2022–23 Czech 1. Liga season

2022–23 Czech 1. Liga season
2022–23 Czech 1. Liga season
League	Czech 1. liga
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	14 September 2022 – 1 March 2023; (regular season); 3 March – 10 April (playoffs);
Number of games	52
Number of teams	14
Regular season
Playoffs
Finals
Czech 1. Liga seasons
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 Czech 1. liga season was the 30th season of the Czech 1. liga, the second level of ice hockey in the Czech Republic. 14 teams participate in the league.^[1]

Team changes

Regular season

Standings

Each team played 52 games, playing each of the other thirteen teams four 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	Poruba	38	19	6	3	10	124	90	+34	72	Qualification to Quarter-finals
2	Třebíč	39	21	4	1	13	105	85	+20	72
3	Vsetín	39	22	1	1	15	112	91	+21	69
4	Litoměřice	37	17	5	4	11	122	103	+19	65
5	Přerov	38	15	5	10	8	102	88	+14	65
6	Prostějov	39	17	4	6	12	103	105	−2	65
7	Slavia Praha	39	15	4	3	17	108	104	+4	56	Qualification to Wild card round
8	Kolín	39	14	5	4	16	109	108	+1	56
9	Jihlava	39	15	2	5	17	91	113	−22	54
10	Frýdek-Místek	38	13	5	4	16	97	96	+1	53
11	Zlín	39	12	5	5	17	101	104	−3	51
12	Sokolov	38	13	4	4	17	95	121	−26	51
13	Pardubice B	39	10	3	5	21	97	117	−20	41
14	Šumperk	39	8	6	4	21	105	146	−41	40	Relegated to Czech 2. Liga

Updated to match(es) played on 18 January 2023. 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	Jihlava	2	7	Jihlava	0
10	Slavia Praha	0				2	Vsetín	4
						4	Prostějov	2
			4	Prostějov	3	(Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round)
			5	Litoměřice	0
									2	Vsetín	2
									6	Zlín	4
			1	Třebíč	3
8	Přerov	2	8	Přerov	1
9	Frýdek-Místek	0				1	Třebíč	1
						6	Zlín	4
			3	Poruba	1
			6	Zlín	3

Wild card round

Přerov – Frýdek-Místek 2–0
3.3.2023	Frýdek-Místek	Přerov	2-5
5.3.2023	Přerov	Frýdek-Místek	4-0
Přerov won the series 2–0.

Quarterfinals

Poruba – Zlín 1–3
8.3.2023	Poruba	Zlín	3-0
9.3.2023	Poruba	Zlín	2-5
12.3.2023	Zlín	Poruba	2-1
13.3.2023	Zlín	Poruba	2-1
Zlín won the series 3–1.

Vsetín – Jihlava 3–0
8.3.2023	Vsetín	Jihlava	4-3 OT
9.3.2023	Vsetín	Jihlava	2-1
12.3.2023	Jihlava	Vsetín	2-3
Vsetín won the series 3–0.

Prostějov – Litoměřice 3–0
8.3.2023	Prostějov	Litoměřice	1-0 OT
9.3.2023	Prostějov	Litoměřice	5-2
12.3.2023	Litoměřice	Prostějov	1-4
Prostějov won the series 3–0.

Semifinals

Vsetín – Prostějov 4–2
18.3.2023	Vsetín	Prostějov	4-3
19.3.2023	Vsetín	Prostějov	1-0
22.3.2023	Prostějov	Vsetín	3-2
23.3.2023	Prostějov	Vsetín	2-3
25.3.2023	Vsetín	Prostějov	1-3
27.3.2023	Prostějov	Vsetín	1-2
Vsetín won the series 4–2.

Finals

1 April 2023
17:00 (UTC+2)

Vsetín

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

Zlín

Zimní stadion Na Lapači, Vsetín
Attendance: 5,400

Game reference

Tomáš Vošvrda

Goalies

Daniel Huf

Holec (Smetana) – 04:02	1–0
	1–1	25:27 – Kratochvíl (Talafa)
	1–2	27:02 – Kindl (Sedláček, Mrázek) (PP1)
	1–3	42:50 – Kindl (Sedlák, Kratochvíl)
Klhůfek (Holec) – 45:57	2–3
Půček (Holec, Němec) – 51:55	3–3
Klhůfek (Němec, Číp) (PP1) – 65:37	4–3