The HK Orange 20 is a project for preparation of the Slovakia junior ice hockey team for the IIHF World U20 Championship.
The team do not play complete regular season and cannot promote to the playoffs or get relegated.
First 8 teams in table after the regular season (56 games) will promote to the playoffs.
Relegation series will be played between MsHK Žilina, the 10th team in regular season, and HC 07 Detva, the winner of 1.liga.
All Play-off rounds are played in the best-of-seven format, with the higher seeded team having the home advantage for the possible seventh game.