National League B 2015/16

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The 2015/16 season was the 69th regular staging of the National League B , the second division in Swiss ice hockey . The season started on September 11, 2015 and ended on February 13, 2016. The play-offs began on February 16, 2016.

Attendees

HC Ajoie HC La Chaux-de-Fonds SC Langenthal SC Rapperswil-Jona GCK Lions EHC Olten HC Red Ice EHC Visp Hockey Thurgau EHC Winterthur

The NLB clubs 2015/16

New are the relegated from the National League A , the SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers , who replace the promoted team from the 2014/15 season (the SCL Tigers) and the amateur champions EHC Winterthur .

team	Location	Ice rink	capacity
HC Ajoie	Porrentruy	Patinoire du Voyeboeuf	4200
HC La Chaux-de-Fonds	La Chaux-de-Fonds	Patinoire des Mélèzes	7200
SC Langenthal	Langenthal	Schoren ice rink	4320
GCK Lions	Küsnacht	KEK Küsnacht	2800
EHC Olten	Olten	Kleinholz ice rink	6500
SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	Rapperswil-Jona	Diners Club Arena	6100
HC Red Ice	Martigny	Forum d'Octodure	3520
Hockey Thurgau	Weinfelden	Güttingersreuti	3100
EHC Visp	Visp	Litterna hall	4300
EHC Winterthur	Winterthur	Deutweg ice rink	2496

Main round

table

Abbreviations: S = victories, N = defeats, OTS = victories after extra time or penalty shootout, OTN = defeats after extra time or penalty shootout, TVH = goal difference

rank	society	Games	S.	N	OTS	OTN	Gates	TVH	Points
01.	SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	45	27	10	6th	2	162: 105	+57	95
02.	SC Langenthal	45	26th	10	3	6th	164: 122	+42	90
03.	EHC Olten	45	22nd	9	6th	8th	178: 124	+54	86
04th	HC La Chaux-de-Fonds	45	23	14th	6th	2	157: 125	+32	83
05.	HC Ajoie	45	24	17th	2	2	171: 131	+40	78
06th	EHC Visp	45	18th	18th	4th	5	164: 161	+3	67
07th	HC Red Ice	45	17th	21st	3	4th	113: 128	−15	61
08th.	Hockey Thurgau	45	14th	25th	4th	2	124: 164	−40	52
09.	GCK Lions	45	11	30th	2	2	107: 183	−76	39
010.	EHC Winterthur	45	6th	34	1	4th	99: 196	−97	24

Play-offs

The play-offs are carried out in best-of-seven mode.

Tournament tree

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

Final

March 20, 2016 7:45 p.m.

SCRJ Lakers Profico, McGregor, Schmutz, Kuonen, Mason, Schommer

6: 2 (3: 2, 2: 2, 1: 0) match report

HC Ajoie Hazen, Orlando

Diners Club Arena , Rapperswil-Jona Spectators: 4,012

March 22, 2016 7:45 p.m.

HC Ajoie Horansky, Hazen, Devos, V. Barbero

4: 1 (1: 0, 1: 1, 2: 0) game report

SCRJ Lakers Sataric

Voyeboeuf, Porrentruy viewers: 3,209

March 24, 2016 7:45 p.m.

SCRJ Lakers Hügli

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

HC Ajoie Hazen, Devos

Diners Club Arena , Rapperswil-Jona Spectators: 4,617

March 26, 2016 7:45 p.m.

HC Ajoie Ryser, Devos (2), Horansky, Hazen

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

SCRJ Lakers Schlagenhauf

Voyeboeuf, Porrentruy viewers: 4,070

March 29, 2016 7:45 p.m.

SCRJ Lakers McGregor (2), Dirt, Clark

4: 3 (1: 2, 0: 1, 2: 0, 1: 0) match report

HC Ajoie Barras, Mäder (2)

Diners Club Arena , Rapperswil-Jona Spectators: 3,672

April 1, 2016 7:45 pm

HC Ajoie Devos, Barras (3)

4: 2 (0: 0, 3: 1, 1: 1) game report

SCRJ Lakers Clark, Beatpun

Voyeboeuf, Porrentruy spectators: 4,200

Web links

• National League

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Schedule on the National League homepage (PDF file; 112 kB)
2. ↑ Clubs. (No longer available online.) Swiss Ice Hockey Association, archived from the original on August 7, 2015 ; Retrieved April 30, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.