2023–24 National League (ice hockey) season

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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
LeagueNational League
SportIce hockey
DurationSeptember 13, 2023 – March 4, 2024
Number of games52
Number of teams14
Regular season
Best recordZSC Lions
  Runners-upFribourg-Gottéron
Season MVPCalvin Thürkauf (HC Lugano)
Top scorerMarcus Sörensen (Fribourg-Gottéron)
Playoffs
Swiss champion NL
ChampionsZSC Lions
  Runners-upLausanne HC
National League seasons
2024–25 →

Genève-Servette HC is the defending champion.

Teams

TeamCityArenaCapacity
HC AjoiePorrentruyRaiffeisen Arena5,078
HC Ambrì-PiottaAmbrìGottardo Arena6,775
SC BernBernPostFinance Arena17,031
EHC BielBiel/BienneTissot Arena6,562
HC DavosDavosEisstadion Davos6,547
Fribourg-GottéronFribourgBCF Arena9,075
Genève-Servette HCGenevaPatinoire des Vernets7,135
EHC KlotenKlotenStimo Arena7,624
Lausanne HCLausanneVaudoise Aréna9,600
HC LuganoLuganoCornèr Arena7,800
SCL TigersLangnau im EmmentalIlfis Stadium6,000
SC Rapperswil-Jona LakersRapperswilSt. Galler Kantonalbank Arena6,100
ZSC LionsZürichSwiss Life Arena12,000
EV ZugZugBossard Arena7,200

Regular season

Standings

PosTeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1ZSC Lions5231489167110+57109Advance to Playoffs
2Fribourg-Gottéron52287413175124+51102
3Lausanne HC52255616158126+3291
4EV Zug52219616161135+2687
5SC Bern52208915145144+185
6HC Davos52235618156126+3085
7HC Lugano52234223162151+1179Advance to Play-In
8HC Ambrì-Piotta52208321153151+279
9EHC Biel52169819139140−174
10Genève-Servette HC52196522140155−1574
11SCL Tigers52176821123159−3671
12SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers52183526126151−2565
13EHC Kloten52125629108177−6952Advance to Playout
14HC Ajoie5284733111175−6439
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

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.

PlayerTeamGPGAPts+/–PIM
Marcus SörensenFribourg-Gottéron52313263+3030
Calvin ThürkaufHC Lugano52283260+2634
Dominik KahunSC Bern47153550+56
Michael SpacekHC Ambrì-Piotta48173350+1110
Michael JolyHC Lugano48202848+2210
Lucas WallmarkFribourg-Gottéron49202747+2343
Denis MalginZSC Lions48182946+1426
Daniel CarrHC Lugano39172946+2163
Sakari ManninenGenève-Servette HC50182341-726
Aleksi SaarelaSC Langnau50182341-138

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]

PlayerTeam(s)GPTOIGASv%GAA
Simon HrubecZSC Lions311879:536192.961.95
Reto BerraFribourg-Gottéron331993:416592.851.96
Luca HollensteinEV Zug181090:493792.662.04
Sandro AeschlimannHC Davos261567:575492.622.07
Leonardo GenoniEV Zug211266:154492.682.08

Postseason

Play-In

Bracket

Round 1Round 2Final Seeds
7HC Lugano43HC LuganoNo. 7 Seed
8HC Ambrì-Piotta41EHC BienneNo. 8 Seed
8HC Ambrì-Piotta12
9EHC Bienne14
9EHC Bienne32
10Genève-Servette HC22

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-Piotta4-4HC LuganoGottardo Arena, AmbrìRecap 
8:08 - Lilja (Fohrler)
8:33 - Heed (Kostner, Douay)
12:08 - Kneubuehler (Fohrler, Heim)
First periodNo scoring
25:08 - Pestoni (Heed, Bürgler) (PP1)Second periodFazzini (Mi. Müller, Verboon) - 26:18
No scoringThird periodMa. 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 statsMikko Koskinen ( 28 saves / 32 shots )
HC Lugano3-1HC Ambrì-PiottaCornèr Arena, HC LuganoRecap 
Alatalo (Arcobello, Fazzini) - 19:46First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
Carr - 54:26
Ruotsalainen (Mi. Müller) (EN) - 59:37
Third period58:29 - Bürgler (Heed, Virtanen) (PP1)
Mikko Koskinen ( 33 saves / 34 shots )Goalie statsJuvonen ( 18 saves / 20 shots )
HC Lugano won with 4 pts


