2023–24 National League (ice hockey) season
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| 2023–24 National League season | |
|---|---|
| League | National League |
| Sport | Ice hockey |
| Duration | September 13, 2023 – March 4, 2024 |
| Number of games | 52 |
| Number of teams | 14 |
| Regular season | |
| Best record | ZSC Lions |
| Runners-up | Fribourg-Gottéron |
| Season MVP | Calvin Thürkauf (HC Lugano) |
| Top scorer | Marcus Sörensen (Fribourg-Gottéron) |
| Playoffs | |
| Swiss champion NL | |
| Champions | ZSC Lions |
| Runners-up | Lausanne HC |
The 2023–24 National League season is the 86th season of Swiss professional ice hockey and the seventh season as the National League (NL).
Genève-Servette HC is the defending champion.
Teams
[edit]
| Team | City | Arena | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| HC Ajoie | Porrentruy | Raiffeisen Arena | 5,078 |
| HC Ambrì-Piotta | Ambrì | Gottardo Arena | 6,775 |
| SC Bern | Bern | PostFinance Arena | 17,031 |
| EHC Biel | Biel/Bienne | Tissot Arena | 6,562 |
| HC Davos | Davos | Eisstadion Davos | 6,547 |
| Fribourg-Gottéron | Fribourg | BCF Arena | 9,075 |
| Genève-Servette HC | Geneva | Patinoire des Vernets | 7,135 |
| EHC Kloten | Kloten | Stimo Arena | 7,624 |
| Lausanne HC | Lausanne | Vaudoise Aréna | 9,600 |
| HC Lugano | Lugano | Cornèr Arena | 7,800 |
| SCL Tigers | Langnau im Emmental | Ilfis Stadium | 6,000 |
| SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers | Rapperswil | St. Galler Kantonalbank Arena | 6,100 |
| ZSC Lions | Zürich | Swiss Life Arena | 12,000 |
| EV Zug | Zug | Bossard Arena | 7,200 |
Regular season
[edit]Standings
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ZSC Lions | 52 | 31 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 167 | 110 | +57 | 109 | Advance to Playoffs |
| 2 | Fribourg-Gottéron | 52 | 28 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 175 | 124 | +51 | 102 | |
| 3 | Lausanne HC | 52 | 25 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 158 | 126 | +32 | 91 | |
| 4 | EV Zug | 52 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 16 | 161 | 135 | +26 | 87 | |
| 5 | SC Bern | 52 | 20 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 145 | 144 | +1 | 85 | |
| 6 | HC Davos | 52 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 156 | 126 | +30 | 85 | |
| 7 | HC Lugano | 52 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 162 | 151 | +11 | 79 | Advance to Play-In |
| 8 | HC Ambrì-Piotta | 52 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 21 | 153 | 151 | +2 | 79 | |
| 9 | EHC Biel | 52 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 139 | 140 | −1 | 74 | |
| 10 | Genève-Servette HC | 52 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 140 | 155 | −15 | 74 | |
| 11 | SCL Tigers | 52 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 123 | 159 | −36 | 71 | |
| 12 | SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers | 52 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 126 | 151 | −25 | 65 | |
| 13 | EHC Kloten | 52 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 108 | 177 | −69 | 52 | Advance to Playout |
| 14 | HC Ajoie | 52 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 33 | 111 | 175 | −64 | 39 |
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points per game 2) greater number of games played 3) greater number of away games played 4) head-to-head points
Rules for classification: 1) points per game 2) greater number of games played 3) greater number of away games played 4) head-to-head points
Statistics
[edit]Scoring leaders
[edit]The following shows the top ten players leading the league in points.[1] If two or more skaters are tied (i.e. same number of points, goals and played games), all of the tied skaters are shown.
