What does Slovakia stand for?

Slovakia stands for Tipsport liga.

When was the Slovakia founded?

The Slovakia was founded in 1993.

How many teams play in the Slovakia?

The Slovakia currently consists of 12 teams.

Which country is the Slovakia based in?

The Slovakia is based in Slovakia.

Who won the most recent Slovakia championship?

HK Nitra won the most recent Slovakia championship in 2026.

Tipsport Extraliga Slovakia 2016-2017

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League naming history:

1993 - 2026Slovakia (Slovak Extraliga)

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2016-2017

2016-2017 Season

HC Banska Bystrica finished first in the 2016-17 Slovakia standings with 119 points. HK Nitra (112 points) and HC Kosice (107 points) followed.

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2016-2017 Slovakia Standings

2016-2017 Slovakia — Standings
#	Team	GP	W	T	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	+/-	TP	PPG	Postseason
1.	HC Banska Bystrica	56	34	-	11	6	5	191	120	71	119	2.13	Champion
2.	HK Nitra	56	33	-	14	4	5	196	154	42	112	2.00	Final loss
3.	HC Kosice	56	28	-	15	10	3	186	121	65	107	1.91	Quarterfinal loss
4.	MsHK Zilina	56	23	-	19	7	7	175	158	17	90	1.61	Semifinal loss
5.	HKM Zvolen	56	23	-	23	5	5	163	174	-11	84	1.50	Quarterfinal loss
6.	MHC Martin	56	19	-	24	5	8	141	166	-25	75	1.34	Semifinal loss
7.	HK Poprad	56	18	-	23	6	9	153	167	-14	75	1.34	Quarterfinal loss
8.	HC Nove Zamky	56	18	-	23	5	10	146	154	-8	74	1.32	Quarterfinal loss
9.	HK Dukla Trencin	56	17	-	25	7	7	140	164	-24	72	1.29	Saved in relegation
10.	HK 32 Liptovsky Mikulas	56	14	-	34	6	2	138	189	-51	56	1.00	Saved in relegation
11.	Team Slovakia U20	20	2	-	18	0	0	20	82	-62	6	0.30	-

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2016-2017 Slovakia Player Stats

2016-2017 Slovakia — Player Stats
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
1.	Ladislav Nagy (F)	50	29	32	61	121
2.	Marek Hovorka (D)	53	23	37	60	64
3.	Mathew Maione (D)	55	10	47	57	48
4.	Marek Slovák (F)	55	26	28	54	107
5.	Jordan Hickmott (F)	56	23	30	53	14

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2016-2017 Slovakia Goalie Stats

2016-2017 Slovakia — Goalie Stats
#	Player	GP	GAA	SVP
1.	Lars Volden (G)	19	2.08	.938
2.	Jason Bacashihua (G)	36	2.05	.929
3.	Joakim Lundström (G)	35	2.60	.925
4.	Martin Surek (G)	45	2.51	.922
5.	Vladislav Habal (G)	43	2.15	.922

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2016-2017 Slovakia Demographics

Extraliga Games

Extraliga — Games
date	home	visiting	score
10/24/2026 05:00 PM UTC	HK Nitra	HK Poprad	-
10/23/2026 04:00 PM UTC	HK Nitra	HC Kosice	5 - 1
10/23/2026 04:00 PM UTC	HK 32 Liptovsky Mikulas	HKM Zvolen	2 - 1
10/23/2026 03:30 PM UTC	HC Banska Bystrica	HK Dukla Trencin	5 - 3
10/23/2026 03:30 PM UTC	HK Poprad	HC Presov	6 - 3

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Extraliga Transactions

Extraliga — Transactions
Date	Status	Player	From	To	Source
10/19/2026	Confirmed	Tomas Zaborsky (F)	HK 32 Liptovsky Mikulas	Rytieri Martin	Details
10/19/2026	Confirmed	Matthew Sop (F)	HK Dukla Trencin	Unknown	Details
10/19/2026	Confirmed	Adam Stransky (F)	HK Dukla Trencin	HC Přerov	Details
10/15/2026	Confirmed	Matej Gajan (G)	HC Presov	HC Banska Bystrica	Details
10/15/2026	Confirmed	Jakub Lacka (F)	HK Nitra	HC Vítkovice	Details

