National League A (ice hockey) 1980/81

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National League A
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Master: EHC Biel
Relegated: Lausanne HC
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The 1980/81 season was the 43rd regular staging of the National League A , the highest Swiss league in ice hockey . For the second time in its club history, EHC Biel became Swiss champions, while Lausanne HC was relegated to NLB.

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In a common main round, each of the eight teams played four games against each group opponent, making the total number of games per team 28. The six best-placed teams qualified for the final round, in which the champions were played, with the points taken from the main round. The last two placed had to compete in the relegation with the four best teams of the NLB to stay in the league. Each team received two points for a win and one point for a tie. If you lost, you didn't get any points.

Main round

Closing table

Pl. team Sp. S. U N Gates Pt.
1. EHC Biel 28 21st 2 5 158: 113 44
2. EHC Arosa 28 18th 2 8th 144: 97 38
3. Friborg-Gottéron 28 13 5 10 111: 106 31
4th EHC Kloten 28 13 2 13 127: 113 28
5. SC Bern 28 13 1 14th 107: 132 27
6th SC Langnau 28 12 2 14th 120: 120 26th
7th HC Davos 28 11 1 16 98: 110 23
8th. Lausanne HC 28 1 5 22nd 85: 159 7th

Final round

Pl. team Sp. S. U N Gates Pt.
1. EHC Biel 38 28 3 7th 208: 149 59
2. EHC Arosa 38 25th 2 11 212: 138 52
3. SC Langnau 38 17th 3 18th 163: 158 37
4th Friborg-Gottéron 38 15th 7th 16 143: 160 37
5. SC Bern 38 17th 2 19th 147: 184 36
6th EHC Kloten 38 15th 3 20th 180: 178 33

Master team of the EHC Biel

Swiss champion EHC Biel
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 Goalkeepers : Olivier Anken , Anton Siegenthaler, Jean-Claude Monachon

Defenders : Daniel Dubuis, Jakob Kölliker , Hugo Zigerli, Aldo Zenhäusern , Willy Bertschinger , Marcel Meier

Forwards : Arnold Lötscher , Giovanni Conte , Daniel Widmer, Urs Bärtschi, Serge Martel , Daniel Kohler, Marcel Niederer, Daniel Blaser, Richmond Gosselin (C), Jean-Michel Courvoisier, Hansjörg Schmid, Raymond Quenat

Trainer : Ed Reigle

Awards

Swiss all-star team

Olivier Anken (Biel)
Jakob Kölliker (Biel) - Aldo Zenhäusern (Biel)
Giovanni Conte (Biel) - Markus Lindemann (Arosa) - Guido Lindemann (Arosa).
Best foreigner
Ron Wilson (Kloten)

Relegation

Pl. team Sp. S. U N Gates Pt.
1. HC Davos 10 7th 2 1 50:29 16
2. Zurich SC 10 7th 1 2 44:33 15th
3. HC Ambrì-Piotta 10 5 0 5 54:50 10
4th Lausanne HC 10 3 2 5 48:60 8th
5. HC Sierre 10 3 1 6th 35:41 7th
6th EHC Olten 10 2 0 8th 39:57 4th

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