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Marcus Sörensen
|
Fribourg-Gottéron | 52 | 31 | 32 | 63 | +30 | 30 |
 Calvin Thürkauf
|
HC Lugano | 52 | 28 | 32 | 60 | +26 | 34 |
 Dominik Kahun
|
SC Bern | 47 | 15 | 35 | 50 | +5 | 6 |
 Michael Spacek
|
HC Ambrì-Piotta | 48 | 17 | 33 | 50 | +11 | 10 |
 Michael Joly
|
HC Lugano | 48 | 20 | 28 | 48 | +22 | 10 |
| Lucas Wallmark
|
Fribourg-Gottéron | 49 | 20 | 27 | 47 | +23 | 43 |
| Denis Malgin
|
ZSC Lions | 48 | 18 | 29 | 46 | +14 | 26 |
| Daniel Carr
|
HC Lugano | 39 | 17 | 29 | 46 | +21 | 63 |
 Sakari Manninen
|
Genève-Servette HC | 50 | 18 | 23 | 41 | -7 | 26 |
| Aleksi Saarela
|
SC Langnau | 50 | 18 | 23 | 41 | -13 | 8 |
Leading goaltenders
[edit]The following shows the top five goaltenders who led the league in goals against average, provided that they have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, at the conclusion of the regular season.[2]
| Player | Team(s) | GP | TOI | GA | Sv% | GAA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simon Hrubec
|
ZSC Lions | 31 | 1879:53 | 61 | 92.96 | 1.95 |
| Reto Berra
|
Fribourg-Gottéron | 33 | 1993:41 | 65 | 92.85 | 1.96 |
| Luca Hollenstein
|
EV Zug | 18 | 1090:49 | 37 | 92.66 | 2.04 |
| Sandro Aeschlimann
|
HC Davos | 26 | 1567:57 | 54 | 92.62 | 2.07 |
| Leonardo Genoni
|
EV Zug | 21 | 1266:15 | 44 | 92.68 | 2.08 |
Postseason
[edit]Play-In
[edit]Bracket
[edit]| Round 1 | Round 2 | Final Seeds | |||||||||||||
| 7 | HC Lugano | 4 | 3 | HC Lugano | No. 7 Seed | ||||||||||
| 8 | HC Ambrì-Piotta | 4 | 1 | EHC Bienne | No. 8 Seed | ||||||||||
| 8 | HC Ambrì-Piotta | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 9 | EHC Bienne | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 9 | EHC Bienne | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 10 | Genève-Servette HC | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||
Rules
[edit]The teams ranked 7th to 10th at the end of the National League regular season compete in the play-in, with a view to obtaining one of the two qualifying places for the playoffs. The 7th faces the 8th and the 9th faces the 10th in a series of 2 matches with the higher ranked team starting away. The winner of the series is the one with the most points. In the event of a tie at the end of the two matches, the teams decide on overtime. This translates as follows: a team wins 1-0 the first match and loses 8-1 the second match, can qualify thanks to an overtime goal, with a goal difference of -5. If the higher ranked team starts away, it is to have the advantage in the decisive match.[3]
The winner of the match between the 7th and 8th qualifies for the playoffs and faces the 2nd in the general ranking. The loser will face the winner of the match between the 9th and the 10th in a second round. The winner of this confrontation qualifies for the playoffs and faces the winner of the regular season. The two eliminated teams see their seasons end.[4]
Round 1
[edit](7) HC Lugano vs (8) HC Ambrì-Piotta
[edit]| HC Ambrì-Piotta | 4-4 | HC Lugano | Gottardo Arena, Ambrì | Recap | ||||
| 8:08 - Lilja (Fohrler) 8:33 - Heed (Kostner, Douay) 12:08 - Kneubuehler (Fohrler, Heim) |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 25:08 - Pestoni (Heed, Bürgler) (PP1) | Second period | Fazzini (Mi. Müller, Verboon) - 26:18 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Ma. Müller (Mi. Müller, Arcobello) (SH1) - 41:17 Joly (Thürkauf, Mi. Müller) - 53:23 Alatalo (Thürkauf, J. Peltonen) - 54:54 | ||||||
| Juvonen ( 20 saves / 24 shots ) | Goalie stats | Mikko Koskinen ( 28 saves / 32 shots ) | ||||||
| HC Lugano | 3-1 | HC Ambrì-Piotta | Cornèr Arena, HC Lugano | Recap | ||||
| Alatalo (Arcobello, Fazzini) - 19:46 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Carr - 54:26 Ruotsalainen (Mi. Müller) (EN) - 59:37 |
Third period | 58:29 - Bürgler (Heed, Virtanen) (PP1) | ||||||
| Mikko Koskinen ( 33 saves / 34 shots ) | Goalie stats | Juvonen ( 18 saves / 20 shots ) | ||||||
