11 | Vítkovice | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Pardubice | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Kometa Brno | 3 | 8 | Kometa Brno | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| 9 | České Budějovice | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Mountfield HK | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Třinec | 3 | 5 | Třinec | |||||||||||||||
| 12 | Olomouc | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Wild card round
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Quarterfinals
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References
- ^ "Statistics – Hráči 2024/2025" (in Czech). hokej.cz. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
- ^ "Statistics – Hráči 2024/2025" (in Czech). hokej.cz. Retrieved 25 October 2024.