National League A 2014/15

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Master:	HC Davos
Relegated:	Rapperswil-Jona Lakers
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The season 2014/15 is the eighth regular time after the renaming of the National League A in National League A , the highest Swiss Hockey League . The season began on September 10th with the early game ZSC Lions against the Rapperswil-Jona Lakers and ended on February 24th, 2015. The play-offs and play-outs began on February 28th, 2015.

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 play-outs which team has to play against the champions of National League B to stay in the league.

Attendees

HC Ambrì-Piotta EHC Biel SC Bern HC Davos HC Friborg-Gottéron Genève-Servette HC HC Lugano Rapperswil-Jona Lakers Lausanne HC ZSC Lions Kloten Flyers EV train

The NLA clubs 2014/15

The following twelve teams will be represented in the NLA in the 2014/15 season. The field of participants remains unchanged compared to the previous season .

	team	Location	Ice rink	capacity	Average audience
	HC Ambrì-Piotta	Ambrì	Pista la Valascia	6,500	5,154
	SC Bern	Bern	PostFinance Arena	17.131	16.164
	EHC Biel	Biel	Ice stadium Biel	6,200	4,676
	HC Davos	Davos	Vaillant Arena	6,795	4,763
	Friborg-Gottéron	Freiburg	BCF arena	6,800	6.261
	Genève-Servette HC	Geneva	Les Vernets	7,285	6,619
	Kloten Flyers	Balls	Kolping Arena	7,624	5,262
	Lausanne HC	Lausanne	Patinoire de Malley	9,500	6.711
	HC Lugano	Lugano	Resega	7,800	5,559
	Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	Rapperswil	Diners Club Arena	6,100	4,276
	EV train	train	Bossard Arena	7,015	6,366
	ZSC Lions	Zurich	Hallenstadion	11,200	9,331

Main round

table

Scene from the encounter between ZSC Lions and Genève-Servette HC on matchday 17

Fredrik Pettersson was the best assist and goalscorer

The best Swiss scorer, Lino Martschini (center)

Robbie Earl (# 11) made it into the top ten scorers for the third time in a row

rank	team	GP	S.	N	SNV	NNV	SNP	NNP	Gates	TVH	Points
1	ZSC Lions	50	27	10	1	5	2	5	148: 106	42	97
2	SC Bern	50	27	13	2	0	3	5	158: 120	38	96
3	HC Lugano	50	24	13	2	3	6th	2	155: 127	28	93
4th	EV train	50	24	13	2	2	5	4th	166: 126	40	92
5	HC Davos	50	23	15th	3	1	3	5	164: 132	32	87
6th	Genève-Servette HC	50	19th	16	3	3	3	6th	154: 154	± 0	78
7th	Lausanne HC	50	19th	20th	1	2	4th	4th	105: 116	–11	73
8th	EHC Biel	50	15th	21st	4th	5	3	2	142: 164	-22	66
9	Friborg-Gottéron	50	11	22nd	3	5	6th	3	144: 177	-33	59
10	Kloten Flyers	50	13	25th	4th	1	4th	3	117: 144	-27	59
11	HC Ambrì-Piotta	50	11	24	4th	2	5	4th	124: 167	-43	57
12	Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	50	7th	28	3	3	4th	5	121: 165	-44	43

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

Abbreviations: Sp = games, T = goals, V = assists , pts = points; Fat: best value

Nat.	player	society	Games	Gates	Assists	Points
	Fredrik Pettersson	HC Lugano	49	33	36	69
	Linus Klasen	HC Lugano	46	20th	35	55
	Pierre-Marc Bouchard	EV train	49	17th	34	51
	Lino Martschini	EV train	50	23	24	47
	Nicklas Danielsson	Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	46	19th	28	47
	Martin Plüss	SC Bern	50	23	22nd	45
	Robbie Earl	EV train	48	19th	26th	45
	Marc-Antoine Pouliot	HC Friborg-Gottéron	49	19th	24	43
	Byron Ritchie	SC Bern	50	14th	29	43
	Alexandre Giroux	HC Ambrì-Piotta	49	27	14th	41
	Roman Wick	ZSC Lions	49	16	25th	41

Status: end of season 2014/15

Best goalkeeper

(Goalkeeper with at least 15 games)

Statistically the best goalkeeper: Lukas Flüeler

Nat.	player	society	Sp	Min	GT	Sv%	GTS
	Lukas Flüeler	ZSC Lions	33	1998: 16	59	94.15	1.77
	Cristobal Huet	Lausanne HC	37	2157: 58	67	93.15	1.86
	Marco Buehrer	SC Bern	43	2511: 33	93	90.98	2.22
	Daniel Manzato	HC Lugano	31	1728: 20	65	92.80	2.26
	Tobias Stephan	EV train	50	2995: 07	116	92.44	2.32
	Leonardo Genoni	HC Davos	49	2958: 52	121	92.05	2.45
	Martin Gerber	Kloten Flyers	33	1888: 04	79	91.47	2.51
	Elvis Merzļikins	HC Lugano	19th	1309: 20	57	91.35	2.66
	Pascal Caminada	Lausanne HC	15th	856: 43	39	90.42	2.73
	Robert Mayer	Genève-Servette HC	20th	1177: 22	54	90.58	2.75

