2009–10 Slohokej League season

The 2009–10 Slohokej League season was the first such season under the Slohokej name in Slovenia. The separate Slovenian Championship will now take place with the Slovenian Hockey teams from Slohokej and the EBEL - Austrian Hockey League.

2009–10 Slohokej League Season
League	Slohokej League
Sport	Ice hockey
Number of teams	10
Regular-season winner	Triglav Kranj
Champions	Maribor
Runners-up	Partizan

The competition was made up of 6 teams from Slovenia, 2 teams from Croatia and one team from Austria and Serbia each. The season is composed of the regular season and the playoffs. In the regular season each team played triple Robin Round with 27 games for each team. The best 8 teams of the regular season advanced to take part in the playoffs.[1]

Maribor became the first champions on 2 March 2009.[2]

Teams

Three teams are farm/junior teams from EBEL - Austrian Hockey League teams: HK Olimpija Ljubljana, HD Mladi Jesenice and Junior Graz 99ers.[3]

Team	City	Arena	Capacity	Founded
Bled	Bled	Bled Ice Hall	1,000	1999
Junior Graz 99ers	Graz	Eisstadion Graz Liebenau	4,050	2009
Maribor	Maribor	Tabor Ice Hall	1,000	1993
Medveščak II	Zagreb	Dvorana Velesajam	500	2003
Mladi Jesenice	Jesenice	Podmežakla Hall	4,500	1999
Mladost	Zagreb	Dvorana Velesajam	500	1946
Olimpija	Ljubljana	Tivoli Hall	4,000	2004
Partizan	Belgrade	Pionir Ice Hall	2,000	1946
Slavija	Ljubljana	Zalog Ice Hall	1,000	1964
Triglav Kranj	Kranj	Zlato Polje Ice Hall	1,000	1968

Standings after the regular season

The regular season winner was Triglav Kranj.[4]

Rk	Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	PIM	Pts
1.	Triglav Kranj	27	20	0	1	6	116	64	719	61
2.	Mladi Jesenice	27	17	4	1	5	128	61	420	60
3.	Maribor	27	17	2	4	4	112	66	498	59
4.	Partizan	27	18	1	0	8	132	61	593	56
5.	Olimpija	27	13	3	4	7	138	98	310	49
6.	Bled	27	12	2	2	11	108	94	518	42
7.	Medveščak II	27	9	2	0	16	71	105	389	31
8.	Slavija	27	8	0	2	17	81	111	595	26
9.	Junior Graz 99ers	27	5	0	0	22	74	135	820	15
10.	Mladost	27	2	0	0	25	58	223	547	6

Play-offs

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
	1	Triglav Kranj	2
	8	Slavija	0
						1	Triglav Kranj	0
						4	Partizan	2
	4	Partizan	2
	5	Olimpija	0
											4	Partizan	0
											3	Maribor	2
	2	Mladi Jesenice	2
	7	Medveščak II	0
						2	Mladi Jesenice	0
						3	Maribor	2
	3	Maribor	2
	6	Bled	0

Quarter-finals

• Olimpija – Partizan 1–5 (0–2, 0–1, 1–2)
• Partizan – Olimpija 4–3 (1–0, 2–3, 1–0)
• Bled – Maribor 2–7 (2–4, 0–1, 0–2)
• Maribor – Bled 6–2 (2–0, 1–1, 2–1)
• Slavija – Triglav Kranj 1–4 (0–3, 1–0, 0–1)
• Triglav Kranj – Slavija 5–2 (2–1, 1–1, 2–0)
• Mladi Jesenice – Medveščak II 2–1 (2–0, 0–0, 0–1)
• Medveščak II – Mladi Jesenice 3–9 (0–3, 1–4, 2–2)

Semi-finals

• Triglav Kranj – Partizan 3–4 (0–1, 2–2, 1–1)
• Partizan – Triglav Kranj 5–1 (1–0, 2–1, 2–0)
• Mladi Jesenice – Maribor 1–3 (0–1, 1–0, 0–2)
• Maribor – Mladi Jesenice 3–1 (1–0, 1–0, 1–1)

Final

• Maribor – Partizan 3–2 (1–1, 0–1, 2–0)
• Partizan – Maribor 2–3 (0–1, 1–0, 1–2)

References

1. Slohokej Senior League 2009-10 Regulation, slohokej.net
2. Finale lige Slohokej: Mariborski Stavbar prvak Archived 5 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine, slohokej.net
3. Farmteam: Allgemeines Archived 30 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine, 99ers.at
4. Lestvica in zadnji rezultati Archived 26 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine, slohokej.net