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 2017-2018

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League naming history:

1993 - 2026Slovakia (Slovak Extraliga)

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2017-2018

2017-2018 Season

HK Nitra finished first in the 2017-18 Slovakia standings with 112 points. HKM Zvolen (110 points) and HK Dukla Trencin (109 points) followed.

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2017-2018 Slovakia Standings

2017-2018 Slovakia — Standings
#	Team	GP	W	T	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	+/-	TP	PPG	Postseason
1.	HK Nitra	56	32	-	14	6	4	197	148	49	112	2.00	Semifinal loss
2.	HKM Zvolen	56	30	-	13	7	6	192	150	42	110	1.96	Semifinal loss
3.	HK Dukla Trencin	56	32	-	16	5	3	157	112	45	109	1.95	Final loss
4.	HC Banska Bystrica	56	31	-	15	5	5	213	134	79	108	1.93	Champion
5.	HC Kosice	56	28	-	19	5	4	175	143	32	98	1.75	Quarterfinal loss
6.	HK Poprad	56	25	-	21	6	4	159	152	7	91	1.63	Quarterfinal loss
7.	MsHK Zilina	56	19	-	27	4	6	146	164	-18	71	1.27	Quarterfinal loss
8.	HC Nove Zamky	56	14	-	31	7	4	125	185	-60	60	1.07	Quarterfinal loss
9.	HK 32 Liptovsky Mikulas	56	12	-	28	5	11	122	162	-40	57	1.02	Saved in play-out
10.	HC Detva	56	11	-	40	2	3	120	207	-87	40	0.71	Saved in play-out
11.	Team Slovakia U20	20	3	-	13	1	3	38	87	-49	14	0.70	-

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2017-2018 Slovakia Player Stats

2017-2018 Slovakia — Player Stats
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
1.	Tim Coffman (F)	56	31	27	58	30
2.	Michal Kristof (F)	52	17	40	57	14
3.	Patrik Svitana (F)	55	23	31	54	24
4.	Matej Paulovic (F)	53	28	25	53	22
5.	Cason Hohmann (F)	51	15	32	47	18

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2017-2018 Slovakia Goalie Stats

2017-2018 Slovakia — Goalie Stats
#	Player	GP	GAA	SVP
1.	Michal Valent (G)	48	1.94	.935
2.	Drew MacIntyre (G)	12	2.12	.933
3.	Jan Lukas (G)	27	1.93	.932
4.	Tomas Hiadlovsky (G)	11	2.00	.929
5.	Vladislav Habal (G)	38	2.36	.928

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2017-2018 Slovakia Demographics

Extraliga Games

Extraliga — Games
date	home	visiting	score
11/11/2026 05:30 PM GMT+1	HC Banska Bystrica	HC Kosice	-
11/01/2026 05:00 PM GMT+1	HK Nitra	HC Banska Bystrica	5 - 2
11/01/2026 04:30 PM GMT+1	HC Presov	HK 32 Liptovsky Mikulas	0 - 1 (OT 62:03)
11/01/2026 04:30 PM GMT+1	HK Spisska Nova Ves	HK Dukla Michalovce	6 - 2
11/01/2026 04:00 PM GMT+1	HC Kosice	Vlci Zilina	3 - 2 (OT 61:12)

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Extraliga Transactions

Extraliga — Transactions
Date	Status	Player	From	To	Source
11/06/2026	Confirmed	Ture Linden (F)	HK Dukla Trencin	Unknown	Details
11/06/2026	Confirmed	Bogdans Hodass (D)	Jukurit	HC Presov	Details
11/06/2026	Confirmed	Rodzers Bukarts (F)	EHC Arosa	HC Presov	Details
11/06/2026	Confirmed	Gemel Smith (F)	HC Presov	Esbjerg Energy	Details
11/05/2026	Confirmed	Jakub Lackovic (G)	HC Banska Bystrica	Unknown	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 Spisska Nova Ves	Danick Martel (F)
HC Slovan Bratislava	Liam Pecararo (F)
HK Nitra	Robby Jackson (F)
HK Poprad	Adam Cracknell (F)
HK Poprad	Andrew Calof (F)

Extraliga Team Comparison (Averages)

2017-2018 Slovakia — Team Comparison
#	Team	Players	Experience	Height	Weight	Age
1.	HC Banska Bystrica	41	9 964	6'1"	201 lbs	26.90
2.	HC Detva	47	8 051	6'0"	187 lbs	26.90
3.	HC Kosice	33	6 317	6'0"	192 lbs	28.00
4.	HC Nove Zamky	52	6 253	6'0"	192 lbs	27.67
5.	HK 32 Liptovsky Mikulas	36	12 663	6'0"	187 lbs	27.50
6.	HK Dukla Trencin	39	6 487	6'0"	192 lbs	26.59
7.	HK Nitra	44	6 539	6'0"	187 lbs	27.34
8.	HK Poprad	50	9 023	6'0"	190 lbs	26.70
9.	HKM Zvolen	45	6 700	6'1"	194 lbs	27.78
10.	Team Slovakia U20	31	1 629	6'1"	192 lbs	19.45
11.	Vlci Zilina	41	5 983	6'0"	187 lbs	27.24

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.	Nicklas Heinerö (F)	2026-2027	Elbolaget	IAHL	3	22	16	38	-
2.	Yevgeni Rymarev (F)	2026-2027	HK Almaty	Kazakhstan	23	14	15	29	2
3.	Milan Paucik (F)	2026-2027	Barani Banska Bystrica U20	Extraliga juniorov	17	11	18	29	6
4.	Dante Salituro (F)	2026-2027	Sheffield Steeldogs	NIHL	15	17	10	27	12
5.	Guillaume Asselin (F)	2026-2027	EHC Olten	SL	12	13	14	27	12
6.	Petr Kafka (F)	2026-2027	HC Baník Příbram	2. liga	12	8	19	27	4
7.	Stanislav Kuchkin (F)	2026-2027	HK Brest	Belarus	20	8	19	27	4
8.	Aron Chmielewski (F)	2026-2027	Zaglebie Sosnowiec	PHL	14	8	18	26	2
9.	Petr Stloukal (F)	2026-2027	Deggendorfer SC	Oberliga	15	12	13	25	0
10.	Janne Seppänen (F)	2026-2027	Kiekko-Ahma	II-divisioona	7	10	15	25	4

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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.	Michal Chovan (F)	750	199	460	659
5.	Rene Skoliak (F)	895	212	445	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)	750	199	460	659
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)	866	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.	Pavol Demitra (F)	55	29	84	1.53
5.	Mitchell Miller (D)	19	6	29	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