(9) EHC Biel vs (10) Genève-Servette HC
Genève-Servette HC3-2EHC BielPatinoire des Vernets, GenèveRecap 
10:48 - Lennström (Miranda, Winnik)First periodNo scoring
22:18 - Miranda (Jooris, Winnik)Second periodHaas (Lööv, Bärtschi) - 20:17
Forster (Tanner) - 29:17
No scoringThird periodHofer (Lööv, Bärtschi) - 55:52
Gauthier Descloux ( 29 saves / 32 shots )Goalie statsHarri Säteri ( 28 saves / 30 shots )
EHC Biel2-2Genève-Servette HCTissot Arena, Biel/BienneRecap 
Hofer (Haas, Bärtschi) - 19:39First period0:36 - Manninen (Berni, Miranda)
12:44 - Hartikainen (Manninen, Filppula) (PP2)
Sallinen (Kessler, Heponiemi) (PP1) - 27:38Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Harri Säteri ( 35 saves / 37 shots )Goalie statsRobert Mayer (ice hockey) ( 18 saves / 20 shots )
EHC Biel won with 4 pts


Round 2

(8) HC Ambrì-Piotta vs (9) EHC Bienne
2EHC Biel1-1HC Ambrì-PiottaTissot Arena, Biel/BienneRecap 
No scoringFirst periodLandry (Virtanen, Lilja) - 2:56
29:08 - Kessler (Brunner, Rathgeb)Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Harri Säteri ( 23 saves / 24 shots )Goalie statsConz ( 32 saves / 33 shots )
1HC Ambrì-Piotta2-4EHC BielGottardo Arena, AmbrìRecap 
No scoringFirst period8:36 - Kessler (Bachofner, Rathgeb)
9:17 - Schläpfer (Sallinen, Rajala)
Landry (Heed, Z. Dotti) (SH1) - 24:11Second period33:29 - Haas (Yakovenko, Hofer)
Dauphin (Heed, De Luca) - 53:09Third period59:17 - Künzle (Sallinen, Forster) (EN)
Juvonen ( 24 saves / 27 shots )Goalie statsHarri 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)
         
1ZSC Lions4
9EHC Biel0
1ZSC Lions4
4EV Zug0
4EV Zug4
5SC Bern3
1ZSC Lions4
3Lausanne HC3
2HC Fribourg-Gottéron4
7HC Lugano3
2HC Fribourg-Gottéron1
3Lausanne HC4
3Lausanne HC4
6HC Davos3

Quarter-Finals

(1) ZSC Lions vs (9) EHC Biel
16 MarchZSC Lions4-3EHC BielSwiss Life Arena, ZürichRecap 
Grant (Andrighetto, Balcers) (PP1) - 9:11First periodNo scoring
Riedi (C. Baltisberger, Geering) - 25:59Second period24:10 - Heponiemi (Olofsson, Rathgeb) (PP1)
35:34 - Rajala (Sallinen, Schläpfer)
Malgin (Andrighetto, Kukan) (PP1) - 45:07
Malgin (Balcers, Andrighetto) - 47:25
Third period43:52 - Cunti (Hofer, Burren)
Šimon Hrubec ( 31 saves / 34 shots )Goalie statsJoren van Pottelberghe ( 32 saves / 36 shots )
18 MarchEHC Biel1-3ZSC LionsTissot Arena, Biel/BienneRecap 
No scoringFirst periodKukan (Balcers, Malgin) - 10:45
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
43:16 - Bärtschi (Grossmann, Yakovenko)Third periodBalcers (Grant, Andrighetto) (PP1) - 51:11
Frödén (Hollenstein) - 52:11
Harri Säteri ( 27 saves / 30 shots )Goalie statsŠimon Hrubec ( 21 saves / 22 shots )
20 MarchZSC Lions3-22OTEHC BielSwiss Life Arena, ZürichRecap 
No scoringFirst period16:42 - Lööv
Weber (Malgin, Kukan) - 34:23Second periodNo scoring
Hollenstein (Weber, Geering) - 59:09Third period54:48 - Brunner (Cunti, Künzle)
Zehnder (Geering, Sigrist) - 87:03Second overtime periodNo scoring
Šimon Hrubec ( 29 saves / 31 shots )Goalie statsHarri Säteri ( 41 saves / 44 shots )
22 MarchEHC Biel0-4ZSC LionsTissot Arena, Biel/BienneRecap 
No scoringFirst periodGrant (Andrighetto, Kukan) (PP1) - 3:50
Grant (Hollenstein, Weber) - 14:05
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
No scoringThird periodHollenstein (Frödén) - 44:23
Grant (EN) - 59:28
Harri Säteri ( 23 saves / 26 shots )Goalie statsŠimon Hrubec ( 25 saves / 25 shots )
ZSC Lions won the series 4–0