2026-2027 Extraliga Free Agents

2026-2027 Extraliga — Free Agents
Team	Player
HK Spisska Nova Ves	Jared McIsaac (D)
HC Presov	Rihards Bukarts (F)
HK Spisska Nova Ves	Gavin Hain (F)
HK Dukla Trencin	Ville Leskinen (F)
HC Presov	Jakub Suja (F)

2027-2028 Extraliga Free Agents

2027-2028 Extraliga — Free Agents
Team	Player
HK Poprad	Adam Cracknell (F)
HC Slovan Bratislava	Liam Pecararo (F)
HK Poprad	Andrew Calof (F)
HC Kosice	Mislav Rosandic (D)
HK Poprad	Adam Dvorak (F)

Extraliga Team Comparison (Averages)

2016-2017 Slovakia — Team Comparison
#	Team	Players	Experience	Height	Weight	Age
1.	HC Banska Bystrica	45	6 732	6'1"	198 lbs	27.16
2.	HC Detva	1	4 033	6'4"	205 lbs	23.00
3.	HC Kosice	30	12 692	6'0"	192 lbs	29.03
4.	HC Nove Zamky	44	6 624	6'0"	190 lbs	28.61
5.	HK 32 Liptovsky Mikulas	38	11 759	6'0"	187 lbs	27.79
6.	HK Dukla Trencin	57	12 838	6'0"	192 lbs	26.11
7.	HK Martin	43	6 094	6'0"	187 lbs	26.53
8.	HK Nitra	35	10 707	6'0"	190 lbs	26.51
9.	HK Poprad	48	7 241	6'0"	194 lbs	26.21
10.	HKM Zvolen	51	7 168	6'0"	190 lbs	25.63
11.	Team Slovakia U20	35	1 333	6'0"	185 lbs	19.51
12.	Vlci Zilina	38	6 920	6'0"	194 lbs	27.11

Team Comparison History

Where Are They Now?

Played in the league during season

Extraliga — Where Are They Now
#	player	season	team	league	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
1.	Yevgeni Rymarev (F)	2026-2027	HK Almaty	Kazakhstan	19	12	13	25	2
2.	Nicklas Heinerö (F)	2026-2027	Elbolaget	IAHL	2	15	9	24	-
3.	Tim Danielcak (F)	2026-2027	HC Topolcany	1. liga	13	11	11	22	4
4.	Stanislav Kuchkin (F)	2026-2027	HK Brest	Belarus	16	7	15	22	2
5.	Guillaume Asselin (F)	2026-2027	EHC Olten	SL	10	11	10	21	8
6.	Viktor Shakhvorostov (F)	2026-2027	HC 19 Humenné	1. liga	13	11	9	20	0
7.	Zdeněk Král (F)	2026-2027	HC Caslav	Czechia4	6	7	13	20	0
8.	Pavel Klhufek (F)	2026-2027	VHK Vsetín	1. liga	13	4	16	20	6
9.	Joshua Lawrence (F)	2026-2027	HK Olimpija Ljubljana	ICEHL	13	11	8	19	2
10.	Petr Stloukal (F)	2026-2027	Deggendorfer SC	Oberliga	12	8	11	19	0

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Regular Season

Extraliga All-Time Points

Extraliga — All-Time Points
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Arne Kroták (F)	1110	460	561	1021
2.	Richard Sechny (F)	729	258	448	706
3.	Peter Bartos (F)	833	288	376	664
4.	Rene Skoliak (F)	895	212	445	657
5.	Michal Chovan (F)	747	198	459	657

Extraliga All-Time Goals

Extraliga — All-Time Goals
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Arne Kroták (F)	1110	460	561	1021
2.	Lubomir Kolnik (F)	681	318	271	589
3.	Peter Bartos (F)	833	288	376	664
4.	Martin Kulha (F)	669	285	254	539
5.	Martin Hujsa (F)	632	262	278	540

Extraliga All-Time Assists

Extraliga — All-Time Assists
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Arne Kroták (F)	1110	460	561	1021
2.	Michal Chovan (F)	747	198	459	657
3.	Richard Sechny (F)	729	258	448	706
4.	Rene Skoliak (F)	895	212	445	657
5.	Peter Klouda (F)	771	169	425	594

Extraliga All-Time Penalty Min.

