National League B 2008/09

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The 2008/2009 season was the 62nd regular hosting of the second-class Swiss National League B . The Swiss NLB champion was the fifth time in the history of the HC Lausanne club . Due to a lack of interest, no team from the 1st division had been promoted to the National League B.

Attendees

The target size of 14 teams could not be achieved because the EHC Chur and HC Martigny withdrew from professional ice hockey. The NLB 2008/09 was played with eleven teams. In addition, as in previous years, each team played a home game against the Swiss U20 national ice hockey team .

The following twelve teams belonged to the second division in the 2008/09 season:

mode

The eleven teams played two double rounds of 20 games each, as well as one game against the Swiss U20 national team. After that, the seven best teams carried out a simple placement round for the standings after qualification (additional six games). In the hope round, the other four teams determined the last playoff participant. The best eight teams after the 47 qualifying games competed for the Swiss B champions in play-off style, with the first four teams in the table being allowed to choose a quarter-final opponent.

Quarter-finals, semi-finals and final were each played according to the best-of-seven mode . The winner of the final played a relegation in best-of-seven against the loser of the NLA play-outs . For the teams that missed the playoffs, the season ended early because there were no relegation games between the NLB and the first division.

Preliminary round

Table main round

space society Games S. S2 N1 N Torv. Pt.
1. HC La Chaux-de-Fonds 41 24 7th 1 9 207: 138 87
2. HC Lausanne 41 25th 2 1 13 158: 116 80
3. EHC Visp 41 23 3 4th 11 152: 111 79
4th EHC Olten 41 24 1 4th 12 138: 111 78
5. HC Ajoie 41 21st 5 2 13 148: 125 75
6th HC Sierre 41 19th 5 4th 13 164: 159 71
7th SC Langenthal 41 14th 6th 7th 14th 133: 148 61
8th. HC Thurgau 41 12 7th 2 20th 127: 142 52
9. EHC Basel 41 12 0 5 24 132: 164 41
10. HC Neuchâtel YS 41 10 2 5 24 112: 167 39
11. GCK Lions 41 7th 1 3 30th 116: 177 26th
- Switzerland U20 11 1 0 1 9 26:55 4th

Table placement round

space society Games S. S2 N1 N Torv. Pt.
1. HC Lausanne 47 29 3 1 14th 187: 131 94
2. EHC Visp 47 27 4th 4th 12 179: 125 93
3. HC La Chaux-de-Fonds 47 25th 7th 3 12 227: 167 92
4th HC Ajoie 47 25th 5 2 15th 177: 145 87
5. EHC Olten 47 25th 1 4th 17th 147: 132 81
6th HC Sierre 47 21st 6th 4th 16 182: 181 79
7th SC Langenthal 47 16 6th 8th 17th 149: 175 68

Round of hope table

space society Games S. S2 N1 N Torv. Pt.
8th. HC Thurgau 47 15th 7th 2 23 151: 162 61
9. EHC Basel 47 15th 0 6th 26th 154: 187 51
10. HC Neuchâtel YS 47 13 3 5 26th 136: 189 50
11. GCK Lions 47 9 1 3 34 134: 200 32

Best scorer

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

player team Sp T V Pt SM
James Desmarais HC Ajoie 47 35 55 90 70
Lee Jinman HC Sierre 41 26th 59 85 50
Derek Cormier HC Sierre 47 30th 51 81 20th
Dominic Forget HC La Chaux-de-Fonds 47 28 51 79 28
Jonathan Roy HC La Chaux-de-Fonds 47 27 52 79 42
Stéphane Roy HC Ajoie 47 33 44 77 108
Steve Brulé EHC Visp 46 31 44 75 93
Patrik Westerback EHC Basel 46 18th 52 70 80
Roman shield HC La Chaux-de-Fondes 47 29 40 69 48
Steven Barras HC Ajoie 46 25th 42 67 52

Play-offs

Since 2007, the four best-ranked clubs have been allowed to choose an opponent from positions five to eight in the table for the quarter-finals. The selection process took place on February 4, 2009 in Lausanne and resulted in the following quarter-final pairings: HC Lausanne - HC Thurgau, EHC Visp - EHC Olten, HC La Chaux-de-Fonds - SC Langenthal and HC Ajoie - HC Sierre.

