Ice Hockey Domestic Leagues 2022 - 2023 Discussion Thread

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SHL Playoffs

 

Quarterfinals Recap (Best-of-7 Series)

 

Växjö Lakers HC (1) - Luleå HF (10)  4-3 (2-0; 0-1; 7-2; 3-2 OT; 0-1; 1-2; 2-1)

 

Skellefteå AIK (2) - Rögle BK (9)  4-2 (2-3; 2-0; 5-0; 2-5; 3-2 OT; 5-1)

 

Färjestad BK (3) - Frölunda HC (6)  3-4 (3-2; 2-3; 3-1; 0-5; 1-2; 4-2; 1-3)

 

Örebro HK (4) - Timrå IK (5)  4-3 (4-1; 4-3; 3-4 2OT; 4-2; 2-3 OT; 3-4; 3-2)

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DEL Playoffs

 

Quarterfinals Recap (Best-of-7 Series)

 

EHC Red Bull Munich (1) - Pinguins Bremerhaven (8)  4-2 (1-3; 2-3; 7-1; 3-1; 4-0; 2-1)

 

ERC Ingolstadt (2) - Düsseldorfer EG (7)  4-1 (5-4 2OT; 3-1; 1-2 OT; 2-1; 7-6 OT)

 

Adler Mannheim (3) - Kölner Haie (6)  4-2 (0-4; 2-1; 2-3 2OT; 7-3; 4-3; 3-2)

 

Straubing Tigers (4) - Grizzlys Wolfsburg (5)  3-4 (5-3; 1-3; 1-2; 3-1; 5-0; 3-4 OT; 1-3)

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2 wins on the road in 3 matches in the great night of game #7's, yesterday...

 

now all the major European leagues are aligned to the semifinal stage, almost all of them starting between Tomorrow and Saturday.

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Ekstra Liga 2022/2023

 

FINAL (Best of Seven)

 

GKS Katowice (#4 seed) - GKS Tychy (#3 seed) 4-0 (3-1; 3-1; 5-2; 5-2)

 

Bronze Medal (Best of Three)

 

Tauron Unia Oświęcim (#2 seed) - Comarch Cracovia Kraków (#1 seed) 2-0 (3-2; 3-2)

 

GKS Katowice wins the National Championship for 8th time in history. Previously in 1958, 1960, 1962 (3x as Górnik Katowice), 1965, 1968, 1970 and 2022.

 

Final Standings:

 

1. GKS Katowice

2. GKS Tychy

3. Tauron Unia Oświęcim

4. Comarch Cracovia Kraków

5. JKH GKS Jastrzębie

6. STS Sanok

7. KH Energa Toruń

8. Zagłębie Sosnowiec

9. Podhale Nowy Targ

 

Scoring Leaders Play-Offs:

 

1.  Grzegorz Pasiut (GKS Katowice) 18 GM - 13 G - 6 A - 19 PTS

2. Alan Łyszczarczyk (Cracovia) 13 GM - 7 G - 11 A - 18 PTS

3. Pavlo Padakin (Unia) 14 GM - 6 G - 11 A - 17 PTS

4. Hampus Olsson (GKS Katowice) - 18 GM - 8 G - 7 A - 15 PTS

5. Patryk Wronka (Cracovia) - 13 GM - 7 G - 8 A - 15 PTS

6. Roman Rac (Cracovia) - 13 GM - 8 G - 6 A - 14 PTS

7. Matias Lehtonen (GKS Katowice) - 18 GM - 7 G - 7 A - 14 PTS

8. Damian Kapica (Cracovia) - 10 GM - 6 G - 8 A - 14 PTS

9. Brandon Magee (GKS Katowice) - 18 GM - 3 G - 11 A - 14 PTS

 

Most Penalty Minutes:

 

Ales Jezek (Cracovia) - 13 GM - 41 PIM

 

Goaltenders:

 

Kevin Lindskoug (Unia) - 2.07 GA - 93.23 % saves (14 games, 3 SO)

/ John Murray (GKS Katowice) - 2.24 GA - 92.98 % saves (18 games, 1 SO)

Rok Stojanovic (Cracovia) - 2.30 GA - 93.19 & saves (9 games, 1 SO)

Tomas Fucik (GKS Tychy) - 2.54 GA - 91.26 % saves (14 games)

Bence Balizs (GKS Jastrzębie) - 2.66 GA - 91.98 % saves (7 game, 1 SO)

 

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4 hours ago, Monzanator said:

Ekstra Liga 2022/2023

 

FINAL (Best of Seven)

 

GKS Katowice (#4 seed) - GKS Tychy (#3 seed) 4-0 (3-1; 3-1; 5-2; 5-2)

 

Bronze Medal (Best of Three)

 

Tauron Unia Oświęcim (#2 seed) - Comarch Cracovia Kraków (#1 seed) 2-0 (3-2; 3-2)

 

GKS Katowice wins the National Championship for 8th time in history. Previously in 1958, 1960, 1962 (3x as Górnik Katowice), 1965, 1968, 1970 and 2022.

