2017–18 Czech Extraliga season

2017–18 Czech Extraliga
2017–18 Czech Extraliga
League	Czech Extraliga
Sport	Ice hockey
Number of teams	14
TV partner(s)	Česká televize
Regular Season
Presidential Cup	HC Plzeň
Top scorer	Milan Gulaš (HC Plzeň)
Playoffs
Finals
Champions	HC Kometa Brno
Runners-up	HC Oceláři Třinec
Czech Extraliga seasons
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The 2017–18 Czech Extraliga season was the 25th season of the Czech Extraliga since its creation after the breakup of Czechoslovakia and the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League in 1993.

Regular season

Pl.	Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	Goals	Pts
1.	HC Plzeň^CHL	52	28	7	9	8	172:123	107
2.	Mountfield HK^CHL	52	26	7	7	12	146:101	99
3.	HC Oceláři Třinec	52	24	6	8	14	143:122	92
4.	HC Vítkovice Ridera	52	26	4	6	16	157:119	92
5.	HC Kometa Brno	52	23	6	9	14	148:121	90
6.	HC Dynamo Pardubice	52	20	5	6	21	148:121	76
7.	HC Bílí Tygři Liberec	52	18	9	4	21	132:138	76
8.	HC Olomouc	52	16	10	7	19	129:136	75
9.	PSG Berani Zlín	52	18	8	4	22	121:140	74
10.	HC Sparta Praha	52	18	5	7	22	140:150	71
11.	Piráti Chomutov	52	13	10	9	20	132:155	68
12.	BK Mladá Boleslav	52	15	6	8	23	118:139	65
13.	HC Dukla Jihlava	52	12	7	7	26	106:139	57
14.	HC Litvínov	52	10	7	6	29	118:168	50

^CHL Qualification to Champions Hockey League

Scoring leaders

List shows the ten best skaters based on the number of points during the regular season. If two or more skaters are tied (i.e. same number of points, goals and played games), all of the tied skaters are shown.

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GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
Milan Gulaš	HC Škoda Plzeň	48	23	38	61	+20	50
Tomáš Mertl	HC Škoda Plzeň	50	30	27	57	+18	59
Martin Růžička	HC Oceláři Třinec	49	29	25	54	+4	42
Roberts Bukarts	PSG Berani Zlín	50	21	28	49	+15	56
Martin Erat	HC Kometa Brno	49	12	34	46	0	20
Michal Vondrka	Piráti Chomutov	52	18	25	43	-6	20
Jaroslav Bednář	Mountfield HK	46	15	27	42	+12	20
Martin Bakoš	Bílí Tygři Liberec	52	14	26	40	0	34
Viktor Hübl	HC Litvínov	45	15	24	39	+6	34
Rudolf Červený	Mountfield HK	48	21	17	38	+19	54

Leading goaltenders

These are the leaders in GAA among goaltenders who played at least 40% of the team's minutes. The table is sorted by GAA, and the criteria for inclusion are bolded.

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GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

Player	Team	GP	TOI	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA
Patrik Rybár	Mountfield HK	36	2078	60	7	93.19	1.73
Šimon Hrubec	HC Oceláři Třinec	44	2546	86	4	92.82	2.03
Miroslav Svoboda	HC Škoda Plzeň	47	2770	97	5	92.57	2.10
Patrik Bartošák	HC Vítkovice Ridera	47	2781	98	5	93.34	2.11
Marek Čiliak	HC Kometa Brno	37	2249	85	6	91.60	2.27
Roman Will	Bílí Tygři Liberec	45	2536	99	6	91.29	2.34
Sami Aittokallio	HC Sparta Praha	28	1580	62	1	91.83	2.35
Ondřej Kacetl	HC Dynamo Pardubice	41	2398	98	3	91.81	2.45
Brandon Maxwell	BK Mladá Boleslav	38	2126	87	3	91.71	2.46
Branislav Konrád	HC Olomouc	48	2841	117	7	90.53	2.47

Playoffs

Ten teams qualify for the playoffs. Teams 1–6 have a bye to the quarterfinals, while teams 7–10 meet each other in a preliminary playoff round.

Playoff bracket

In the first round the 7th-ranked team will meet the 10th-ranked team and the 8th-ranked team will meet the 9th-ranked team for a place in the second round. In the second round, the top-ranked team will meet the lowest-ranked winner of the first round, the 2nd-ranked team will face the other winner of the first round, the 3rd-ranked team will face the 6th-ranked team, and the 4th-ranked team will face the 5th-ranked team. In the third round, the highest remaining seed is matched against the lowest remaining seed. In each round the higher-seeded team is awarded home advantage. In the first round the meetings are played as best-of-five series and the rest is best-of-seven series that follows an alternating home team format: the higher-seeded team will play at home for games 1 and 2 (plus 5 and 7 if necessary), and the lower-seeded team will be at home for game 3 and 4 (plus 6 if necessary).

First round			Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Finals

			1	HC Plzeň	4
7	HC Bílí Tygři Liberec	3	8	HC Olomouc	1
10	HC Sparta Praha	0				1	HC Plzeň	1
						5	HC Kometa Brno	4
			2	Mountfield HK	4	(Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round)
			7	HC Bílí Tygři Liberec	3
									5	HC Kometa Brno	4
									3	HC Oceláři Třinec	1
			3	HC Oceláři Třinec	4
8	HC Olomouc	3	6	HC Dynamo Pardubice	3
9	PSG Berani Zlín	1				2	Mountfield HK	2
						3	HC Oceláři Třinec	4
			4	HC Vítkovice Ridera	0
			5	HC Kometa Brno	4

Play-off final: HC Oceláři Třinec - HC Kometa Brno 1:4 (5:1, 2:3, 2:3, 2:5, 1:4). HC Kometa Brno has won its second Czech league title (and 13th overall title).

Relegation

Place	Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	HC Litvínov	12	5	2	1	4	27	27	20
2	HC Karlovy Vary	12	4	3	2	3	30	24	20
3	HC Dukla Jihlava	12	5	1	2	4	29	25	19
4	HC Kladno	12	4	0	1	7	17	27	13

References

^ "Statistik - hokej.cz". ELH.
^ "Statistik - hokej.cz". ELH.

External links

[1] "Statistik - hokej.cz". ELH.

[2] "Statistik - hokej.cz". ELH.

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