Extraliga — All-Time Penalty Min.
#	Player	GP	G	TP	PIM
1.	Miroslav Lazo (F)	520	200	390	1831
2.	Peter Klepac (D)	786	88	319	1445
3.	Lukas Bambuch (D)	620	34	165	1407
4.	Marcel Hanzal (F)	543	152	314	1272
5.	Arne Kroták (F)	1110	460	1021	1267

Extraliga All-Time Games Played

Extraliga — All-Time Games Played
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Arne Kroták (F)	1110	460	561	1021
2.	Stefan Fabian (D)	972	56	182	238
3.	Rene Skoliak (F)	895	212	445	657
4.	Ivan Datelinka (D)	874	96	158	254
5.	Adam Drgon (D)	863	68	224	292

Extraliga All-Time Points Per Game

Extraliga — All-Time Points Per Game
#	Player	GP	G	TP	PPG
1.	Nick Shore (F)	5	4	10	2.00
2.	Drew Shore (F)	5	3	10	2.00
3.	Zigmund Pálffy (F)	241	172	416	1.73
4.	Otso Rantakari (D)	3	1	5	1.67
5.	Pavol Demitra (F)	55	29	84	1.53

Extraliga All-Time Points Per Season

Extraliga — All-Time Points Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Zigmund Pálffy (F)	2008-2009	Slovakia	53	52	47	99	1.87	46
2.	Juraj Mikus (F)	2008-2009	Slovakia	56	31	59	90	1.61	52
3.	Ján Pardavý (F)	1996-1997	Slovakia	53	42	44	86	1.62	60
4.	Zigmund Pálffy (F)	2011-2012	Slovakia	48	26	57	83	1.73	76
5.	Pavol Demitra (F)	2004-2005	Slovakia	54	28	54	82	1.52	39

Extraliga All-Time Goals Per Season

Extraliga — All-Time Goals Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Zigmund Pálffy (F)	2008-2009	Slovakia	53	52	47	99	1.87	46
2.	Vlastimil Plavucha (F)	1999-2000	Slovakia	54	43	29	72	1.33	76
3.	Ján Pardavý (F)	1996-1997	Slovakia	53	42	44	86	1.62	60
4.	Miroslav Satan (F)	1993-1994	Slovakia	39	42	22	64	1.64	16
5.	Samuel Bucek (F)	2021-2022	Slovakia	50	41	23	64	1.28	34

Extraliga All-Time Assists Per Season

Extraliga — All-Time Assists Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Juraj Mikus (F)	2008-2009	Slovakia	56	31	59	90	1.61	52
2.	Zigmund Pálffy (F)	2011-2012	Slovakia	48	26	57	83	1.73	76
3.	Pavol Demitra (F)	2004-2005	Slovakia	54	28	54	82	1.52	39
4.	Jozef Stümpel (F)	2013-2014	Slovakia	54	16	51	67	1.24	12
5.	Rene Skoliak (F)	2006-2007	Slovakia	53	20	50	70	1.32	97

Extraliga All-Time Penalty Min. Per Season

Extraliga — All-Time Penalty Min. Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Miroslav Lazo (F)	2005-2006	Slovakia	52	24	13	37	0.71	222
2.	Igor Majesky (F)	2002-2003	Slovakia	50	12	21	33	0.66	215
3.	Miroslav Lazo (F)	2007-2008	Slovakia	50	25	22	47	0.94	210
4.	Jozef Sládok (D)	2017-2018	Slovakia	51	1	10	11	0.22	210
5.	Marcel Petran (D)	2007-2008	Slovakia	51	3	6	9	0.18	205

List of Extraliga Champions

Extraliga — Champions
Year	Team
2026	HK Nitra
2025	HC Kosice
2024	HK Nitra
2023	HC Kosice
2022	HC Slovan Bratislava
2021	HKM Zvolen
2019	HC Banska Bystrica
2018	HC Banska Bystrica
2017	HC Banska Bystrica
2016	HK Nitra
2015	HC Kosice
2014	HC Kosice
2013	HKM Zvolen
2012	HC Slovan Bratislava
2011	HC Kosice
2010	HC Kosice
2009	HC Kosice
2008	HC Slovan Bratislava
2007	HC Slovan Bratislava
2006	MsHK Zilina
2005	HC Slovan Bratislava
2004	HK Dukla Trencin
2003	HC Slovan Bratislava
2002	HC Slovan Bratislava
2001	HKM Zvolen
2000	HC Slovan Bratislava
1999	HC Kosice
1998	HC Slovan Bratislava
1997	HK Dukla Trencin
1996	HC Kosice
1995	HC Kosice
1994	HK Dukla Trencin