National League A 2013/14

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The season 2013/14 was the seventh regular Time after renaming the former Swiss National League A in National League A . New to the league was the NLB champions Lausanne HC , who defeated the SCL Tigers in the 2013 league qualification . The team from Langnau im Emmental thus rose in the National League B from. The season began on September 12 with the early game ZSC Lions against Friborg-Gottéron and ended on March 4, 2014. The play-offs and play-outs began on March 11, 2014. The champions were the ZSC Lions who made the play -off-Final won 4-0 against the Kloten Flyers .

mode

The 12 teams play two double rounds of 22 games each. There are also six additional encounters per team against three 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 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 .

In the newly introduced placement round, the last four teams each play a round-trip round, taking points and goals from the qualification with them. The last two teams after the placement round then determine in the play-out final which team has to play against the champions of National League B in order to stay in the league.

Attendees

The NLA clubs 2013/14

In the 2013/14 season the following twelve teams will be represented in the NLA. Another new feature is the Lausanne HC , the first time since the 2004/05 season participating again at the Swiss Elite class. The club replaces the SCL Tigers .

team Location Ice rink capacity Average audience
HC Ambrì-Piotta Ambrì Pista la Valascia 6,500 5,631
SC Bern Bern PostFinance Arena 17.131 16,347
EHC Biel Biel Ice stadium Biel 6,200 4,651
HC Davos Davos Vaillant Arena 6,795 4,782
Friborg-Gottéron Freiburg BCF arena 6,800 6,570
Genève-Servette HC Geneva Les Vernets 7.135 7,722 1
Kloten Flyers Balls Kolping Arena 7,624 5,627
Lausanne HC Lausanne Patinoire de Malley 8,100 6,528
HC Lugano Lugano Resega 7,800 5,040
Rapperswil-Jona Lakers Rapperswil Diners Club Arena 6,100 4,361
EV train train Bossard Arena 7,015 6.159
ZSC Lions Zurich Hallenstadion 11,200 9,048

1 number of spectators for the open-air game (29,400).

Main round

table

rank team GP S. N SNV NNV SNP NNP Gates TVH Points
1 ZSC Lions 50 32 9 1 2 0 6th 167: 111 56 106
2 Friborg-Gottéron 50 25th 18th 2 0 2 3 151: 147 4th 86
3 Kloten Flyers 50 22nd 18th 4th 1 5 0 147: 121 26th 85
4th Genève-Servette HC 50 21st 16 2 5 5 1 158: 133 25th 83
5 HC Lugano 50 23 18th 2 3 3 1 142: 114 28 83
6th HC Davos 50 22nd 20th 1 1 5 1 151: 133 18th 80
7th HC Ambrì-Piotta 50 22nd 20th 1 1 3 3 126: 123 3 78
8th Lausanne HC 50 20th 20th 2 3 2 3 104: 115 −11 74
9 SC Bern 50 19th 22nd 3 3 1 2 126: 129 −3 70
10 EV train 50 15th 20th 5 2 1 7th 132: 156 −24 66
11 EHC Biel 50 11 29 1 1 6th 2 115: 154 −39 50
12 Rapperswil-Jona Lakers 50 9 31 1 3 1 5 117: 200 −83 39

Legend: GP = games, S = wins, N = defeats, SNV = wins after extra time, NNV = loss after extra time, SNP = wins after penalty shootout, NNP = loss after penalty shootout, TVH = goal difference
Explanations: Qualification for the play-offs play -outs 

Best scorer

player society Games Gates Assists Points
Matthew Lombardi Genève-Servette HC 46 20th 30th 50
Roman Wick ZSC Lions 47 23 25th 48
Peter Mueller Kloten Flyers 49 24 22nd 46
Brett McLean HC Lugano 50 18th 26th 44
Kaspars Daugaviņš Genève-Servette HC 44 18th 26th 44
Luca Cunti ZSC Lions 46 18th 26th 44
Juha-Pekka Hytönen Lausanne HC 49 16 23 39
Tommi Santala Kloten Flyers 39 14th 25th 39
Benjamin Plüss Friborg-Gottéron 49 21st 17th 38
Robbie Earl Rapperswil-Jona Lakers / EV Zug 46 20th 18th 38
Alexandre Giroux HC Ambrì-Piotta 46 20th 18th 38
Ahren Spylo EHC Biel 47 16 22nd 38

Status: end of season 2013/14

Best goalkeeper

(Goalkeeper with at least 15 games)