| HC Lugano won with 4 pts | |
(9) EHC Biel vs (10) Genève-Servette HC
[edit]| Genève-Servette HC | 3-2 | EHC Biel | Patinoire des Vernets, Genève | Recap | ||||
| 10:48 - Lennström (Miranda, Winnik) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 22:18 - Miranda (Jooris, Winnik) | Second period | Haas (Lööv, Bärtschi) - 20:17 Forster (Tanner) - 29:17 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Hofer (Lööv, Bärtschi) - 55:52 | ||||||
| Gauthier Descloux ( 29 saves / 32 shots ) | Goalie stats | Harri Säteri ( 28 saves / 30 shots ) | ||||||
| EHC Biel | 2-2 | Genève-Servette HC | Tissot Arena, Biel/Bienne | Recap | ||||
| Hofer (Haas, Bärtschi) - 19:39 | First period | 0:36 - Manninen (Berni, Miranda) 12:44 - Hartikainen (Manninen, Filppula) (PP2) | ||||||
| Sallinen (Kessler, Heponiemi) (PP1) - 27:38 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Harri Säteri ( 35 saves / 37 shots ) | Goalie stats | Robert Mayer (ice hockey) ( 18 saves / 20 shots ) | ||||||
| EHC Biel won with 4 pts | |
Round 2
[edit](8) HC Ambrì-Piotta vs (9) EHC Bienne
[edit]| 2 | EHC Biel | 1-1 | HC Ambrì-Piotta | Tissot Arena, Biel/Bienne | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | Landry (Virtanen, Lilja) - 2:56 | ||||||
| 29:08 - Kessler (Brunner, Rathgeb) | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Harri Säteri ( 23 saves / 24 shots ) | Goalie stats | Conz ( 32 saves / 33 shots ) | ||||||
| 1 | HC Ambrì-Piotta | 2-4 | EHC Biel | Gottardo Arena, Ambrì | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 8:36 - Kessler (Bachofner, Rathgeb) 9:17 - Schläpfer (Sallinen, Rajala) | ||||||
| Landry (Heed, Z. Dotti) (SH1) - 24:11 | Second period | 33:29 - Haas (Yakovenko, Hofer) | ||||||
| Dauphin (Heed, De Luca) - 53:09 | Third period | 59:17 - Künzle (Sallinen, Forster) (EN) | ||||||
| Juvonen ( 24 saves / 27 shots ) | Goalie stats | Harri Säteri ( 19 saves / 21 shots ) | ||||||
| EHC Biel won with 4 pts | |
Playoffs
[edit]Bracket
[edit]| Quarterfinals (best-of-7) | Semifinals (best-of-7) | Finals (best-of-7) | ||||||||||||
| 1 | ZSC Lions | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 9 | EHC Biel | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | ZSC Lions | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | EV Zug | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | EV Zug | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | SC Bern | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | ZSC Lions | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Lausanne HC | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | HC Fribourg-Gottéron | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | HC Lugano | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | HC Fribourg-Gottéron | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Lausanne HC | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Lausanne HC | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | HC Davos | 3 | ||||||||||||
Quarter-Finals
[edit](1) ZSC Lions vs (9) EHC Biel
[edit]| 16 March | ZSC Lions | 4-3 | EHC Biel | Swiss Life Arena, Zürich | Recap | |||
| Grant (Andrighetto, Balcers) (PP1) - 9:11 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Riedi (C. Baltisberger, Geering) - 25:59 | Second period | 24:10 - Heponiemi (Olofsson, Rathgeb) (PP1) 35:34 - Rajala (Sallinen, Schläpfer) | ||||||
| Malgin (Andrighetto, Kukan) (PP1) - 45:07 Malgin (Balcers, Andrighetto) - 47:25 |
Third period | 43:52 - Cunti (Hofer, Burren) | ||||||
| Šimon Hrubec ( 31 saves / 34 shots ) | Goalie stats | Joren van Pottelberghe ( 32 saves / 36 shots ) | ||||||
| 18 March | EHC Biel | 1-3 | ZSC Lions | Tissot Arena, Biel/Bienne | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | Kukan (Balcers, Malgin) - 10:45 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 43:16 - Bärtschi (Grossmann, Yakovenko) | Third period | Balcers (Grant, Andrighetto) (PP1) - 51:11 Frödén (Hollenstein) - 52:11 | ||||||