 

Final Standings:

 

1. GKS Katowice

2. GKS Tychy

3. Tauron Unia Oświęcim

4. Comarch Cracovia Kraków

5. JKH GKS Jastrzębie

6. STS Sanok

7. KH Energa Toruń

8. Zagłębie Sosnowiec

9. Podhale Nowy Targ

 

Scoring Leaders Play-Offs:

 

1.  Grzegorz Pasiut (GKS Katowice) 18 GM - 13 G - 6 A - 19 PTS

2. Alan Łyszczarczyk (Cracovia) 13 GM - 7 G - 11 A - 18 PTS

3. Pavlo Padakin (Unia) 14 GM - 6 G - 11 A - 17 PTS

4. Hampus Olsson (GKS Katowice) - 18 GM - 8 G - 7 A - 15 PTS

5. Patryk Wronka (Cracovia) - 13 GM - 7 G - 8 A - 15 PTS

6. Roman Rac (Cracovia) - 13 GM - 8 G - 6 A - 14 PTS

7. Matias Lehtonen (GKS Katowice) - 18 GM - 7 G - 7 A - 14 PTS

8. Damian Kapica (Cracovia) - 10 GM - 6 G - 8 A - 14 PTS

9. Brandon Magee (GKS Katowice) - 18 GM - 3 G - 11 A - 14 PTS

 

Most Penalty Minutes:

 

Ales Jezek (Cracovia) - 13 GM - 41 PIM

 

Goaltenders:

 

Kevin Lindskoug (Unia) - 2.07 GA - 93.23 % saves (14 games, 3 SO)

/ John Murray (GKS Katowice) - 2.24 GA - 92.98 % saves (18 games, 1 SO)

Rok Stojanovic (Cracovia) - 2.30 GA - 93.19 & saves (9 games, 1 SO)

Tomas Fucik (GKS Tychy) - 2.54 GA - 91.26 % saves (14 games)

Bence Balizs (GKS Jastrzębie) - 2.66 GA - 91.98 % saves (7 game, 1 SO)

 

 

wow! they had to wait 52 years, but now they have won back-to-back titles.

 

congrats to GKS Katowice.

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lots of Hockey goin'on Tonight on the European rinks.

 

as I wrote before, most of the Top Tier European leagues are starting their semifinal stage in the weekend.

 

and some of Tonight's games are already over.

 

 

Växjö Lakers HC (1) - Frölunda HC (6)  6-2 (Växjö lead series 1-0)

 

 

HIFK Helsinki (6)  - Tappara Tampere  2-3 2OT (Tappara lead series 1-0)

Pelicans Lahti (4) - Ilves Tampere (2)  2-3 OT (Ilves lead series 1-0)

 

HC Košice (1) - HK Dukla Ingema Michalovce (8)  3-1 (Košice lead series 1-0) @hckošice 

 

more about tonight, tomorrow...

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41 minutes ago, phelps said:

 

wow! they had to wait 52 years, but now they have won back-to-back titles.

 

congrats to GKS Katowice.

Well, there are some factors that contributed to their demise

 

a) in the 1960s they had a HC from Soviet Union who left after 1971

b) another club from Katowice - Naprzód Janów - became the top team in the city and produced better results between 1970s-1990s.

c) the football section of GKS Katowice grew stronger and come the late 70s replaced Polonia Bytom as one of the "Top 3" of Upper Silesian clubs in the football league (the other two being Ruch Chorzów and Górnik Zabrze). Polonia was still a power house in the 60s but then fell off in the next decade.

 

Mind you back in the 1970s there were four clubs from Katowice in the Polish ekstraklasa plus the nearby Zagłębie Sosnowiec. However the 1970 was the rise of Podhale Nowy Targ (champions in 1966 and 1969 before winning NINE straight titles 1971-1979). Funnily enough Polonia Bytom who lost relevance in football became a powerhouse in hockey winning six titles in late 80s/early 90s.

 

Then communism state sponsorship ended after 1989 and all the clubs linked to mines & steel mills fell on hard times which paved the way for Podhale Nowy Targ & Unia Oświęcim dominance in the 90s/2000s. GKS Katowice stumbled around in the 90s and early 00s (also under the name Hockey Club Katowice for a while), was relegated in 2005 and then only promoted in 2012. They have found relevance in the last 6-7 years again.

 

Okay, so much for Polish hockey league history

Edited March 31, 2023 by Monzanator

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Tipos Extraliga Semifinals:

 

HC Košice - Dukla Michalovce  3-1  (Series Standing: 1-0) 

 

Highlights

 

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as promised, more results from last night (all about the semifinal stage of their respective Championships)...

 

 DEL

EHC Red Bull Munich (1) - Grizzlys Wolfsburg (5)  5-2 (RBM lead series 1-0)

ERC Ingolstadt (2) - Adler Mannheim (3)  1-3 (Mannheim lead series 1-0)

 

 NLA

Genève-Servette HC (1) - EV Zug (6)  3-1 (Servette lead series 1-0)

EHC Biel-Bienne (2) - ZSC Lions Zürich (4)  1-0 (Biel-Bienne lead series 1-0)

 

 () ICE Hockey League

HC Bolzano/Bozen Südtirol Alperia (1) - spusu Vienna Capitals (6)  5-2 (HCB lead series 3-1)

EC Red Bull Salzburg (2) - EC Klagenfurter AC (5)  3-1 (RB Salzburg lead series 3-1)

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Today, it's another great day with a really busy schedule...

 

 

Skellefteå AIK (2) vs Örebro HK (4), game #1 (3.15 p.m. CET)

 

HIFK Helsinki (6)  vs Tappara Tampere (1), game #2 (4 p.m. CET)

Pelicans Lahti (4) vs Ilves Tampere (2), game #2 (4 p.m. CET)

 

 

ZSC Lions Zürich (4) vs EHC Biel-Bienne (2), game #2 (8 p.m. CET)

 

HC Košice (1) - HK Dukla Ingema Michalovce (8), game #2 (6 p.m. CET)

 

Edited April 1, 2023 by phelps