2011–12 NLA season
sports season
The 2011–12 National League A season was the fifth ice hockey season of the National League A since the reorganization of the Swiss league. 12 teams participated in the league, which was won by EV Zug.
| 2011–12 National League A season | |
|---|---|
| League | National League A |
| Sport | Ice hockey |
| Number of games | 50 |
| Number of teams | 12 |
| Regular Season | |
| Best Record | EV Zug |
| Runners-up | HC Davos |
| Top scorer | Damien Brunner (EV Zug) |
| Playoffs | |
| Semi-final #1 champions | ZSC Lions |
| Semi-final #1 runners-up | EV Zug |
| Semi-final #2 champions | SC Bern |
| Semi-final #2 runners-up | Fribourg-Gottéron |
| National League A Championship | |
| Champions | ZSC Lions |
| Runners-up | SC Bern |
Regular season change
Standings change
| Team | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | EV Zug | 50 | 24 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 173 | 131 | 98 |
| 2. | HC Davos | 50 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 155 | 117 | 98 |
| 3. | Fribourg-Gottéron | 50 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 156 | 120 | 94 |
| 4. | Kloten Flyers | 50 | 27 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 158 | 117 | 91 |
| 5. | SC Bern | 50 | 23 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 153 | 130 | 87 |
| 6. | HC Lugano | 50 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 152 | 150 | 79 |
| 7. | ZSC Lions | 50 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 136 | 129 | 77 |
| 8. | EHC Biel | 50 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 114 | 128 | 68 |
| 9. | Genève-Servette HC | 50 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 117 | 126 | 67 |
| 10. | SCL Tigers | 50 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 124 | 166 | 52 |
| 11. | HC Ambrì-Piotta | 50 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 102 | 153 | 49 |
| 12. | Rapperswil-Jona Lakers | 50 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 35 | 99 | 172 | 40 |
Attendance change
| Team | Games | Total Attendance |
Average | Stadium Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SC Bern | 25 | 394,475 | 15,779 | 17,131 |
| ZSC Lions | 25 | 190,625 | 7,625 | 10,700 |
| Genève-Servette HC | 25 | 169,225 | 6,769 | 7,382 |
| HC Fribourg-Gottéron | 25 | 165,900 | 6,636 | 6,900 |
| EV Zug | 25 | 156,625 | 6,265 | 7,015 |
| Kloten Flyers | 25 | 151,025 | 6,041 | 7,719 |
| SCL Tigers | 25 | 132,250 | 5,290 | 6,500 |
| EHC Biel | 25 | 118,725 | 4,749 | 7,000 |
| HC Davos | 25 | 113,600 | 4,544 | 7,080 |
| Rapperswil-Jona Lakers | 25 | 103,375 | 4,135 | 6,200 |
| HC Lugano | 25 | 103,125 | 4,125 | 7,800 |
| HC Ambri-Piotta | 25 | 92,675 | 3,707 | 7,000 |
| LEAGUE TOTAL | 300 | 1,891,625 | 6,305 | — |
League Leaders change
Scoring change
| Name | Team | GP | G | A | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Damien Brunner |
EV Zug | 45 | 24 | 36 | 60 |
| Julien Sprunger |
HC Fribourg-Gottéron | 49 | 27 | 24 | 51 |
 Jaroslav Bednar |
HC Lugano | 45 | 16 | 34 | 50 |
| Petr Sykora |
HC Davos | 46 | 21 | 28 | 49 |
 Jeff Tambellini |