(2) HC Fribourg-Gottéron vs (7) HC Lugano
16 MarchHC Fribourg-Gottéron6-2HC LuganoBCF Arena, FribourgRecap 
Streule (DiDomenico, de la Rose) - 14:19
Wallmark (Mottet) - 19:46
First period19:27 - Fazzini (Quenneville, Alatalo)
Sörensen (Mottet) - 27:56
Wallmark (Sörensen, DiDomenico) (PP1) - 32:48
Second periodNo scoring
Sörensen (Wallmark, Mottet) - 47:09
Walser (Jörg) (SH1, EN) - 57:02
Third period51:41 - Ma. Müller (Mi. Müller, Quenneville)
Reto Berra ( 16 saves / 18 shots )Goalie statsMikko Koskinen ( 24 saves / 29 shots )
18 MarchHC Lugano1-4HC Fribourg-GottéronCornèr Arena, LuganoRecap 
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond periodWallmark (Sörensen, Gunderson) (PP1) - 23:32
Schmid (DiDomenico) - 30:58
Schmid (Borgman, Marchon) (SH1) - 35:19
59:42 - Joly (Arcobello, Alatalo) (PP1)Third periodMarchon (Diaz, Walser) (EN) - 59:47
Mikko Koskinen ( 18 saves / 21 shots )Goalie statsReto Berra ( 22 saves / 23 shots )
20 MarchHC Fribourg-Gottéron1-2OTHC LuganoBCF Arena, FribourgRecap 
No scoringFirst period9:43 - Fazzini (PP1)
DiDomenico (Sörensen, Wallmark) (PP1) - 28:30Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
No scoringFirst overtime period62:49 - Ruotsalainen (Zanetti, Wolf)
Reto Berra ( 26 saves / 28 shots )Goalie statsNiklas Schlegel ( 38 saves / 39 shots )
22 MarchHC Lugano3-2OTHC Fribourg-GottéronCornèr Arena, LuganoRecap 
6:42 - Carr (Thürkauf, Alatalo)
13:24 - Carr (Thürkauf, Alatalo) (PP1)
First period17:50 - Borgman (Bertschy, de la Rose)
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
No scoringThird period50:43 - Gunderson (DiDomenico, Bertschy) (PP1)
No scoringFirst overtime periodCarr (Joly, Arcobello) (PP1) - 60:33
Niklas Schlegel ( 24 saves / 26 shots )Goalie statsReto Berra ( 30 saves / 33 shots )
24 MarchHC Fribourg-Gottéron1-0HC LuganoBCF Arena, FribourgRecap 
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
DiDomenico (Gunderson, Bertschy) (PP1) - 23:42Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Reto Berra ( 30 saves / 30 shots )Goalie statsNiklas Schlegel ( 28 saves / 29 shots )
26 MarchHC Lugano4-2HC Fribourg-GottéronCornèr Arena, LuganoRecap 
7:44 - Joly (Thürkauf, Carr) (PP1)First periodNo scoring
24:29 - Alatalo (Carr, Arcobello) (PP1)
25:36 - Patry (Zanetti)
Second periodDiaz (Walser) - 22:13
Mottet (Wallmark, Sörensen) - 31:04
59:43 - Mario Kempe (Thürkauf) (EN)Third periodNo scoring
Niklas Schlegel ( 22 saves / 24 shots )Goalie statsReto Berra ( 25 saves / 28 shots )
28 MarchHC Fribourg-Gottéron4-2HC LuganoBCF Arena, FribourgRecap 
Mottet (Sörensen, Jecker) - 17:35First periodNo scoring
Bertschy (Schmid, Jecker) - 21:37
DiDomenico (Gunderson, Sörensen) (PP1) - 30:28
Second period24:28 - Carr (Thürkauf, Mi. Müller) (SH1)
39:26 - Thürkauf (Alatalo, Carr)
Bertschy (de la Rose) (EN) - 58:42Third periodNo scoring
Reto Berra ( 31 saves / 33 shots )Goalie statsNiklas Schlegel ( 26 saves / 29 shots )
HC Fribourg-Gottéron won the series 4–3


