National League A (ice hockey) 1990/91

National League A
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Master:	SC Bern
Relegated:	HC Sierre
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The season 1990/91 was the 53rd regular season of National League A .

mode

The ten teams initially played two double rounds of 18 games each, in which the eight participants for the playoffs were determined. The last two teams in qualification compete in a relegation round over ten games against the four best-placed teams in National League B. The first two of the relegation round will play in the National League A next season.

qualification

Closing table

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
1.	SC Bern	36	28	6th	2	177: 81	62
2.	HC Lugano	36	26th	4th	6th	172: 94	56
3.	EHC Kloten	36	22nd	3	11	180: 128	47
4th	Friborg-Gottéron	36	19th	2	15th	167: 147	40
5.	HC Ambrì-Piotta	36	15th	2	19th	155: 175	32
6th	Zurich SC	36	12	5	19th	138: 165	29
7th	EHC Biel	36	10	8th	18th	151: 173	28
8th.	EV train	36	10	5	21st	136: 179	25th
9.	HC Sierre	36	9	6th	21st	133: 189	24
10.	EHC Olten	36	8th	1	27	111: 189	17th

Player statistics

Pl.	Surname	team	Gates	Assists	Points
1.	Vyacheslav Bykov	Friborg-Gottéron	32	51	83
2.	Andrei Khomutov	Friborg-Gottéron	42	39	81
3.	Kent Nilsson	EHC Kloten	36	38	74
4th	Peter Jaks	HC Ambrì-Piotta	35	34	69
5.	Mike Bullard	HC Ambrì-Piotta	37	30th	67
6th	Mats Näslund	HC Lugano	27	28	55
7th	Kelly Glowa	HC Sierre	33	18th	51
8th.	Mike Richard	ZSC Lions	28	23	51
9.	Normand Dupont	EHC Biel	23	26th	49
10.	Jörg Eberle	HC Lugano	28	17th	45

Playoffs

Playoff tree

Quarter finals					Semi-final					Final
1	SC Bern	3
8th	EV train	0
					1	SC Bern	3
					4th	Friborg-Gottéron	0
4th	HC Friborg-Gottéron	3
5	HC Ambrì-Piotta	2
										1	SC Bern	3
										2	HC Lugano	1
2	HC Lugano	3
7th	EHC Biel	0
					2	HC Lugano	3
					3	EHC Kloten	1
3	EHC Kloten	3
6th	Zurich SC	1

Quarter finals

			series	1	2	3	4th	5
SC Bern	-	EV train	3-0	4: 1	4: 2	7: 2	-	-
HC Lugano	-	EHC Biel	3-0	4: 3	3: 1	4: 3	-	-
EHC Kloten	-	Zurich SC	3: 1	7-0	4: 6	9: 3	7: 6 nP	-
HC Friborg-Gottéron	-	HC Ambrì-Piotta	3: 2	5: 6 nV	4: 7	10: 2	9: 8	7: 2

Semi-final

			series	1	2	3	4th	5
SC Bern	-	HC Friborg-Gottéron	3-0	5: 2	5: 2	6: 5	-	-
HC Lugano	-	EHC Kloten	3: 1	5: 1	2: 3 nV	6: 3	7: 6 nV	-

Final

			series	1	2	3	4th	5
SC Bern	-	HC Lugano	3: 1	3: 2	4: 3	2: 4	2: 1 nV	-

Master team of SC Bern

Swiss champions SC Bern

Goalkeepers: Matthias Maurer , Renato Tosio Defenders: Andreas Beutler , Urs Hirschi , Thomas Künzi , Sven Leuenberger , Martin Rauch , Reijo Ruotsalainen , Daniel Rutschi Attackers: Peter Bärtschi , Thomas Burillo , Pietro Cunti , Marco Hagmann , Alan Haworth , Markus Hirschi , Gregor Horak , Patrick Howald , Viktor Kormann , Dale Krentz , Gil Montandon , Bernhard Schümperli , Roberto Triulzi , Thomas Vrabec Head Coach: Bill Gilligan

Relegation

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
1.	EHC Olten	10	7th	1	2	57:37	15th
2.	EHC Chur	10	7th	0	3	63:54	14th
3.	HC Sierre	10	5	1	4th	55:42	11
4th	SC Rapperswil-Jona	10	3	3	4th	46:51	9
5	HC Ajoie	10	4th	1	5	43:50	9
6th	Lausanne Hockey Club	10	1	0	9	46:66	2

The EHC Olten thus remains in the NLA, while the EHC Chur moves up from the National League B to the NLA at the expense of HC Sierre .