| Harri Säteri ( 27 saves / 30 shots ) | Goalie stats | Šimon Hrubec ( 21 saves / 22 shots ) | ||||||
| 20 March | ZSC Lions | 3-2 | 2OT | EHC Biel | Swiss Life Arena, Zürich | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | 16:42 - Lööv | ||||||
| Weber (Malgin, Kukan) - 34:23 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Hollenstein (Weber, Geering) - 59:09 | Third period | 54:48 - Brunner (Cunti, Künzle) | ||||||
| Zehnder (Geering, Sigrist) - 87:03 | Second overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Šimon Hrubec ( 29 saves / 31 shots ) | Goalie stats | Harri Säteri ( 41 saves / 44 shots ) | ||||||
| 22 March | EHC Biel | 0-4 | ZSC Lions | Tissot Arena, Biel/Bienne | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | Grant (Andrighetto, Kukan) (PP1) - 3:50 Grant (Hollenstein, Weber) - 14:05 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Hollenstein (Frödén) - 44:23 Grant (EN) - 59:28 | ||||||
| Harri Säteri ( 23 saves / 26 shots ) | Goalie stats | Šimon Hrubec ( 25 saves / 25 shots ) | ||||||
| ZSC Lions won the series 4–0 | |
(2) HC Fribourg-Gottéron vs (7) HC Lugano
[edit]| 16 March | HC Fribourg-Gottéron | 6-2 | HC Lugano | BCF Arena, Fribourg | Recap | |||
| Streule (DiDomenico, de la Rose) - 14:19 Wallmark (Mottet) - 19:46 |
First period | 19:27 - Fazzini (Quenneville, Alatalo) | ||||||
| Sörensen (Mottet) - 27:56 Wallmark (Sörensen, DiDomenico) (PP1) - 32:48 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Sörensen (Wallmark, Mottet) - 47:09 Walser (Jörg) (SH1, EN) - 57:02 |
Third period | 51:41 - Ma. Müller (Mi. Müller, Quenneville) | ||||||
| Reto Berra ( 16 saves / 18 shots ) | Goalie stats | Mikko Koskinen ( 24 saves / 29 shots ) | ||||||
| 18 March | HC Lugano | 1-4 | HC Fribourg-Gottéron | Cornèr Arena, Lugano | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Wallmark (Sörensen, Gunderson) (PP1) - 23:32 Schmid (DiDomenico) - 30:58 Schmid (Borgman, Marchon) (SH1) - 35:19 | ||||||
| 59:42 - Joly (Arcobello, Alatalo) (PP1) | Third period | Marchon (Diaz, Walser) (EN) - 59:47 | ||||||
| Mikko Koskinen ( 18 saves / 21 shots ) | Goalie stats | Reto Berra ( 22 saves / 23 shots ) | ||||||
| 20 March | HC Fribourg-Gottéron | 1-2 | OT | HC Lugano | BCF Arena, Fribourg | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | 9:43 - Fazzini (PP1) | ||||||
| DiDomenico (Sörensen, Wallmark) (PP1) - 28:30 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 62:49 - Ruotsalainen (Zanetti, Wolf) | ||||||
| Reto Berra ( 26 saves / 28 shots ) | Goalie stats | Niklas Schlegel ( 38 saves / 39 shots ) | ||||||
| 22 March | HC Lugano | 3-2 | OT | HC Fribourg-Gottéron | Cornèr Arena, Lugano | Recap | ||
| 6:42 - Carr (Thürkauf, Alatalo) 13:24 - Carr (Thürkauf, Alatalo) (PP1) |
First period | 17:50 - Borgman (Bertschy, de la Rose) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 50:43 - Gunderson (DiDomenico, Bertschy) (PP1) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | Carr (Joly, Arcobello) (PP1) - 60:33 | ||||||
| Niklas Schlegel ( 24 saves / 26 shots ) | Goalie stats | Reto Berra ( 30 saves / 33 shots ) | ||||||
| 24 March | HC Fribourg-Gottéron | 1-0 | HC Lugano | BCF Arena, Fribourg | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| DiDomenico (Gunderson, Bertschy) (PP1) - 23:42 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Reto Berra ( 30 saves / 30 shots ) | Goalie stats | Niklas Schlegel ( 28 saves / 29 shots ) | ||||||
| 26 March | HC Lugano | 4-2 | HC Fribourg-Gottéron | Cornèr Arena, Lugano | Recap | |||
| 7:44 - Joly (Thürkauf, Carr) (PP1) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 24:29 - Alatalo (Carr, Arcobello) (PP1) 25:36 - Patry (Zanetti) |
Second period | Diaz (Walser) - 22:13 Mottet (Wallmark, Sörensen) - 31:04 | ||||||
| 59:43 - Mario Kempe (Thürkauf) (EN) | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Niklas Schlegel ( 22 saves / 24 shots ) | Goalie stats | Reto Berra ( 25 saves / 28 shots ) | ||||||
