National League A 2011/12
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National League A | ||
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| ◄ previous | 2011/12 season | next ► | |
| Master: | ZSC Lions | ||
| Relegated: | none | ||
| • NLA | NLB ↓ | 1st league ↓↓ | 2nd league ↓↓↓ | |||
The season 2011/12 was the fifth regular time after the renaming of the former National League A in National League A . Since the NLB champions EHC Visp failed in the league qualification at HC Ambrì-Piotta in 2011 , the 2011/12 league started with the same teams as in the previous season.
The ZSC Lions prevailed in the playoff finals against SC Bern in seven matches and won the Swiss championship for the seventh time.
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 a regional division (east, central, west). 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
Participant of the National League A , season 2011/12 |
There was no change in the composition of the National League A for the 2011/12 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 | 6,800 |
| 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 | 11,200 |
Main round
table
| team | Sp. | S. | SV | NV | N | Gates | Pt. | |
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| 1. | EV train | 50 | 24 | 8th | 10 | 8th | 173: 131 | 98 |
| 2. | HC Davos | 50 | 27 | 7th | 3 | 13 | 155: 117 | 98 |
| 3. | Friborg-Gottéron | 50 | 26th | 6th | 4th | 14th | 156: 120 | 94 |
| 4th | Kloten Flyers | 50 | 27 | 2 | 6th | 15th | 158: 117 | 91 |
| 5. | SC Bern | 50 | 23 | 6th | 6th | 15th | 153: 130 | 87 |
| 6th | HC Lugano | 50 | 21st | 5 | 6th | 18th | 152: 150 | 79 |
| 7th | ZSC Lions | 50 | 19th | 8th | 4th | 19th | 136: 129 | 77 |
| 8th. | EHC Biel | 50 | 19th | 4th | 3 | 24 | 114: 128 | 68 |
| 9. | Genève-Servette HC | 50 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 20th | 117: 126 | 67 |
| 10. | SCL Tigers | 50 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 124: 166 | 52 |
| 11. | HC Ambrì-Piotta | 50 | 10 | 6th | 7th | 27 | 102: 153 | 49 |
| 12. | Rapperswil-Jona Lakers | 50 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 35 | 99: 172 | 40 |
Best scorer
| player | team | Games | Gates | Assists | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Damien Brunner | EV train | 45 | 24 | 36 | 60 |
| Julien Sprunger | HC Friborg-Gottéron | 49 | 27 | 24 | 51 |
| Jaroslav Bednář | HC Lugano | 45 | 16 | 34 | 50 |
| Petr Sýkora | HC Davos | 46 | 21st | 28 | 49 |
| Jeff Tambellini | ZSC Lions | 50 | 23 | 22nd | 45 |
| Simon Gamache | HC Friborg-Gottéron | 50 | 20th | 25th | 45 |
| Tommi Santala | Kloten Flyers | 47 | 9 | 35 | 44 |
| Byron Ritchie | SC Bern | 47 | 22nd | 21st | 43 |
| Benjamin Plüss | HC Friborg-Gottéron | 48 | 15th | 27 | 42 |
| Kurtis McLean | SCL Tigers | 49 | 14th | 28 | 42 |
Playoffs
In the playoffs, the eight best qualifying teams met.
