2011–12 National League B season
The 2011-2012 National League B Season was played from September 9, 2011 to February 7, 2012. The regular season was won by Lausanne HC with 105 points, 15 points ahead of the second place team, SC Langenthal. The playoffs were played from February 12 to March 27, 2012, with SC Langenthal defeating Lausanee HC to become Swiss Champions of NLB. Langenthal would later play HC Ambrì-Piotta in the league qualification series. Since Ambrì-Piotta would defeat Langenthal in the series, there was no changes to the NLA or NLB teams for the 2012-2013 seasons.
Regular season
The National League B regular season consists of 45 games, 2 double rounds playing each team twice, and a single round playing each team once.
Standings
| Team | GP | W | L | OTW | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Lausanne HC | 45 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 186 | 115 | 102 |
| 2. | SC Langenthal | 45 | 27 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 157 | 110 | 87 |
| 3. | HC La Chaux-de-Fonds | 45 | 24 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 155 | 127 | 82 |
| 4. | EHC Visp | 45 | 22 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 170 | 150 | 76 |
| 5. | EHC Basel Sharks | 45 | 17 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 132 | 142 | 63 |
| 6. | GCK Lions | 45 | 19 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 122 | 134 | 63 |
| 7. | EHC Olten | 45 | 16 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 152 | 146 | 63 |
| 8. | HC Ajoie | 45 | 16 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 119 | 154 | 56 |
| 9. | HC Thurgau | 45 | 11 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 118 | 170 | 43 |
| 10. | HC Sierre-Anniviers | 45 | 9 | 27 | 4 | 5 | 114 | 177 | 40 |
Attendance
| Team | Games | Total Attendance |
Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lausanne HC | 23 | 110,354 | 4,798 |
| EHC Visp | 22 | 68,860 | 3,130 |
| EHC Olten | 23 | 69,506 | 3,022 |
| Chx-de-Fds | 23 | 57,201 | 2,487 |
| SC Langenthal | 23 | 43,539 | 1,893 |
| HC Sierre | 22 | 37,092 | 1,686 |
| HC Ajoie | 22 | 35,992 | 1,636 |
| EHC Basel Sharks | 23 | 29,003 | 1,261 |
| HC Thurgau | 22 | 20,614 | 937 |
| GCK Lions | 22 | 5,830 | 265 |
| LEAGUE TOTAL | 225 | 477,991 | 2,124 |
Playoffs
During the first round of the playoffs, National League regulations state that the top seeded team my play any team of its choice from the bottom 4 seeds. The next seeded team may then choose their opponent from the remaining 3 of the bottom 4 seeds and so on. The same rule applies for the Semi-Finals. During the playoffs, teams alternate venues game to game, with the highest seed playing home first.
Tournament Bracket
| Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Finals | |||||||||||
| 1 | Lausanne HC | 4 | |||||||||||
| 6 | GCK Lions | 1 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Lausanne HC | 4 | |||||||||||
| 4 | EHC Visp | 0 | |||||||||||
| 2 | SC Langenthal | 4 | |||||||||||
| 5 | EHC Basel Sharks | 0 | |||||||||||
| (Pairings are re-seeded after the first round) | 5 | Lausanne HC | 2 | ||||||||||
| 7 | Langenthal | 4 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Chx-de-Fds | 4 | |||||||||||
| 8 | HC Ajoie | 3 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Langenthal | 4 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Chx-de-Fds | 3 | |||||||||||
| 4 | EHC Visp | 4 | |||||||||||
| 5 | EHC Olten | 1 | |||||||||||
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