2021–22 Czech 1. Liga season

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The 2021–22 Czech 1. liga season was the 29th season of the Czech 1. liga, the second level of ice hockey in the Czech Republic. 17 teams participated in the league.^[1]

2021–22 Czech 1. Liga season
League	Czech 1. liga
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	11 September 2021 – 2 March 2022 (Regular season)
Number of games	48
Number of teams	17
Regular season
Season champions	Litoměřice
Playoffs
Finals
Champions	Jihlava (4th title)
Runners-up	Vsetín
Czech 1. Liga seasons
← 2020–21 2022–23 →

Regular season

Standings

Each team played 48 games, playing each of the other sixteen teams three times. Points were awarded for each game, where three points were awarded for winning in regulation time, two points for winning in overtime or shootout, one point for losing in overtime or shootout, and zero points for losing in regulation time. At the end of the regular season, the team that finished with the most points was crowned the league champion.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Litoměřice	48	32	3	2	11	176	127	+49	104	Qualification to Quarter-finals
2	Vsetín	48	30	2	3	13	177	112	+65	97
3	Třebíč	48	25	7	3	13	136	99	+37	92
4	Jihlava	48	27	4	3	14	179	134	+45	92
5	Přerov	48	21	7	5	15	143	105	+38	82
6	Sokolov	48	22	5	3	18	150	133	+17	79
7	Slavia Praha	48	20	7	4	17	157	139	+18	78	Qualification to Wild card round
8	Prostějov	48	22	3	5	18	162	145	+17	77
9	Kolín	48	22	3	3	20	136	139	−3	75
10	Frýdek-Místek	48	20	4	7	17	147	143	+4	75
11	Vrchlabí	48	17	9	5	17	136	133	+3	74
12	Poruba	48	18	6	8	16	148	133	+15	74
13	Ústí nad Labem	48	17	6	7	18	135	154	−19	70	Qualification to Play Out
14	Šumperk	48	16	6	8	18	150	141	+9	68	Qualification to Play Out
15	Benátky nad Jizerou	48	15	0	3	30	118	153	−35	48	Relegated to Czech 2. Liga
16	Havířov	48	9	3	6	30	108	155	−47	39
17	Kadaň	48	0	0	0	48	26	239	−213	0

Source: Chance liga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points.

Playoffs

Ten teams qualify for the playoffs: the top six teams in the regular season have a bye to the quarterfinals, while teams ranked seventh to tenth meet each other (7 versus 10, 8 versus 9) in a preliminary playoff round.

Bracket

	Wild-card round (best-of-3)					Quarter-finals (best-of-5)					Semi-finals (best-of-7)					Finals (best-of-7)

						2	Vsetín	3
	7	Slavia Praha	2			7	Slavia Praha	2
	10	Frýdek-Místek	1								2	Vsetín	4
											8	Prostějov	1
						1	Litoměřice	1			(Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round)
						8	Prostějov	3
																2	Vsetín	2
																4	Jihlava	4
						4	Jihlava	3
	8	Prostějov	2			5	Přerov	2
	9	Kolín	1								4	Jihlava	4
											6	Sokolov	1
						3	Třebíč	1
						6	Sokolov	3

Wild card round

Slavia Praha – Frýdek-Místek 2–1
05.03.2022	Frýdek-Místek	Slavia Praha	1-4
07.03.2022	Slavia Praha	Frýdek-Místek	0-3
08.03.2022	Slavia Praha	Frýdek-Místek	2-1
Slavia Praha won the series 2–1.

Prostějov – Kolín 2–1
05.03.2022	Kolín	Prostějov	1-2
07.03.2022	Prostějov	Kolín	1-5
08.03.2022	Prostějov	Kolín	2-0
Prostějov won the series 2–1.

Quarterfinals

Litoměřice – Prostějov 1–3
10.03.2022	Litoměřice	Prostějov	2-4
11.03.2022	Litoměřice	Prostějov	7-3
14.03.2022	Prostějov	Litoměřice	6-5
15.03.2022	Prostějov	Litoměřice	6-5 OT
Prostějov won the series 3–1.