Tournament tree
| Quarter finals | Semi-final | Final | |||||||||
| 1 | EV train | 4th | |||||||||
| 8th | EHC Biel | 1 | |||||||||
| 1 | EV train | 0 | |||||||||
| 7th | ZSC Lions | 4th | |||||||||
| 2 | HC Davos | 0 | |||||||||
| 7th | ZSC Lions | 4th | |||||||||
| (The teams are reset after the first round.) | 5 | SC Bern | 3 | ||||||||
| 7th | ZSC Lions | 4th | |||||||||
| 3 | Friborg-Gottéron | 4th | |||||||||
| 6th | HC Lugano | 2 | |||||||||
| 3 | Friborg-Gottéron | 1 | |||||||||
| 5 | SC Bern | 4th | |||||||||
| 4th | Kloten Flyers | 1 | |||||||||
| 5 | SC Bern | 4th | |||||||||
Quarter finals
(1) EV Zug - (8) EHC Biel
| March 1, 2012 7:45 p.m. |
 EV Zug Damien Brunner (18:56) Thomas Rüfenacht (36:03) Fabian Schnyder (39:17) |
3: 1 (1: 0, 2: 1, 0: 0) game report |
 EHC Biel Tom Preissing (36:50) |
Bossard Arena , Zug spectators: 6,824 |
| March 3, 2012 7:49 pm |
EHC Biel Éric Beaudoin (51:15) |
1: 4 (0: 2, 0: 0, 1: 2) game report |
EV Zug Glen Metropolit (11:27) Damien Brunner (15:59) Josh Holden (48:59) Thomas Rüfenacht (58:23) |
Ice stadium Biel , Biel / Bienne spectators: 6,002 |
| March 6, 2012 7:45 p.m. |
EV Zug Glen Metropolit (3:05) Fabian Sutter (4:34) Glen Metropolit (15:18) Björn Christen (59:20) Andy Wozniewski (64:42) |
5: 4 a.d. (3: 1, 0: 3, 1: 0, 1: 0) game report |
EHC Biel Alain Miéville (5:58) Ahren Spylo (23:04) Ahren Spylo (30:58) Éric Beaudoin (39:39) |
Bossard Arena, Zug spectators: 6,650 |
| March 8, 2012 7:45 pm |
EHC Biel Joël Fröhlicher (11:16) Ahren Spylo (12:41) Philippe Wetzel (49:04) Philippe Wetzel (51:45) |
4: 3 (2: 1, 0: 1, 2: 1) game report |
EV Zug Josh Holden (19:59) Josh Holden (35:40) Josh Holden (55:25) |
Ice stadium Biel, Biel / Bienne Spectators: 5,097 |
| March 10, 2012 7:45 p.m. |
EV Zug Josh Holden (0:30) Glen Metropolit (13:07) Fabian Sutter (44:31) Damien Brunner (51:57) Glen Metropolit (58:12) |
5: 2 (2: 1, 0: 1, 3: 0) game report |
EHC Biel Éric Beaudoin (9:36) Ahren Spylo (22:17) |
Bossard Arena, Zug spectators: 7,015 (sold out) |
(2) HC Davos - (7) ZSC Lions
| March 1, 2012 7:45 p.m. |
 HC Davos Lukas Sieber (9:59) René Back (22:59) |
2: 4 (1: 1, 1: 0, 0: 3) game report |
 ZSC Lions Domenico Pittis (9:46) Reto Schäppi (45:58) Juraj Kolník (58:38) Patrik Bärtschi (59:51) |
Vaillant Arena , Davos spectators: 5,472 |
| March 3, 2012 7:45 p.m. |
ZSC Lions Jeff Tambellini (2:08) Thibaut Monnet (9:16) Cyrill Bühler (42:48) Mark Bastl (46:34) Patrik Bärtschi (50:29) Patrik Bärtschi (54:34) |
6: 1 (2: 1, 0: 0, 4: 0) game report |
HC Davos Ramon Untersander (16:56) |
Hallenstadion , Zurich spectators: 10,012 |
| March 6, 2012 8:15 pm |
HC Davos Reto von Arx (58:53) |
1: 2 (0: 0, 0: 2, 1: 0) game report |
ZSC Lions Thibaut Monnet (25:01) Jeff Tambellini (33:49) |
Vaillant Arena, Davos spectators: 5,238 |
| March 8, 2012 7:45 pm |
ZSC Lions Patrik Bärtschi (33:22) |
1: 0 (0: 0, 1: 0, 0: 0) game report |
HC Davos |
Hallenstadion, Zurich Spectators: 11,021 |
