2023–24 Slovak 1. Liga season

Number of teams12+1Total attendance247 413Average attendance749TV partner(s)JOJ Šport, Niké TVRegular seasonLeague ChampionVlci Žilina  Runners-upHC PrešovTop scorerAndrei Legalin (Topoľčany) (68 points)PlayoffsFinalsChampionsVlci Žilina (3rd title)  Runners-upHC PrešovSlovak 1. Liga seasons

The 2023–24 Slovak 1. Liga season was the 31st season of the Slovak 1. Liga, the second level of ice hockey in Slovakia.^[1]

Regular season

Standings

Each team played 44 games: playing each of the other eleven teams four times – twice at home, twice away. At the end of the regular season, the team that finished with the most points was crowned the league champion. Each team played two matches with Slovakia U18 (home and away) to support the preparation of the SR team for 2024 IIHF World U18 Championships.^[2]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Žilina	46	37	6	0	3	212	74	+138	123	Qualification to Quarter-finals
2	Prešov	46	24	5	7	10	186	127	+59	89
3	Topoľčany	46	24	4	5	13	175	143	+32	85
4	Považská Bystrica	46	22	5	3	16	147	145	+2	76
5	Skalica	46	22	4	1	19	149	148	+1	75
6	Dubnica	46	18	6	5	17	128	128	0	71
7	Modré krídla Slovan	46	19	3	4	20	133	119	+14	67	Qualification to Wild card round
8	Žiar nad Hronom	46	19	3	3	21	145	145	0	66
9	Trebišov	46	16	3	3	24	138	175	−37	57[a]
10	AquaCity Pikes	46	14	5	5	22	130	158	−28	57[a]
11	Trnava	46	11	5	7	23	148	182	−34	50
12	Rimavská Sobota	46	11	1	6	28	121	180	−59	41	Relegated to Slovak 2. Liga
	SR 18	24	1	1	2	20	41	129	−88	7

Playoffs

Ten teams qualify for the playoffs: the top six teams in the regular season have a bye to the quarterfinals, while teams ranked seventh to tenth meet each other (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	Žilina	4
	8	Žiar nad Hronom	3			8	Žiar nad Hronom	1
	9	Trebišov	0								1	Žilina	4
											6	Dubnica	2
						3	Topoľčany	2			(Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round)
						6	Dubnica	4
																1	Žilina	4
																2	Prešov	0
						2	Prešov	4
	7	Modré krídla Slovan	3			7	Modré krídla Slovan	0
	10	AquaCity Pikes	1								2	Prešov	4
											4	Považská Bystrica	1
						4	Považská Bystrica	4
						5	Skalica	1

Wild card round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

14 April 2024 17:30 (CEST)

Žilina

8–1 (0–1, 5–0, 3–0) score in the series: 1–0

Prešov

Niké Aréna, Žilina Attendance: 4,900

Game reference
	Michal Valent	Goalies	Juraj Ovečka Juraj Hollý
	0–1 18:11 – Hrabčák (Sigaryov, Jerofejevs) (PP2) Safaraleev (Rajnoha) – 23:27 1–1 Belluš (Jansons, Malina) – 28:38 2–1 Galamboš (Bezúch, Varga) – 30:56 3–1 Mráz (Koyš, Melcher) – 34:42 4–1 Koyš (Dyakov) – 37:53 5–1 Jakúbek (Paukovček) – 44:01 6–1 Varga (Galamboš, Bezúch) – 44:24 7–1 Varga (SH) – 53:11 8–1
	18 min	Penalties	10 min
	32	Shots	38

15 April 2024 17:30 (CEST)

Žilina

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

Prešov

Niké Aréna, Žilina Attendance: 4,063

Game reference
	Michal Valent	Goalies	Juraj Ovečka
	Bezúch (Varga, Pobežal) – 00:36 1–0 Bezúch (Dyakov, Mráz) (PP) – 08:04 2–0 Koyš (EN) – 54:20 3–0 Paukovček (Beták, Belluš) – 56:24 4–0 Belluš (Beták, Galamboš) (SH, EN) – 58:54 5–0
	12 min	Penalties	27 min
	30	Shots	28

18 April 2024 17:30 (CEST)

Prešov

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

Žilina

Attendance: 2,502

Game reference
	29 min	Penalties	31 min
	35	Shots	27

19 April 2024 18:00 (CEST)

Prešov

1–5 (1–0, 0–4, 0–1) score in the series: 0–4

Žilina

Attendance: 3,117

Game reference
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	32	Shots	35

Final rankings

	Žilina
	Prešov
	Považská Bystrica
4	Dubnica
5	Topoľčany
6	Skalica
7	Modré krídla Slovan
8	Žiar nad Hronom
9	Trebišov
10	AquaCity Pikes
11	Trnava
12	Rimavská Sobota
	SR 18

References

External links

• Official website