Tournament tree

Quarter finals   Semi-final     final
                       
1. HC Lausanne 4th          
8th. HC Thurgau 2
  1. HC Lausanne 4th
  4th HC Ajoie 0    
2. EHC Visp 4th  
5. EHC Olten 1  
(The teams are reset after the first round.) 1. HC Lausanne 4th
  3. HC La Chaux-de-Fonds 2
3. HC La Chaux-de-Fonds 4th      
7th SC Langenthal 1  
  2. EHC Visp 0
  3. HC La Chaux-de-Fonds 4th    
4th HC Ajoie 4th  
6th HC Sierre 2  
 

Quarter finals

Lausanne HC - HC Thurgau 4: 2

  • 02/10/2009 LHC-HCT 1: 2 n.V. (1: 0; 0: 1; 0: 0; 0: 1)
  • 02/13/2009 HCT-LHC 4: 3 n.P. (0: 0; 2: 1; 1: 2; 1: 0)
  • 02/15/2009 LHC-HCT 5: 1 (3: 0; 1: 1; 1: 0)
  • 02/17/2009 HCT-LHC 3: 5 (1: 2; 0: 2; 2: 1)
  • 02/20/2009 LHC-HCT 2: 1 (0: 1; 2: 0; 0: 0)
  • 02/22/2009 HCT-LHC 3: 4 (0: 1; 1: 1; 2: 2)

EHC Visp - EHC Olten 4: 1

  • 02/10/2009 EHCV-EHCO 4: 2 (0: 0; 2: 0; 2: 2)
  • 02/13/2009 EHCO-EHCV 7: 2 (0: 1; 3: 1; 4: 0)
  • 02/15/2009 EHCV-EHCO 6: 3 (2: 1; 2: 0; 2: 2)
  • 02/17/2009 EHCO-EHCV 2: 3 (0: 1; 2: 1; 0: 1)
  • 02/20/2009 EHCV-EHCO 7: 4 (4: 1; 1: 1; 2: 2)

HC La Chaux-de-Fonds - SC Langenthal 4: 1

  • 02/10/2009 HCC-SCL 3: 0 (0: 0; 2: 0; 1: 0)
  • 02/13/2009 SCL-HCC 1: 4 (1: 2; 0: 0; 0: 2)
  • 02/15/2009 HCC-SCL 4: 0 (2: 0; 1: 0; 1: 0)
  • 02/17/2009 SCL-HCC 6: 3 (4: 1; 2: 1; 0: 1)
  • 02/20/2009 HCC-SCL 6: 5 n.P. (1: 0; 4: 3; 0: 2; 1: 0)

HC Ajoie - HC Sierre-Anniviers 4-2

  • 02/10/2009 HCA-HCS 4: 1 (0: 1; 3: 0; 1: 0)
  • 02/13/2009 HCS-HCA 1: 5 (0: 2; 1: 2; 0: 1)
  • 02/15/2009 HCA-HCS 4: 7 (1: 1; 0: 2; 3: 4)
  • 02/17/2009 HCS-HCA 2: 1 n.V. (0: 1; 1: 0; 0: 0; 1: 0)
  • 02/20/2009 HCA-HCS 5: 1 (1: 1; 0: 0; 4: 0)
  • 02/22/2009 HCS-HCA 3: 4 (1: 1; 1: 2; 1: 1)

Semi-final

Lausanne HC - HC Ajoie 4-0

  • 02/27/2009 LHC-HCA 5: 4 n.V. (1: 1; 3: 2; 0: 1; 1: 0)
  • 03/01/2009 HCA-LHC 1: 6 (0: 1; 1: 2; 0: 3)
  • 03.03.2009 LHC-HCA 5: 1 (2: 0; 1: 1; 2: 0)
  • 06.03.2009 HCA-LHC 2: 6 (0: 1; 2: 4; 0: 1)

EHC Visp - HC La Chaux-de-Fonds 0-4

  • 02/27/2009 EHCV-HCC 5: 6 n.V. (3: 2; 2: 3; 0: 0; 0: 1)
  • 02/15/2009 HCC-EHCV 4: 2 (2: 0; 2: 1; 0: 1)
  • 02/17/2009 EHCV-HCC 4: 6 (2: 0; 2: 6; 0: 0)
  • 02/20/2009 HCC-EHCV 6: 2 (2: 1; 2: 0; 2: 1)

Final

Lausanne HC - HC La Chaux-de-Fonds 4-2

  • 03/15/2009 LHC-HCC 3: 2 (2: 0; 0: 1; 1: 1)
  • 03/17/2009 HCC-LHC 5: 1 (1: 0; 1: 0; 3: 1)
  • 03/20/2009 LHC-HCC 3: 4 (1: 1; 1: 2; 1: 1)
  • 03/22/2009 HCC-LHC 3: 5 (0: 1; 1: 3; 2: 1)
  • 24.03.2009 LHC-HCC 5: 3 (2: 1; 0: 2; 3: 0)
  • 03/27/2009 HCC-LHC 2: 4 (0: 3; 2: 0; 0: 1)

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