| 28 March | HC Fribourg-Gottéron | 4-2 | HC Lugano | BCF Arena, Fribourg | Recap | |||
| Mottet (Sörensen, Jecker) - 17:35 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Bertschy (Schmid, Jecker) - 21:37 DiDomenico (Gunderson, Sörensen) (PP1) - 30:28 |
Second period | 24:28 - Carr (Thürkauf, Mi. Müller) (SH1) 39:26 - Thürkauf (Alatalo, Carr) | ||||||
| Bertschy (de la Rose) (EN) - 58:42 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Reto Berra ( 31 saves / 33 shots ) | Goalie stats | Niklas Schlegel ( 26 saves / 29 shots ) | ||||||
| HC Fribourg-Gottéron won the series 4–3 | |
(3) Lausanne HC vs (6) HC Davos
[edit]| 17 March | Lausanne HC | 2-3 | 2OT | HC Davos | Vaudoise Aréna, Lausanne | Recap | ||
| Glauser (Suomela, Genazzi) - 15:54 | First period | 6:45 - Bristedt (Rasmussen, Frehner) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Frick (Fuchs, Salomäki) - 50:01 | Third period | 51:10 - Mustonen (Bristedt, Nussbaumer) (PP1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second overtime period | 80:29 - D. Egli (Corvi, Stránský) | ||||||
| Connor Hughes ( 41 saves / 44 shots ) | Goalie stats | Sandro Aeschlimann ( 47 saves / 49 shots ) | ||||||
| 19 March | HC Davos | 2-3 | Lausanne HC | Eisstadion Davos, Davos | Recap | |||
| 7:42 - Näkyvä (Bristedt, Rasmussen) | First period | Raffl (Riat, Pilut) (PP1) - 7:02 | ||||||
| 37:15 - Bristedt (Rasmussen, Nussbaumer) (PP1) | Second period | Suomela (Djoos, Rochette) (PP1) - 31:43 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Jäger (Genazzi, Pilut) - 46:04 | ||||||
| Sandro Aeschlimann ( 34 saves / 37 shots ) | Goalie stats | Connor Hughes ( 20 saves / 22 shots ) | ||||||
| 21 March | Lausanne HC | 3-2 | HC Davos | Vaudoise Aréna, Lausanne | Recap | |||
| Glauser (Pilut, Raffl) (PP1) - 8:27 Frick (Suomela, Heldner) - 10:26 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 37:53 - Wieser (Nordström) | ||||||
| Sekáč (Rochette) - 41:25 | Third period | 52:48 - Nussbaumer (Corvi) | ||||||
| Connor Hughes ( 15 saves / 17 shots ) | Goalie stats | Sandro Aeschlimann ( 31 saves / 34 shots ) | ||||||
| 23 March | HC Davos | 5-2 | Lausanne HC | Eisstadion Davos, Davos | Recap | |||
| 12:15 - Frehner (Nordström, Wieser) 13:37 - Stránský (Fora, Nussbaumer) (PP1) |
First period | Salomäki (Riat, Fuchs) - 10:56 | ||||||
| 37:11 - C. Egli (D. Egli) | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 49:12 - Ambühl (Fora, Mustonen) (PP1) 53:12 - Nussbaumer (Ambühl, C. Egli) (PP2) |
Third period | Pilut (Riat, Fuchs) (PP1) - 56:55 | ||||||
| Sandro Aeschlimann ( 34 saves / 36 shots ) | Goalie stats | Connor Hughes ( 12 saves / 16 shots ) Kevin Pasche ( 5 saves / 6 shots ) | ||||||
| 25 March | Lausanne HC | 0-1 | HC Davos | Vaudoise Aréna, Lausanne | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 49:32 - Nussbaumer (Mustonen, Jung) | ||||||
| Connor Hughes ( 10 saves / 11 shots ) | Goalie stats | Sandro Aeschlimann ( 37 saves / 37 shots ) | ||||||
| 27 March | HC Davos | 2-5 | Lausanne HC | Eisstadion Davos, Davos | Recap | |||
| 12:55 - Bristedt (Corvi, D. Egli) (PP1) | First period | Suomela (Sekáč, Jäger) (PP1) - 6:26 Sekáč (Rochette, Suomela) - 9:13 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Suomela (Rochette, Genazzi) - 23:08 Suomela (Rochette, Pilut) - 26:28 Rochette (Sekáč) - 30:05 | ||||||
| 54:32 - Bristedt (PS) | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Sandro Aeschlimann ( 13 saves / 18 shots ) Gilles Senn ( 17 saves / 17 shots ) |
Goalie stats | Connor Hughes ( 25 saves / 27 shots ) | ||||||
| 30 March | Lausanne HC | 3-0 | HC Davos | Vaudoise Aréna, Lausanne | Recap | |||
| Fuchs (Pilut, Raffl) - 16:43 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Heldner (Fuchs, Frick) - 21:12 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Raffl (Riat) (EN) - 56:53 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Connor Hughes ( 32 saves / 32 shots ) | Goalie stats | Sandro Aeschlimann ( 31 saves / 33 shots ) | ||||||
