2008–09 Slovenian Hockey League season

The 2008–09 Slovenian Hockey League season was the 18th season of the Slovenian Ice Hockey League. The competition was mostly made up of teams from Slovenia, but there were also two teams from Croatia.

2008–09 Slovenian Hockey League Season
LeagueSlovenian Ice Hockey League
SportIce hockey
Regular-season winnerMedveščak
ChampionsJesenice
  Runners-upOlimpija
Slovenian Ice Hockey League seasons

At the end of the regular season, the playoffs were held. It was the first time that the playoffs featured a non-Slovenian team. Jesenice won the title after defeating Olimpija in the final.

Teams edit

Standings after the regular season edit

Rk Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA Pts
1.   Meveščak 35 33 0 1 1 227 66 100
2.   Maribor 35 25 3 3 4 208 59 84
3.   Triglav Kranj 35 21 2 1 11 172 71 68
4.   Mladi Jesenice 35 19 2 2 12 208 89 63
5.   HK Olimpija 35 16 5 4 10 192 98 62
6.   Bled 35 16 2 2 15 155 134 54
7.   Mladost 35 14 1 2 18 152 175 46
8.   Slavija 35 8 2 2 23 140 160 30
9.   Maribor II 35 5 0 1 29 77 250 16
10.   Alfa 35 0 1 0 34 62 491 2

Play-offs edit

Round 1 edit

Medveščak defeated Slavija 2–0 in a best of three series.

  • Medveščak – Slavija 9–1 (2–0, 5–0, 2–1)
  • Slavija – Medveščak 1–6 (0–1, 1–3, 0–2)

Maribor defeated Mladost 2–0 in a best of three series.

  • Maribor – Mladost 3–1
  • Mladost – Maribor 2–4 (0–1, 0–1, 2–2)

Triglav Kranj defeated Bled 2–1 in a best of three series.

  • Triglav Kranj – Bled 5–3 (1–2, 4–0, 0–1)
  • Bled – Triglav Kranj 6–2 (1–1, 3–1, 2–0)
  • Triglav Kranj – Bled 6–0 (1–0, 4–0, 1–0)

HK Olimpija defeated Mladi Jesenice 2–0 in a best of three series.

  • HK Olimpija – Mladi Jesenice 4–1 (1–1, 2–0, 1–0)
  • Mladi Jesenice – HK Olimpija 1–3 (0–2, 1–0, 0–1)

Quarter-finals edit

Maribor defeated Triglav Kranj 2–1 in a best of three series.

  • Maribor – Triglav Kranj 2–3 (0–1, 0–1, 2–1)
  • Triglav Kranj – Maribor 2–3 OT (0–0, 1–0, 1–2, 0–1)
  • Maribor – Triglav Kranj 7–2 (1–2, 4–0, 2–0)

Medveščak defeated HK Olimpija 2–0 in a best of three series.

  • Medveščak – HK Olimpija 3–2 (0–0, 0–1, 2–1, 1–0) OT
  • HK Olimpija – Medveščak 3–4 (0–1, 2–1, 1–2)

Semi-finals edit

Jesenice and HDD Olimpija joined in the semi-finals.

Jesenice defeated Maribor 2–0 in a best of three series.

  • Jesenice – Maribor 8–2 (3–1, 4–1, 1–0)
  • Maribor – Jesenice 2–3 (1–1, 1–1, 0–0, 0–1) OT

Olimpija defeated Medveščak 2–1 in a best of three series.

  • Olimpija – Medveščak 0–1 (0–1, 0–0, 0–0)
  • Medveščak – Olimpija 3–6 (2–2, 0–3, 1–1)
  • Olimpija – Medveščak 4–1 (1–0, 2–1, 1–0)

Final edit

Jesenice defeated Olimpija 4–0 in a best of seven series.

  • Jesenice – Olimpija 5–2 (3–0, 2–1, 0–1)
  • Jesenice – Olimpija 2–1 (0–0, 1–0, 0–1, 0–0, 1–0)
  • Olimpija – Jesenice 0–2 (0–0, 0–1, 0–1)
  • Olimpija – Jesenice 1–2 (0–1, 0–0, 1–1)

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