National League A 2009/10

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Master:	SC Bern
Relegated:	none
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The season 2009/10 is the third regular time after the renaming of the former National League A in National League A . The HC Davos is the reigning champion. Since the NLB champions HC Lausanne 2009 failed in the league qualification at EHC Biel , the league starts 2009/10 with the same teams as in the previous season. For the 12th time, SC Bern won the Swiss championship title after 4: 3 victories in the playoff final against HC Servette Genève .

mode

The 12 teams play 2 double rounds of 22 games each. There are also 6 additional encounters per team against 3 opponents, which are determined on the basis of the qualification table of the previous year. In total, each team plays 50 qualifying games. Then the best eight teams will determine the Swiss champions in play-off style. Quarter-finals , semi-finals and the final are each played according to the best of seven mode .

The other four teams determine in the play-outs which team has to play against the champions of the National League B to stay up.

Attendees

Rapperswil-Jona Lakers

EV train

ZSC Lions

Participant of the National League A , season 2009/10

There is no change in the composition of the National League A for the 2009/10 season compared to the previous season.

team	Location	Ice rink	capacity
HC Ambrì-Piotta	Ambrì	Pista la Valascia	7,000
SC Bern	Bern	PostFinance Arena	17.131
EHC Biel	Biel	Ice stadium Biel	7,000
HC Davos	Davos	Vaillant Arena	7,080
Friborg-Gottéron	Freiburg	Patinoire de St. Léonard	7,000
HC Servette Genève	Geneva	Les Vernets	6,837
Kloten Flyers	Balls	Kolping Arena	7,624
SCL Tigers	Langnau	Ilfishalle	6,500
HC Lugano	Lugano	Resega	8,000
Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	Rapperswil	Diners Club Arena	6,000
EV train	train	Hertihalle	6,780
ZSC Lions	Zurich	Hallenstadion	11,700

Main round

table

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	SV	NV	N	Gates	Pt.
1.	SC Bern	50	29	5	5	11	154: 117	102
2.	HC Servette Genève	50	28	6th	5	11	166: 113	101
3.	EV train	50	29	4th	3	14th	165: 125	98
4th	HC Davos	50	27	6th	3	14th	181: 124	96
5.	Kloten Flyers	50	22nd	9	3	16	163: 138	87
6th	ZSC Lions	50	24	3	6th	17th	185: 165	84
7th	HC Friborg-Gottéron	50	18th	4th	6th	22nd	145: 160	68
8th.	HC Lugano	50	17th	6th	4th	23	153: 166	67
9.	EHC Biel	50	16	3	5	26th	134: 182	59
10.	Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	50	16	2	2	30th	129: 154	54
11.	SCL Tigers	50	14th	2	5	29	141: 192	51
12.	HC Ambrì-Piotta	50	8th	2	5	35	107: 187	33

statistics

Outfield player

player	team	Sp	T	A.	Pt	PIM	PPT
Randy Robitaille	HC Lugano	50	16	48	64	72	4th
Josh Holden	EV train	46	30th	33	63	48	10
Hnat Domenichelli	HC Lugano	50	27	35	62	16	13
Damien Brunner	EV train	47	23	34	57	22nd	7th
Patrik Bärtschi	ZSC Lions	49	25th	28	53	34	6th
Tony Salmelainen	Genève-Servette HC	50	26th	26th	52	14th	2
Stacy Roest	Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	49	15th	37	52	26th	5
Mathias Seger	ZSC Lions	47	8th	43	51	80	2
Thomas Déruns	Genève-Servette HC	50	18th	32	50	44	4th
Juraj Kolník	Genève-Servette HC	46	26th	22nd	48	83	5

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; ¹ play-downs / relegation )

goalkeeper

player	team	Sp	Min	GT	GTS	Min / GT	SO	S.	N
Tobias Stephan	Genève-Servette HC	48	2914	100	2.1	29	3	34	14th
Marco Buehrer	SC Bern	43	2609	94	2.2	28	6th	28	14th
Leonardo Genoni	HC Davos	46	2937	117	2.4	25th	2	33	16
Jussi Markkanen	EV train	44	2653	109	2.5	24	5	27	17th
Ronnie Rüeger	Kloten Flyers	46	2805	122	2.6	23	1	28	18th
Daniel Manzato	Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	46	2715	132	2.9	21st	5	17th	29
Ari Sulander	ZSC Lions	24	1451	69	2.9	21st	1	12	12
David Aebischer	HC Lugano	46	2751	139	3.0	20th	2	23	22nd
Sébastien Caron	Friborg-Gottéron	45	2689	135	3.0	20th	1	19th	26th
Reto Berra	EHC Biel	37	2116	114	3.2	19th	3	16	19th

( Legend for the goalkeeper statistics: GP or Sp = total games; W or S = wins; L or N = defeats; T or U or OT = draws or overtime or shootout defeats; min. = Minutes; SOG or SaT = shots on goal; GA or GT = goals conceded; SO = shutouts ; GAA or GTS = goals conceded ; Sv% or SVS% = catch quota ; EN = empty net goal ; ¹ play-downs / relegation ; italics : statistics not complete)

Playoffs

In the playoffs, the eight best qualifying teams met. SC Bern moved into the playoff final with two sweeps over HC Lugano and Kloten Flyers .

