Swiss Women's Hockey League A 2016/17

Swiss Women's Hockey League A
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The 2016/2017 season of the Swiss Women's Hockey League A was the 28th edition of the top division in Swiss women's ice hockey and also the 31st Swiss championship. The league started with the same teams as in the previous year, with the women's teams of HC Université Neuchâtel split off from the main club and have since played as the Neuchâtel Hockey Academy . The ZSC Lions women's team won the championship title for the eighth time in the club's history (including previous clubs) .

mode

The game mode of SWHL A provides for a preliminary round ( phase 1 ) with 10 games per team and a master round with a further 10 games per team, taking half of the points from the preliminary round. Then the teams in places 1 to 4 play play-offs with semi-finals, finals (both in best-of-five mode ) and a game for place 3. The teams in places 5 and 6 determine in a playout round (best-of -Five) the participant in the league relegation between SWHL A and B.

Attendees

team	Trainer	Venue
HC Lugano	Marzio Brambilla	Resega , Lugano
SC Weinfelden	Daniel Zbinden, Otmar Thöni	Güttingersreuti , Weinfelden
SC Reinach	Melanie Häfliger , Peter Küng	Ice rink Oberwynental, Reinach
EV Bomo Thun	Steve Huard	Grabengut artificial ice rink, Thun
Neuchâtel Hockey Academy	Yan Gigon, Thierry Bourquin	Patinoires du Littoral, Neuchâtel
ZSC Lions	Christof Amsler, Angela Frautschi	Oerlikon artificial ice rink (KEBO), Zurich

qualification

Phase 1

Abbreviations: S = victories, OTS = victory after overtime or penalty shootout , OTN = defeat after overtime or penalty shootout, N = defeats

rank	society	Games	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	ZSC Lions	10	8th	0	0	2	85: 020	24
2.	Neuchâtel Hockey Academy	10	8th	0	0	2	65: 029	24
3.	HC Lugano	10	7th	0	0	3	66: 020	21st
4th	EV Bomo Thun	10	4th	0	1	5	30: 037	13
5.	SC Weinfelden	10	2	1	0	7th	25: 054	8th
6th	SC Reinach	10	0	0	0	10	09: 120	0

Masterround

rank	society	Games	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	ZSC Lions	10	9	0	0	1	70:11	39
2.	HC Lugano	10	9	0	0	1	61:12	38
3.	Neuchâtel Hockey Academy	10	6th	0	0	4th	47:40	30th
4th	EV Bomo Thun	10	3	0	1	6th	29:33	17th
5.	SC Weinfelden	10	1	2	0	7th	22:59	11
6th	SC Reinach	10	0	0	1	9	11:85	1

Best scorer

Abbreviations: Sp = games, T = goals, V = assists , pts = points, SM = penalty minutes; Fat: tournament best

player	team	Sp	T	A.	Pt	SM
Isabel Waidacher	ZSC Lions	19th	24	32	56	14th
Christine Hüni	ZSC Lions	17th	29	24	53	6th
Nina Waidacher	ZSC Lions	18th	25th	23	48	14th
Becca Kohler	Lugano	19th	31	16	47	14th
Stefanie Marty	Neuchâtel	18th	22nd	17th	39	12
Dominique Rüegg	ZSC Lions	20th	19th	18th	37	24
Evelina Raselli	Lugano	16	17th	17th	34	8th
Breehan Polci	Neuchâtel	20th	20th	13	33	14th
Carly Payerl	Lugano	19th	21st	11	32	2
Angela Taylor	ZSC Lions	17th	16	16	32	10
Lara Escudero	EV Bomo	18th	16	15th	31	20th
Bettina Meyer	Lugano	19th	14th	17th	31	22nd
Marilyn Fortin	Neuchâtel	20th	16	13	29	6th
Linda Österlund	EV Bomo	19th	18th	11	29	12
Nicole Bullo	Lugano	18th	10	13	23	14th
Sarah Forster	Neuchâtel	19th	3	20th	23	16
Ophélie Ryser	Neuchâtel	20th	14th	8th	22nd	14th
Laura Benz	ZSC Lions	17th	2	17th	19th	14th
Nicole Gass	ZSC Lions	19th	7th	12	19th	10
Romy Eggimann	Lugano	15th	9	9	18th	22nd

Play-offs

	Semifinals					final
	1.	ZSC Lions	3
	4th	EV Bomo Thun	0
						1.	ZSC Lions	3
						2.	HC Lugano	0
	2.	HC Lugano	3
	3.	Neuchâtel Hockey Academy	1
						3rd place match
						3.	Neuchâtel Hockey Academy	1
						4th	EV Bomo Thun	3

Final series

February 25, 2017 7:00 p.m.

ZSC Lions Isabel Waidacher (4:50) Isabel Waidacher (33:59) Christine Meier (36:36) Christine Meier (44:07)

4: 3 (1: 0, 2: 2, 1: 1) game report

Ladies Team Lugano Laura Desboeufs (20:53) Romy Eggimann (28:07) Bettina Meyer (52:03)

Oerlikon artificial ice rink , Zurich Spectators: 124

March 4, 2017 3:00 p.m.

