2008–09 Slovenian Hockey League season

The 2008–09 Slovenian Hockey League was the 18th season in Slovenia. The competition was mostly made up of teams from Slovenia, but there were two teams from Croatia too.

The regular season was the first such season where a non-Slovenian team placed in first.

At the end of the regular season the playoffs were held. It was the first time, that playoffs featured a non-Slovenian team. In the end Jesenice won the title.

Teams

 * Medveščak
 * Mladost
 * Mladi Jesenice
 * Maribor
 * Maribor Mladi
 * Alfa
 * Bled
 * Slavija
 * Triglav Kranj
 * HK Olimpija
 * HDD Olimpija (play-offs only)
 * Jesenice (play-offs only)

Round 1
Medveščak defeated Slavija 2–0 in a best of three series.
 * Medveščak – Slavija 9–1 (2–0, 5–0, 2–1)
 * Slavija – Medveščak 1–6 (0–1, 1–3, 0–2)

Maribor defeated Mladost 2–0 in a best of three series.
 * Maribor – Mladost 3–1
 * Mladost – Maribor 2–4 (0–1, 0–1, 2–2)

Triglav Kranj defeated Bled 2-1 in a best of three series.
 * Triglav Kranj – Bled 5–3 (1–2, 4–0, 0–1)
 * Bled – Triglav Kranj 6–2 (1–1, 3–1, 2–0)
 * Triglav Kranj – Bled 6–0 (1–0, 4–0, 1–0)

HK Olimpija defeated Mladi Jesenice 2–0 in a best of three series.
 * HK Olimpija – Mladi Jesenice 4–1 (1–1, 2–0, 1–0)
 * Mladi Jesenice – HK Olimpija 1–3 (0–2, 1–0, 0–1)

Quarter-finals
Maribor defeated Triglav Kranj 2–1 in a best of three series.
 * Maribor – Triglav Kranj 2–3 (0–1, 0–1, 2–1)
 * Triglav Kranj – Maribor 2–3 OT (0–0, 1–0, 1–2, 0–1)
 * Maribor – Triglav Kranj 7–2 (1–2, 4–0, 2–0)

Medveščak defeated HK Olimpija 2–0 in a best of three series.
 * Medveščak – HK Olimpija 3–2 (0–0, 0–1, 2–1, 1–0) OT
 * HK Olimpija – Medveščak 3–4 (0–1, 2–1, 1–2)

Semi-finals
Jesenice and HDD Olimpija joined in the semi-finals.

Jesenice defeated Maribor 2–0 in a best of three series.
 * Jesenice – Maribor 8–2 (3–1, 4–1, 1–0)
 * Maribor – Jesenice 2–3 (1–1, 1–1, 0–0, 0–1) OT

Olimpija defeated Medveščak 2–1 in a best of three series.
 * Olimpija – Medveščak 0–1 (0–1, 0–0, 0–0)
 * Medveščak – Olimpija 3–6 (2–2, 0–3, 1–1)
 * Olimpija – Medveščak 4–1 (1–0, 2–1, 1–0)

Final
Jesenice defeated Olimpija 4–0 in a best of seven series.
 * Jesenice – Olimpija 5–2 (3–0, 2–1, 0–1)
 * Jesenice – Olimpija 2–1 (0–0, 1–0, 0–1, 0–0, 1–0)
 * Olimpija – Jesenice 0–2 (0–0, 0–1, 0–1)
 * Olimpija – Jesenice 1–2 (0–1, 0–0, 1–1)