(3) Friborg-Gottéron - (6) HC Lugano
| March 1, 2012 7:45 p.m. |
 Friborg-Gottéron Julien Sprunger (28:26) Andrei Bykov (57:17) |
2: 3 (0: 2, 1: 1, 1: 0) match report |
 HC Lugano Sébastien Reuille (4:45) Brady Murray (6:34) Kevin Romy (36:02) |
BCF-Arena , Freiburg im Üechtland Spectators: 6,800 (sold out) |
| March 3, 2012 7:45 p.m. |
HC Lugano Oliver Kamber (34:48) Sébastien Reuille (56:19) |
2: 4 (0: 0, 1: 2, 1: 2) game report |
Friborg-Gottéron Andrei Bykov (36:18) Michael Ngoy (37:15) Benjamin Plüss (45:49) Mike Knoepfli (59:08) |
Resega , Lugano Spectators: 6,112 |
| March 6, 2012 7:45 p.m. |
Friborg-Gottéron Simon Gamache (20:40) Dmitri Afanassenkow (23:06) |
2: 4 (0: 1, 2: 2, 0: 1) game report |
HC Lugano Brady Murray (1:01) Jaroslav Bednář (31:56) Stefan Ulmer (32:25) Julien Vauclair (59:56) |
BCF-Arena, Freiburg im Üechtland Spectators: 6,800 (sold out) |
| March 8, 2012 7:45 pm |
HC Lugano |
0: 2 (0: 1, 0: 1, 0: 0) game report |
Friborg-Gottéron Simon Gamache (19:05) Pavel Rosa (22:26) |
Resega, Lugano spectators: 5,358 |
| March 10, 2012 8:15 p.m. |
Friborg-Gottéron Sandy Jeannin (22:45) Christian Dubé (24:31) Simon Gamache (27:27) Pavel Rosa (31:44) Adam Hasani (32:41) Julien Sprunger (38:12) |
6: 2 (0: 1, 6: 0, 0: 1) game report |
HC Lugano Leandro Profico (5:28) Leandro Profico (45:28) |
BCF-Arena, Freiburg im Üechtland Spectators: 6,800 (sold out) |
| March 13, 2012 8:15 pm |
HC Lugano Brady Murray (8:28) Kimmo Rintanen (8:58) Sébastien Reuille (41:31) Daniel Steiner (46:19) |
4: 5 n.V. (2: 0, 0: 3, 2: 1, 0: 1) game report |
Friborg-Gottéron Adam Hasani (22:55) Alain Birbaum (31:26) Pavel Rosa (31:37) Romain Loeffel (55:24) Benjamin Plüss (66:52) |
Resega, Lugano spectators: 5,278 |
(4) Kloten Flyers - (5) SC Bern
| March 1, 2012 7:45 p.m. |
 Kloten Flyers Tommi Santala (8:12) Victor Stancescu (23:49) |
2: 3 (1: 1, 1: 0, 0: 2) game report |
 SC Bern Thomas Déruns (10:59) Jean-Pierre Dumont (48:06) Thomas Déruns (56:40) |
Kolping Arena , Kloten Spectators: 6,285 |
| March 3, 2012 7:45 p.m. |
SC Bern Ivo Rüthemann (2:21) Martin Plüss (14:09) Ryan Gardner (24:50) Ryan Gardner (29:52) Marc Reichert (42:48) Jean-Pierre Dumont (48:40) |
6: 3 (2: 3, 2: 0, 2: 0) game report |
Kloten Flyers Roman Wick (15:16) Marcel Jenni (17:25) Michael Liniger (19:06) |
PostFinance-Arena , Bern spectators: 16,771 |
| March 6, 2012 7:45 p.m. |
Kloten Flyers Victor Stancescu (4:27) Victor Stancescu (47:44) Félicien Du Bois (59:27) |
3: 0 (1: 0, 0: 0, 2: 0) game report |
SC Bern |
Kolping Arena, Kloten Spectators: 7,321 |
| March 8, 2012 8:15 pm |
SC Bern David Jobin (7:26) David Jobin (16:13) Martin Plüss (38:46) Martin Plüss (52:30) |
4: 1 (2: 0, 1: 0, 1: 1) game report |
Kloten Flyers Micki DuPont (43:36) |
PostFinance-Arena, Bern spectators: 16,272 |
| March 10, 2012 7:45 p.m. |
Kloten Flyers Niklas Nordgren (22:54) Michael Liniger (51:19) |
2: 3 (0: 2, 1: 1, 1: 0) match report |
