2020–21 Slovak 1. Liga season

Sports season

October 2020 – March 2021
(Regular season)

Number of teams11Regular seasonLeague ChampionVlci ŽilinaTop scorer

Patrik Koyš (Žilina)
(53 points)

PlayoffsFinals championsHK Spišská Nová Ves Runners-upVlci ŽilinaSlovak 1. Liga seasons

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The 2020–21 Slovak 1. Liga season was the 28th season of the Slovak 1. Liga, the second level of ice hockey in Slovakia.^[1]

Regular season

Standings

Each team played 38 games: playing each of the other nine teams four times – 2x at home, 2x away (36 games). At the end of the regular season, the team that finished with the most points was crowned the league champion. Each 1HL team played two matches with SR 18 (1x at home and 1x outside) to support the preparation of the SR team for MS U18, I. div. sk. A 2021.^[2]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Žilina	38	31	2	1	4	183	66	+117	98	Qualification to Quarter-finals
2	Martin	38	23	2	1	12	139	107	+32	74
3	Spišská Nová Ves	38	21	4	2	11	120	99	+21	73
4	Topoľčany	38	18	3	4	13	124	106	+18	64
5	Dubnica	38	19	0	4	15	126	115	+11	61
6	Levice	38	13	3	5	17	109	120	−11	50
7	Humenné	38	13	2	5	18	101	130	−29	48
8	Považská Bystrica	38	11	6	0	21	101	140	−39	45
9	Skalica	38	12	1	5	20	108	126	−18	43
10	Trnava	38	10	1	0	27	98	148	−50	32
	SR 18	20	2	3	0	15	50	102	−52	12

Source: Slovenská hokejová liga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points

Playoffs

Eight teams qualify for the playoffs.

Bracket

Quarter-finals (best-of-7)			Semi-finals (best-of-7)			Finals (best-of-7)

1	Žilina	4

8	Považská Bystrica	0
			1	Žilina	4

			5	Dubnica	0
4	Topoľčany	0

5	Dubnica	4
						1	Žilina	1
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
						3	Spišská Nová Ves	4
2	Martin	4

7	Humenné	0
			2	Martin	2

			3	Spišská Nová Ves	4
3	Spišská Nová Ves	4

6	Levice	0

Quarterfinals

Žilina – Považská Bystrica 4-0
10.3.2021	Žilina	Považská Bystrica	3-2 SO
11.3.2021	Žilina	Považská Bystrica	9-1
14.3.2021	Považská Bystrica	Žilina	1-2
15.3.2021	Považská Bystrica	Žilina	1-2 OT1
Žilina wins the series 4-0.

Spišská Nová Ves – Levice 4-0
10.3.2021	Spišská Nová Ves	Levice	4-0
11.3.2021	Spišská Nová Ves	Levice	4-0
14.3.2021	Levice	Spišská Nová Ves	0-5
15.3.2021	Levice	Spišská Nová Ves	2-5
Spišská Nová Ves wins the series 4-0.

Martin – Humenné 4-0
10.3.2021	Martin	Humenné	4-0
11.3.2021	Martin	Humenné	3-1
14.3.2021	Humenné	Martin	1-2
15.3.2021	Humenné	Martin	2-5
Martin wins the series 4-0.

Topoľčany – Dubnica 0-4
10.3.2021	Topoľčany	Dubnica	1-2
11.3.2021	Topoľčany	Dubnica	2-4
14.3.2021	Dubnica	Topoľčany	3-1
15.3.2021	Dubnica	Topoľčany	6-3
Dubnica wins the series 4-0.

Semifinals

Žilina – Dubnica 4-0
24.3.2021	Žilina	Dubnica	3-2 SO
25.3.2021	Žilina	Dubnica	4-3
28.3.2021	Dubnica	Žilina	2-3 OT1
29.3.2021	Dubnica	Žilina	1-4
Žilina wins the series 4-0.

Martin – Spišská Nová Ves 2-4
24.3.2021	Martin	Spišská Nová Ves	2-6
25.3.2021	Martin	Spišská Nová Ves	2-1 OT1
28.3.2021	Spišská Nová Ves	Martin	2-5
29.3.2021	Spišská Nová Ves	Martin	2-0
1.4.2021	Martin	Spišská Nová Ves	1-3
3.4.2021	Spišská Nová Ves	Martin	4-1
Spišská Nová Ves wins the series 4-2.

Finals

8 April 2021
17:30

Žilina

3–4
(0–2, 2–0, 1–2)
score in the series: 0–1

Spišská Nová Ves

Vojtech Závodský Ice Arena, Žilina

Game reference

Patrik Romančík
Maroš Mikoláš

Goalies

Marcel Melicherčík

	0–1	00:50 – Hvila (Tyczyński)
	0–2	14:53 – Rapáč (Hančák, Tyczyński)
Jurčík (Jaborník, Koyš) – 22:24	1–2
Cíger (Dubeň) – 22:56	2–2
Petráš (Urban, Mikula) (PP) – 44:12	3–2
	3–3	44:25 – Rapáč (Hvila, Fabian)
	3–4	44:49 – Džugan (Giľák, Dow)