| Lausanne HC won the series 4–3 | |
(4) EV Zug vs (5) SC Bern
[edit]| 17 March | EV Zug | 3-4 | SC Bern | Bossard Arena, Zug | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 2:16 - Nemeth (Untersander, Bader) (PP1) | ||||||
| Michaelis (Herzog) - 21:33 Martschini (Wingerli) - 27:59 Senteler (Wingerli, Bengtsson) - 38:11 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 43:27 - Loeffel (Ritzmann, Sablatnig) 52:51 - Kindschi (Sceviour) 56:24 - Scherwey (Bader, Sceviour) | ||||||
| Leonardo Genoni ( 27 saves / 31 shots ) | Goalie stats | Adam Reideborn ( 25 saves / 28 shots ) | ||||||
| 19 March | SC Bern | 1-4 | EV Zug | PostFinance Arena, Bern | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | Simion (Martschini, Herzog) (PP1) - 10:24 | ||||||
| 20:48 - Luoto (Lehmann) | Second period | Eder (Leuenberger) - 29:59 Simion (Herzog, Kovář) - 30:57 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Schlumpf (Stadler, Suri) - 47:40 | ||||||
| Adam Reideborn ( 21 saves / 25 shots ) | Goalie stats | Leonardo Genoni ( 40 saves / 41 shots ) | ||||||
| 21 March | EV Zug | 6-1 | SC Bern | Bossard Arena, Zug | Recap | |||
| Bengtsson (Leuenberger, Stadler) - 2:29 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Hansson (Michaelis, Eder) - 24:31 Simion (Martschini, Bengtsson) (PP1) - 26:41 Herzog (Leuenberger, Bengtsson) - 38:40 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| L. Muggli (Eder, Biasca) - 45:18 Wingerli (Simion, Herzog) - 46:27 |
Third period | 56:09 - Nemeth (Baumgartner, Luoto) (PP1) | ||||||
| Leonardo Genoni ( 19 saves / 20 shots ) | Goalie stats | Adam Reideborn ( 7 saves / 10 shots ) Wüthrich ( 11 saves / 14 shots ) | ||||||
| 23 March | SC Bern | 3-2 | EV Zug | PostFinance Arena, Bern | Recap | |||
| 16:33 - Sceviour (Bader, Honka) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 50:46 - Schild (Kindschi) | Third period | Senteler (Martschini) - 49:34
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| Philip Wüthrich ( 18 saves / 20 shots ) | Goalie stats | Leonardo Genoni ( 30 saves / 33 shots ) | ||||||
| 25 March | EV Zug | 6-2 | SC Bern | Bossard Arena, Zug | Recap | |||
| Schlumpf (Martschini, L. Muggli) - 6:55 Herzog (Simion, Michaelis) - 17:30 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Martschini (Kovář, Wingerli) - 24:17 Michaelis (Bengtsson, Martschini) - 24:48 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Kovář (Wingerli, Sheen) (PP1) - 41:29
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Third period | 46:25 - Kummer (Sablatnig, Schild) 54:39 - Scherwey (Lehmann, Honka) | ||||||
| Leonardo Genoni ( 34 saves / 36 shots ) | Goalie stats | Philip Wüthrich ( 6 saves / 8 shots ) Reideborn ( 25 saves / 29 shots ) | ||||||
| 27 March | SC Bern | 3-0 | EV Zug | PostFinance Arena, Bern | Recap | |||
| 19:31 - Sceviour (Kahun, Bader) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 42:29 - Scherwey(Nemeth, Lehmann) (PP1) 57:54 - Luoto (Untersander) (EN) |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Philip Wüthrich ( 25 saves / 25 shots ) | Goalie stats | Leonardo Genoni ( 30 saves / 32 shots ) | ||||||
| 30 March | EV Zug | 3-0 | SC Bern | Bossard Arena, Zug | Recap | |||
| Simion (Martschini, Herzog) (PP1) - 18:35 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Herzog (Michaelis, Bengtsson) (PP1) - 51:34 Wingerli (Leuenberger, Geisser) (EN) - 57:45 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Leonardo Genoni ( 31 saves / 31 shots ) | Goalie stats | Adam Reideborn ( 17 saves / 19 shots ) | ||||||
| EV Zug won the series 4–3 | |
Semi-Finals
[edit](1) ZSC Lions vs (4) EV Zug
[edit]| 1 April | ZSC Lions | 5-2 | EV Zug | Swiss Life Arena, Zürich | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 14:39 - Hansson (Kovář, Wingerli) (PP1) | ||||||
| Balcers (Malgin, C. Baltisberger) - 31:27 Grant (Andrighetto) (PP1) - 34:16 Malgin (Andrighetto, Kukan) (PP1) - 35:56 Grant (Kukan, Andrighetto) (PP1) - 37:35 |
