Swiss Women's Hockey League A 2017/18

Swiss Women's Hockey League A
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Master:	ZSC Lions women
Relegated:	none
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The 2017/2018 season of the Swiss Women's Hockey League A was the 29th edition of the top division in Swiss women's ice hockey and at the same time the 32nd Swiss championship. The league started with the same teams as last year. The ZSC Lions women's team won the championship title for the ninth 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. The teams in places 1 to 4 then 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	Adrian Gischig	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	Georg Taferner, Angela Frautschi	Heuried sports center, 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	9	0	1	0	71:12	28
2.	HC Lugano	10	7th	0	1	2	51:18	22nd
3.	EV Bomo Thun	10	5	1	0	4th	29:30	17th
4th	SC Reinach	10	3	2	0	5	33:34	13
5.	Neuchâtel Hockey Academy	10	3	0	1	6th	10:52	10
6th	SC Weinfelden	10	0	0	0	10	08:56	0

Masterround

The regular season of SWHL A was won by the ZSC Lions, who won 19 of 20 games as the reigning Swiss champions and thus went into the playoffs as favorites.

rank	society	Games	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	ZSC Lions	10	10	0	0	0	79:12	44
2.	HC Lugano	10	8th	0	0	2	44:19	35
3.	EV Bomo Thun	10	6th	0	0	4th	43:48	27
4th	SC Reinach	10	3	0	0	7th	26:43	16
5.	Neuchâtel Hockey Academy	10	2	0	0	8th	25:42	11
6th	SC Weinfelden	10	1	0	0	9	16:69	3

Best scorer

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

player	team	Sp	T	A.	Pt	SM
Alina Mueller	ZSC Lions women	17th	33	24	57	12
Isabel Waidacher	ZSC Lions women	19th	20th	28	48	24
Nina Waidacher	ZSC Lions women	20th	22nd	25th	47	45
Christine Meier	ZSC Lions women	19th	13	34	47	4th
Evelina Raselli	Ladies Team Lugano	20th	20th	25th	45	22nd
Simona Studentova	Ladies Team Lugano	19th	17th	20th	37	24
Romy Eggimann	Ladies Team Lugano	20th	20th	13	33	28
Lara Escudero	EV Bomo Thun	20th	15th	17th	32	44
Leslie Oles	EV Bomo Thun	20th	23	8th	31	32
Rahel Enzler	SC Reinach women	18th	17th	13	30th	6th

Play-offs

	Semifinals					final
	1.	ZSC Lions	3
	4th	SC Reinach	0
						1.	ZSC Lions	3
						2.	HC Lugano	0
	2.	HC Lugano	3
	3.	EV Bomo Thun	0
						3rd place match
						4th	SC Reinach	2
						3.	EV Bomo Thun	1

Final series

March 17, 2018 5:30 p.m.

ZSC Lions Alina Müller (19:39) Isabel Waidacher (22:27) Dominique Rüegg (28:44) Alina Müller (38:50)

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

Ladies Team Lugano Evelina Raselli (2:29) Evelina Raselli (46:50)

Oerlikon artificial ice rink , Zurich Spectators: 288

March 18, 2018 2:30 p.m.

Ladies Team Lugano Laura Desboeufs (30:19) Romy Eggimann (32:16) Simona Studentova (40:37)

3: 4 n.V. (0: 2, 2: 1, 1: 0, 1: 0) game report

ZSC Lions Angela Taylor (3:44) Angela Taylor (9:01) Alina Müller (33:46) Nina Waidacher (73:18)

Pista della Resega , Porza spectators: 130

March 24, 2018 2 p.m.

ZSC Lions Nina Waidacher (26:42) Anna Rüedi (30:26) Alina Müller (40:30) Alina Müller (48:34) Monika Waidacher (51:56) Isabel Waidacher (54:00)

6: 1 (0: 1, 2: 0, 4: 0) Match report as of: 3: 0

Ladies Team Lugano

Heuried artificial ice rink, Zurich Spectators: 300

Squad of the Swiss champions

Swiss champions ZSC Lions women

Goalkeepers: Caroline Baldin , Ladina Danuser , Laura De Bastiani Defense lawyers: Laura Benz , Lara Christen , Nicole Gass , Janine Hauser , Christine Meier , Anna Neuenschwander , Jessica Vallotton Forwards: Sara Benz , Kristina Kontny , Alina Müller , Anna Rüedi , Lisa Rüedi , Dominique Rüegg , Jessica Schlegel , Angela Taylor , Nina Waidacher , Monika Waidacher , Isabel Waidacher Trainer: Georg Taferner

Best scorer

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

player	team	Sp	T	A.	Pt	SM
Alina Mueller	ZSC Lions women	6th	17th	6th	23	0
Angela Taylor	ZSC Lions women	5	5	4th	9	4th
Nina Waidacher	ZSC Lions women	6th	5	4th	9	10
Isabel Waidacher	ZSC Lions women	6th	2	7th	9	6th
Romy Eggimann	Ladies Team Lugano	6th	4th	4th	8th	10
Simona Studentova	Ladies Team Lugano	6th	4th	3	7th	12
Christine Meier	ZSC Lions women	6th	3	4th	7th	0
Evelina Raselli	Ladies Team Lugano	6th	3	3	6th	8th
Monika Waidacher	ZSC Lions women	6th	3	2	5	6th
Nicole Gass	ZSC Lions women	6th	3	2	5	10

Play-outs

	Play-outs
	Neuchâtel Hockey Academy	3
	SC Weinfelden	0

The Best-of-Five series began on March 3, 2018 and ended after three games with the Neuchâtel Hockey Academy receiving the league.

	series	1	2	3	4th	5
Neuchâtel Hockey Academy - SC Weinfelden	3-0	3: 2	5-0	1-0	-	-

League qualification

Since the champions SC Langenthal of SWHL B renounced promotion to the top division, the women's team of EHC Brandis moved up and contested the league qualification against SC Weinfelden .

The best-of-three series began on March 17, 2018 and ended after two victories for SC Weinfelden.

	League qualification
	SC Weinfelden	2
	EHC Brandis	0

	series	1	2	3
SC Weinfelden - EHC Brandis	2-0	6: 1	6-0	-

Awards

Woman of the Year 2017/18

• Alina Müller (ZSC Lions)

Special Award

• Florence Schelling

Web links

• sihf.ch

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Daniel Monnin: - SWHL A: Who can challenge the top favorites? - Ice hockey news. In: sport-fan.ch. September 13, 2018, accessed February 2, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Heuried as a home base for the Olympics. In: lions-frauen.ch. February 25, 2018, accessed February 2, 2018 . 
3. ↑ SWHL: ZSC Lions win regular season. In: sihf.ch. January 22, 2018, accessed February 5, 2018 . 
4. ^ Regio League: Schedule of the playouts. In: sihf.ch. Retrieved March 23, 2017 . 
5. ↑ ^{a b} SWHL: Logical final in the SWHL A. In: frauennati.ch. Retrieved May 22, 2019 . 
6. ^ Regio League: League qualification schedule. In: sihf.ch. Retrieved May 21, 2019 . 
7. ↑ SWHL-A: ZSC Lions before another title win. In: frauennati.ch. Retrieved May 22, 2019 . 
8. ↑ Alina Müller is Woman of the Year. In: frauennati.ch. August 3, 2018, accessed May 23, 2019 . 
9. ↑ Swiss Ice Hockey Awards: These are the winners. In: sport.ch. August 3, 2018, accessed May 23, 2019 .