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 liga Slovakia

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League naming history:

1993 - 2026Slovakia (Slovak Extraliga)

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Extraliga Team Rosters

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2026-2027 Season

HK Poprad lead the 2026-27 Extraliga standings with 26 points. Vlci Zilina (23 points) and HC Kosice (23 points) follow.

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2026-2027 Extraliga Standings

#	Team	GP	W	T	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	+/-	TP	PPG	Postseason
1.	HK Poprad	12	7	-	2	2	1	41	28	13	26	2.17	-
2.	Vlci Zilina	12	7	-	3	0	2	38	24	14	23	1.92	-
3.	HC Kosice	12	7	-	4	1	0	36	28	8	23	1.92	-
4.	HC Slovan Bratislava	11	7	-	3	0	1	41	28	13	22	2.00	-
5.	HK Spisska Nova Ves	12	6	-	4	2	0	38	29	9	22	1.83	-
6.	HK 32 Liptovsky Mikulas	11	6	-	4	0	1	33	34	-1	19	1.73	-
7.	HK Dukla Trencin	11	5	-	4	1	1	30	29	1	18	1.64	-
8.	HC Banska Bystrica	11	4	-	4	2	1	35	31	4	17	1.55	-
9.	HK Dukla Michalovce	11	3	-	6	1	1	25	37	-12	12	1.09	-
10.	HK Nitra	11	2	-	6	2	1	29	36	-7	11	1.00	-
11.	HKM Zvolen	12	2	-	7	2	1	24	39	-15	11	0.92	-
12.	HC Presov	12	0	-	9	0	3	26	53	-27	3	0.25	-

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2026-2027 Extraliga Player Stats

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
1.	Liam Pecararo (F)	11	4	13	17	8
2.	Danick Martel (F)	11	7	9	16	9
3.	Mislav Rosandic (D)	12	1	15	16	6
4.	Adam Cracknell (F)	12	7	8	15	0
5.	Andrew Calof (F)	12	5	10	15	6

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2026-2027 Extraliga Goalie Stats

#	Player	GP	GAA	SVP
1.	Jaroslav Janus (G)	5	1.73	.957
2.	Patrik Andrisík (G)	2	1.71	.956
3.	Roman Rychlík (G)	6	1.83	.941
4.	Andrej Kosaristan (G)	2	2.00	.939
5.	Matt Jurusik (G)	2	1.45	.935

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2026-2027 Extraliga Demographics

Extraliga Games

date	home	visiting	score
10/18/2026 12:00 PM UTC	HK Dukla Michalovce	HK 32 Liptovsky Mikulas	-
10/17/2026 05:00 PM UTC	HC Presov	HC Kosice	1 - 4
10/17/2026 04:00 PM UTC	HC Banska Bystrica	HKM Zvolen	3 - 4 (OT 60:29)
10/17/2026 04:00 PM UTC	HK Dukla Trencin	Vlci Zilina	3 - 2
10/17/2026 03:30 PM UTC	HK Spisska Nova Ves	HK Poprad	2 - 3

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Extraliga Transactions

Extraliga — Transactions
Date	Status	Player	From	To	Source
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
10/15/2026	Confirmed	Filip Krivosik (F)	HC Vítkovice	HK Dukla Trencin	Details
10/13/2026	Confirmed	Tomas Zaborsky (F)	HK 32 Liptovsky Mikulas	Unknown	Details
10/12/2026	Confirmed	Otso Rantakari (D)	Jokerit	HK Nitra	Details

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

Team	Player
HC Slovan Bratislava	Liam Pecararo (F)
HK Spisska Nova Ves	Danick Martel (F)
HC Kosice	Mislav Rosandic (D)
HK Poprad	Adam Cracknell (F)
HK Poprad	Andrew Calof (F)

Player Nationalities Throughout History

Extraliga Team Comparison (Averages)