(3) Lausanne HC vs (6) HC Davos
17 MarchLausanne HC2-32OTHC DavosVaudoise Aréna, LausanneRecap 
Glauser (Suomela, Genazzi) - 15:54First period6:45 - Bristedt (Rasmussen, Frehner)
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
Frick (Fuchs, Salomäki) - 50:01Third period51:10 - Mustonen (Bristedt, Nussbaumer) (PP1)
No scoringSecond overtime period80:29 - D. Egli (Corvi, Stránský)
Connor Hughes ( 41 saves / 44 shots )Goalie statsSandro Aeschlimann ( 47 saves / 49 shots )
19 MarchHC Davos2-3Lausanne HCEisstadion Davos, DavosRecap 
7:42 - Näkyvä (Bristedt, Rasmussen)First periodRaffl (Riat, Pilut) (PP1) - 7:02
37:15 - Bristedt (Rasmussen, Nussbaumer) (PP1)Second periodSuomela (Djoos, Rochette) (PP1) - 31:43
No scoringThird periodJäger (Genazzi, Pilut) - 46:04
Sandro Aeschlimann ( 34 saves / 37 shots )Goalie statsConnor Hughes ( 20 saves / 22 shots )
21 MarchLausanne HC3-2HC DavosVaudoise Aréna, LausanneRecap 
Glauser (Pilut, Raffl) (PP1) - 8:27
Frick (Suomela, Heldner) - 10:26
First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond period37:53 - Wieser (Nordström)
Sekáč (Rochette) - 41:25Third period52:48 - Nussbaumer (Corvi)
Connor Hughes ( 15 saves / 17 shots )Goalie statsSandro Aeschlimann ( 31 saves / 34 shots )
23 MarchHC Davos5-2Lausanne HCEisstadion Davos, DavosRecap 
12:15 - Frehner (Nordström, Wieser)
13:37 - Stránský (Fora, Nussbaumer) (PP1)
First periodSalomäki (Riat, Fuchs) - 10:56
37:11 - C. Egli (D. Egli)Second periodNo scoring
49:12 - Ambühl (Fora, Mustonen) (PP1)
53:12 - Nussbaumer (Ambühl, C. Egli) (PP2)
Third periodPilut (Riat, Fuchs) (PP1) - 56:55
Sandro Aeschlimann ( 34 saves / 36 shots )Goalie statsConnor Hughes ( 12 saves / 16 shots )
Kevin Pasche ( 5 saves / 6 shots )
25 MarchLausanne HC0-1HC DavosVaudoise Aréna, LausanneRecap 
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
No scoringThird period49:32 - Nussbaumer (Mustonen, Jung)
Connor Hughes ( 10 saves / 11 shots )Goalie statsSandro Aeschlimann ( 37 saves / 37 shots )
27 MarchHC Davos2-5Lausanne HCEisstadion Davos, DavosRecap 
12:55 - Bristedt (Corvi, D. Egli) (PP1)First periodSuomela (Sekáč, Jäger) (PP1) - 6:26
Sekáč (Rochette, Suomela) - 9:13
No scoringSecond periodSuomela (Rochette, Genazzi) - 23:08
Suomela (Rochette, Pilut) - 26:28
Rochette (Sekáč) - 30:05
54:32 - Bristedt (PS)Third periodNo scoring
Sandro Aeschlimann ( 13 saves / 18 shots )
Gilles Senn ( 17 saves / 17 shots )
Goalie statsConnor Hughes ( 25 saves / 27 shots )
30 MarchLausanne HC3-0HC DavosVaudoise Aréna, LausanneRecap 
Fuchs (Pilut, Raffl) - 16:43First periodNo scoring
Heldner (Fuchs, Frick) - 21:12Second periodNo scoring
Raffl (Riat) (EN) - 56:53Third periodNo scoring
Connor Hughes ( 32 saves / 32 shots )Goalie statsSandro Aeschlimann ( 31 saves / 33 shots )
Lausanne HC won the series 4–3