Second period | 39:54 - Bengtsson (Senteler, Biasca) | ||||||
| Grant (Hollenstein, Geering) - 41:27 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Šimon Hrubec ( 19 saves / 21 shots ) | Goalie stats | Leonardo Genoni ( 13 saves / 17 shots ) | ||||||
| 3 April | EV Zug | 0-1 | ZSC Lions | Bossard Arena, Zug | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Andrighetto (Grant, Malgin) - 53:36 | ||||||
| Leonardo Genoni ( 39 saves / 40 shots ) | Goalie stats | Šimon Hrubec ( 35 saves / 35 shots ) | ||||||
| 6 April | ZSC Lions | 5-2 | EV Zug | Swiss Life Arena, Zürich | Recap | |||
| Lammikko (Lehtonen, Rohrer) (PP1) - 1:31 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Marti (Bodenmann) - 24:32 Balcers (Andrighetto, Weber) - 39:32 |
Second period | 37:34 - Hansson (Simion, Michaelis) | ||||||
| Rohrer (EN) - 58:55 Lammikko (Sigrist, Weber) (EN) - 59:31 |
Third period | 58:18 - Herzog (Kovář, Martschini) | ||||||
| Šimon Hrubec ( 26 saves / 28 shots ) | Goalie stats | Leonardo Genoni ( 32 saves / 35 shots ) | ||||||
| 8 April | EV Zug | 0-2 | ZSC Lions | Bossard Arena, Zug | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 21:49 - Grant (Frödén, Hollenstein) 33:45 - Malgin (Andrighetto, Kukan) (PP1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Leonardo Genoni ( 24 saves / 26 shots ) | Goalie stats | Šimon Hrubec ( 26 saves / 26 shots ) | ||||||
| ZSC Lions won the series 4–0 | |
(2) HC Fribourg-Gottéron vs (3) Lausanne HC
[edit]| 1 April | Fribourg-Gottéron | 2-1 | Lausanne HC | BCF Arena, Fribourg | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 7:55 - Pilut (Bozon, Jäger) | ||||||
| Gunderson (DiDomenico, Sörensen) (PP1) - 21:29 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Bykov (Dufner, Schmid) - 43:44 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Reto Berra ( 23 saves / 24 shots ) | Goalie stats | Kevin Pasche ( 22 saves / 24 shots ) | ||||||
| 3 April | Lausanne HC | 3-2 | 3OT | Fribourg-Gottéron | Vaudoise Aréna, Lausanne | Recap | ||
| =10:48 - Raffl (Djoos, Heldner) (SH1) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| =24:05 - Sekáč (Jäger) (PP1) | Second period | Sörensen (Gunderson, Wallmark) (PP1) - 31:15
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| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| 106:44 - Fuchs (Kovacs) | Third overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Connor Hughes ( 47 saves / 49 shots ) | Goalie stats | Reto Berra ( 54 saves / 57 shots ) | ||||||
| 6 April | Fribourg-Gottéron | 0-2 | Lausanne HC | BCF Arena, Fribourg | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 44:09 - Riat (Fuchs, Djoos) | ||||||
| Reto Berra ( 14 saves / 16 shots ) | Goalie stats | Connor Hughes ( 39 saves / 39 shots ) | ||||||
| 8 April | Lausanne HC | 3-1 | Fribourg-Gottéron | Vaudoise Aréna, Lausanne | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 38:58 - Raffl (Bozon, Jäger) | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 46:34 - Bozon (Jäger, Frick) | Third period | DiDomenico (Bykov) - 42:10 | ||||||
| Connor Hughes ( 33 saves / 34 shots ) | Goalie stats | Reto Berra ( 27 saves / 29 shots ) | ||||||
| 10 April | Fribourg-Gottéron | 2-4 | Lausanne HC | BCF Arena, Fribourg | Recap | |||
| Mottet (Sprunger, Diaz) - 2:34 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 21:34 - Pilut (Frick, Suomela) | ||||||
| Sörensen (Wallmark, Gunderson) (PP1) - 48:16 | Third period | 40:52 - Sekáč (Suomela, Djoos) (PP1) | ||||||
| Reto Berra ( 19 saves / 22 shots ) | Goalie stats | Connor Hughes ( 27 saves / 29 shots ) | ||||||
| Lausanne HC won the series 4–1 | |
Finals
[edit]| 16 April | ZSC Lions | 2-1 | Lausanne HC | Swiss Life Arena, Zürich | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 14:40 - Riat (Fuchs, Hughes) (PP1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Weber (Lammikko) - 28:34 Grant (Marti) - 31:37 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Šimon Hrubec ( 34 saves / 35 shots ) | Goalie stats | Connor Hughes ( 26 saves / 28 shots ) | ||||||
