The 2021–22 National League season was the 84th season of Swiss professional ice hockey and the fifth season as the National League (NL).
EV Zug defended their title after beating ZSC Lions in the finals 4–3.
13 teams participated in the season as HC Ajoie was promoted to the National League after winning 2020–21 Swiss League.
Teams
Team City Arena Capacity COVID-19 Capacity HC Ajoie Porrentruy Raiffeisen Arena 4,671 0 HC Ambrì-Piotta Ambrì Valascia 6,500 0 SC Bern Bern PostFinance Arena 17,031 0 EHC Biel Biel/Bienne Tissot Arena 6,521 0 HC Davos Davos Eisstadion Davos 6,800 0 Fribourg-Gottéron Fribourg BCF Arena 8,934 0 Genève-Servette HC Geneva Patinoire des Vernets 7,135 0 Lausanne HC Lausanne Vaudoise Aréna 9,600 0 HC Lugano Lugano Cornér Arena 7,800 0 SCL Tigers Langnau im Emmental Ilfis Stadium 6,000 0 SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers Rapperswil St. Galler Kantonalbank Arena 6,200 0 ZSC Lions Zürich Hallenstadion 11,200 0 EV Zug Zug Bossard Arena 7,200 0
Regular season Standings
Statistics Scoring leaders
The following shows the top ten players who led the league in points, at the conclusion of the regular season. 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 SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers 52 20 44 64 +8 30 Genève-Servette HC 51 10 48 58 +19 40 Genève-Servette HC 48 25 29 54 +8 86 HC Fribourg-Gottéron 49 15 39 54 +9 92 ZSC Lions 48 21 31 52 +18 49 HC Lugano 52 22 29 51 -7 41 SCL Tigers 43 25 25 50 +1 4 HC Davos 41 14 35 49 +19 14 EHC Biel-Bienne 51 22 26 48 +18 10 SCL Tigers 47 13 35 48 -11 47
Leading goaltenders The following shows the top ten 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.
Player Team(s) HC Davos 34 1950:10 58 94.16 1.78 HC Fribourg-Gottéron 43 2552:01 91 92.78 2.14 EHC Biel-Bienne 44 2534:21 94 92.07 2.23 SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers 44 2640:35 98 92.08 2.23 ZSC Lions 30 1644:31 65 91.99 2.34 EV Zug 40 2406:29 95 92.10 2.37 Genève-Servette HC 30 1741:57 69 92.16 2.38 SC Bern 39 2299:08 97 92.06 2.53 HC Lugano 24 1316:09 56 91.30 2.55 Lausanne HC 24 1341:55 57 90.92 2.55
Playoffs Bracket
Pre-Playoffs (7) Lausanne HC vs. (10) HC Ambrì-Piotta
(8) Genève-Servette HC vs. (9) HC Lugano
Quarter-finals (1) EV Zug vs. (9) HC Lugano
(2) HC Fribourg-Gottéron vs. (7) Lausanne HC
(3) ZSC Lions vs. (6) EHC Biel
(4) SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers vs. (5) HC Davos
Semi-finals (1) EV Zug vs. (5) HC Davos
(2) HC Fribourg-Gottéron vs. (3) ZSC Lions
Finals
References
External links
NL on eurohockey.com NL on eliteprospects.com