The Executive Committee of the Slovak Ice Hockey Association (SZĽH) approved the format of advancement and descending between the extraleague and the Slovak hockey league for the next two seasons. The direct procedure and descent will be replaced by the relegation, which will include the two worst teams from the extra league after the regular season and two SHL participants. The number of legionnaires for the extra -league club will decrease from the current seven from next season to six. Informed about the portal hockeyslovakia.sk.
With the current wording of the approved proposal came extraleague clubs, which the Executive Committee granted. “During the negotiations on the future format of our two professional competitions, we were looking for a solution that will help Slovak hockey and will be attractive to spectators or partners. The proposal with a relegation in the format of two extra -league and two SHL teams, which the clubs submitted, accepted the Executive Committee. Extraliga clubs have declared that by approval of this format, the pressure they felt in direct progress and descending will be reduced, opening up space for young players. We believe that they will get more space in the extraleague, which will benefit our youth representations, ” Has made to margo changes Secretary General Miroslav Lažo.
Two worst extraleague teams after the regular season will automatically fall into the relegation. The SHL playoff format will be discussed. After a long time, the number of legionnaires in the highest Slovak competition is also changing. So far, the clubs could put seven foreigners into the competition match, after the new one there will be only six.
“We welcome this arrangement from the clubs. Our intention is to play as many Slovak hockey players as possible in the Slovak Extraliga, who are expanding the base for the Slovak national team. We believe that we will continue to reduce the number of legionnaires in the future,” added Lažo.
