2023–24 National League (ice hockey) season

The 2023–24 National League season is the 86th season of Swiss professional ice hockey and the seventh season as the National League (NL).

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

Genève-Servette HC is the defending champion.

Teams

HC Ambrì-Piotta

HC Ajoie

SC Bern

EHC Biel

HC Davos

Fribourg-Gottéron

Genève-Servette HC

EHC Kloten

Lausanne HC

HC Lugano

SCL Tigers

SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers

ZSC Lions

EV Zug

NL teams for the 2023–24 season

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

Standings

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:
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

Scoring leaders

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

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

Play-In

Bracket

	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

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

(7) HC Lugano vs (8) HC Ambrì-Piotta

	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

	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

(8) HC Ambrì-Piotta vs (9) EHC Bienne

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

Bracket

	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

(1) ZSC Lions vs (9) EHC Biel

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

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

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

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) 18:56 - Moser (Bader, Kindschi)		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
50:46 - Schild (Kindschi)		Third period			Senteler (Martschini) - 49:34 Simion (PP1) - 53:16
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 Wingerli (Senteler, Kovář) (PP1) - 56:16		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

(1) ZSC Lions vs (4) EV Zug

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

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 Gunderson (Sörensen, Bykov) - 35:43
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) 54:24 - Rochette (Raffl) (SH1)
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) 59:47 - Rochette (Holdener, Djoos)		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) 30:13 - Riat (Fuchs, Sekáč)
Sörensen (Wallmark, Gunderson) (PP1) - 48:16		Third period			40:52 - Sekáč (Suomela, Djoos) (PP1) 58:49 - Sekáč (Bozon, Glauser) (EN)
Reto Berra ( 19 saves / 22 shots )		Goalie stats			Connor Hughes ( 27 saves / 29 shots )

Lausanne HC won the series 4–1

Finals

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

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

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