National League A (ice hockey) 2002/03

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National League A
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Master: HC Lugano
Relegated: none
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The season 2002/03 was the 65th regular season of the National League A . The HC Lugano was in the play-off -Final against HC Davos Swiss champion . The EHC Basel was 'B-Meister' (3-2 playoff winner in the final against EHC Visp ) and rose to the NLA without relegation games, which was carried out with 13 teams in the following season .

mode

The 12 teams played 2 double rounds of 22 games each. Then the best eight teams determined the Swiss champions in play-off 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 the team that had to play against the champions of National League B to stay relegated.

qualification

table

Pl. Sp S. U N Gates Points
1. ZSC Lions 44 25th 8th 11 154: 104 58
2. HC Davos 44 26th 5 13 153: 99 57
3. SC Bern 44 22nd 8th 14th 139: 108 52
4th HC Lugano 44 24 4th 16 159: 129 52
5. Kloten Flyers 44 24 3 17th 145: 125 51
6th Genève-Servette HC 44 19th 10 15th 110: 107 48
7th HC Ambrì-Piotta 44 15th 10 19th 102: 124 40
8th. SC Rapperswil-Jona 44 15th 7th 22nd 122: 139 37
9. Friborg-Gottéron 44 16 5 23 118: 165 37
10. EV train 44 14th 5 25th 110: 142 33
11. SCL Tigers 44 12 8th 24 115: 147 32
12. Lausanne HC 44 13 5 26th 102: 140 31

Top scorer

player team Games Gates Assists Points
Petteri Nummelin HC Lugano 43 18th 39 57
Christian Dubé SC Bern 44 15th 36 51
Sébastien Bordeleau SC Bern 41 21st 27 48
Jaroslav Hlinka Kloten Flyers 41 18th 30th 48
Kimmo Rintanen Kloten Flyers 38 17th 31 48
Todd Elik SCL Tigers 39 13 35 48
Christian Matte ZSC Lions 44 22nd 25th 47
Derek planned ZSC Lions 44 22nd 24 46
Chris Tancill EV train 43 22nd 22nd 44
Adrian wanker HC Lugano 44 26th 17th 43

Playoffs

Playoff tree

Quarter finals   Semi-final     Final
                       
1 ZSC Lions 4th          
8th SC Rapperswil-Jona 3
  1 ZSC Lions 1
  4th HC Lugano 4th    
2 HC Davos 4th  
7th HC Ambrì-Piotta 0  
(The teams are reset after the first round.) 2 HC Davos 2
  4th HC Lugano 4th
3 SC Bern 4th      
6th Genève-Servette HC 2  
  2 HC Davos 4th
  3 SC Bern 3    
4th HC Lugano 4th  
5 Kloten Flyers 1  
 

Quarter finals

series 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th
ZSC Lions - Rapperswil 4: 3 4: 1 2-0 1: 3 2: 4 1: 3 3: 2 2-0
HC Davos - HC Ambrì-Piotta 4-0 4: 1 5: 1 3-0 3: 2 - - -
SC Bern - Genève-Servette HC 4: 2 7-0 5: 2 1: 2 nV 2: 3 1-0 5: 1 -
HC Lugano - Kloten Flyers 4: 1 4: 1 3: 4 nV 4: 3 3: 2 6: 1 - -

Semi-final

series 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th
ZSC Lions - HC Lugano 1: 4 1: 3 3: 5 3: 1 2: 3 1: 3 - -
HC Davos - SC Bern 4: 3 5: 1 3: 2 nP 2: 3 2: 4 5: 1 0: 3 3-0

Final

series 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th
HC Davos - HC Lugano 2: 4 3: 2 3: 2 3: 5 3: 4 0: 3 0: 4 -

Top scorer

player team Games Gates Assists Points Penalty min.
Brandon Convery HC Lugano 16 5 14th 19th 16
Mike Maneluk HC Lugano 15th 11 6th 17th 18th
André Rötheli HC Lugano 15th 6th 6th 12 2
Christian Dubé SC Bern 13 4th 8th 12 12
Reto from Arx HC Davos 17th 4th 8th 12 28
Kevin Miller HC Davos 17th 8th 3 11 4th
Régis Fuchs HC Lugano 16 6th 5 11 2
Yves Sarault SC Bern 13 4th 6th 10 26th
Josef Marha HC Davos 17th 4th 6th 10 6th
Petteri Nummelin HC Lugano 8th 3 7th 10 2

Playouts

Due to the affair about the use of a player who was not eligible to play by the Friborg-Gottéron and the resulting game rating to the disadvantage of Friborg, the table of the National League A was changed so that SC Langnau was moved to 11th place in the table. Then the SC Langnau refused to play the play-outs, which were then canceled by the association.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ hockeyfans.ch, Rapperswil instead of Friborg in the playoff? Langnau instead of Zug in the playout? , February 19, 2003
  2. ↑ hockeyfans.ch, No relegation because of Friborg lapse? , February 20, 2003
  3. ↑ hockeyfans.ch, no playouts this season, possibly 13 NLA teams! , February 24, 2003