ZSC Lions | 50 | 23 | 22 | 45 |
| Simon Gamache |
HC Fribourg-Gottéron | 50 | 20 | 25 | 45 |
 Tommi Santala |
Kloten Flyers | 47 | 9 | 35 | 44 |
| Byron Ritchie |
SC Bern | 47 | 22 | 21 | 43 |
| Benny Plüss |
HC Fribourg-Gottéron | 48 | 15 | 27 | 42 |
| Kurtis McLean |
SCL Tigers | 49 | 14 | 28 | 42 |
Playoffs change
Tournament Bracket change
| Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Finals | |||||||||||
| 1 | EV Zug | 4 | |||||||||||
| 8 | EHC Biel | 1 | |||||||||||
| 1 | EV Zug | 0 | |||||||||||
| 7 | ZSC Lions | 4 | |||||||||||
| 2 | HC Davos | 0 | |||||||||||
| 7 | ZSC Lions | 4 | |||||||||||
| (Pairings are re-seeded after the first round) | 5 | SC Bern | 3 | ||||||||||
| 7 | ZSC Lions | 4 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Fribourg | 4 | |||||||||||
| 6 | HC Lugano | 2 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Fribourg | 1 | |||||||||||
| 5 | SC Bern | 4 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Kloten Flyers | 1 | |||||||||||
| 5 | SC Bern | 4 | |||||||||||
Quarter-Finals Results change
EV Zug (1) vs. EHC Biel (8) change
| March 1 | EV Zug | 3–1 | EHC Biel | Bossard Arena | Recap | |||
| Damien Brunner – 08:56 Thomas Ruefenacht – 36:03 Fabian Schnyder – 39:17 |
Scoring stats | 36:50 – Tom Preissing | ||||||
| (Save % – 96.43) Jussi Markkanen | Goalie stats | Reto Berra (Save % – 90.63) | ||||||
| March 3 | EHC Biel | 1–4 | EV Zug | Eisstadion Biel | Recap | |||
| Eric Beaudoin – 51:15 | Scoring stats | 11:27 – Glen Metropolit 15:59 – Damien Brunner (2) 48:59 – Josh Holden 58:23 – Thomas Ruefenacht (2) | ||||||
| (Save % – 88.89) Reto Berra | Goalie stats | Jussi Markkanen (Save % – 97.56) | ||||||
| March 6 | EV Zug | 5–4 | OT | EHC Biel | Bossard Arena | Recap | ||
| (2) Glen Metropolit – 03:05 Fabian Sutter – 04:34 (2) Glen Metropolit – 15:18 Björn Christen – 59:20 Andy Wozniewski – 64:42 |
Scoring stats | 05:58 – Alain Mieville 23:04 – Ahren Spylo 30:58 – Ahren Spylo (2) 39:39 – Eric Beaudoin (2) | ||||||
| (Save % – 85.71) Jussi Markkanen | Goalie stats | Reto Berra (Save % – 87.18) | ||||||
| March 8 | EHC Biel | 4–3 | EV Zug | Eisstadion Biel | Recap | |||
| Joel Fröhlicher – 11:16 (3) Ahren Spylo – 12:41 Philipp Wetzel – 49:04 (2) Philipp Wetzel – 51:45 |
Scoring stats | 19:59 – Josh Holden 35:40 – Josh Holden (2) 55:25 – Josh Holden (3) | ||||||
| (Save % – 91.67) Reto Berra | Goalie stats | Jussi Markkanen (Save % – 90.91) | ||||||
| March 10 | EV Zug | 5–2 | EHC Biel | Bossard Arena | Recap | |||
| (4) Josh Holden – 00:30 (3) Glen Metropolit – 13:07 (2) Fabian Sutter – 44:31 (3) Damien Brunner – 51:57 (4) Glen Metropolit – 58:12 |
Scoring stats | 09:36 – Eric Beaudoin (3) 22:17 – Ahren Spylo (4) | ||||||
| (Save % – 93.75) Jussi Markkanen | Goalie stats | Reto Berra (86.67 – Save %) | ||||||
| EV Zug wins series 4–1 | |
HC Davos (2) vs. ZSC Lions (7) change
| March 1 | HC Davos | 2–4 | ZSC Lions | Vaillant Arena | Recap | |||
| Lukas Sieber – 09:59 Rene Back – 22:59 |
Scoring stats | 09:46 – Domenico Pittis 45:58 – Reto Schäppi 58:38 – Juraj Kolnik 59:51 – Patrik Bärtschi | ||||||