Tournament tree

Quarter finals			Semi-final			Final

1.	SC Bern	4th
8th.	HC Lugano	0
			1.	SC Bern	4th
			5.	Kloten Flyers	0
2.	HC Servette Genève	4th
7th	HC Friborg-Gottéron	3
(The teams are reset after the first round.)						1.	SC Bern	4th
						2.	HC Servette Genève	3
3.	EV train	4th
6th	ZSC Lions	3
			2.	HC Servette Genève	4th
			3.	EV train	2
4th	HC Davos	2
5.	Kloten Flyers	4th

Final

April 10, 2010 7:45 p.m.	SC Bern	3: 2 a.d. (0: 0, 1: 0, 1: 2, 1: 0) game statistics	HC Servette Genève	PostFinance-Arena , Bern spectators: 17,131 (sold out)
April 13, 2010 7:45 p.m.	HC Servette Genève	5: 4 (2: 0, 1: 2, 2: 2) game statistics	SC Bern	Les Vernets , Geneva Spectators: 7,202 (sold out)
April 15, 2010 8:15 pm	SC Bern	6: 2 (3: 1, 3: 1, 0: 0) match statistics	HC Servette Genève	PostFinance-Arena, Bern spectators: 17,131 (sold out)
April 17, 2010 8:15 pm	HC Servette Genève	3: 4 n.V. (1: 1, 1: 1, 1: 1, 0: 1) game statistics	SC Bern	Les Vernets, Geneva Spectators: 7,202 (sold out)
April 20, 2010 8:15 pm	SC Bern	2: 3 n.V. (0: 1, 1: 0, 1: 1, 0: 1) game statistics	HC Servette Genève	PostFinance-Arena, Bern spectators: 17,131 (sold out)
April 22, 2010 8:15 p.m.	HC Servette Genève	2: 1 (0: 0, 1: 1, 1: 0) game statistics	SC Bern	Les Vernets, Geneva Spectators: 7,202 (sold out)
April 24, 2010 8:15 pm	SC Bern	4: 1 (2: 1, 1: 0, 1: 0) match statistics	HC Servette Genève	PostFinance-Arena, Bern spectators: 17,131 (sold out)

Master team of SC Bern

Swiss champions SC Bern	Goalkeepers: Marco Bührer , Olivier Gigon Defenders: Philippe Furrer , Beat Gerber , Andreas Hänni , David Jobin , Roman Josi , Dominic Meier , Travis Roche , Philipp Rytz , Martin Stettler Attackers: Pascal Berger , Alex Chatelain , Christian Dubé , Etienne Froidevaux , Simon Gamache , Lee Goren , Brett McLean , Daniel Meier , Trevor Meier , Caryl Neuenschwander , Martin Plüss , Marc Reichert , Ivo Rüthemann , Tristan Scherwey , Jean-Pierre Vigier , Thomas Ziegler Coaching staff: Larry Huras , Hans Kossmann

Playouts

Both the play-outs and the relegation are consistently played out in Best of Seven mode.

Tournament tree

Playout semi-final			Playout Final

9.	EHC Biel	2
12.	HC Ambrì-Piotta	4th
			9.	EHC Biel	1
			11.	SCL Tigers	4th
10.	Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	4th
11.	SCL Tigers	3

Round 1

In the first round of the play-outs, HC Ambrì-Piotta and Rapperswil-Jona Lakers prevailed against their competition and thus secured themselves relegation.

round 2

In the second round of play-outs, the SCL Tigers prevailed with 4-1 wins against EHC Biel and thus remain in National League A. EHC Biel had to qualify for the league against the NLB champions.

League qualification

In the games of the league qualification it is decided who is allowed to play in the National League A in the coming season. The loser of the playouts, EHC Biel -Bienne, competed against NLB champions HC Lausanne and first enjoyed home rights in the best-of-seven series. As in the previous year, EHC Biel won these league qualifiers with 4: 3 wins against HC Lausanne . Thus, the team from Biel will remain in the National League A, while HC Lausanne will remain second class in the next season.

Individual evidence

↑ goironpigs.com, SC Bern Sweeps Into Swiss Final

[1] ronpigs.com, SC Bern Sweeps Into Swiss Final