Ladies Team Lugano Carly Payerl (31:55) Carly Payerl (41:41)

2: 4 (0: 0, 1: 2, 1: 2) game report

ZSC Lions Christine Meier (25:42) Isabel Waidacher (39:43) Laura Benz (51:17) Dominique Rüegg (56:49)

Pista Resega , Porza spectators: 220

March 5, 2017 7:30 p.m.

ZSC Lions Angela Taylor (55:09) Angela Taylor (57:47) Nina Waidacher (59:54)

3: 0 (0: 0, 0: 0, 3: 0) game report

Ladies Team Lugano

Artificial ice rink Küsnacht, Küsnacht Spectators: 219

Awards

Most Valuable Player

• Evelina Raselli (HC Lugano)
• Caroline Baldin (ZSC Lions)

Squad of the Swiss champions

Swiss champions ZSC Lions women

Goalkeepers: Caroline Baldin , Laura De Bastiani Defenders: Laura Benz , Christy Blackburne , Nicole Gass , Nadine Hofstetter , Shannon Sigrist , Reica Staiger , Sabrina Zollinger Forwards: Christine Meier , Katrin Nabholz , Andrea Odermatt , Anna Rüedi , Dominique Rüegg , Noemi Ryhner , Angela Taylor , Isabel Waidacher , Nina Waidacher , Monika Waidacher Coaching staff: Christof Amsler , Angela Frautschi

Best scorer

Source : sihf.ch

player	team	Sp	T	A.	Pt	SM
Christine Meier	ZSC Lions	6th	7th	5	12	4th
Evelina Raselli	Ladies Team Lugano	7th	5	7th	12	2
Isabel Waidacher	ZSC Lions	5	5	4th	9	6th
Romy Eggimann	Ladies Team Lugano	7th	7th	1	8th	4th
Stefanie Marty	Neuchâtel Hockey Academy	4th	5	3	8th	2
Bettina Meyer	Ladies Team Lugano	7th	4th	2	6th	4th
Becca Kohler	Ladies Team Lugano	7th	3	3	6th	6th
Nina Waidacher	ZSC Lions	5	2	4th	6th	4th
Marilyn Fortin	Neuchâtel Hockey Academy	4th	3	2	5	2
Carly Payerl	Ladies Team Lugano	7th	2	3	5	2
Nicole Bullo	Ladies Team Lugano	7th	1	4th	5	10
Sarah Forster	Neuchâtel Hockey Academy	4th	0	5	5	4th
Breehan Polci	Neuchâtel Hockey Academy	4th	3	1	4th	4th
Laura Benz	ZSC Lions	5	2	2	4th	8th
Angela Taylor	ZSC Lions	5	2	2	4th	8th
Sabrina Zollinger	ZSC Lions	6th	0	4th	4th	2

Play-outs

	Play-outs
	SC Weinfelden	2
	SC Reinach	3

The best-of-five series began on January 28, 2017 and ended after five games with SC Reinach receiving the league.

	series	1	2	3	4th	5
SC Weinfelden - SC Reinach	2: 3	2-0	2: 4	5: 3	0: 4	3: 4 a.d.

League qualification

Since both the champions ( GCK Lions ) and the runner-up ( EHC Brandis ) of the SWHL B waived promotion to the top division, the women's team of SC Langenthal moved up and contested the league qualification against SC Weinfelden .

The best-of-three series began on March 11, 2017 and ended after two victories for SC Weinfelden.

	final
	SC Weinfelden	2
	SC Langenthal	0

	series	1	2	3
SC Weinfelden - SC Langenthal	2-0	7: 1	1: 5

Web links

• sihf.ch/de/women/
• Preview of the 2016/17 season of SWHL A. In: hockeyfans.ch. September 15, 2016. Retrieved September 19, 2016 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Women: Registration record and ZSC reinforcement. In: hockeyfans.ch. June 7, 2016. Retrieved July 26, 2016 . 
2. ↑ ZSC Lions win women's titles. In: hockeyfans.ch. March 6, 2017, accessed March 6, 2017 . 
3. ↑ Mel Häfliger wants to bring ice hockey women to the top. In: aargauerzeitung.ch. June 21, 2016. Retrieved August 5, 2016 . 
4. ^ ZSC women: Amsler takes over from Diaz. In: hockeyfans.ch. April 10, 2016, accessed August 3, 2016 . 
5. ^ Regio League: SWHL A - Play-offs - Player Stats. In: sihf.ch. Retrieved March 23, 2017 . 
6. ^ Regio League: Schedule of the playouts. In: sihf.ch. Retrieved March 23, 2017 . 
7. ↑ When the will moves mountains ... - SC Reinach. In: screinach.ch. February 28, 2017. Retrieved March 23, 2017 . 
8. ^ Women: Ligaquali Weinfelden-Langenthal. In: hockeyfans.ch. March 8, 2017, accessed March 23, 2017 . 
9. ^ Regio League: League qualification schedule. In: sihf.ch. Retrieved March 23, 2017 . 
10. ↑ Women: Weinfelden remains A-class. In: hockeyfans.ch. March 13, 2017. Retrieved March 23, 2017 .