National League A 2010/11

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Master:	HC Davos
Relegated:	none
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The season 2010/11 was the fourth regular time after the renaming of the former National League A in National League A .

Since the NLB champions HC Lausanne 2010 failed in the league qualification at EHC Biel , the 2010/11 league started with the same teams as in the previous season. The HC Davos sat in the playoff finals in six games against the Kloten Flyers by and won for the 30th time, the Swiss championship.

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. The quarter-finals , semi-finals and the final are played according to the best of seven mode .

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

Attendees

Rapperswil-Jona Lakers

EV train

ZSC Lions

Participants in the National League A , 2010/11 season

There is no change in the composition of the National League A for the 2010/11 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	BCF arena	6,900
Genève-Servette HC	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	Bossard Arena	7,000
ZSC Lions	Zurich	Hallenstadion	11,700

Main round

table

	team	Sp.	S.	SV	NV	N	Gates	Pt.
1.	HC Davos	50	33	5	4th	8th	179: 103	113
2.	Kloten Flyers	50	33	5	3	9	170: 111	112
3.	SC Bern (M)	50	24	11	3	12	160: 117	97
4th	EV train	50	26th	6th	4th	14th	176: 143	94
5.	Genève-Servette HC	50	20th	3	8th	19th	129: 128	74
6th	SCL Tigers	50	19th	5	7th	19th	149: 154	74
7th	ZSC Lions	50	17th	6th	6th	21st	132: 156	69
8th.	Friborg-Gottéron	50	14th	8th	6th	22nd	157: 154	64
9.	EHC Biel	50	13	5	7th	25th	135: 173	56
10.	HC Lugano	50	12	7th	5	26th	130: 159	55
11.	Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	50	11	4th	7th	28	138: 184	48
12.	HC Ambrì-Piotta	50	11	2	7th	30th	99: 172	44

Best scorer

player	team	Games	Gates	Assists	Points
Glen Metropolitan	train	47	15th	38	53
Stacy Roest	Rapperswil-Jona	50	14th	39	53
Josh Holden	train	43	16	35	51
Petr Sýkora	Davos	43	35	15th	50
Jaroslav Bednář	Davos	45	21st	28	49
Christian Dubé	Bern	44	14th	35	49
Reto from Arx	Davos	49	15th	33	48
Damien Brunner	train	40	19th	27	46
Tommi Santala	Balls	49	10	36	46
Hnat Domenichelli	Lugano	48	16	27	43

Playoffs

In the playoffs, the eight best qualifying teams meet.

Tournament tree

Quarter finals			Semi-final			Final

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

Final

HC Davos 4 - Kloten Flyers 2

March 31, 2011	HC Davos	5: 2 (2: 0, 0: 2, 3: 0) game statistics	Kloten Flyers	Vaillant Arena , Davos spectators: 5,542
April 2, 2011	Kloten Flyers	1: 2 (1: 1, 0: 0, 0: 1) game statistics	HC Davos	Kolping Arena , Kloten spectators: 7,624 (sold out)
April 5, 2011	HC Davos	1: 0 a.d. (0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0) game statistics	Kloten Flyers	Vaillant Arena, Davos spectators: 7,006
April 7, 2011	Kloten Flyers	3: 0 (0: 0, 2: 0, 1: 0) game statistics	HC Davos	Kolping Arena, Kloten spectators: 7,624 (sold out)
April 9, 2011	HC Davos	3: 4 n.V. (1: 1, 2: 0, 0: 2, 0: 1) game statistics	Kloten Flyers	Vaillant Arena, Davos spectators: 7,006
April 12, 2011	Kloten Flyers	2: 3 (0: 1, 0: 1, 2: 1) game statistics	HC Davos	Kolping, Kloten spectators: 7,624 (sold out)

HC Davos champions team

	goalkeeper	Leonardo Genoni , Remo Giovannini
	Defender	Tim Ramholt , Alan Tallarini , René Back , Samuel Guerra , Beat Forster , Ramon Untersander , Lukas Stoop , Jan von Arx , Robin Grossmann
	Attacking player	Janick Steinmann , Peter Sejna , Petr Tatíček , Grégory Sciaroni , Jaroslav Bednář , Josef Marha , Petr Sýkora , Dino Wieser , Sandro Rizzi , Lee Jinman , Reto von Arx , Dario Bürgler , Peter Guggisberg , Mathias Joggi , Marc Wieser
	Trainer	Arno Del Curto , Remo Gross

Playouts

Both the playouts and the relegation are consistently played out in the Best of Seven mode.

Tournament tree

Playout semi-finals			Playout final

10	HC Lugano	4th
11	Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	0
			11	Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	4th
			12	HC Ambrì-Piotta	2
9	EHC Biel	4th
12	HC Ambrì-Piotta	2

League qualification

The league qualification was played in the best of seven mode. The loser of the NLA playouts HC Ambrì-Piotta met the NLB master EHC Visp . The series winner qualified for the 2011/12 NLA season.

Tournament tree

	League qualification


	NLA HC Ambrì-Piotta	4th
	NLB EHC Visp	1