The season isn't over yet – the real highlight is still to come! Get your team ready for the Slovak Amateur Championship, which takes place on 22–24 May in Ružinov, Bratislava. Games with live commentary, a battle for prize money and a fantastic atmosphere for the final. Come show what you're made of and fight for the trophy that goes to the overall hockey champion.

They learned last year's lesson perfectly. Rockets dominated their RAHL3 quarterfinal series against Hockey For All and, after two wins by a combined score of 10:1, are headed to the semifinals. The decisive step in the 5:1 victory came from Matej Murcko, who scored a natural hat trick and was named Player of the Week. He casts himself merely as the “cleaner” who honestly put in his shift, though. In this interview he praises the attitude of the whole team, warns about the strength of the next opponent from Petržalka and admits with a smile that those goals are going to cost him plenty in the locker room.

While in the first game they really struggled against the opponent's goaltender, in the second they unleashed an offensive hurricane. HK Petržalka blew out Mad Vipers 7:2 and strides confidently into the RAHL1 final. The fantastic team performance bore the clearest signature of Patrik Hubek (2+3), who conducted the play and fed his wingers with perfect passes. In the interview he reveals the tactical changes that led to seven goals, assesses the surprise of the playoffs, team Wild Hogs, and explains why, in the locker room of the most frequent finalist, absolute calm and determination reign this time instead of stress.

The RAHL2 semifinals kicked off with huge drama that was only settled in a shootout. The hero for Uličníci Pressburg was Martin Ligas, who was the only one of ten shooters to score and secured the 2:1 win over Hockey For All. But if you were expecting the Player of the Week to sing his own praises, you would be wrong. In the interview he was thoroughly hard on himself, heaped praise on flawless goaltender Berenčík and, with his trademark humor, described why, before the decisive moment of the game, he chose to stop listening to tactical advice from a teammate.

The first point of the RAHL1 semifinals is in the bag! After an excellent team performance, HK Petržalka beat Mad Vipers 3:1, with two-goal scorer Štefan Pilár having the main say. In the postgame interview he made it clear that individual stats take a back seat in the elimination stage and that only the win matters. Find out how the Petržalka players respond to the opponent's excellent goaltender and with what clear tactics they will skate onto the ice in the return game.

A perfect quarterfinal showing! Uličníci Pressburg eliminated team Alpha with an aggregate score in which goaltender Berenčík did not allow a single goal. The key figure in the 4:0 win in the return game was Lukáš Urban, who scored twice. The newly named Player of the Week takes the success with humility, praises the work of the whole team and, looking ahead to the semifinal against Hockey For All, warns against complacency. The regular season is long forgotten, after all, and the series starts from zero.

They passed the first quarterfinal step with flying colors. The players of HC LEV Senec entered the RAHL3 elimination stage in commanding fashion and crushed team Knights 6:0. The central figure of the game was none other than the winner of the regular-season stats, Michal Maličký. With a 4+1 night he owned the ice, but in his postgame assessment he keeps his emotions in check – in the playoffs, after all, only the win counts, and it doesn't matter whether it's by one goal or by six. Read how he sees the dominant start to the elimination stage, another shutout for Aďo Nogely and why individual trophies mean nothing to him right now.

They ground out a narrow win and tuned up for the end of the season. In a tense, nervy RAHL3 battle, team Royals edged Beers 3:2. The absolute hero of the game was Dalibor Durmis, who with a 2+1 night put his name to every single goal his team scored. In the interview he not only assessed this gritty performance but also candidly named the causes of this season's struggles. They can no longer change their position in the standings, but they want to enter the battles for the Pohár nádeje in the best possible form

Playoff mode is fully activated. HK Petržalka entered the quarterfinals exactly as a favorite should – by the fifth minute the scoreboard already read 3:0, and Uličníci were unable to recover from the shock. The main driving force in the 5:2 win was two-goal scorer Marek Hronec. In the postgame interview, with a smile but with strict analysis, he breaks down not only the quick start but also the importance of team discipline and video preparation. Read what he thinks will decide the return game and whom they will have to watch extra closely.