| 18 April | Lausanne HC | 4-2 | ZSC Lions | Vaudoise Aréna, Lausanne | Recap | |||
| 9:16 - Andrighetto (Malgin ) | First period | Raffl (Jäger, Bozon) - 3:23 | ||||||
| 37:24 - Bozon (Ķēniņš, Almond) | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 50:11 - Riat (Kovacs) 58:08 - Raffl (Pilut, Fuchs) (PP1) |
Third period | Andrighetto (Malgin, Kukan) (PP1) - 42:20 | ||||||
| Connor Hughes ( 25 saves / 27 shots ) | Goalie stats | Šimon Hrubec ( 17 saves / 21 shots ) | ||||||
| 20 April | ZSC Lions | 4-2 | Lausanne HC | Swiss Life Arena, Zürich | Recap | |||
| Lammikko (Frödén, Lehtonen) (PP1) - 2:08 | First period | 18:56 - Rochette (Glauser, Sekáč) | ||||||
| Weber (Schäppi, Sigrist) - 30:59 Malgin (Balcers, Weber) - 32:23 |
Second period | 21:46 - Pilut (Ķēniņš, Djoos) | ||||||
| Sigrist | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Šimon Hrubec ( 26 saves / 28 shots ) | Goalie stats | Connor Hughes ( 21 saves / 25 shots ) | ||||||
| 23 April | Lausanne HC | 5-2 | ZSC Lions | Vaudoise Aréna, Lausanne | Recap | |||
| 13:28 - Glauser (Ķēniņš, Holdener) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 24:58 - Kovacs (Fuchs, Frick) 33:21 - Bozon (Raffl, Pilut) |
Second period | Balcers (Malgin, Andrighetto) - 31:13 | ||||||
| 50:35 - Sekáč (Jäger, Suomela) (PP1) 58:35 - Almond (EN) |
Third period | Hollenstein (Bodenmann, Schäppi) - 57:54 | ||||||
| Connor Hughes ( 23 saves / 25 shots ) | Goalie stats | Šimon Hrubec ( 25 saves / 29 shots ) | ||||||
| 25 April | ZSC Lions | 3-0 | Lausanne HC | Swiss Life Arena, Zürich | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Lammikko (Frödén, Kukan) - 37:27 Rohrer (Grant, Riedi) - 38:18 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Sigrist (EN) - 59:01 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Šimon Hrubec ( 25 saves / 25 shots ) | Goalie stats | Connor Hughes ( 34 saves / 36 shots ) | ||||||
| 27 April | Lausanne HC | 5-3 | ZSC Lions | Vaudoise Aréna, Lausanne | Recap | |||
| 4:18 - Suomela (Sekáč) (PP1) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 26:22 - Riat (Fuchs, Kovacs) 32:10 - Almond (Holdener, Ķēniņš) 34:03 - Fuchs (Kovacs, Riat) 38:59 - Riat (Kovacs, Pilut) |
Second period | C. Baltisberger (Schäppi) - 39:38 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Kukan (Harrington, Malgin) - 42:59 Malgin (Grant, Kukan) (PP1) - 48:28 | ||||||
| Connor Hughes ( 29 saves / 32 shots ) | Goalie stats | Šimon Hrubec ( 19 saves / 23 shots ) Robin Zumbühl ( 8 saves / 9 shots ) | ||||||
| 30 April | ZSC Lions | 2-0 | Lausanne HC | Swiss Life Arena, Zürich | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Frödén (Lammikko, Harrington) - 39:16 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Lammikko (Sigrist, Rohrer) - 46:57 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Šimon Hrubec ( 26 saves / 26 shots ) | Goalie stats | Connor Hughes ( 40 saves / 42 shots ) | ||||||
| ZSC Lions won the series 4–3 | |
Team of Swiss champions
[edit]Goalkeepers: Šimon Hrubec, Robin Zumbühl
Defense: Phil Baltisberger, Patrick Geering, Scott Harrington, Dean Kukan, Mikko Lehtonen, Christian Marti, Dario Trutmann, Yannick Weber
Offense: Sven Andrighetto, Rūdolfs Balcers, Chris Baltisberger, Simon Bodenmann, Jesper Frödén, Derek Grant, Denis Hollenstein, Juho Lammikko, Denis Malgin, Willy Riedi, Vinzenz Rohrer, Reto Schäppi, Justin Sigrist, Yannick Zehnder
Coaching: Marc Crawford, Rob Cookson, Fabio Schwarz
References
[edit]- ^ "Player stats". Retrieved 9 October 2023.
- ^ "Goalie stats". SIHF. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
- ^ "Genève et Bienne face au casse-tête des play-in". Watson (in French). 26 March 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
- ^ "Modus & Spielplan". nationalleague.ch (in German). 26 March 2024.