National League A (ice hockey) 1996/97

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National League A
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Master: SC Bern
Relegated: none
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The season 1996/97 was the 59th regular season of the National League A . In the playoff final , SC Bern became Swiss champions against EV Zug . As part of the increase in the NLA, the NLB master, SC Herisau , was accepted into the NLA for the following season.

mode

The ten teams initially played two double rounds of 18 games each. The best six teams determined the pairings for the playoffs during the championship round. The other four teams determined the two other participants in the playoffs on nine game days, taking the points from the preliminary round. Quarter-finals, semi-finals and the final were each played according to the Best of Five mode .

Tables

Preliminary round

team Sp S. N U T GT Pt
1. SC Bern 36 23 11 2 155 108 48
2. EV train 36 22nd 11 3 158 109 47
3. EHC Kloten 36 18th 13 5 120 101 41
4th Friborg-Gottéron 36 17th 14th 5 135 110 39
5. HC Davos 36 19th 16 1 147 135 39
6th HC Lugano 36 17th 15th 4th 137 125 38
7th Zurich SC 36 16 19th 1 123 149 33
8th. SC Rapperswil-Jona 36 14th 20th 2 111 127 30th
9. HC Ambrì-Piotta 36 12 22nd 2 119 138 26th
10. HC La Chaux-de-Fonds 36 9 26th 1 103 196 19th

Championship round

team Sp S. N U T GT Pt
1. SC Bern 46 29 15th 2 205 140 60
2. EV train 46 26th 15th 5 188 142 57
3. HC Davos 46 24 20th 2 187 181 50
4th EHC Kloten 46 21st 18th 7th 152 131 49
5. HC Lugano 46 22nd 19th 5 166 153 49
6th Friborg-Gottéron 46 20th 19th 7th 167 154 47

Playoff qualification

  team Sp S. N U T GT Pt
7th SC Rapperswil-Jona 45 21st 22nd 2 156 163 44
8th. Zurich SC 45 19th 24 2 155 188 40
9. HC Ambrì-Piotta 45 17th 25th 3 153 165 37
10. HC La Chaux-de-Fonds 45 11 33 1 131 243 23

Top scorer

player team Sp T A. Pt Pt / col
Gaetano Orlando SC Bern 46 26th 56 82 1.78
Bill McDougall EV train 45 41 30th 71 1.58
Ken Yaremchuk HC Davos 46 31 38 69 1.50
Vyacheslav Bykov Friborg-Gottéron 46 23 45 68 1.48
Andrei Khomutov Friborg-Gottéron 44 26th 40 66 1.50
Dmitri Kwartalnow HC Ambrì-Piotta 44 30th 32 62 1.41
Dan Hodgson HC Davos 46 29 32 61 1.33
Michael Nylander HC Lugano 36 12 43 55 1.53
Peter Jaks HC Ambrì-Piotta 43 24 30th 54 1.26
Régis Fuchs SC Bern 46 25th 28 53 1.15
Oleg Petrov HC Ambrì-Piotta 45 24 28 52 1.16
Tommy Sjödin HC Lugano 45 23 28 51 1.13

Playoffs

Playoff tree

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

Quarter finals

series 1 2 3 4th 5
SC Bern - Zurich SC 3: 2 3: 5 1: 3 7: 2 5: 2 5: 2
EV train - SC Rapperswil-Jona 3-0 4: 3 5: 3 nV 4: 3 - -
HC Davos - HC Friborg-Gottéron 3-0 4: 3 5: 3 nV 4: 3 - -
EHC Kloten - HC Lugano 1: 3 5: 3 2: 3 3: 4 nV 1: 7 -

Semi-final

series 1 2 3 4th 5
SC Bern - HC Lugano 3: 1 1: 0 nV 2: 3 6: 3 6: 3 -
EV train - HC Davos 3-0 2: 1 4: 3 nP 6: 4 - -

Final

series 1 2 3 4th 5
SC Bern - EV train 3: 1 1: 4 5: 2 3: 2 nV 4-0 -

Top scorer

player team Sp T A. Pt Pt / col
Gaetano Orlando SC Bern 13 7th 10 17th 1.31
Gil Montandon SC Bern 10 10 5 15th 1.50
Régis Fuchs SC Bern 13 5 8th 13 1.00
Daniel Marois SC Bern 11 4th 8th 12 1.09
Trevor Meier SC Bern 13 6th 5 11 0.85
Michael Nylander HC Lugano 8th 3 8th 11 1.38
John Miner EV train 10 2 7th 9 0.90
Lars Leuenberger SC Bern 13 2 7th 9 0.69
Christian Weber HC Davos 6th 1 8th 9 1.50
Gian-Marco Crameri HC Lugano 8th 3 5 8th 1.00
Andy tone HC Lugano 8th 3 5 8th 1.00
Marcel Jenni HC Lugano 8th 2 6th 8th 1.00

Master team of SC Bern

Swiss champions SC Bern

Logo of the SC Bern

Goalkeepers: Alex Reinhard , Renato Tosio

Defenders: Timo Jutila , Christian Langer , Sven Leuenberger , Martin Rauch , Marco Schüpbach , Ville Sirén , Martin Steinegger , Gaëtan Voisard , Markus von Allmen

Attackers: René Friedli , Régis Fuchs , Patrick Howald , Vincent Léchenne , Lars Leuenberger , Daniel Marois , Trevor Meier , Gil Montandon , Stefan Moser , Michel Mouther , Gaetano Orlando , Thierry Paterlini , Roberto Triulzi , Bruno Zarrillo

Head Coach: Bryan Lefley

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