Swiss Women's Hockey League A 2018/19

Swiss Women's Hockey League A
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Master:	HC Lugano Ladies
Relegated:	none
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The 2018/2019 season of the Swiss Women's Hockey League A was the 30th edition of the top division in Swiss women's ice hockey and at the same time the 33rd Swiss championship. The league started with the same teams as last year. The championship title was won for the seventh time in the club's history by the HC Lugano women's team .

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

Before the start of the season, the HC Lugano Ladies were transferred to their own, independent organization in order to enable a legal and economic separation of the professional and junior game operations. In addition, the season break was marked by numerous player and coach changes as well as resignations by longstanding players. Above all, the ZSC Lions had to compensate for the departure of a total of eleven players and started with a strongly rejuvenated team. During the season, both the new head coach of HC Lugano, Steve Huard , and ZSC coach Georg Taferner were dismissed and replaced by their respective assistants.

team	Trainer	Venue
HC Lugano	Steve Huard , Nenad Ilic	Cornèr Arena , Lugano
SC Weinfelden	Andrea Kröni	Güttingersreuti , Weinfelden
SC Reinach	Melanie Häfliger , Simon Theiler	Ice rink Oberwynental, Reinach
EV Bomo Thun	Bruno Allemann	Grabengut artificial ice rink, Thun
Neuchâtel Hockey Academy	Yan Gigon, Thierry Bourquin	Patinoires du Littoral, Neuchâtel
ZSC Lions	Georg Taferner, Diane Michaud	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.	HC Ladies Lugano	10	7th	1	1	1	53:19	24
2.	SC Reinach	10	7th	0	1	2	40:16	22nd
3.	ZSC Lions	10	6th	0	1	3	27:21	19th
4th	Neuchâtel Hockey Academy	10	5	0	0	5	27:27	15th
5.	EV Bomo Thun	10	2	1	0	7th	15:40	8th
6th	SC Weinfelden	10	0	1	0	9	13:52	2

Masterround

The regular season of SWHL A was won by the Ladies Lugano, who won 18 out of 20 games and thus went into the playoffs as favorites.

rank	society	Games	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	HC Ladies Lugano	10	9	1	0	0	78:22	41
2.	SC Reinach	10	6th	1	0	3	49:29	31
3.	ZSC Lions	10	6th	0	2	2	40:26	30th
4th	Neuchâtel Hockey Academy	10	3	1	1	5	27:29	20th
5.	EV Bomo	10	1	0	1	8th	7:60	8th
6th	SC Weinfelden	10	1	1	0	8th	19:54	6th

Best scorer

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

player	team	Sp	T	A.	Pt	SM
Phoebe Stänz	Ladies Lugano	19th	30th	22nd	52	10
Romy Eggimann	Ladies Lugano	20th	19th	31	50	16
Kate Leary	Ladies Lugano	20th	33	16	49	16
Rahel Enzler	SC Reinach	20th	23	24	47	6th
Evelina Raselli	SC Reinach	19th	18th	16	34	30th
Dominique Rüegg	ZSC Lions	20th	22nd	9	31	18th
Ophélie Ryser	Ladies Lugano	20th	20th	7th	27	14th
Simona Studentova	Neuchâtel Hockey Academy	20th	15th	12	27	20th
Noemi Ryhner	SC Reinach	20th	15th	10	25th	16
Nina Waidacher	ZSC Lions	18th	9	16	25th	28

Play-offs

	Semifinals					final
	1.	HC Ladies Lugano	3
	4th	Neuchâtel Hockey Academy	1
						1.	HC Ladies Lugano	3
						3.	ZSC Lions	0
	2.	SC Reinach	1
	3.	ZSC Lions	3
						3rd place match
						4th	Neuchâtel Hockey Academy	7th
						2.	SC Reinach	1

Final series

March 2, 2019 5:00 p.m.

HC Ladies Lugano Katy Leary (10:31) Lara Escudero (45:22) Lara Escudero (46:54) Laura Desboeufs (52:00) Katy Leary (59:38)

5: 2 (1: 1, 0: 1, 4: 0) game report

ZSC Lions Dominique Rüegg (0:49) Lisa Rüedi (21:36)

Cornèr Arena , Porza spectators: 121

March 3, 2019 8:15 pm

ZSC Lions Lara Zimmermann (6:25) Monika Waidacher (46:53)

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

HC Ladies Lugano Romy Eggimann (9:45) Romy Eggimann (30:14) Katy Leary (34:43) Romy Eggimann (35:55)

Heuried artificial ice rink , Zurich Spectators: 156

March 9, 2019 6:15 p.m.

