National League B 2016/17

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The 2016/17 season was the 70th regular staging of the National League B , the second division in Swiss ice hockey . This time the season comprised 48 qualifying rounds, in 2015/16 there were 45.

The season started on September 9, 2016 and ends on February 12, 2017. The play-offs began on February 17, 2017.

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 HCB Ticino Rockets EVZ Academy

The NLB clubs 2016/17

The HCB Ticino Rockets and the EVZ Academy are new.

team	Location	Ice rink	capacity
HC Ajoie	Porrentruy	Patinoire du Voyeboeuf	4,200
HC La Chaux-de-Fonds	La Chaux-de-Fonds	Patinoire des Mélèzes	7'200
SC Langenthal	Langenthal	Schoren ice rink	4,320
GCK Lions	Küsnacht	KEK Küsnacht	2,800
EHC Olten	Olten	Kleinholz ice rink	6'500
SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	Rapperswil-Jona	St. Galler Kantonalbank Arena	6,100
HC Red Ice	Martigny	Forum d'Octodure	3,520
Hockey Thurgau	Weinfelden	Güttingersreuti	3,100
EHC Visp	Visp	Litterna hall	4,300
EHC Winterthur	Winterthur	Target building arena	2,496
HCB Ticino Rockets	Biasca	Raiffeisen BiascArena	3'800
EVZ Academy	train	Academy Arena	1,500

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 Langenthal	48	32	8th	6th	2	181: 105	+76	110
02.	HC La Chaux-de-Fonds	48	30th	9	3	6th	198: 137	+61	102
03.	HC Red Ice	48	26th	13	6th	3	152: 115	+37	93
04th	SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	48	29	16	1	2	174: 139	+35	91
05.	EHC Olten	48	26th	13	4th	5	176: 130	+46	91
06th	HC Ajoie	48	24	16	6th	2	202: 136	+66	86
07th	EHC Visp	48	20th	22nd	2	4th	162: 159	+3	68
08th.	Hockey Thurgau	48	15th	26th	5	2	135: 161	−26	57
09.	EHC Winterthur	48	14th	31	1	2	121: 195	−74	46
010.	EVZ Academy	48	10	30th	4th	4th	102: 180	−78	42
011.	HCB Ticino Rockets	48	9	29	3	7th	127: 195	−68	40
012.	GCK Lions	48	9	31	3	5	106: 184	−78	38

Top scorer

	player	team	Sp	T	V	Pt	SM	+/-
	Philip-Michaël Devos	HC Ajoie	48	40	57	97	12	+44
	Dominic Forget	HC La Chaux-de-Fonds	46	36	37	73	47	+24
	Jonathan Hazen	HC Ajoie	48	34	38	72	62	+29
	Dion Knelsen	SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	48	30th	39	69	32	+31
	Jeff Campbell	SC Langenthal	47	27	42	69	24	+37
	Brent Kelly	SC Langenthal	47	22nd	47	69	18th	+36
	Jacob Berglund	HC Red Ice	48	26th	40	66	36	+21
	Stefan Tschannen	SC Langenthal	41	28	35	63	16	+35
	William Rapuzzi	EHC Visp	42	26th	29	55	36	+7
	Jared Aulin	SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	47	19th	35	54	24	+14
	Andrea Glauser 1	Hockey Thurgau	32	5	10	15th	96	−19

¹ For comparison: players with the most penalty minutes

Play-offs

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

Tournament tree

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

Quarter finals

The quarter-finals took place from February 17 to March 3, 2017.

			series	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	[MR]
SC Langenthal	-	Hockey Thurgau	4-0	2: 1	4: 1	3: 1	2: 1	-	-	-	[4: 0]
HC Red Ice	-	HC Ajoie	1: 4	2: 3	3: 5	1: 5	4: 3	4: 6	-	-	[2: 4]
HC La Chaux-de-Fonds	-	EHC Visp	4: 1	3: 6	2-0	3: 2	4: 3	7: 2	-	-	[3: 1]
SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	-	EHC Olten	4: 1	6: 2	4: 2	4: 1	0: 3	5: 2	-	-	[3: 1]

HR = main round

Semi-final

The semifinal series will take place from March 5th to 19th, 2017.

			series	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	[MR]
SC Langenthal	-	HC Ajoie	4: 1	7: 6 a.d.	1: 2	6: 3	4: 3 a.d.	3: 1	-	-	[4: 0]
HC La Chaux-de-Fonds	-	SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	1: 4	2: 4	2: 5	3: 2	1: 5	1: 2	-	-	[3: 1]

HR = main round

Final

March 21, 2017 8:00 p.m.

SC Langenthal Rytz, Kelly

2: 5 (0: 1, 1: 3, 1: 1) game report

SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers Schmutz, Casutt, Hüsler, Studer, Profico

Ice rink Schoren , Langenthal Spectators: 3.815

March 24, 2017 7:45 p.m.

SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers Aulin, Hüsler, Hügli

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

SC Langenthal Kelly, Küng

St. Galler Kantonalbank Arena , Rapperswil-Jona Spectators: 4,563

March 26, 2017 5:30 p.m.

SC Langenthal Kämpf, Dünner, Kämpf, Pivron

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

SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers Brandi, Rizzello

Ice rink Schoren , Langenthal Spectators: 4,500

March 28, 2017 7:45 p.m.

SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers Altorfer, Casutt

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

SC Langenthal Kelly, Cadonau, Kämpf

St. Galler Kantonalbank Arena , Rapperswil-Jona Spectators: 3,945

March 31, 2017 8:00 p.m.

SC Langenthal Primeau, Montandon

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

SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers

Ice rink Schoren , Langenthal Spectators: 4,500

April 2, 2017 3:45 pm

SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers Grossniklaus, Altorfer, Knelson

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

SC Langenthal Kelly

St. Galler Kantonalbank Arena , Rapperswil-Jona Spectators: 4,830

April 4, 2017 8:00 p.m.

SC Langenthal Tschannen, Füglister, Dünner, Rytz, Pivron

5: 4 (0: 1, 2: 0, 3: 3) game report

SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers Casutt, Hutchings, Grossniklaus, Kneisen

Ice rink Schoren , Langenthal Spectators: 4,500

Web links

• National League

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Schedule on the National League homepage (PDF file; 56 kB)
2. ↑ NLB with EVZ Academy and Biasca. (No longer available online.) In: www.hockeyfans.ch. Archived from the original on April 3, 2016 ; Retrieved April 3, 2016 . 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.