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 2014/15

Playoffs

Playoff tree

Quarter finals				Semi-final					Final
1	ZSC Lions	4th
8th	EHC Biel	3
				1	ZSC Lions	4th
				6th	Genève-Servette HC	2
2	SC Bern	4th
7th	Lausanne HC	3
(The teams are reset after the first round.)									1	ZSC Lions	1
									5	HC Davos	4th
3	HC Lugano	2
6th	Genève-Servette HC	4th
				2	SC Bern	0
				5	HC Davos	4th
4th	EV train	2
5	HC Davos	4th

Quarter finals

The quarterfinals took place from February 28 to March 14, 2015.

			series	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	[MR]
ZSC Lions	-	EHC Biel	4: 3	0: 5	3: 1	2: 3 n.p.	3: 2 a.d.	3-0	1: 3	5: 2	[1: 3]
HC Lugano	-	Genève-Servette HC	2: 4	2: 3	1: 2	2-0	7: 2	2: 4	2: 5	-	[2: 2]
SC Bern	-	Lausanne HC	4: 3	1-0	1: 2	1: 2 n.p.	2: 1	3-0	1: 2	2: 1 a.d.	[1: 3]
EV train	-	HC Davos	2: 4	1: 6	1-0	3: 4 a.d.	4: 3	1: 3	3: 4	-	[3: 1]

HR = main round

Semi-final

The semifinal series took place from March 17th to March 28th, 2015.

			series	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	[MR]
ZSC Lions	-	Genève-Servette HC	4: 2	5: 2	3: 6	1: 2 a.d.	8-0	4: 2	3: 1	-	[2: 2]
SC Bern	-	HC Davos	0: 4	2: 3 a.d.	2: 6	0: 2	1: 3	-	-	-	[2: 2]

HR = main round

Final

April 2, 2015 8:15 pm

ZSC Lions R. Shannon (26:55) R. Schäppi (38:21) R. Keller (50:16)

3: 0 (0: 0, 2: 0, 1: 0) game report

HC Davos

Hallenstadion , Zurich spectators: 11,200

April 4, 2015 8:15 pm

HC Davos D. Axelsson (00:31) D. Simion (31:12) G. Hofmann (34:49) D. Simion (42:27) G. Sciaroni (48:08)

5: 2 (1: 1, 2: 1, 2: 0) game report

ZSC Lions M. Trachsler (01:33) C. Baltisberger (22:18)

Vaillant Arena , Davos spectators: 6,850

April 6, 2015 4:30 p.m.

ZSC Lions R. Shannon (45:40) P. Geering (47:28)

2: 3 n.P. (0: 0, 0: 2, 2: 0, 0: 0) game report

HC Davos A. Ambühl (35:00) E. Corvi (36:27) F. Du Bois (PS)

Hallenstadion, Zurich spectators: 11,200

April 9, 2015 8:15 pm

HC Davos D. Simion (17:20) M. Paulsson (31:44) M. Paulsson (47:57) S. Walser (66:40)

4: 3 n.V. (1: 2, 1: 0, 1: 1, 1: 0) game report

ZSC Lions D. Malgin (06:32) R. Nilsson (10:30) M. Trachsler (42:39)

Vaillant Arena, Davos spectators: 6,800

April 11, 2015 8:15 pm

ZSC Lions

0: 3 (0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 3) Match report as of: 1: 4

HC Davos R. von Arx (49:04) D. Axelsson (56:41) C.-C. Paschoud (59:55)

Hallenstadion, Zurich spectators: 11,200

HC Davos champions team

Swiss champion HC Davos

Goalkeepers: Leonardo Genoni , Gilles Senn Defenders: Félicien Du Bois , Luca Camperchioli , Beat Forster , Samuel Guerra , Fabian Heldner , Sven Jung , Simon Kindschi , Claude-Curdin Paschoud , Noah Schneeberger , Jan von Arx Attackers: Marc Aeschlimann , Andres Ambühl , Dick Axelsson , Enzo Corvi , Grégory Hofmann , Mauro Jörg , Perttu Lindgren , Marcus Paulsson , Tyler Redenbach , Grégory Sciaroni , Dario Simion , Reto von Arx , Samuel Walser , Dino Wieser , Marc Wieser Head coach: Arno Del Curto   Assistant coach: Remo Gross

Playouts

mode

After the end of the regular season, the teams in positions nine to twelve contest a relegation round. The teams take the points from the main round with them.

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	Friborg-Gottéron	56	15th	23	3	6th	6th	3	160: 186	-26	72
2	Kloten Flyers	56	17th	27	4th	1	4th	3	131: 150	-19	71
3	HC Ambrì-Piotta	56	12	28	5	2	5	4th	136: 188	-52	62
4th	Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	56	9	32	3	3	4th	5	133: 183	-50	49

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
	HC Ambrì-Piotta	4th
	Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	2

The series took place from March 17-28, 2015.

			series	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	[MR]
HC Ambrì-Piotta	-	Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	4: 2	2: 1	2: 3	4: 3 n.p.	4-0	3: 4 a.d.	6: 3	-	[2: 2]

HR = main round

League qualification

	final
	Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	0
	SCL Tigers	4th

The series took place from April 2 to April 16, 2015.

			series	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th
Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	-	SCL Tigers	0: 4	2: 4	3: 4 nV	3: 4 nV	1: 5	-	-	-

Web links

• National League

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Schedule on the National League A homepage (PDF file; 307 kB)
2. ↑ Statistics NLA. Retrieved February 25, 2015 . 
3. ↑ Goalkeeper Statistics NLA. Retrieved February 25, 2014 . 
4. ↑ srf.ch Change of mode in the relegation playoffs