| (Save % – 90.91) Leonardo Genoni | Goalie stats | Lukas Flüeler (Save % – 94.12) | ||||||
| March 3 | ZSC Lions | 6–1 | HC Davos | Hallenstadion | Recap | |||
| Jeff Tambellini – 02:08 Thibaut Monnet – 09:16 Cyrill Bühler – 42:48 Mark Bastl – 46:34 (2) Patrik Bärtschi – 50:29 (3) Patrik Bärtschi – 54:34 |
Scoring stats | 16:56 – Ramon Untersander | ||||||
| (Save % – 96.15) Lukas Flüeler | Goalie stats | Leonardo Genoni (Save % – 85.00) | ||||||
| March 6 | HC Davos | 1–2 | ZSC Lions | Vaillant Arena | Recap | |||
| Reto Von Arx – 58:53 | Scoring stats | 25:01 – Thibaut Monnet (2) 33:49 – Jeff Tambellini (2) | ||||||
| (Save % – 93.10) Leonardo Genoni | Goalie stats | Lukas Flüeler (Save % – 97.14) | ||||||
| March 8 | ZSC Lions | 1–0 | HC Davos | Hallenstadion | Recap | |||
| 33:22 – Patrik Bärtschi (4) | Scoring stats | No Scoring | ||||||
| (Save % – 100) Lukas Flüeler | Goalie stats | Leonardo Genoni (Save % – 96.97) | ||||||
| ZSC Lions win series 4–0 | |
HC Fribourg-Gottéron (3) vs. HC Lugano (6) change
| March 1 | HC Fribourg-Gottéron | 2–3 | HC Lugano | BCF Arena | Recap | |||
Julien Sprunger – 28:26 Andrey Bykov – 57:17 |
Scoring stats | 04:45 – Sebastien Reuille 06:34 – Brady Murray 36:02 – Kevin Romy | ||||||
| (Save % – 88.89) Cristobal Huet | Goalie stats | Benjamin Conz (Save % – 94.59) | ||||||
| March 3 | HC Lugano | 2–4 | HC Fribourg-Gottéron | Pista La Resega | Recap | |||
| Oliver Kamber – 34:48 (2) Sebastien Reuille – 56:19 |
Scoring stats | 36:18 – Andrey Bykov (2) 37:15 – Michael Ngoy 45:49 – Benny Plüss 59:08 – Michael Knoepfli | ||||||
| (Save % – 86.67) Benjamin Conz | Goalie stats | Cristobal Huet (Save % – 91.67) | ||||||
| March 6 | HC Fribourg-Gottéron | 2–4 | HC Lugano | BCF Arena | Recap | |||
Simon Gamache – 20:40 Dmitry Afanasenkov – 23:06 |
Scoring stats | 01:01 – Brady Murray (2) 31:56 – Jaroslav Bednar 32:25 – Stefan Ulmer 59:56 – Julien Vauclair | ||||||
| (Save % – 87.50) Cristobal Huet | Goalie stats | Benjamin Conz (Save % – 93.75) | ||||||
| March 8 | HC Lugano | 0–2 | HC Fribourg-Gottéron | Pista La Resega | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | Scoring stats | 19:05 – Simon Gamache (2) 22:26 – Pavel Rosa | ||||||
| (Save % – 90.00) Benjamin Conz | Goalie stats | Cristobal Huet (Save % – 100.00) | ||||||
| March 10 | HC Fribourg-Gottéron | 6–2 | HC Lugano | BCF Arena | Recap | |||
Sandy Jeannin – 22:45 Christian Dubé – 24:31 (2) Simon Gamache – 27:27 (2) Pavel Rosa – 31:44 Adam Hasani – 32:41 Julien Sprunger – 38:12 |
Scoring stats | 05:28 – Leandro Profico 45:28 – Leandro Profico (2) | ||||||
| (Save % – 92.00) Cristobal Huet (Save % – 100.00) Simon Rytz |
Goalie stats | Benjamin Conz (Save % – 73.91) Michael Tobler (Save % – 100.00) | ||||||
| March 13 | HC Lugano | 4–5 | OT | HC Fribourg-Gottéron | Pista La Resega | Recap | ||
| (2) Brady Murray – 08:28 Kimmo Rintanen – 08:58 (3) Sebastien Reuille – 41:31 Daniel Steiner – 46:19 |
Scoring stats | 22:55 – Adam Hasani (2) 31:26 – Alain Birbaum 31:37 – Pavel Rosa (3) 55:24 – Romain Loeffel 66:52 – Benny Plüss (2) | ||||||
| (Save % – 87.50) Benjamin Conz (Save % – 92.00) Michael Tobler |
