National League A (ice hockey) 1998/99
National League A | |||
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◄ previous | 1998/99 season | next ► | |
Master: | HC Lugano | ||
Relegated: | none | ||
• NLA | NLB ↓ | 1st league ↓↓ | 2nd league ↓↓↓ |
The 1998/99 season was the 61st regular season of the National League A . In the playoff final , HC Lugano won the Swiss championship against HC Ambrì-Piotta , while Friborg-Gottéron won the league directly in the playouts. The loser of the play-outs, SC Langnau, won the league qualification against the NLB master, the EHC Chur , and thus remained in the NLA.
mode
The ten teams played two double rounds of 18 games each. This was followed by a single round (nine games) and the top eight teams determined the Swiss champions in playoff style. Quarter-finals , semi-finals and the final were each played according to the Best of Seven mode .
The last two teams determined in the play-outs (in the Best of Seven mode) the team that had to play against the champions of National League B to stay relegated.
Preliminary round
table
Pl. | team | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Pt. |
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1. | HC Ambrì-Piotta | 45 | 33 | 5 | 7th | 188: 104 | 71 |
2. | ZSC Lions | 45 | 27 | 7th | 11 | 170: 115 | 61 |
3. | HC Lugano | 45 | 27 | 5 | 13 | 155: 114 | 59 |
4th | SC Bern | 45 | 22nd | 5 | 18th | 162: 157 | 49 |
5. | EV train | 45 | 20th | 6th | 19th | 157: 130 | 46 |
6th | HC Davos | 45 | 19th | 7th | 19th | 166: 156 | 45 |
7th | EHC Kloten | 45 | 12 | 13 | 20th | 134: 145 | 37 |
8th. | SC Rapperswil-Jona | 45 | 15th | 5 | 25th | 128: 177 | 35 |
9. | Friborg-Gottéron | 45 | 13 | 3 | 29 | 112: 165 | 29 |
10. | SC Langnau | 45 | 7th | 4th | 34 | 112: 221 | 18th |
Top scorer
player | team | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM |
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Oleg Petrov | HC Ambrì-Piotta | 45 | 35 | 52 | 87 | 52 |
Paul DiPietro | HC Ambri-Piotta | 45 | 38 | 44 | 82 | 22nd |
Daniel Marois | SC Bern | 45 | 27 | 31 | 58 | 93 |
Mike Richard | SC Rapperswil-Jona | 41 | 26th | 32 | 58 | 49 |
Dave McLlwain | SC Bern | 39 | 20th | 34 | 54 | 30th |
Petteri Nummelin | HC Davos | 44 | 11 | 42 | 53 | 22nd |
Peter Jaks | ZSC Lions | 40 | 25th | 26th | 51 | 20th |
Kevin Todd | EV train | 40 | 9 | 41 | 50 | 81 |
Chris Lindberg | SC Rapperswil-Jona | 43 | 22nd | 28 | 50 | 114 |
Chris Tancill | EHC Kloten | 42 | 19th | 30th | 49 | 46 |
Dan Hodgson | ZSC Lions | 43 | 10 | 39 | 49 | 42 |
Wes Walz | EV train | 42 | 22nd | 27 | 49 | 75 |
Playoffs
Playoff tree
Quarter finals | Semi-final | Final | |||||||||
1 | HC Ambrì-Piotta | 4th | |||||||||
8th | SC Rapperswil-Jona | 1 | |||||||||
1 | HC Ambrì-Piotta | 4th | |||||||||
7th | EHC Kloten | 1 | |||||||||
2 | ZSC Lions | 3 | |||||||||
7th | EHC Kloten | 4th | |||||||||
(The teams are reset after the first round.) | 1 | HC Ambrì-Piotta | 1 | ||||||||
3 | HC Lugano | 4th | |||||||||
3 | HC Lugano | 4th | |||||||||
6th | HC Davos | 2 | |||||||||
3 | HC Lugano | 4th | |||||||||
5 | EV train | 1 | |||||||||
4th | SC Bern | 2 | |||||||||
5 | EV train | 4th | |||||||||
Quarter finals
series | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | |||
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HC Ambrì-Piotta | - | SC Rapperswil-Jona | 4: 1 | 5: 2 | 4: 1 | 7-0 | 2: 4 | 6: 2 | - | - |
ZSC Lions | - | EHC Kloten | 3: 4 | 3: 1 | 1: 5 | 2: 3 nV | 5: 3 | 2: 1 | 5: 8 | 1: 3 |
HC Lugano | - | HC Davos | 4: 2 | 4: 3 nV | 2: 3 nV | 6-0 | 6: 5 | 3: 4 | 4: 3 | - |
SC Bern | - | EV train | 2: 4 | 3: 2 | 1: 5 | 4: 3 nV | 1: 4 | 2: 5 | 3: 4 nV | - |
Semi-final
series | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | |||
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HC Ambrì-Piotta | - | EHC Kloten | 4: 1 | 3: 1 | 5-0 | 2: 3 nV | 2: 1 nV | 3: 1 | - | - |
HC Lugano | - | EV train | 4: 1 | 7: 6 nV | 2-0 | 3: 1 | 2: 3 nV | 6: 1 | - | - |
Final
series | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | |||
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HC Ambrì-Piotta | - | HC Lugano | 1: 4 | 2: 3 nP | 5: 3 | 2: 3 nV | 0: 4 | 1: 3 | - | - |
Playouts
series | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | |||
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HC Friborg-Gottéron | - | SC Langnau | 4-0 | 6: 4 | 8: 3 | 2: 1 nV | 8: 4 | - | - | - |
League qualification
series | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | |||
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EHC Chur | - | SC Langnau | 3: 4 | 4: 3 | 5: 7 | 3: 5 | 4: 6 | 5: 3 | 3: 2 | 2: 7 |
The SC Langnau stayed thanks to the victory in the league qualification in the NLA.