Třebíč – Sokolov 1–3
10.03.2022	Třebíč	Sokolov	1-2
11.03.2022	Třebíč	Sokolov	4-2
14.03.2022	Sokolov	Třebíč	4-3 OT
15.03.2022	Sokolov	Třebíč	3-0
Sokolov won the series 3–1.

Vsetín – Slavia Praha 3–2
10.03.2022	Vsetín	Slavia Praha	1-2
11.03.2022	Vsetín	Slavia Praha	2-0
14.03.2022	Slavia Praha	Vsetín	5-3
15.03.2022	Slavia Praha	Vsetín	2-3 OT
17.03.2022	Vsetín	Slavia Praha	5-1
Vsetín won the series 3–2.

Jihlava – Přerov 3–2
10.03.2022	Jihlava	Přerov	0-2
11.03.2022	Jihlava	Přerov	1-0 OT
14.03.2022	Přerov	Jihlava	1-3
15.03.2022	Přerov	Jihlava	3-2 OT
17.03.2022	Jihlava	Přerov	2-1
Jihlava won the series 3–2.

Semifinals

Vsetín – Prostějov 4–1
20.03.2022	Vsetín	Prostějov	5-0
21.03.2022	Vsetín	Prostějov	5-1
24.03.2022	Prostějov	Vsetín	2-1 OT
25.03.2022	Prostějov	Vsetín	3-8
27.03.2022	Vsetín	Prostějov	8-2
Vsetín won the series 4–1.

Jihlava – Sokolov 4–1
20.03.2022	Jihlava	Sokolov	3-2 OT
21.03.2022	Jihlava	Sokolov	6-5 OT
24.03.2022	Sokolov	Jihlava	0-6
25.03.2022	Sokolov	Jihlava	4-2
27.03.2022	Jihlava	Sokolov	3-0
Jihlava won the series 4–1.

Finals

3 April 2022
17:00 (UTC+2)

2–4
(0–1, 1–1, 1–2)
score in the series: 0–1

Jihlava

Zimní stadion Na Lapači, Vsetín
Attendance: 5,030

Goalies

Referees:
Tomáš Zubzanda
Jan Hucl
Linesmen:
Milan Jindra
Stanislav Hnát

	0–1	05:54 – Menšík (Chvátal, Havránek)
Zeman (Vlach) – 28:20	1–1
	1–2	30:29 – Kachyňa (Zadražil, Dundáček)
Hořanský (Březina, Vítek) – 43:16	2–2
	2–3	48:43 – Kowalczyk (Havránek, Skořepa)
	2–4	59:00 – Čachotský (Havránek, Skořepa)

4 min

Penalties

8 min

45

Shots

34

4 April 2022
17:30 (UTC+2)

Vsetín

5–4 OT
(2–1, 1–2, 1–1)
(OT: 1–0)
score in the series: 1–1

Zimní stadion Na Lapači, Vsetín
Attendance: 4,020

Goalies

Referees:
Robert Čech
Tomáš Cabák
Linesmen:
Roman Zídek
Roman Komínek

Ondračka (Zeman, Berger) – 08:10	1–0
	1–1	10:33 – Skořepa
Zeman (Berger, Štach) – 13:25	2–1
	2–2	20:21 – Havránek (SH1)
	2–3	34:26 – Skořepa (SH2)
Říha (Vlach) (PP2) – 35:37	3–3
Říha (Rob, Venkrbec) – 45:33	4–3
	4–4	59:45 – Bilčík (Skořepa, Havránek)
Vlach – 68:57	5–4