SC Bern Marc Reichert (10:10) Joel Kwiatkowski (13:17) Pascal Berger (38:27) |
Kolping Arena, Kloten spectators: 7,624 (sold out) |
Semi-final
(1) EV Zug - (7) ZSC Lions
| March 17, 2012 7:45 p.m. |
EV Zug Björn Christen (11:58) |
1: 7 (1: 1, 0: 4, 0: 2) game report |
ZSC Lions Mark Bastl (9:56) Thibaut Monnet (25:19) Luca Cunti (25:48) Cyrill Bühler (26:28) Domenico Pittis (31:00) Patrik Bärtschi (41:46) Patrik Bärtschi (56:05 ) |
Bossard Arena , Zug spectators: 7,015 (sold out) |
| March 20, 2012 7:45 p.m. |
ZSC Lions Domenico Pittis (10:29) Mark Bastl (48:00) |
2: 1 (1: 0, 0: 1, 1: 0) match report |
EV Zug Sven Lindemann (34:19) |
Hallenstadion , Zurich Spectators: 10,071 |
| March 22, 2012 8:15 p.m. |
EV Zug Corsin Casutt (37:20) Patrick Fischer (39:36) |
2: 3 a.d. (0: 0, 2: 2, 0: 0, 0: 1) game report |
ZSC Lions Andres Ambühl (23:43) Patrik Bärtschi (31:35) Andres Ambühl (63:52) |
Bossard Arena, Zug spectators: 7,015 (sold out) |
| March 24, 2012 7:45 p.m. |
ZSC Lions Patrik Bärtschi (10:31) Andres Ambühl (28:53) Reto Schäppi (32:36) Reto Schäppi (34:38) Jeff Tambellini (46:51) |
5: 1 (1: 0, 3: 0, 1: 1) game report |
EV Zug Patrick Oppliger (48:34) |
Hallenstadion, Zurich spectators: 11,200 (sold out) |
(3) Friborg-Gottéron - (5) SC Bern
| March 17, 2012 7:45 p.m. |
Friborg-Gottéron Andrei Bykov (1:28) Tristan Vauclair (38:55) |
2: 4 (1: 1, 1: 2, 0: 1) game report |
SC Bern Byron Ritchie (9:15) Ivo Rüthemann (24:20) Jean-Pierre Dumont (28:54) Ivo Rüthemann (59:47) |
BCF-Arena , Freiburg im Üechtland Spectators: 6,800 (sold out) |
| March 20, 2012 7:45 p.m. |
SC Bern Pascal Berger (6:52) Beat Gerber (47:56) |
3: 2 n.P. (1: 0, 0: 2, 1: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0) Match report |
Friborg-Gottéron Christian Dubé (26:02) Christian Dubé (33:39) |
PostFinance-Arena , Bern spectators: 17,131 (sold out) |
| March 22, 2012 7:45 p.m. |
Friborg-Gottéron Mike Knoepfli (58:15) |
1: 6 (0: 2, 0: 1, 1: 3) game report |
SC Bern Joel Kwiatkowski (2:34) Byron Ritchie (4:22) Caryl Neuenschwander (27:34) Etienne Froidevaux (43:07) Joël Vermin (47:49) Ivo Rüthemann (59:02) |
BCF-Arena, Freiburg im Üechtland Spectators: 6,800 (sold out) |
| March 24, 2012 8:17 pm |
SC Bern Jean-Pierre Dumont (6:23) |
1: 2 n.P. (1: 1, 0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 1) Match report |
Friborg-Gottéron Tristan Vauclair (8:05) |
PostFinance-Arena, Bern spectators: 17,131 (sold out) |
| March 27, 2012 8:15 pm |
Friborg-Gottéron |
0: 3 (0: 0, 0: 1, 0: 2) game report |
SC Bern Pascal Berger (29:49) Pascal Berger (50:43) Christoph Bertschy (57:55) |
BCF-Arena, Freiburg im Üechtland Spectators: 6,800 (sold out) |
Final
| April 3, 2012 7:45 pm |
SC Bern Jean-Pierre Dumont (19:34) Jean-Pierre Dumont (37:29) Philippe Furrer (46:14) Martin Plüss (50:56) |
4: 2 (1: 0, 1: 1, 2: 1) game report |
ZSC Lions Reto Schäppi (31:52) Andres Ambühl (56:23) |
PostFinance-Arena , Bern spectators: 17,131 (sold out) |
