National League A (ice hockey) 1988/89
National League A | |||
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Master: | SC Bern | ||
Relegated: | HC Davos | ||
• NLA | NLB ↓ | 1st league ↓↓ | 2nd league ↓↓↓ |
The 1988/89 season was the 51th regular hosting of the Swiss National League A . In the final of the play-offs, SC Bern prevailed against HC Lugano and became Swiss champions . The HC Davos failed in the relegation round at relegation and got into the National League B from. The Zürcher SC achieved promotion from the NLB , while HC Ajoie achieved relegation in the relegation round.
mode
After the qualifying round, in which ten teams take part, the best eight teams play the Swiss championship in the play-offs . The teams in positions 9 and 10 of the qualifying round play the relegation round together with the best four teams in National League B.
qualification
The NLA qualification was dominated mainly by HC Lugano , which achieved 29 wins in 36 games and only left the ice as a loser four times. In contrast, HC Davos lost 25 of its 36 league games and thus missed the play-offs.
Closing table
Pl. | team | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Pt. |
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1. | HC Lugano | 36 | 29 | 3 | 4th | 200: | 9761 |
2. | EHC Kloten | 36 | 26th | 4th | 6th | 218: 128 | 56 |
3. | SC Bern | 36 | 24 | 4th | 8th | 190: 106 | 52 |
4th | HC Ambrì-Piotta | 36 | 21st | 5 | 10 | 178: 122 | 47 |
5. | EV train | 36 | 17th | 3 | 16 | 184: 171 | 37 |
6th | EHC Biel | 36 | 16 | 3 | 17th | 161: 165 | 35 |
7th | EHC Olten | 36 | 9 | 4th | 23 | 125: 169 | 22nd |
8th. | Friborg-Gottéron | 36 | 9 | 1 | 26th | 120: 246 | 19th |
9. | HC Davos | 36 | 6th | 5 | 25th | 120: 187 | 17th |
10. | HC Ajoie | 36 | 5 | 4th | 27 | 97: 202 | 14th |
statistics
The best scorer of the qualification was the Canadian Don Laurence from EV Zug , who scored 46 goals and 27 assists in 36 games.
# | Surname | team | Games | Gates | Assists | Points |
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1. | Don Laurence | EV train | 36 | 46 | 27 | 73 |
2. | Normand Dupont | EHC Biel | 36 | 36 | 35 | 71 |
3. | Ross Yates | EHC Kloten | 36 | 34 | 36 | 70 |
4th | Dale McCourt | HC Ambrì-Piotta | 36 | 41 | 24 | 65 |
5. | Felix Hollenstein | EHC Kloten | 36 | 28 | 34 | 62 |
6th | Corey Millen | HC Ambrì-Piotta | 36 | 32 | 28 | 60 |
7th | Kent Johansson | HC Lugano | 30th | 26th | 33 | 59 |
8th. | Jean-François Sauvé | Friborg-Gottéron | 34 | 24 | 35 | 59 |
9. | Peter Schlagenhauf | EHC Kloten | 36 | 29 | 28 | 57 |
10. | Chris Accounts | EHC Kloten | 36 | 32 | 24 | 56 |
spectator
The SC Bern had an average of 11,227 spectators at home matches the highest average attendance in Switzerland and throughout Europe. The SC Bern games attended an average of twice as many as the EV Zug games and even four times as many as the HC Davos home games .
SC Bern | 11227 |
EV train | 5432 |
EHC Biel | 5300 |
HC Lugano | 5200 |
HC Ambrì-Piotta | 5100 |
EHC Kloten | 4650 |
Friborg-Gottéron | 4523 |
EHC Olten | 4300 |
HC Ajoie | 3500 |
HC Davos | 2850 |
Swiss all-star team
After the qualification, an all-star team of Swiss players was chosen that mainly included players from the two best teams of the season, EHC Kloten and HC Lugano .
