title: 2012–13 Czech Extraliga season
text: # 2012–13 Czech Extraliga season
  
  The 2012–13 Czech Extraliga season is the 20th season of the Czech Extraliga since its creation after the breakup of Czechoslovakia and the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League in 1993.
  
  ## Regular season
  
  ### Standings
  
  | Place | Team | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | PSG Zlín | 52 | 25 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 158 | 137 | 94 |
  | 2 | HC Slavia Praha | 52 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 15 | 138 | 111 | 94 |
  | 3 | HC Škoda Plzeň | 52 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 160 | 131 | 89 |
  | 4 | HC Oceláři Třinec | 52 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 196 | 159 | 86 |
  | 5 | HC Sparta Praha | 52 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 171 | 149 | 86 |
  | 6 | HC VERVA Litvínov | 52 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 18 | 162 | 148 | 83 |
  | 7 | Rytíři Kladno | 52 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 142 | 146 | 77 |
  | 8 | HC Mountfield | 52 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 22 | 135 | 149 | 76 |
  | 9 | HC Vítkovice Steel | 52 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 141 | 151 | 75 |
  | 10 | HC ČSOB Pojišťovna Pardubice | 52 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 155 | 161 | 73 |
  | 11 | HC Kometa Brno | 52 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 149 | 158 | 72 |
  | 12 | HC Energie Karlovy Vary | 52 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 133 | 148 | 67 |
  | 13 | HC Bílí Tygři Liberec | 52 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 22 | 137 | 178 | 63 |
  | 14 | Piráti Chomutov | 52 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 27 | 127 | 178 | 57 |
  
  ### Statistics
  
  **Scoring leaders**
  
  Updated as of the end of the regular season. GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes
  
  | Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Martin Růžička | HC Oceláři Třinec | 52 | 40 | 43 | 83 | –10 | 18 |
  | Viktor Hübl | HC VERVA Litvínov | 52 | 22 | 36 | 58 | +14 | 62 |
  | Jaromír Jágr | Rytíři Kladno | 34 | 24 | 33 | 57 | +22 | 28 |
  | Lukáš Pech | HC Energie Karlovy Vary | 51 | 22 | 35 | 57 | +8 | 50 |
  | Milan Gulaš | HC Škoda Plzeň | 44 | 27 | 28 | 55 | +27 | 28 |
  | František Lukeš | HC VERVA Litvínov | 50 | 26 | 28 | 54 | +13 | 36 |
  | Martin Straka | HC Škoda Plzeň | 47 | 15 | 39 | 54 | +26 | 18 |
  | Petr Nedvěd | HC Bílí Tygři Liberec | 48 | 20 | 33 | 53 | –14 | 151 |
  | Tomáš Vlasák | HC Škoda Plzeň | 45 | 17 | 35 | 52 | +17 | 12 |
  | Jan Kovář | HC Škoda Plzeň | 52 | 17 | 34 | 51 | +10 | 66 |
  
  ## Playoffs
  
  ### Bracket
  
  The playoff bracket is not a fixed bracket. Like the intraconference bracket in the NHL, the matchups are adjusted in each successive round in order to place the top-ranked team against the bottom-ranked team.
  
  | First round March 1–March 7 | First round March 1–March 7 | First round March 1–March 7 | Quarterfinals March 8–20 | Quarterfinals March 8–20 | Quarterfinals March 8–20 | Semifinals March 24– | Semifinals March 24– | Semifinals March 24– | Finals – | Finals – | Finals – |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | | | 1 | Zlín | 4 | | | | | | |
  | 8 | České Budějovice | 2 | 9 | Vítkovice | 2 | | | | | | |
  | 9 | Vítkovice | 3 | | | | 1 | Zlín | 4 | | | |
  | | | | | | | 4 | Třinec | 2 | | | |
  | | | | 4 | Třinec | 4 | | | | | | |
  | | | | 5 | Sparta Praha | 3 | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Zlín | 3 |
  | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Plzeň | 4 |
  | | | | 3 | Plzeň | 4 | | | | | | |
  | 7 | Kladno | 3 | 6 | Litvínov | 3 | | | | | | |
  | 10 | Pardubice | 2 | | | | 2 | Slavia Praha | 2 | | | |
  | | | | | | | 3 | Plzeň | 4 | | | |
  | | | | 2 | Slavia Praha | 4 | | | | | | |
  | | | | 7 | Kladno | 1 | | | | | | |
  
  ## Relegation
  
  | Place | Team | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | HC Kometa Brno | 58 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 22 | 164 | 175 | 80 |
  | 2 | HC Energie Karlovy Vary | 58 | 22 | 2 | 7 | 27 | 151 | 167 | 77 |
  | 3 | HC Bílí Tygři Liberec | 58 | 18 | 4 | 12 | 24 | 154 | 189 | 74 |
  | 4 | Piráti Chomutov | 58 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 29 | 145 | 199 | 64 |
  