(4) EV Zug vs (5) SC Bern
17 MarchEV Zug3-4SC BernBossard Arena, ZugRecap 
No scoringFirst period2:16 - Nemeth (Untersander, Bader) (PP1)
Michaelis (Herzog) - 21:33
Martschini (Wingerli) - 27:59
Senteler (Wingerli, Bengtsson) - 38:11
Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird period43:27 - Loeffel (Ritzmann, Sablatnig)
52:51 - Kindschi (Sceviour)
56:24 - Scherwey (Bader, Sceviour)
Leonardo Genoni ( 27 saves / 31 shots )Goalie statsAdam Reideborn ( 25 saves / 28 shots )
19 MarchSC Bern1-4EV ZugPostFinance Arena, BernRecap 
No scoringFirst periodSimion (Martschini, Herzog) (PP1) - 10:24
20:48 - Luoto (Lehmann)Second periodEder (Leuenberger) - 29:59
Simion (Herzog, Kovář) - 30:57
No scoringThird periodSchlumpf (Stadler, Suri) - 47:40
Adam Reideborn ( 21 saves / 25 shots )Goalie statsLeonardo Genoni ( 40 saves / 41 shots )
21 MarchEV Zug6-1SC BernBossard Arena, ZugRecap 
Bengtsson (Leuenberger, Stadler) - 2:29First periodNo scoring
Hansson (Michaelis, Eder) - 24:31
Simion (Martschini, Bengtsson) (PP1) - 26:41
Herzog (Leuenberger, Bengtsson) - 38:40
Second periodNo scoring
L. Muggli (Eder, Biasca) - 45:18
Wingerli (Simion, Herzog) - 46:27
Third period56:09 - Nemeth (Baumgartner, Luoto) (PP1)
Leonardo Genoni ( 19 saves / 20 shots )Goalie statsAdam Reideborn ( 7 saves / 10 shots )
Wüthrich ( 11 saves / 14 shots )
23 MarchSC Bern3-2EV ZugPostFinance Arena, BernRecap 
16:33 - Sceviour (Bader, Honka)


18:56 - Moser (Bader, Kindschi)

First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
50:46 - Schild (Kindschi)Third periodSenteler (Martschini) - 49:34


Simion (PP1) - 53:16

Philip Wüthrich ( 18 saves / 20 shots )Goalie statsLeonardo Genoni ( 30 saves / 33 shots )
25 MarchEV Zug6-2SC BernBossard Arena, ZugRecap 
Schlumpf (Martschini, L. Muggli) - 6:55
Herzog (Simion, Michaelis) - 17:30
First periodNo scoring
Martschini (Kovář, Wingerli) - 24:17
Michaelis (Bengtsson, Martschini) - 24:48
Second periodNo scoring
Kovář (Wingerli, Sheen) (PP1) - 41:29


Wingerli (Senteler, Kovář) (PP1) - 56:16

Third period46:25 - Kummer (Sablatnig, Schild)
54:39 - Scherwey (Lehmann, Honka)
Leonardo Genoni ( 34 saves / 36 shots )Goalie statsPhilip Wüthrich ( 6 saves / 8 shots )
Reideborn ( 25 saves / 29 shots )
27 MarchSC Bern3-0EV ZugPostFinance Arena, BernRecap 
19:31 - Sceviour (Kahun, Bader)First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
42:29 - Scherwey(Nemeth, Lehmann) (PP1)
57:54 - Luoto (Untersander) (EN)
Third periodNo scoring
Philip Wüthrich ( 25 saves / 25 shots )Goalie statsLeonardo Genoni ( 30 saves / 32 shots )
30 MarchEV Zug3-0SC BernBossard Arena, ZugRecap 
Simion (Martschini, Herzog) (PP1) - 18:35First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
Herzog (Michaelis, Bengtsson) (PP1) - 51:34
Wingerli (Leuenberger, Geisser) (EN) - 57:45
Third periodNo scoring
Leonardo Genoni ( 31 saves / 31 shots )Goalie statsAdam Reideborn ( 17 saves / 19 shots )
EV Zug won the series 4–3