goal | Renato Tosio (SC Bern) |
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Defense | Marcel Wick (EHC Kloten) - Sandro Bertaggia (HC Lugano) |
attack | Felix Hollenstein (EHC Kloten) - Alfred Lüthi (HC Lugano) - Peter Schlagenhauf (EHC Kloten) |
Playoffs
Tournament tree
Quarter finals | Semi-final | Final | ||||||||||
1 | HC Lugano | 2 | ||||||||||
8th | Friborg-Gottèron | 0 | ||||||||||
1 | HC Lugano | 3 | ||||||||||
4th | HC Ambrì-Piotta | 0 | ||||||||||
4th | HC Ambrì-Piotta | 2 | ||||||||||
5 | EV train | 1 | ||||||||||
1 | HC Lugano | 2 | ||||||||||
3 | SC Bern | 3 | ||||||||||
2 | EHC Kloten | 2 | ||||||||||
7th | EHC Olten | 1 | ||||||||||
2 | EHC Kloten | 1 | ||||||||||
3 | SC Bern | 3 | ||||||||||
3 | SC Bern | 2 | ||||||||||
6th | EHC Biel | 0 | ||||||||||
Quarter finals
The quarter-finals were played in the best of three mode.
series | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
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HC Lugano | - | Friborg-Gottéron | 2-0 | 10: 2 | 5: 1 | - |
EHC Kloten | - | EHC Olten | 2-0 | 9: 5 | 6: 5 nV | - |
SC Bern | - | EHC Biel | 2-0 | 4: 1 | 5: 2 | - |
HC Ambrì-Piotta | - | EV train | 2: 1 | 4: 1 | 5: 6 | 4: 2 |
Semi-final
The semi-final was held in the best of five mode.
series | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | |||
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HC Lugano | - | HC Ambrì-Piotta | 3-0 | 6: 1 | 5: 2 | 6: 2 | - | - |
EHC Kloten | - | SC Bern | 1: 3 | 5: 2 | 2: 6 | 3: 6 | 1: 4 | - |
Final
The final was held in the Best of Five mode.
series | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | |||
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HC Lugano | - | SC Bern | 2: 3 | 6: 2 | 1: 5 | 3: 4 | 5: 1 | 2: 4 |
In the final for the championship title, HC Lugano first took the lead with a 6-2 victory. However, SC Bern won the next two games, so that they led the series 2: 1. Lugano won the fourth game of the playoff final 5-1, but could not keep up in the decisive fifth game and lost 2-4. This made SC Bern Swiss champions in 1989.
Master team of SC Bern
Swiss champions SC Bern |
Goalkeepers: Martin Studer , Renato Tosio Defenders: Andreas Beutler , André Künzi , Thomas Künzi , Sven Leuenberger , Martin Rauch , Reijo Ruotsalainen , Daniel Rutschi , Remo Wyssen Attackers: Peter Bärtschi , Martin Bützberger , Pietro Cunti , Reto Dekumbis , Alan Haworth , Adrian Hotz , Patrick Howald , Robert Martin , Romeo Mattioni , Thomas Maurer , Bat Nuspliger , Roberto Triulzi , Peter Vondal Head Coach: Bill Gilligan |
statistics
The best point collector of the playoffs was Kent Johansson from HC Lugano , who scored seven goals and nine assists in ten games. The top scorers were Alan Haworth , Andy Ton and Thomas Vrabec, who each scored eight goals.
# | Surname | team | Games | Gates | Assists | Points |
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1. | Kent Johansson | HC Lugano | 10 | 7th | 9 | 16 |
2. | Andy tone | HC Lugano | 10 | 8th | 7th | 15th |
3. | Thomas Vrabec | HC Lugano | 10 | 8th | 3 | 11 |
4th | Jörg Eberle | HC Lugano | 10 | 4th | 7th | 11 |
5. | Reijo Ruotsalainen | SC Bern | 11 | 4th | 7th | 11 |
Relegation
Pl. | team | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Pt. |
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1. | Zurich SC | 10 | 6th | 3 | 1 | 54:35 | 15th |
2 | HC Ajoie | 10 | 6th | 1 | 3 | 47:35 | 13 |
3 | EHC Chur | 10 | 4th | 1 | 5 | 53:53 | 9 |
4th | HC Martigny | 10 | 4th | 1 | 5 | 33:41 | 9 |
5 | SC Langnau | 10 | 4th | 1 | 5 | 43:58 | 9 |
6th | HC Davos | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7th | 44:52 | 5 |
literature
- Christoph Schär: 30 years of NLA playoffs , Langnau i. E. 2016, pp. 41-52.