2015–16 NLA season

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2015–16 National League A season
League National League A
Sport Ice hockey
Duration September 9, 2015 – February 27, 2016
Number of games 50
Number of teams 12
Regular Season
Best Record ZSC Lions
Runners-up HC Davos
Top scorer Pierre-Marc Bouchard
(EV Zug)
Playoffs
Semi-Final champions SC Bern
  Semi-Final runners-up HC Davos
Semi-Final champions HC Lugano
  Semi-Final runners-up Genève-Servette HC
Swiss champion NLA
Finals champions SC Bern
  Runners-up HC Lugano
NLA seasons

The 2015–16 National League A season was the ninth ice hockey season of Switzerland's top hockey league, the National League A. Overall, it was the 78th season of Swiss professional hockey.[1]

SC Bern went on to win the championship by defeating HC Lugano. This title is the team's 14th in its history at the top division of Switzerland's ice hockey championship.

Teams

Team City Arena Capacity
HC Ambrì-Piotta Ambrì Valascia 6,500
SC Bern Bern PostFinance-Arena 17,031
EHC Biel Biel/Bienne Tissot Arena 6,521
HC Davos Davos Vaillant Arena 6,800
Fribourg-Gottéron Fribourg BCF Arena 6,700
Genève-Servette HC Geneva Patinoire des Vernets 7,135
Kloten Flyers Kloten Kolping Arena 7,719
Lausanne HC Lausanne CIG de Malley 7,600
HC Lugano Lugano Pista La Resega 7,800
SCL Tigers Langnau im Emmental Ilfis Stadium 6,050
ZSC Lions Zürich Hallenstadion 11,200
EV Zug Zug Bossard Arena 7,015

Regular season

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 ZSC Lions 50 29 2 7 12 173 125 +48 98 Advance to Playoffs
2 HC Davos 50 25 7 2 16 181 142 +39 91
3 Genève-Servette HC 50 25 6 2 17 160 138 +22 89
4 EV Zug 50 24 5 6 15 161 138 +23 88
5 HC Lugano 50 21 6 5 18 157 150 +7 80
6 HC Fribourg-Gottéron 50 22 2 5 21 148 154 −6 75
7 Kloten Flyers 50 20 5 2 23 154 150 +4 72
8 SC Bern 50 16 5 9 20 152 162 −10 67
9 Lausanne HC 50 17 6 4 23 123 143 −20 67 Advance to Playouts
10 HC Ambrì-Piotta 50 18 2 8 22 144 166 −22 66
11 SCL Tigers 50 14 6 3 27 135 173 −38 57
12 EHC Biel 50 11 6 5 28 128 175 −47 50

Playoffs

  Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals Finals
                           
  1  ZSC Lions 0  
8  SC Bern 4  
  2  HC Davos 1  
  8  SC Bern 4  
2  HC Davos 4
  7  Kloten Flyers 0  
(Pairings are re-seeded after the first round)   8  SC Bern 4
  5  HC Lugano 1
  3  Genève-Servette HC 4  
6  Fribourg-Gottéron 1  
  3  Genève-Servette HC 2
  5  HC Lugano 4  
4  EV Zug 0
  5  HC Lugano 4  

Relegation playoffs – Playouts

1st round

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Lausanne HC 56 20 6 4 26 140 155 −15 76
2 HC Ambrì-Piotta 56 21 2 8 25 164 188 −24 75
3 EHC Biel 56 16 6 5 29 143 185 −42 65
4 SCL Tigers 56 15 6 3 32 153 199 −46 60

2nd round

3rd round – League Qualification

In League Qualification series EHC Biel were supposed to play against HC Ajoie, who won the 2015–16 National League B playoffs, but the series were cancelled after HC Ajoie have not handed in their application for a promotion to next year's NLA season.[2][3][4]

References

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