Semi-Finals

(1) ZSC Lions vs (4) EV Zug
1 AprilZSC Lions5-2EV ZugSwiss Life Arena, ZürichRecap 
No scoringFirst period14:39 - 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 period39:54 - Bengtsson (Senteler, Biasca)
Grant (Hollenstein, Geering) - 41:27Third periodNo scoring
Šimon Hrubec ( 19 saves / 21 shots )Goalie statsLeonardo Genoni ( 13 saves / 17 shots )
3 AprilEV Zug0-1ZSC LionsBossard Arena, ZugRecap 
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
No scoringThird periodAndrighetto (Grant, Malgin) - 53:36
Leonardo Genoni ( 39 saves / 40 shots )Goalie statsŠimon Hrubec ( 35 saves / 35 shots )
6 AprilZSC Lions5-2EV ZugSwiss Life Arena, ZürichRecap 
Lammikko (Lehtonen, Rohrer) (PP1) - 1:31First periodNo scoring
Marti (Bodenmann) - 24:32
Balcers (Andrighetto, Weber) - 39:32
Second period37:34 - Hansson (Simion, Michaelis)
Rohrer (EN) - 58:55
Lammikko (Sigrist, Weber) (EN) - 59:31
Third period58:18 - Herzog (Kovář, Martschini)
Šimon Hrubec ( 26 saves / 28 shots )Goalie statsLeonardo Genoni ( 32 saves / 35 shots )
8 AprilEV Zug0-2ZSC LionsBossard Arena, ZugRecap 
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond period21:49 - Grant (Frödén, Hollenstein)
33:45 - Malgin (Andrighetto, Kukan) (PP1)
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Leonardo Genoni ( 24 saves / 26 shots )Goalie statsŠimon Hrubec ( 26 saves / 26 shots )
ZSC Lions won the series 4–0


(2) HC Fribourg-Gottéron vs (3) Lausanne HC
1 AprilFribourg-Gottéron2-1Lausanne HCBCF Arena, FribourgRecap 
No scoringFirst period7:55 - Pilut (Bozon, Jäger)
Gunderson (DiDomenico, Sörensen) (PP1) - 21:29Second periodNo scoring
Bykov (Dufner, Schmid) - 43:44Third periodNo scoring
Reto Berra ( 23 saves / 24 shots )Goalie statsKevin Pasche ( 22 saves / 24 shots )
3 AprilLausanne HC3-23OTFribourg-GottéronVaudoise Aréna, LausanneRecap 
=10:48 - Raffl (Djoos, Heldner) (SH1)First periodNo scoring
=24:05 - Sekáč (Jäger) (PP1)Second periodSörensen (Gunderson, Wallmark) (PP1) - 31:15


Gunderson (Sörensen, Bykov) - 35:43

No scoringThird periodNo scoring
106:44 - Fuchs (Kovacs)Third overtime periodNo scoring
Connor Hughes ( 47 saves / 49 shots )Goalie statsReto Berra ( 54 saves / 57 shots )
6 AprilFribourg-Gottéron0-2Lausanne HCBCF Arena, FribourgRecap 
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
No scoringThird period44:09 - Riat (Fuchs, Djoos)


54:24 - Rochette (Raffl) (SH1)

Reto Berra ( 14 saves / 16 shots )Goalie statsConnor Hughes ( 39 saves / 39 shots )
8 AprilLausanne HC3-1Fribourg-GottéronVaudoise Aréna, LausanneRecap 
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
38:58 - Raffl (Bozon, Jäger)Second periodNo scoring
46:34 - Bozon (Jäger, Frick)


59:47 - Rochette (Holdener, Djoos)

Third periodDiDomenico (Bykov) - 42:10
Connor Hughes ( 33 saves / 34 shots )Goalie statsReto Berra ( 27 saves / 29 shots )
10 AprilFribourg-Gottéron2-4Lausanne HCBCF Arena, FribourgRecap 
Mottet (Sprunger, Diaz) - 2:34First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond period21:34 - Pilut (Frick, Suomela)