Goalie stats | Cristobal Huet (Save % – 87.88) | ||||||
| HC Fribourg-Gottéron win series 4–2 | |
Kloten Flyers (4) vs. SC Bern (5) change
| March 1 | Kloten Flyers | 2–3 | SC Bern | Kolping Arena | Recap | |||
| Tommi Santala – 08:12 Victor Stancescu – 23:49 |
Scoring stats | 10:59 – Thomas Deruns 48:06 – Jean-Pierre Dumont 56:40 – Thomas Deruns (2) | ||||||
| (Save % – 88.00) Ronald Rüeger | Goalie stats | Marco Bührer (Save % – 93.10) | ||||||
| March 3 | SC Bern | 6–3 | Kloten Flyers | PostFinance Arena | Recap | |||
| Ivo Rüthemann – 02:21 Martin Plüss – 14:09 Ryan Gardner – 24:50 (2) Ryan Gardner – 29:52 Marc Reichert – 42:48 (2) Jean-Pierre Dumont – 48:40 |
Scoring stats | 15:16 – Roman Wick 17:25 – Marcel Jenni 19:06 – Michael Liniger | ||||||
| (Save % – 88.89) Marco Bührer | Goalie stats | Ronald Rüeger (Save % – 80.00) | ||||||
| March 6 | Kloten Flyers | 3–0 | SC Bern | Kolping Arena | Recap | |||
| Victor Stancescu – 04:27 (2) Victor Stancescu – 47:44 Felicien Du Bois – 59:27 |
Scoring stats | No Scoring | ||||||
| (Save % – 100.00) Ronald Rüeger | Goalie stats | Marco Bührer (Save % – 90.62) | ||||||
| March 8 | SC Bern | 4–1 | Kloten Flyers | PostFinance Arena | Recap | |||
| David Jobin – 07:26 (2) David Jobin – 16:13 (2) Martin Plüss – 38:46 (3) Martin Plüss – 52:30 |
Scoring stats | 43:36 – Micki Dupont | ||||||
| (Save % – 94.45) Marco Bührer | Goalie stats | Ronald Rüeger (Save % – 87.50) | ||||||
| March 10 | Kloten Flyers | 2–3 | SC Bern | Kolping Arena | Recap | |||
Niklas Nordgren – 22:54 (2) Michael Liniger – 51:19 |
Scoring stats | 10:10 – Marc Reichert (2) 13:17 – Joel Kwiatkowski 38:27 – Pascal Berger | ||||||
| (Save % – 86.36) Ronald Rüeger | Goalie stats | Marco Bührer (Save % – 93.10) | ||||||
| SC Bern win series 4–1 | |
Semi-Finals Results change
EV Zug (1) vs. ZSC Lions (7) change
| March 17 | EV Zug | 1–7 | ZSC Lions | Bossard Arena | Recap | |||
(2) Björn Christen – 11:58 |
Scoring stats | 09:56 – Mark Bastl (2) 25:19 – Thibaut Monnet (3) 25:48 – Luca Cunti 26:28 – Cyrill Bühler (2) 31:00 – Domenico Pittis (2) 41:46 – Patrik Bärtschi (5) 56:05 – Patrik Bärtschi (6) | ||||||
| (Save % – 77.42) Jussi Markkanen | Goalie stats | Lukas Flüeler (Save % – 96.88) Ari Sulander (Save % – 100.00) | ||||||
| March 20 | ZSC Lions | 2–1 | EV Zug | Hallenstadion | Recap | |||
| (3) Domenico Pittis – 10:29 (3) Mark Bastl – 48:00 |
Scoring stats | 34:19 – Sven Lindemann | ||||||
| (Save % – 97.06) Lukas Flüeler | Goalie stats | Jussi Markkanen (Save % – 95.00) | ||||||
| March 22 | EV Zug | 2–3 | OT | ZSC Lions | Bossard Arena | Recap | ||
Corsin Casutt – 37:20 Patrick Fischer – 39:36 |
Scoring stats | 23:43 – Andreas Ambühl 31:35 – Patrik Bärtschi (7) 63:52 – Andreas Ambühl (2) | ||||||
| (Save % – 88.46) Jussi Markkanen | Goalie stats | Lukas Flüeler (Save % – 94.59) | ||||||
| March 24 | ZSC Lions | 5–1 | EV Zug | Hallenstadion | Recap | |||
| (8) Patrik Bärtschi – 10:31 (3) Andreas Ambühl – 28:53 Reto Schäppi – 32:36 (2) Reto Schäppi – 34:38 (2) Jeff Tambellini – 46:51 |
Scoring stats | 48:34 – Patrick Oppliger | ||||||