#	Team	Players	Experience	Height	Weight	Age
1.	HC Banska Bystrica	32	5 299	6'1"	187 lbs	25.63
2.	HC Kosice	28	4 761	6'0"	187 lbs	25.93
3.	HC Presov	31	4 404	6'0"	190 lbs	27.19
4.	HC Slovan Bratislava	33	4 932	6'1"	192 lbs	26.21
5.	HK 32 Liptovsky Mikulas	32	3 999	6'0"	183 lbs	23.91
6.	HK Dukla Michalovce	28	3 068	6'0"	183 lbs	25.68
7.	HK Dukla Trencin	38	3 723	6'1"	192 lbs	24.89
8.	HK Nitra	29	8 830	6'0"	187 lbs	26.59
9.	HK Poprad	26	4 939	6'1"	190 lbs	28.35
10.	HK Spisska Nova Ves	31	3 908	6'0"	181 lbs	24.90
11.	HKM Zvolen	29	4 129	6'1"	190 lbs	26.41
12.	Vlci Zilina	31	5 829	6'0"	190 lbs	28.90

Team Comparison History

Extraliga Interesting Facts

Oldest
1.	Branislav Mezei	46 yrs
2.	Adam Drgon	41 yrs
3.	Adam Cracknell	41 yrs
4.	Daniel Brejcak	39 yrs
5.	Michal Chovan	38 yrs

Tallest
1.	Juraj Valach	6'8"
2.	Pavol Funtek	6'7"
3.	Miroslav Satan	6'7"
4.	Jakub Ferenc	6'7"
5.	Richard Podolinsky	6'6"

Heaviest
1.	Vojtech Zelenak	243 lbs
2.	Michal Čajkovský	236 lbs
3.	Jan Blasko	234 lbs
4.	Martin Nemcik	231 lbs
5.	Radovan Bondra	229 lbs

Youngest
1.	Nikolas Pavel Ryba	16 yrs
2.	Tomas Dinda	16 yrs
3.	Miroslav Kalousek	17 yrs
4.	Oliver Botka	17 yrs
5.	Adam Patlevic	17 yrs

Shortest
1.	Daniel Brejcak	5'8"
2.	Aurel Naus	5'8"
3.	Samuel Sisik	5'8"
4.	Jan Bartos	5'9"
5.	Adam Dvorak	5'9"

Lightest
1.	Tadeas Buzak	132 lbs
2.	Michal Sedliacik	134 lbs
3.	Viktor Ferenc	141 lbs
4.	Tomas Dinda	143 lbs
5.	Adam Midlik	146 lbs

Where Are They Now?

Played in the league during season

#	player	season	team	league	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
1.	Yevgeni Rymarev (F)	2026-2027	HK Almaty	Kazakhstan	17	12	13	25	2
2.	Tim Danielcak (F)	2026-2027	HC Topolcany	1. liga	10	10	10	20	4
3.	Stanislav Kuchkin (F)	2026-2027	HK Brest	Belarus	14	6	14	20	2
4.	Zdeněk Král (F)	2026-2027	HC Caslav	Czechia4	5	7	11	18	0
5.	Pavel Klhufek (F)	2026-2027	VHK Vsetín	1. liga	12	4	14	18	6
6.	Tomas Kominek (F)	2026-2027	HK Kroměříž	2. liga	8	11	6	17	6
7.	Dante Salituro (F)	2026-2027	Sheffield Steeldogs	NIHL	9	10	7	17	6
8.	Guillaume Asselin (F)	2026-2027	EHC Olten	SL	9	9	8	17	8
9.	Matic Podlipnik (D)	2026-2027	Kitzbüheler EC	Alps Hockey League	9	6	11	17	4
10.	Joshua Lawrence (F)	2026-2027	HK Olimpija Ljubljana	ICEHL	10	9	7	16	2

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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)	745	198	455	653

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)	745	198	455	653
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)	862	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.	Otso Rantakari (D)	1	0	2	2.00
4.	Zigmund Pálffy (F)	241	172	416	1.73
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