30:13 - Riat (Fuchs, Sekáč)

Sörensen (Wallmark, Gunderson) (PP1) - 48:16Third period40:52 - Sekáč (Suomela, Djoos) (PP1)


58:49 - Sekáč (Bozon, Glauser) (EN)

Reto Berra ( 19 saves / 22 shots )Goalie statsConnor Hughes ( 27 saves / 29 shots )
Lausanne HC won the series 4–1


Finals

16 AprilZSC Lions2-1Lausanne HCSwiss Life Arena, ZürichRecap 
No scoringFirst period14:40 - Riat (Fuchs, Hughes) (PP1)
No scoringSecond periodWeber (Lammikko) - 28:34
Grant (Marti) - 31:37
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Šimon Hrubec ( 34 saves / 35 shots )Goalie statsConnor Hughes ( 26 saves / 28 shots )
18 AprilLausanne HC4-2ZSC LionsVaudoise Aréna, LausanneRecap 
9:16 - Andrighetto (Malgin)First periodRaffl (Jäger, Bozon) - 3:23
37:24 - Bozon (Ķēniņš, Almond)Second periodNo scoring
50:11 - Riat (Kovacs)
58:08 - Raffl (Pilut, Fuchs) (PP1)
Third periodAndrighetto (Malgin, Kukan) (PP1) - 42:20
Connor Hughes ( 25 saves / 27 shots )Goalie statsŠimon Hrubec ( 17 saves / 21 shots )
20 AprilZSC Lions4-2Lausanne HCSwiss Life Arena, ZürichRecap 
Lammikko (Frödén, Lehtonen) (PP1) - 2:08First period18:56 - Rochette (Glauser, Sekáč)
Weber (Schäppi, Sigrist) - 30:59
Malgin (Balcers, Weber) - 32:23
Second period21:46 - Pilut (Ķēniņš, Djoos)
SigristThird periodNo scoring
Šimon Hrubec ( 26 saves / 28 shots )Goalie statsConnor Hughes ( 21 saves / 25 shots )
23 AprilLausanne HC5-2ZSC LionsVaudoise Aréna, LausanneRecap 
13:28 - Glauser (Ķēniņš, Holdener)First periodNo scoring
24:58 - Kovacs (Fuchs, Frick)
33:21 - Bozon (Raffl, Pilut)
Second periodBalcers (Malgin, Andrighetto) - 31:13
50:35 - Sekáč (Jäger, Suomela) (PP1)
58:35 - Almond (EN)
Third periodHollenstein (Bodenmann, Schäppi) - 57:54
Connor Hughes ( 23 saves / 25 shots )Goalie statsŠimon Hrubec ( 25 saves / 29 shots )
25 AprilZSC Lions3-0Lausanne HCSwiss Life Arena, ZürichRecap 
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
Lammikko (Frödén, Kukan) - 37:27
Rohrer (Grant, Riedi) - 38:18
Second periodNo scoring
Sigrist (EN) - 59:01Third periodNo scoring
Šimon Hrubec ( 25 saves / 25 shots )Goalie statsConnor Hughes ( 34 saves / 36 shots )
27 AprilLausanne HC5-3ZSC LionsVaudoise Aréna, LausanneRecap 
4:18 - Suomela (Sekáč) (PP1)First periodNo scoring
26:22 - Riat (Fuchs, Kovacs)
32:10 - Almond (Holdener, Ķēniņš)
34:03 - Fuchs (Kovacs, Riat)
38:59 - Riat (Kovacs, Pilut)
Second periodC. Baltisberger (Schäppi) - 39:38
No scoringThird periodKukan (Harrington, Malgin) - 42:59
Malgin (Grant, Kukan) (PP1) - 48:28
Connor Hughes ( 29 saves / 32 shots )Goalie statsŠimon Hrubec ( 19 saves / 23 shots )
Robin Zumbühl ( 8 saves / 9 shots )
30 AprilZSC Lions2-0Lausanne HCSwiss Life Arena, ZürichRecap 
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
Frödén (Lammikko, Harrington) - 39:16Second periodNo scoring
Lammikko (Sigrist, Rohrer) - 46:57Third periodNo scoring
Šimon Hrubec ( 26 saves / 26 shots )Goalie statsConnor 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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