Cristobal Huet : Goalkeeper with the lowest goals against
player society Sp Min GT Sv% GTS
Nolan Schaefer HC Ambrì-Piotta 26th 1481: 54 52 93.8 2.10
Sandro Zurkirchen HC Ambrì-Piotta 28 1543: 02 62 93.2 2.41
Cristobal Huet Lausanne HC 45 2649: 26 91 92.8 2.07
Lukas Flüeler ZSC Lions 37 2190: 03 81 93.8 2.22
Martin Gerber Kloten Flyers 35 2085: 38 76 92.7 2.19
Elvis Merzļikins HC Lugano 22nd 1269: 08 45 92.4 2.13
Leonardo Genoni HC Davos 31 1799: 43 74 92.2 2.45
Daniel Manzato HC Lugano 29 1679: 54 62 92.1 2.22
Tobias Stephan Genève-Servette HC 47 2857: 09 119 91.9 2.50
Mika Noronen HC Davos 15th 890: 41 42 91.9 2.83

Abbreviations: Sp = games, Min = ice age (in minutes), GT = goals conceded, Sv% = shots saved (in%) , GTS = goals conceded ; Fat: best value

Status: end of season 2013/14

Playoffs

Playoff tree

The playoffs are played in the "best-of-seven" mode.

Quarter finals   Semi-final     Final
                       
1 ZSC Lions 4th          
8th Lausanne HC 3
  1 ZSC Lions 4th
  4th Genève-Servette HC 3    
2 Friborg-Gottéron 4th  
7th HC Ambrì-Piotta 0  
(The teams are reset after the first round.) 1 ZSC Lions 4th
  3 Kloten Flyers 0
3 Kloten Flyers 4th      
6th HC Davos 2  
  2 Friborg-Gottéron 2
  3 Kloten Flyers 4th    
4th Genève-Servette HC 4th  
5 HC Lugano 1  
 

ZSC Lions champions team

Swiss champion ZSC Lions

Logo of the ZSC Lions

Goalkeepers: Lukas Flüeler , Tim Wolf

Defenders: Marc-André Bergeron , Severin Blindenbacher , Patrick Geering , Cédric Hächler , Steve McCarthy , Daniel Schnyder , Mathias Seger , Andri Stoffel , Ján Tabaček

Attackers: Chris Baltisberger , Mark Bastl , Patrik Bärtschi , Luca Cunti , Dan Fritsche , Ryan Keller , Ronalds Ķēniņš , Mike Künzle , Robert Nilsson , Reto Schäppi , Sven Senteler , Ryan Shannon , Morris Trachsler , Roman Wick

Head Coach: Marc Crawford  Assistant Coach : Rob Cookson

Playouts

mode

There was a change in the play-out mode compared to the previous season. The first round of play-outs is replaced by a round of relegation for the four teams in positions nine to twelve. The teams take the points from the main round with them to the relegation round.

After the relegation round, which lasts six game days, the two clubs in positions eleven and twelve determine the NLA's last-placed team in Best of Seven , who then has to play the league qualification against the NLB champions.

Placement round

rank team GP S. N SNV NNV SNP NNP Gates TVH Points
1 SC Bern 56 22nd 25th 3 3 1 2 147: 148 -1 79
2 EV train 56 19th 22nd 5 2 1 7th 152: 175 -23 78
3 EHC Biel 56 13 33 1 1 6th 2 130: 168 -38 56
4th Rapperswil-Jona Lakers 56 12 34 1 3 1 5 136: 223 -87 48

Legend: GP = games, S = wins, N = defeats, SNV = wins after extra time, NNV = loss after extra time, SNP = wins after penalty shootout, NNP = loss after penalty shootout, TVH = goal difference
Explanations: Season ends play-out final 

Playout final

final
   
 EHC Biel  2
 RJ Lakers  4th

League qualification

final
   
 NLA EHC Biel  4th
 NLB EHC Visp  1

particularities

The game took place in the sold out stadium.

On January 11, 2014, the second open-air game in NLA history took place in the Stade de Genève . The Genève-Servette HC competed against its rival Lausanne HC . The game ended with a 1-0 win after extra time for the guest from Lausanne, with Oliver Setzinger scoring the only goal. It was not the first duel of this kind, on January 14th 2007 SC Bern and SCL Tigers met at the Stade de Suisse .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Schedule on slapshot.ch (PDF file; 270 kB)
  2. ↑ Statistics NLA. Retrieved March 6, 2014 .
  3. ↑ Goalkeeper Statistics NLA. Retrieved March 6, 2014 .
  4. ↑ srf.ch Change of mode in the relegation playoffs
  5. ↑ hockeyfans.ch Geneva open-air game against Lausanne