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
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
Statistics Scoring leaders
The following shows the top ten players leading the league in points. 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 Fribourg-Gottéron 52 31 32 63 +30 30 HC Lugano 52 28 32 60 +26 34 SC Bern 47 15 35 50 +5 6 HC Ambrì-Piotta 48 17 33 50 +11 10 HC Lugano 48 20 28 48 +22 10 Fribourg-Gottéron 49 20 27 47 +23 43 ZSC Lions 48 18 29 46 +14 26 HC Lugano 39 17 29 46 +21 63 Genève-Servette HC 50 18 23 41 -7 26 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.
Player Team(s) ZSC Lions 311879:536192.96 1.95 Fribourg-Gottéron 331993:416592.85 1.96 EV Zug 181090:493792.66 2.04 HC Davos 261567:575492.62 2.07 EV Zug 211266:154492.68 2.08
Postseason
Play-In Bracket
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.
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.
Round 1 (7) HC Lugano vs (8) HC Ambrì-Piotta
(9) EHC Biel vs (10) Genève-Servette HC
Round 2 (8) HC Ambrì-Piotta vs (9) EHC Bienne
Playoffs Bracket
Quarter-Finals (1) ZSC Lions vs (9) EHC Biel
(2) HC Fribourg-Gottéron vs (7) HC Lugano
(3) Lausanne HC vs (6) HC Davos
(4) EV Zug vs (5) SC Bern
Semi-Finals (1) ZSC Lions vs (4) EV Zug
(2) HC Fribourg-Gottéron vs (3) Lausanne HC
Finals
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
References