HC Ladies Lugano Laura Desboeufs (26:26) Lisa Poletti (36:47) Phoebe Stänz (45:04) Katy Leary (59:57)

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

ZSC Lions Jessica Schlegel (21:24)

Cornèr Arena, Porza spectators: 314

Squad of the Swiss champions

Swiss champion HC Ladies Lugano

Goalkeepers: Jade Dübi , Giulia Mazzocchi Defenders: Nicole Bullo , Jasmine Fedulov , Federica Galtieri , Nicla Gianettoni , Emma Montalbetti , Gaia Mottis , Anneke Orlandini , Lisa Poletti , Nicole Vallario Forwards : Nicole Andenmatten , Laura Desboeufs , Romy Eggimann , Lara Escudero , Kate Leary , Alicia Pagnamenta , Ophélie Ryser , Phoebe Stänz Coach: Nenad Ilic

Best scorer

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

player	team	Sp	T	A.	Pt	SM
Phoebe Stänz	Ladies Lugano	7th	5	9	14th	6th
Kate Leary	Ladies Lugano	7th	6th	6th	12	8th
Rahel Enzler	SC Reinach	5	2	6th	8th	4th
Romy Eggimann	Ladies Lugano	7th	4th	3	7th	6th
Simona Studentova	Neuchâtel Hockey Academy	5	5	1	6th	8th
Lara Escudero	Ladies Lugano	7th	4th	2	6th	10
Chelsea Bram	SC Reinach	5	3	2	5	12
Laura Desboeufs	Ladies Lugano	7th	2	3	5	2
Nina Waidacher	ZSC Lions	7th	2	3	5	20th
Dominique Rüegg	ZSC Lions	7th	3	1	4th	35
Jessica Schlegel	ZSC Lions	7th	2	2	4th	12

Web links

• sihf.ch

Play-outs

	Play-outs
	EV Bomo Thun	1
	SC Weinfelden	3

The best-of-five series began on February 16, 2019 and ended after four games with SC Weinfelden receiving the league .

	series	1	2	3	4th	5
EV Bomo Thun - SC Weinfelden	1: 3	3: 4	2: 3	1: 6	2: 4	-

League qualification

The champions of SWHL B, the women's team of EHC Brandis , competed in the league qualification against EV Bomo Thun . The best-of-three series began on March 16, 2019 and ended after two wins by EV Bomo Thun and the associated league maintenance.

	League qualification
	EV Bomo Thun	2
	EHC Brandis	0

	series	1	2	3
EV Bomo Thun - EHC Brandis	2-0	4: 1	8: 1	-

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Women's final decided - Lugano secures 7th championship title. In: srf.ch. March 9, 2019, accessed May 23, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Nasce l'Ladies Hockey Club Lugano. tio.ch, August 27, 2018, accessed on May 23, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Daniel Monnin: SWHL A: No dominant favorite in sight. In: swisshockeynews.ch. September 13, 2018, accessed May 23, 2019 . 
4. ↑ SWHL A: Bang in Lugano. In: frauennati.ch. January 29, 2019, accessed May 23, 2019 . 
5. ↑ SWHL A: Change of coach at "Zett". In: frauennati.ch. November 18, 2018, accessed May 23, 2019 . 
6. ↑ ^{a b} SWHL A-Playoffs: Lugano is the clear favorite. In: sihf.ch. February 13, 2019, accessed May 23, 2019 . 
7. ^ Regio League: Schedule of the playouts. In: sihf.ch. Retrieved May 23, 2019 . 
8. ↑ Ladies A manage to get the league early! In: scweinfelden.ch. February 25, 2019, accessed May 23, 2019 . 
9. ↑ SWHL A: Ladies Lugano before championship title. In: frauennati.ch. Retrieved May 23, 2019 . 
10. ↑ Bomo Thun remains in SWHL A. In: sihf.ch. March 18, 2019, accessed May 23, 2019 .