1953-54 Switzerland season
This was the 1953-54 season in Swiss hockey:
Nationalliga A
See: 1953–54 Nationalliga A season
Nationalliga B
See: 1953–54 Nationalliga B season
Serie A
53 teams were set to compete in the Serie A.
Preliminary round
Romande
- Vaud/Geneva
| Club | GP | W | T | L | Goals | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | SC Leysin | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 43:16 | 14 |
| 2. | HC Villars | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 36:15 | 8 |
| 3. | Blue Star Lausanne | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 20:21 | 8 |
| 4. | Lausanne HC II | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 26:29 | 8 |
| 5. | HC Châteaux-d'Oex II | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 25:30 | 6 |
| 6. | Urania Geneva | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 21:31 | 6 |
| 7. | HC Rosey Gstaad | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 16:25 | 2 |
| 8. | HC Servette | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 20:38 | 2 |
- Valais
1. HC Montana 20 pts, 2T. HC Martigny 14 pts, 2T. HC Sierre 14 pts, 4. Zermatt, 5. Brigue, 6. Sion.
- Jura-Fribourg
Group 1
1T. Saint-Imier 11 pts, 1T. Tramelan 11 pts, 3. Corgémont, 4. Reuchenette, 5. Le Locle
- Saint-Imier - Tramelan 4:2 - tiebreaker
Group 2
1. CP Fribourg 12 pts, 2. HC Gottéron II 9 pts, 3. Fleurier 8 pts, 4. Young Sprinters II 7 pts, 5. Payerne 4 pts.
Final
- Saint-Imier - CP Fribourg 3:2
- Romande - Final tournament
- HC Montana - Saint-Imier 8:2
- HC Montana - SC Leysin 6:2
- SC Leysin - Saint-Imier 3:1
HC Montana advanced to the final round, having the best goal differential.
Central
- Group 1
- Rapperswil - SC Herisau 2:1
- Rapperswil - Weinfelden 10:1
- Weinfelden - SC Herisau
Rapperswil advanced to the final round.
- Group 2
- Petit-Huningen - SC Bern II 4:1
- Konolfingen - SC Bern II 3:2
- Petit-Huningen - Konolfingen 7:3
Petit-Huningen advanced to the final round.
East
HC Davos II advanced to the final round, finishing ahead of EHC Chur II.
Final round
- Semifinals
- HC Montana - Petit-Huningen 2:1
- Rapperswil - HC Davos II 5:2
- Final
- HC Montana - Rapperswil 1:0 OT
Montana advanced to the promotion round to the NLB.
Serie B
149 teams were set to compete in the Serie B.
- 12/30: EHC Lucerne - EHC Seewen 13:2[1]
- 12/30: EHC Visp - EHC Saas-Fee 3:1[2]
- 1/3: Grasshoppers Senioren - Uster 2:0[3]
- Aadorf - TG Bern 6:4
- Aadorf - Winterthur 7:3 - Aadorf was group champion
- TG Bern - Frauenfeld 6:3
- Rapperswil II - Brunnen 11:2
- Uznach - Rapperswill II 3:3
- 1/26: Uznach - Ascona 4:3 - group final[5]
- 2/3: Aadorf - Illnau 5:2 - regional final[6]
EHC Lucerne and Grasshoppers IV (Senioren) were declared group champions.[7]
Regional champions were SC Langenthal, Grasshoppers Senioren, EHC Saas-Fee, and EHC Arosa II.
- Semifinal
- Final
- SC Langenthal - Grasshoppers Senioren 7:1[9]
- Serie A Promotion/Relegation
- HC Servette Genf - HC Le Pont 5:2
- SC Langenthal - EHC Roggwil 3:2 (also reported as 7:0)
- EHC Klosters - EHC Arosa II 4:1
Other games
- Zurich SC - HC La Chaux-de-Fonds 7:5 - grand opening match for the Mélèzes rink in La Chaux-de-Fonds
References
- ↑ Neue Zürcher Nachrichten, 1953-12-31
- ↑ Walliser Bote, 1953-12-31
- ↑ Neue Zürcher Nachrichten, 1954-01-04
- ↑ Die Tat, 1954-01-10
- ↑ Neue Zürcher Nachrichten, 1954-01-27
- ↑ Neue Zürcher Nachrichten, 1954-02-04
- ↑ Bieler Tagblatt, 1954-01-09
- ↑ Neue Zürcher Nachrichten, 1954-02-23
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Neue Zürcher Nachrichten, 1954-02-26
- ↑ Neue Zürcher Nachrichten, 1954-02-18
- ↑ Neue Zürcher Nachrichten, 1954-03-05
- ↑ Die Tat, 1954-03-12
External links
- Season on hockeyarchives.info