The 2022–23 National League season was the 85th season of Swiss professional ice hockey and the sixth season as the National League (NL).
With a 52-game regular season remaining intact, 14 teams were announced to be participating in the campaign, marking the return of EHC Kloten after four years, following promotion from the Swiss League. The 2022–23 season begin the new league sponsorship partnership with Yuh Financial.
In the postseason, the quarterfinals and semifinals of the NL playoffs are split and featured on alternative days and in the NL playout finals, four foreign player licenses were allowed to participate on each team in the series against the playout loser and Swiss League champion.
Teams
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 9,009 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 Cornér 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
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 43 16 43 59 +21 60 Genève-Servette HC 52 16 40 56 +3 40 SC Bern 46 23 30 53 +7 65 SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers 52 24 27 51 +10 30 Genève-Servette HC 46 17 34 51 +19 62 EV Zug 52 20 30 50 +4 26 HC Ambri-Piotta 50 14 36 50 -1 8 EHC Kloten 52 20 29 49 -5 44 EHC Kloten 51 19 30 49 +1 20 Genève-Servette HC 47 18 28 46 +24 32
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.
Player Team(s) ZSC Lions 33 1936:31 72 92.65 2.23 SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers 42 2472:27 94 91.49 2.28 EHC Biel 35 2019:05 77 92.27 2.29 Genève-Servette HC 25 1455:33 56 91.32 2.31 HC Fribourg-Gottéron 36 1967:20 76 90.74 2.32
Playoffs
Bracket
Relegation playoffs
Playouts SCL Tigers, who finished 13th in the regular season, and HC Ajoie, who finished 14th in the regular season, played in a best-of-seven playout series, which determined the team that would retain its place in the NL for the 2023–24 season. SCL Tigers won the series in six games (4–2).
League qualification After losing in the playout series, HC Ajoie played in a best-of-seven league qualification series against HC La Chaux-de-Fonds, who won the Swiss League in the 2022–23 season. HC Ajoie won the series in six games (4–2).
Attendances
The average attendance was 5,786.
References
External links
NL on eurohockey.com NL on eliteprospects.com