| (Save % – 96.00) Lukas Flüeler | Goalie stats | Jussi Markkanen (Save % – 82.14) | ||||||
| ZSC Lions win series 4–0 | |
Fribourg-Gottéron HC (3) vs. SC Bern (5) change
| March 17 | Fribourg-Gottéron HC | 2–4 | SC Bern | BCF Arena | Recap | |||
| (3) Andrey Bykov – 01:28 Tristan Vauclair – 38:55 |
Scoring stats | 09:15 – Byron Ritchie 24:20 – Ivo Rüthemann 28:54 – Jean-Pierre Dumont (3) 59:47 – Ivo Rüthemann (2) | ||||||
| (Save % – 83.33) Cristobal Huet | Goalie stats | Marco Bührer (Save % – 91.30) | ||||||
| March 20 | SC Bern | 3–2 | SO | Fribourg-Gottéron HC | PostFinance Arena | Recap | ||
| (2) Pascal Berger – 06:52 Beat Gerber – 47:56 |
Scoring stats | 26:02 – Christian Dubé (2) 33:39 – Christian Dubé (3) | ||||||
| (Save % – 92.86) Marco Bührer | Goalie stats | Cristobal Huet (Save % – 95.24) | ||||||
| March 22 | Fribourg-Gottéron HC | 1–6 | SC Bern | BCF Arena | Recap | |||
(2) Michael Knoepfli – 58:15 |
Scoring stats | 02:34 – Joel Kwiatkowski (2) 04:22 – Byron Ritchie (2) 27:34 – Caryl Neuenschwander 43:07 – Etienne Froidevaux 47:49 – Joël Vermin 59:02 – Ivo Rüthemann (3) | ||||||
| (Save % – 64.71) Cristobal Huet | Goalie stats | Marco Bührer (Save % – 96.55) | ||||||
| March 24 | SC Bern | 1–2 | SO | Fribourg-Gottéron HC | PostFinance Arena | Recap | ||
| (4) Jean-Pierre Dumont – 06:23 | Scoring stats | 08:05 – Tristan Vauclair (2) 80:00 – [SO] Simon Gamache | ||||||
| (Save % – 97.22) Marco Bührer | Goalie stats | Cristobal Huet (Save % – 97.83) | ||||||
| March 27 | Fribourg-Gottéron HC | 0–3 | SC Bern | BCF Arena | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | Scoring stats | 29:49 – Pascal Berger (3) 50:43 – Pascal Berger (4) 57:55 – Christoph Bertschy | ||||||
| (Save % – 93.33) Cristobal Huet | Goalie stats | Marco Bührer (Save % – 100.00) | ||||||
| SC Bern win series 4–1 | |
Finals Results change
SC Bern (5) vs. ZSC Lions (7) change
| April 3 | SC Bern | 4–2 | ZSC Lions | Kolping Arena | Recap | |||
| (5) Jean-Pierre Dumont – 19:34 (6) Jean-Pierre Dumont – 37:29 Philipp Furrer – 46:14 (4) Martin Plüss – 50:56 |
Scoring stats | 31:52 – Reto Schäppi (3) 56:23 – Andreas Ambühl (4) | ||||||
| (Save % – 92.31) Marco Bührer | Goalie stats | Lukas Flüeler (Save % – 81.82) | ||||||
| April 5 | ZSC Lions | 2–1 | SC Bern | Hallenstadion | Recap | |||
Blaine Down – 46:45 (4) Thibaut Monnet – 54:29 |
Scoring stats | 21:48 – Joël Vermin (2) | ||||||
| (Save % – 95.83) Lukas Flüeler | Goalie stats | Marco Bührer (Save % – 93.55) | ||||||
| April 7 | SC Bern | 3–0 | ZSC Lions | Kolping Arena | Recap | |||
| (2) Etienne Froidevaux – 29:36 Tristan Scherwey – 48:12 (4) Ivo Rüthemann – 56:51 |
Scoring stats | No Scoring | ||||||
| (Save % – 100.00) Marco Bührer | Goalie stats | Lukas Flüeler (Save % – 86.36) | ||||||
| April 9 | ZSC Lions | 0–2 | SC Bern | Hallenstadion | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | Scoring stats | 28:52 – Ivo Rüthemann (5) 59:23 – Martin Plüss (5) | ||||||
| (Save % – 96.43) Lukas Flüeler | Goalie stats | Marco Bührer (Save % – 100.00) | ||||||
| April 12 | SC Bern | 1–2 | OT | ZSC Lions | Kolping Arena | Recap | ||
(3) Etienne Froidevaux – 32:23 |
