2015–16 National League B season
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| League | National League B |
| Sport | Ice hockey |
| Duration | September 11, 2015 – February 13, 2016 |
| Number of games | 45 |
| Number of teams | 10 |
| Regular Season | |
| Season Champions | SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers |
| Top scorer | Philip-Michael Devos (HC Ajoie) |
| Playoffs | |
| Semi-Final champions | SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers |
| Semi-Final runners-up | HC Red Ice |
| Semi-Final champions | HC Ajoie |
| Semi-Final runners-up | EHC Olten |
| Swiss champion NLB | |
| Finals champions | HC Ajoie |
| Runners-up | SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers |
| National League B seasons | |
← 2014–15 2016–17 →
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The 2015–16 National League B season was the 69th ice hockey season of Switzerland's second tier hockey league, the National League B.
HC Ajoie went on to win the championship by defeating SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers in the finals. This title is the team's second in its history since 1992 when they won their first National League B championship.
Teams
| Team | City | Arena | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| HC Ajoie | Porrentruy | Patinoire de Porrentruy | 4,300 |
| HC La Chaux-de-Fonds | La Chaux-de-Fonds | Patinoire des Mélèzes | 7,200 |
| GCK Lions | Küsnacht | Eishalle Küsnacht | 2,200 |
| SC Langenthal | Langenthal | Schoren Halle | 4,320 |
| EHC Olten | Olten | Kleinholz Stadion | 6,500 |
| SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers | Rapperswil | Diners Club Arena | 6,200 |
| HC Red Ice | Martigny | Forum d'Octodure | 4,500 |
| Hockey Thurgau | Weinfelden | Güttingersreuti | 3,200 |
| EHC Visp | Visp | Litternahalle | 4,300 |
| EHC Winterthur | Winterthur | Eishalle Deutweg | 2,496 |
Regular season
The regular season started on September 11, 2015 and ended on February 13, 2016.[1]
| Rank | Team | GP | W | L | OTW | OTL | Goals | Diff | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers | 45 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 162:105 | +57 | 95 |
| 2. | SC Langenthal | 45 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 164:122 | +42 | 90 |
| 3. | EHC Olten | 45 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 178:124 | +54 | 86 |
| 4. | HC La Chaux-de-Fonds | 45 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 157:125 | +32 | 83 |
| 5. | HC Ajoie | 45 | 24 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 171:131 | +40 | 78 |
| 6. | EHC Visp | 45 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 164:161 | +3 | 67 |
| 7. | HC Red Ice | 45 | 17 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 113:128 | -15 | 61 |
| 8. | Hockey Thurgau | 45 | 14 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 124:164 | -40 | 52 |
| 9. | GCK Lions | 45 | 11 | 30 | 2 | 2 | 107:183 | -76 | 39 |
| 10. | EHC Winterthur | 45 | 6 | 34 | 1 | 4 | 99:196 | -97 | 24 |
Playoffs
The playoffs started on February 16, 2016 and ended on April 1, 2016.[2]
| Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Finals | |||||||||||
| 1 | SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers | 4 | |||||||||||
| 8 | Hockey Thurgau | 3 | |||||||||||
| 1 | SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers | 4 | |||||||||||
| 7 | HC Red Ice | 0 | |||||||||||
| 2 | SC Langenthal | 2 | |||||||||||
| 7 | HC Red Ice | 4 | |||||||||||
| (Pairings are re-seeded after the first round) | 1 | SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers | 2 | ||||||||||
| 5 | HC Ajoie | 4 | |||||||||||
| 3 | EHC Olten | 4 | |||||||||||
| 6 | EHC Visp | 3 | |||||||||||
| 3 | EHC Olten | 2 | |||||||||||
| 5 | HC Ajoie | 4 | |||||||||||
| 4 | HC La Chaux-de-Fonds | 2 | |||||||||||
| 5 | HC Ajoie | 4 | |||||||||||
League Qualification
In League Qualification series HC Ajoie were supposed to play against EHC Biel, but the series were cancelled after HC Ajoie have not handed in their application for a promotion to next year's NLA season.[3][4][5]
References
- ↑ "Spielpläne NLA und NLB bekannt". hockeyfans.ch. June 11, 2015. http://www.hockeyfans.ch/news/datum/2015/6/11. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
- ↑ "Playoffs 2016". SIHF. http://www.sihf.ch/media/5320/playoffs2016.pdf. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
- ↑ "HC Ajoie claims 2016 NLB Championship title and cancels League Qualification Series". swisshockeynews.ch. April 1, 2016. Archived from the original on April 6, 2016. http://web.archive.org/web/20160406115007/http://swisshockeynews.ch/index.php/switzerland/nlb-new/6291-hc-ajoie-claims-the-2015-16-nlb-championship-title-and-cancels-the-league-qualification. Retrieved April 6, 2016.
- ↑ "Der HC Ajoie ist NLB-Meister!" (in German). Hockeyfans.ch. April 1, 2016. Archived from the original on April 6, 2016. http://web.archive.org/web/20160406115131/http://www.hockeyfans.ch/news/datum/2016/4/1/40332. Retrieved April 6, 2016.
- ↑ "Der HC Ajoie ist NL B Meister 2016" (in German). SIHF. April 2, 2016. Archived from the original on April 6, 2016. http://web.archive.org/web/20160406115218/http://www.sihf.ch/de/national-league/news/. Retrieved April 6, 2016.
External links
- National League B official website (German)
- National League B official website (French)
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