8 min

Penalties

18 min

45

Shots

18

7 April 2022
17:30 (UTC+2)

3–4
(1–2, 1–2, 1–0)
score in the series: 1–2

Vsetín

Horácký zimní stadion, Jihlava
Attendance: 3,034

Goalies

Referees:
Tomáš Zubzanda
Luděk Pilný
Linesmen:
Milan Štofa
Václav Beneš

	0–1	04:00 - Zeman (Berger, Říha)
	0–2	05:01 - Jonák (Smetana, Březina)
Helt (Zadražil) - 17:34	1–2
	1–3	22:43 - Venkrbec (Březina, Smetana) (PP1)
Skořepa (Čachotský) - 24:27	2–3
	2–4	34:41 - Venkrbec (Jonák)
Čachotský (Helt, Havránek) - 59:59	3–4

25 min

Penalties

10 min

21

Shots

19

8 April 2022
17:30 (UTC+2)

Jihlava

2–0
(1–0, 0–0, 1–0)
score in the series: 2–2

Horácký zimní stadion, Jihlava
Attendance: 4,149

Goalies

Referees:
Radek Wagner
Miroslav Petružálek
Linesmen:
David Polonyi
Martin Kreuzer

Seman (Brož, Menšík) - 01:36	1–0
Čachotský - 57:36	2–0

15 min

Penalties

19 min

35

Shots

31

10 April 2022
17:00 (UTC+2)

3–6
(0–4, 1–1, 2–1)
score in the series: 2–3

Jihlava

Zimní stadion Na Lapači, Vsetín
Attendance: 5,050

David Gába
Jakub Málek

Goalies

Referees:
Miroslav Petružálek
Tomáš Zubzanda
Linesmen:
Milan Jindra
Roman Komínek

	0–1	02:56 - Juda
	0–2	09:57 - Eliáš (Čermák, Juda)
	0–3	16:05 - Kachyňa (Brož, Havránek) (PP1)
	0–4	17:03 - Čermák (Valenta, Cachnín)
Smetana - 27:47	1–4
	1–5	35:48 - Menšík (Bilčík, Seman)
Ondračka (Klímek, Březina) - 41:59	2–5
Smetana (Klímek, Březina) (PP1) - 43:23	3–5
	3–6	59:28 - Čachotský (Dundáček)

4 min

Penalties

12 min

45

Shots

27

12 April 2022
17:30 (UTC+2)

Jihlava

1–0
(1–0, 0–0, 0–0)
score in the series: 4–2

Horácký zimní stadion, Jihlava
Attendance: 5,024

Goalies

Referees:
Vladimír Pešina
Radek Wagner
Linesmen:
Roman Zídek
David Polonyi

Seman (Menšík, Brož) - 17:47

1–0

4 min

Penalties

6 min

40

Shots

22

Relegation

Play-down

Ústí nad Labem – Šumperk 1–4
9.03.2022	Ústí nad Labem	Šumperk	5-2
10.03.2022	Ústí nad Labem	Šumperk	0-1
13.03.2022	Šumperk	Ústí nad Labem	4-3
14.03.2022	Šumperk	Ústí nad Labem	2-0
17.03.2022	Ústí nad Labem	Šumperk	2-3
Šumperk won the series 4–1 and will play against the winner of 2. Liga. Ústí nad Labem is relegated.

Play-off vs. 2. Liga winner

Šumperk – Tábor 4–1
13.04.2022	Šumperk	Tábor	6-4
14.04.2022	Šumperk	Tábor	5-2
17.04.2022	Tábor	Šumperk	5-4
18.04.2022	Tábor	Šumperk	1-3
21.04.2022	Šumperk	Tábor	3-0
Šumperk won the series 4–1 and therefore remained in 1. Liga for the next season.

Final rankings

	Jihlava
	Vsetín
	Sokolov
4	Prostějov
5	Litoměřice
6	Třebíč
7	Přerov
8	Slavia Praha
9	Kolín
10	Frýdek-Místek
11	Vrchlabí
12	Poruba
13	Šumperk
14	Ústí nad Labem
15	Benátky nad Jizerou
16	Havířov
17	Kadaň

References

^ "Kluby se dohodly: Chance liga se bude hrát tříkolově". hokej.cz (in Czech).

External links

Official website

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