Scoring stats | 28:44 – Domenico Pittis (4) 69:18 – Mathias Seger | ||||||
| (Save % – 90.91) Marco Bührer | Goalie stats | Lukas Flüeler (Save % – 97.06) | ||||||
| April 14 | ZSC Lions | 6–3 | SC Bern | Hallenstadion | Recap | |||
| (5) Thibaut Monnet – 24:13 (5) Andreas Ambühl – 24:43 (2) Mathias Seger – 26:37 (5) Domenico Pittis – 38:38 (10) Patrik Bärtschi – 45:36 (3) Jeff Tambellini – 58:17 |
Scoring stats | 34:43 – Ryan Gardner (3) 35:59 – Ryan Gardner (4) 41:12 – Martin Plüss (6) | ||||||
| (Save % – 90.63) Lukas Flüeler | Goalie stats | Marco Bührer (Save % – 84.38) | ||||||
| April 17 | SC Bern | 1–2 | ZSC Lions | Kolping Arena | Recap | |||
(6) Ivo Rüthemann – 21:49 |
Scoring stats | 19:18 – Mark Bastl (4) 59:58 – Steve McCarthy | ||||||
| (Save % – 90.91) Marco Bührer | Goalie stats | Lukas Flüeler (Save % – 95.83) | ||||||
| ZSC Lions win series 4–3 | |
Playout change
The bottom 4 teams of the National League A will compete in a losing team advances tournament to determine if they should stay in the League. The loser of this tournament will compete against the champions of the National League B to determine which league they will play in next season.
Tournament Bracket change
| Semi-Finals | Finals | ||||||||
| 9 | Genève | 1 | |||||||
| 12 | Lakers | 4 | |||||||
| 11 | Genève | 4 | |||||||
| 12 | Ambrì-Piotta | 0 | |||||||
| 10 | SCL Tigers | 4 | |||||||
| 11 | Ambrì-Piotta | 0 | |||||||
Semi-Finals Results change
Genève-Servette HC (9) vs. Rapperswil-Jona Lakers (12) change
| March 1 | Genève-Servette HC | 2–3 | Rapperswil-Jona Lakers | Patinoire des Vernets | Recap | |||
| Daniel Rubin – 07:07 Samuel Friedli – 39:07 |
Scoring stats | 10:06 – Reto Suri 47:23 – Stacy Roest 59:13 – Loic Burkhalter | ||||||
| (Save % – 90.63) Tobias Stephan | Goalie stats | Daniel Manzato (Save % – 95.00) | ||||||
| March 3 | Rapperswil-Jona Lakers | 5–3 | Genève-Servette HC | Diners Club Arena | Recap | |||
| Pavel Brendl – 03:00 (2) Pavel Brendl – 06:00 Stefan Hürlimann – 16:48 (2) Reto Suri – 41:54 Andreas Camenzind – 56:41 |
Scoring stats | 19:41 – Flurin Randegger 32:45 – Morris Trachsler 44:41 – Goran Bezina | ||||||
| (Save % – 92.11) Daniel Manzato | Goalie stats | Tobias Stephan (Save % – 83.87) | ||||||
| March 6 | Genève-Servette HC | 4–3 | Rapperswil-Jona Lakers | Patinoire des Vernets | Recap | |||
| Roland Gerber – 04:49 Petr Vampola – 24:50 (2) Roland Gerber – 32:08 Dan Fritsche – 45:50 |
Scoring stats | 11:51 – Derrick Walser 20:47 – Brandon Reid 48:12 – Reto Suri (3) | ||||||
| (Save % – 92.11) Tobias Stephan | Goalie stats | Daniel Manzato (Save % – 84.62) | ||||||
| March 8 | Rapperswil-Jona Lakers | 2–1 | Genève-Servette HC | Diners Club Arena | Recap | |||
| Antonio Rizzello – 11:24 Lukas Grauwiler – 55:40 |
Scoring stats | 57:32 – Dan Fritsche | ||||||
| (Save % – 96.97) Daniel Manzato | Goalie stats | Tobias Stephan (Save % – 95.24) | ||||||
| March 10 | Genève-Servette HC | 2–5 | Rapperswil-Jona Lakers | Patinoire des Vernets | Recap | |||
| Rico Fata – 07:44 (2) Rico Fata – 51:14 |
Scoring stats | 08:06 – Stacy Roest 12:27 – Loic Burkhalter 36:01 – Pavel Brendl (3) 42:34 – Antonio Rizzello 56:06 – Jordan Murray | ||||||
