The 2009–10 Slovenian Hockey League season is the 19th season of the Slovenian Hockey League

Slovenian Hockey League

The Slovenian Ice Hockey League Championship is the highest level ice hockey league in the country of Slovenia. The Championship is open only to Slovenian teams. During the regular season these teams play in the Slohokej Liga and the Austrian Hockey League...

, the top domestic ice hockey

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...

 competition in Slovenia

Slovenia

Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...

. The 2009–10 season was quite different from previous seasons. The new Slohokej Liga

Slohokej Liga

-Slohokej Liga seasons:-See also:*Erste Bank Eishockey Liga*Slovenian Ice Hockey Championship*Yugoslav Ice Hockey League- External links :* *...

, a multi-national league, in effect replaced the regular part of the Slovenian league, leaving only the playoffs. The playoffs now were only open to Slovenian teams, unlike in the past.

The Slovenian teams from the EBEL league and the best teams from the Slohokej league participated in the competition. It was first divided into two groups, and from there moved into the finals.

From Slohokej

• HD mladi Jesenice
  HD mladi Jesenice
  HD mladi Jesenice is a Slovenian ice hockey team. It is the farm team of HK Acroni Jesenice. Currently the team plays in the Slohokej Liga. In the past the team was known as "HK HIT Casino Kranjska Gora." It was also nicknamed Petelini, which in Slovenian means roosters.-NHL alumni:Since its...
  
  
• HDK Stavbar Maribor
  HDK Maribor
  HDK Stavbar Maribor is an ice hockey club from Maribor, Slovenia. The club was founded in 1993. Their home games are played at Ledna dvorana Tabor.-NHL alumni:Since its foundation the HDK Maribor have graduated one player who have played in the NHL....
  
  
• HK Triglav
  HK Triglav Kranj
  HK Triglav Kranj is an ice hockey club from Kranj, Slovenia. The club was founded in 1968....
  
  
• HS Olimpija
  HS Olimpija Ljubljana
  HS Olimpija Ljubljana is an ice hockey club from Ljubljana, Slovenia. The club was founded in 2004....
  
  

From EBEL

• HK Jesenice
  HK Acroni Jesenice
  HK Acroni Jesenice is a Slovenian ice hockey team that currently plays in the Austrian Erste Bank Hockey League. They play their home games at Dvorana Podmežakla in Jesenice.- Before World War 2 :...
  
  
• HDD Tilia Olimpija
  HDD Olimpija Ljubljana
  HDD Tilia Olimpija Ljubljana is a Slovenian professional ice hockey team that plays in the Erste Bank Hockey League. They play their home games at Dvorana Tivoli in Ljubljana. Olimpija has won 13 Yugoslav Championships and 11 Slovenian championships. They won 10 consecutive times from 1995 to 2004...
  
  

Group 1

Rk	Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	HK Aroni Jesenice HK Acroni Jesenice HK Acroni Jesenice is a Slovenian ice hockey team that currently plays in the Austrian Erste Bank Hockey League. They play their home games at Dvorana Podmežakla in Jesenice.- Before World War 2 :...	4	3	0	1	0	15	4	10
2.	HK Triglav HK Triglav Kranj HK Triglav Kranj is an ice hockey club from Kranj, Slovenia. The club was founded in 1968....	4	1	1	0	2	10	11	5
3.	HD mladi Jesenice HD mladi Jesenice HD mladi Jesenice is a Slovenian ice hockey team. It is the farm team of HK Acroni Jesenice. Currently the team plays in the Slohokej Liga. In the past the team was known as "HK HIT Casino Kranjska Gora." It was also nicknamed Petelini, which in Slovenian means roosters.-NHL alumni:Since its...	4	1	0	0	3	6	16	3

Group 2

Rk	Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Pts
2.	HDD Tilia Olimpija HDD Olimpija Ljubljana HDD Tilia Olimpija Ljubljana is a Slovenian professional ice hockey team that plays in the Erste Bank Hockey League. They play their home games at Dvorana Tivoli in Ljubljana. Olimpija has won 13 Yugoslav Championships and 11 Slovenian championships. They won 10 consecutive times from 1995 to 2004...	4	4	0	0	0	27	3	12
3.	HDK Stavbar Maribor HDK Maribor HDK Stavbar Maribor is an ice hockey club from Maribor, Slovenia. The club was founded in 1993. Their home games are played at Ledna dvorana Tabor.-NHL alumni:Since its foundation the HDK Maribor have graduated one player who have played in the NHL....	4	2	0	0	2	12	9	6
5.	HS Olimpija HS Olimpija Ljubljana HS Olimpija Ljubljana is an ice hockey club from Ljubljana, Slovenia. The club was founded in 2004....	4	0	0	0	4	3	30	0

Finals

Jasenice beat HDD Olimpija, 4-2 in a best of seven series.

• HK Acroni Jesenice – HDD Tilia Olimpija 8:7 (3:4, 5:1, 0:2)
• HK Acroni Jesenice – HDD Tilia Olimpija 1:4 (0:1, 0:3, 1:0)
• HDD Tilia Olimpija - HK Acroni Jesenice 3:2 (0:1, 2:0, 0:1, 1:0) OT
• HDD Tilia Olimpija – HK Acroni Jesenice 2:3 (2:1, 0:0, 0:2)
• HK Acroni Jesenice – HDD Tilia Olimpija 7:1 (3:1, 3:0, 1:0)
• HDD Tilia Olimpija – HK Acroni Jesenice 1:2 OT (0:1, 0:0, 1:0, 1:0)

Third Place

Stavbar Maribor beat Triglav, 2-1 in a best of three series.

• HDK Stavbar – HK Triglav 7:2 (2:0, 2:0, 3:2)
• HK Triglav – HDK Stavbar 6:5 (1:2, 0:1, 4:2, 1:0) OT
• HDK Stavbar – HK Triglav 2:0 (2:0, 0:0, 0:0)