2024–25 Maxa liga season

2024–25 Maxa liga season
LeagueMaxa liga
SportIce hockey
Duration14 September 2024 – 11 April 2025
GamesRegular season: 364
Postseason: 39
Teams14
Regular season
Season championsVHK Vsetín
  Runners-upRI Okna Berani Zlín
Promoted to Czech Extraliganone
Relegated to 2 LigaLHK Jestřábi Prostějov
Playoffs
Finals championsHC Dukla Jihlava
  Runners-upRI Okna Berani Zlín

The 2024–25 Maxa liga season was the 32nd season of the second Czech league and 1st since discontinuing their sponsorship with Chance Sports Betting.[1] The regular season ran from 14 September 2024 to 1 March 2025. VHK Vsetín finished atop the standings. The postseason ran from 4 March to 11 April 2025. HC Dukla Jihlava defeated the RI Okna Berani Zlín 4 games to 2 for the league championship.

Membership changes

Teams

Team City Region Arena Coach
Piráti Chomutov Chomutov Ústí nad Labem Rocknet aréna Martin Pešout
HC Frýdek-Místek Frýdek-Místek Moravia-Silesia Hala Polárka Martin Hrnčár
HC Dukla Jihlava Jihlava Vysočina CZ LOKO Arena Viktor Ujčík
SC Marimex Kolín Kolín Central Bohemia Zimní stadion Kolín Petr Martínek
HC Stadion Litoměřice Litoměřice Ústí nad Labem Kalich Aréna Jaroslav Nedvěd
HC Dynamo Pardubice B Pardubice Pardubice Enteria Arena Tomáš Jirků
HC RT Torax Poruba Poruba Moravia-Silesia RT Torax Arena Jiří Režnar,
Rudolf Roháček
HC Slavia Praha Prague Prague Zimní stadion Eden Aleš Totter
HC ZUBR Přerov Přerov Olomouc MEO Arena Michal Mikeska
LHK Jestřábi Prostějov Prostějov Olomouc Zimní stadion Prostějov Martin Janeček,
Ivo Peštuka,
Miloš Říha
HC Baník Sokolov Sokolov Karlovy Vary Zimní stadion Sokolov Tomáš Mariška
SK Horácká Slavia Třebíč Třebíč Vysočina Zimní stadion Třebíč David Dolníček
VHK ROBE Vsetín Vsetín Zlín Zimní stadion Na Lapači Jiri Weintritt
RI Okna Berani Zlín Zlín Zlín Trinity Bank Arena Luďka Čajky Ján Pardavý

Standings

Regular season

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 VHK ROBE Vsetín 52 31 3 9 9 186 138 +48 108 Qualified to quarterfinals
2 RI Okna Berani Zlín 52 27 6 4 15 144 114 +30 97
3 SK Horácká Slavia Třebíč 52 24 9 5 14 150 124 +26 95
4 HC RT Torax Poruba 52 26 6 5 15 183 130 +53 95
5 HC Stadion Litoměřice 52 25 4 7 16 154 121 +33 90
6 HC Dukla Jihlava 52 23 6 5 18 155 136 +19 86
7 HC Baník Sokolov 52 18 8 4 22 135 155 −20 74 Qualified to eighthfinals
8 HC ZUBR Přerov 52 19 4 6 23 119 137 −18 71
9 Piráti Chomutov 52 18 5 7 22 130 151 −21 71
10 HC Dynamo Pardubice B 52 17 7 5 23 138 156 −18 70
11 HC Slavia Praha 52 16 7 7 22 127 150 −23 69
12 SC Marimex Kolín 52 16 3 6 27 131 157 −26 60
13 HC Frýdek-Místek 52 9 11 7 25 123 154 −31 56
14 LHK Jestřábi Prostějov 52 13 3 5 31 117 169 −52 50 Qualified to relegation
Source: Standings
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points.[2]

Statistics

Scoring leaders

[3]

Player Team Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Pavel Klhůfek VHK ROBE Vsetín C/LW 49 27 28 55 34
Martin Dočekal SK Horácká Slavia Třebíč LW 51 21 31 52 6
Luboš Rob VHK ROBE Vsetín LW/RW 50 16 32 48 26
Tomáš Čachotský HC Dukla Jihlava LW 45 12 34 46 16
Lukáš Válek RI Okna Berani Zlín LW 52 15 30 45 30
Tomáš Šoustal HC RT Torax Poruba C/RW 48 17 26 43 58
Vojtěch Střondala HC RT Torax Poruba C 51 14 29 43 57
Frenks Razgals HC RT Torax Poruba LW/RW 49 21 21 42 37
Viktor Hübl Piráti Chomutov C 50 17 24 41 36
Filip Kuťák HC Stadion Litoměřice C 51 17 24 41 18
Kryštof Ouřada SC Marimex Kolín RW 51 16 25 41 6
Matěj Psota SK Horácká Slavia Třebíč RW 44 15 26 41 4

Leading goaltenders

The following goaltenders led the league in goals against average, provided that they have played at least 1/3 of their team's minutes.

Player Team GP TOI W L GA SO SV% GAA
Daniel Huf RI Okna Berani Zlín 33 1921 22 11 59 3 .930 1.84
Martin Michajlov HC Stadion Litoměřice 36 2130 24 11 73 2 .928 2.06
Jan Brož SK Horácká Slavia Třebíč 36 2096 23 11 76 1 .921 2.18
Vojtěch Mokry HC ZUBR Přerov 41 2461 20 21 90 2 .931 2.19
Adam Beran HC Dukla Jihlava 30 1769 20 10 65 4 .917 2.20

Playoffs

Bracket

Eighthfinals
(best-of-3)
Quarterfinals
(best-of-7)
Semifinals
(best-of-7)
Championship
(best-of-7)
1 VHK ROBE Vsetín 7 4 4 - -
7 HC Baník Sokolov 1 1 - 10 HC Dynamo Pardubice B 0 1 1 - -
10 HC Dynamo Pardubice B 2* 3 - 1 VHK ROBE Vsetín 0 2 5 0 3 4 1
6 HC Dukla Jihlava 2 1 0 3 6 1 3
2 RI Okna Berani Zlín 2** 1* 0 4 - (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round)
9 Piráti Chomutov 1 0 1** 1 -
6 HC Dukla Jihlava 3 3 1* 2 1 4 -
2 RI Okna Berani Zlín 1 4* 0 1 2 1 -
3 SK Horácká Slavia Třebíč 2 2 1 3 -
8 HC ZUBR Přerov 0 0 - 6 HC Dukla Jihlava 1 4 2 7 -
9 Piráti Chomutov 3 2 - 2 RI Okna Berani Zlín 3 1 1 6 4 5 -
5 HC Stadion Litoměřice 0 4 5 2 1 1 -
4 HC RT Torax Poruba 3 1 4 3 2
5 HC Stadion Litoměřice 4 2* 2 2 5

Note: * denotes overtime
Note: ** denotes overtime and shootout

Promotion/relegation

Note: League champion, HC Dukla Jihlava, faced the last place team of the Czech Extraliga, HC Olomouc, to determine where the two teams would play. The winner of the best-of-7 series would be members of the Extraliga in 2025–26 while the loser would join Maxa liga.

Placement
(best-of-7)
         
HC Olomouc 2 6 2 3 - - -
HC Dukla Jihlava 1 0 1 0 - - -

References

  1. ^ "News!". instagram. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
  2. ^ league schedule
  3. ^ "Czechia2 - 2024-2025". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 9 September 2025.