| (Save % – 83.33) Tobias Stephan | Goalie stats | Daniel Manzato (Save % – 93.10) | ||||||
| Rapperswil-Jona Lakers win series 4–1 | |
SCL Tigers (10) vs. HC Ambrì-Piotta (11) change
| March 1 | SCL Tigers | 4–3 | OT | HC Ambrì-Piotta | Valascia | Recap | ||
| Pascal Pelletier – 05:15 Simon Moser – 23:42 Thomas Nüssli – 48:07 Joël Genazzi – 75:30 |
Scoring stats | 21:55 – Joel Perrault 45:03 – Trevor Meier 49:58 – Inti Pestoni | ||||||
| Robert Esche | Goalie stats | Nolan Schaefer (Save % – 88.24) | ||||||
| March 3 | HC Ambrì-Piotta | 1–3 | SCL Tigers | Ilfis Stadium | Recap | |||
Gregory Hofmann – 44:24 |
Scoring stats | 27:36 – Pascal Pelletier 30:57 – Kurtis McLean 54:36 – Sebastian Schilt | ||||||
| (Save % – 96.55) Robert Esche | Goalie stats | Nolan Schaefer (Save % – 84.21) | ||||||
| March 6 | SCL Tigers | 4–3 | OT | HC Ambrì-Piotta | Valascia | Recap | ||
| Daniele Grassi – 09:43 Julian Walker – 48:36 Julian Walker – 50:11 |
Scoring stats | 10:59 – Martin Stettler 30:55 – Claudio Neff 44:36 – Kurtis McLean 63:48 – Paul Di Pietro | ||||||
| (Save % – 90.70) Thomas Bäumle | Goalie stats | Robert Esche | ||||||
| March 8 | HC Ambrì-Piotta | 1–4 | SCL Tigers | Ilfis Stadium | Recap | |||
| Thomas Nüssli – 13:06 Paul Di Pietro – 17:04 Lukas Haas – 30:31 Kurtis McLean – 31:50 |
Scoring stats | 57:25 – Trevor Meier | ||||||
| (Save % – 90.91) Robert Esche | Goalie stats | Thomas Bäumle (Save % – 84.00) | ||||||
| SCL Tigers win series 4–0 | |
Finals Results change
Genève-Servette HC (9) vs. HC Ambrì-Piotta (11) change
| March 17 | Genève-Servette HC | 6–3 | HC Ambrì-Piotta | Patinoire des Vernets | Recap | |||
| Morris Trachsler – 01:57 Rico Fata – 21:15 Eliot Antonietti – 26:55 Daniel Rubin – 27:28 Rico Fata – 45:12 Petr Vampola – 52:06 |
Scoring stats | 17:50 – Maxim Noreau 32:06 – Inti Pestoni 47:12 – Daniele Grassi | ||||||
| (Save % – 78.57) Tobias Stephan | Goalie stats | Nolan Schaefer (Save % – 76.00) | ||||||
| March 20 | HC Ambrì-Piotta | 2–3 | OT | Genève-Servette HC | Ilfis Stadium | Recap | ||
Julian Walker – 21:21 Roman Schlagenhauf – 24:39 |
Scoring stats | 10:00 – Petr Vampola 54:00 – Daniel Rubin 79:48 – Morris Trachsler | ||||||
| (Save % – 88.00) Nolan Schaefer | Goalie stats | Tobias Stephan (Save % – 93.75) | ||||||
| March 22 | Genève-Servette HC | 4–0 | HC Ambrì-Piotta | Patinoire des Vernets | Recap | |||
| Goran Bezina – 05:17 Kevin Hecquefeuille – 27:05 Rico Fata – 28:30 Kevin Hecquefeuille – 59:46 |
Scoring stats | No Scoring | ||||||
| (Save % – 100.00) Tobias Stephan | Goalie stats | Nolan Schaefer (Save % – 85.71) | ||||||
| March 24 | HC Ambrì-Piotta | 2–3 | SO | Genève-Servette HC | Ilfis Stadium | Recap | ||
30:11 – Kevin Hecquefeuille 43:50 – Flurin Randegger |
Scoring stats | 27:04 – Paolo Duca 52:59 – Zdenek Kutlak | ||||||
| Thomas Bäumle | Goalie stats | Tobias Stephan (Save % – 93.94) | ||||||
| Genève-Servette HC win series 4–0 | |
Playdowns change
Ambrì-Piotta would later defeat SC Langenthal, Champions of the National League B, 4–1 to remain in the National League A