Tags: Ice Hockey League, Sports League.
The Czech Extraliga (Czech: Extraliga ledního hokeje ELH) is the highest-level ice hockey league in the Czech Republic. It was created by the 1993 split of the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League following the breakup of Czechoslovakia. In 2008 the IIHF ranked the Extraliga as the third-highest ice hockey league in Europe. Many Extraliga players leave every year on transfers to the North American NHL and the KHL.