| April 5, 2012 7:45 pm |
ZSC Lions Blaine Down (46:45) Thibaut Monnet (54:29) |
2: 1 (0: 0, 0: 1, 2: 0) game report |
SC Bern Joël Vermin (21:48) |
Hallenstadion , Zurich spectators: 11,200 (sold out) |
| April 7, 2012 7:45 p.m. |
SC Bern Etienne Froidevaux (29:36) Tristan Scherwey (48:12) Ivo Rüthemann (56:51) |
3: 0 (0: 0, 1: 0, 2: 0) game report |
ZSC Lions |
PostFinance-Arena, Bern spectators: 17,131 (sold out) |
| April 9, 2012 4:00 p.m. |
ZSC Lions |
0: 2 (0: 0, 0: 1, 0: 1) game report |
SC Bern Ivo Rüthemann (28:52) Martin Plüss (59:23) |
Hallenstadion, Zurich spectators: 11,200 (sold out) |
| April 12, 2012 8:15 pm |
SC Bern Etienne Froidevaux (32:23) |
1: 2 a.d. (0: 0, 1: 1, 0: 0, 0: 1) game report |
ZSC Lions Domenico Pittis (28:44) Mathias Seger (69:18) |
PostFinance-Arena, Bern spectators: 17,131 (sold out) |
| April 14, 2012 8:15 pm |
ZSC Lions Thibaut Monnet (24:13) Andres Ambühl (24:43) Mathias Seger (26:37) Domenico Pittis (38:38) Patrik Bärtschi (45:36) Jeff Tambellini (58:17) |
6: 3 (0: 0, 4: 2, 2: 1) game report |
SC Bern Ryan Gardner (34:43) Ryan Gardner (35:59) Martin Plüss (41:12) |
Hallenstadion, Zurich spectators: 11,200 (sold out) |
| April 17, 2012 8:15 pm |
SC Bern Ivo Rüthemann (21:49) |
1: 2 (0: 1, 1: 0, 0: 1) game report |
ZSC Lions Mark Bastl (19:18) Steve McCarthy (59:58) |
PostFinance-Arena, Bern spectators: 17,131 (sold out) |
ZSC Lions champions team
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Swiss champion ZSC Lions |
Goalkeepers: Lukas Flüeler , Ari Sulander Defenders: Phil Baltisberger , Severin Blindenbacher , Patrick Geering , John Gobbi , Steve McCarthy , Daniel Schnyder , Mathias Seger , Andri Stoffel Attackers: Andres Ambühl , Chris Baltisberger , Mark Bastl , Patrik Bärtschi , Cyrill Bühler , Luca Cunti , Blaine Down , Ronalds Ķēniņš , Juraj Kolník , Thibaut Monnet , Domenico Pittis , Reto Schäppi , Patrick Schommer , Jeff Tambellini , Thomas Ziegler Head Coach: Bob Hartley Assistant Coach : Jacques Cloutier |
Playouts
Both the playouts and the relegation are consistently played out in the Best of Seven mode.
Tournament tree
| Playout semi-finals | Playout final | ||||||
| 9 | Genève-Servette HC | 1 | |||||
| 12 | Rapperswil-Jona Lakers | 4th | |||||
| 9 | Genève-Servette HC | 4th | |||||
| 11 | HC Ambrì-Piotta | 0 | |||||
| 10 | SCL Tigers | 4th | |||||
| 11 | HC Ambrì-Piotta | 0 | |||||
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 SC Langenthal . The winner of the series qualified for the NLA season 2012/13.
Tournament tree
| League qualification | ||
| NLA HC Ambrì-Piotta | 4th | |
| NLB SC Langenthal | 1 | |
Web links
- Table of qualifications at nationalleague.ch
- Top scorer in qualification & play-offs at nationalleague.ch
- Goalkeeper statistics for qualification & play-offs at nationalleague.ch
- Spectator statistics at nationalleague.ch
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