1. národní hokejová liga
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The 1. národní hokejová liga (First National Hockey League) is the second-level ice hockey
league in the Czech Republic
under the Extraliga
. It began in 1993.
In the end of their 46 game regular season, the teams are seeded for the playoffs. All teams ranked fifth through twelfth will play a best of five preliminary round. The top four teams receive a bye and are directed seeded into the quarterfinal round, keeping their same regular season rank. The remaining rounds (quarterfinal, semifinal and final) are played as best of seven series. The winner of the Finals plays with last placed team of Extraliga
in a best of seven series. The winner of this series is promoted to Extraliga for the following season.
Teams ranked thirteen through sixteen will continue to play. Every team plays each other four times, with the bottom two teams (ranked fifteen and sixteen) being directly relegated to the 2. národní hokejová liga
.
Three points are awarded for a win in regular time, and two points for an overtime victory, while the defeated team in overtime gets one point. If necessary, penalty shots are used to decide games after overtime.
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
league in the Czech Republic
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
under the Extraliga
Czech Extraliga
The Czech Extraliga is the highest-level ice hockey league in the Czech Republic. As of 2009, it is ranked by the IIHF as the third strongest league in Europe....
. It began in 1993.
Format in 2008-09 season
In the first phase, every team plays each other twice, which makes for a 30 game section of the regular season. The thirty game phase will allow each team to play one home game against each team, which also allows every team to play one road game in every opposing team's arena. After the first thirty game phase, every team that ends on an even ranking (2, 4, 6, 8, etc.) will play each other and every team with an odd ranking (1, 3, 5, 7, etc.) will play each other. Like the first phase, each team will get a home game, which allows for one home game and one road game against every team for a total of sixteen games. At the end of this phase of the schedule, each team will have played 46 total games.In the end of their 46 game regular season, the teams are seeded for the playoffs. All teams ranked fifth through twelfth will play a best of five preliminary round. The top four teams receive a bye and are directed seeded into the quarterfinal round, keeping their same regular season rank. The remaining rounds (quarterfinal, semifinal and final) are played as best of seven series. The winner of the Finals plays with last placed team of Extraliga
Czech Extraliga
The Czech Extraliga is the highest-level ice hockey league in the Czech Republic. As of 2009, it is ranked by the IIHF as the third strongest league in Europe....
in a best of seven series. The winner of this series is promoted to Extraliga for the following season.
Teams ranked thirteen through sixteen will continue to play. Every team plays each other four times, with the bottom two teams (ranked fifteen and sixteen) being directly relegated to the 2. národní hokejová liga
2. národní hokejová liga
The 2. národní hokejová liga is the third-level ice hockey league in the Czech Republic under the First National Hockey League. It began in 1993.-Format :...
.
Three points are awarded for a win in regular time, and two points for an overtime victory, while the defeated team in overtime gets one point. If necessary, penalty shots are used to decide games after overtime.
Previous formats
In the 2007-08 format, 16 teams were involved in a East and an West division. Prior to the 2007-08 season, only 14 teams participated.2009-10 teams
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Champions
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and HC Slavia Praha - 1994-95 HC Kometa Brno and TZ TřinecHC Ocelári TrinecHC Oceláři Třinec is an ice hockey team who play in the Czech Extraliga, the top tier of Czech ice hockey. Their home arena is Werk Arena in Třinec...
- 1995-96 HC Přerov and HC Opava
- 1996-97 HC Karlovy Vary and HC Kralupy nad Vltavou
- 1997-98 HC Znojemští Orli
- 1998-99 HC Znojemští Orli
- 1999-00 HC Dukla Jihlava
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- 2003-04 HC Dukla Jihlava
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- 2006-07 HC Slovan Ústí nad Labem
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- 2009-10 KLH ChomutovKLH ChomutovPiráti Chomutov is an ice hockey team in the First National Hockey League from Chomutov.The club was established in 1945, in the 1950/1951 season it was promoted to the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League, where it played until 1963/1964 season. In 1967 the team was promoted to the highest league...
- 2010-11 HC Slovan Ústečtí Lvi