2021–22 NL season

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2021–22 National League season
League National League
Sport Ice hockey
Duration September 7, 2021 – March 14, 2022
Number of games 52
Number of teams 13
Regular season
Best record EV Zug
Runners-up Fribourg-Gottéron
Top scorer Roman Červenka
Playoffs
Swiss champion NL
Finals champions EV Zug (3rd title)
  Runners-up ZSC Lions
National League seasons

The 2021–22 National League season was the 84th season of Swiss professional ice hockey and the fifth season as the National League (NL).

EV Zug defended their title after beating ZSC Lions in the finals 4–3.

13 teams participated in the season as HC Ajoie was promoted to the National League after winning 2020–21 Swiss League.

Teams

Team City Arena Capacity COVID-19 Capacity
HC Ajoie Porrentruy Raiffeisen Arena 4,671 0
HC Ambrì-Piotta Ambrì Valascia 6,500 0
SC Bern Bern PostFinance Arena 17,031 0
EHC Biel Biel/Bienne Tissot Arena 6,521 0
HC Davos Davos Eisstadion Davos 6,800 0
Fribourg-Gottéron Fribourg BCF Arena 8,934 0
Genève-Servette HC Geneva Patinoire des Vernets 7,135 0
Lausanne HC Lausanne Vaudoise Aréna 9,600 0
HC Lugano Lugano Cornér Arena 7,800 0
SCL Tigers Langnau im Emmental Ilfis Stadium 6,000 0
SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers Rapperswil St. Galler Kantonalbank Arena 6,200 0
ZSC Lions Zürich Hallenstadion 11,200 0
EV Zug Zug Bossard Arena 7,200 0

Regular season

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD PCT Qualification
1 EV Zug 52 24 12 4 12 177 127 +50 .641 Advance to Playoffs
2 Fribourg-Gottéron 50 26 6 4 14 159 124 +35 .627
3 ZSC Lions 52 26 6 6 14 169 130 +39 .615
4 SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers 52 28 3 4 17 164 135 +29 .603
5 HC Davos 51 27 3 1 20 148 125 +23 .575
6 EHC Biel 51 24 5 5 17 154 128 +26 .569
7 Lausanne HC 51 27 1 4 19 155 143 +12 .569 Advance to Pre-playoffs
8 Genève-Servette HC 52 23 6 7 16 151 130 +21 .564
9 HC Lugano 52 21 4 5 22 160 158 +2 .487
10 HC Ambrì-Piotta 52 19 3 3 27 131 145 −14 .423
11 SC Bern 52 17 3 8 24 136 148 −12 .417
12 SCL Tigers 50 9 2 4 35 129 205 −76 .233
13 HC Ajoie 51 6 3 2 40 89 224 −135 .170

Playoffs

Bracket

  Pre-Playoffs
(best-of-3)
Quarter-finals
(best-of-7)
Semi-finals
(best-of-7)
Finals
(best-of-7)
                                     
    1  EV Zug 4  
7  Lausanne HC 2     9  HC Lugano 0    
  1  EV Zug 4  
10  HC Ambrì-Piotta 1    
  5  HC Davos 0    
2  HC Fribourg-Gottéron 4
   
  7  Lausanne HC 1  
    1  EV Zug 4
  3  ZSC Lions 3
  3  ZSC Lions 4    
6  EHC Biel 3    
  2  HC Fribourg-Gottéron 0
8  Genève-Servette HC 0  
  3  ZSC Lions 4  
9  HC Lugano 2     4  SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers 3
 
    5  HC Davos 4  

Pre-Playoffs

(7) Lausanne HC vs. (10) HC Ambrì-Piotta

Lausanne HC won the series 2–1


(8) Genève-Servette HC vs. (9) HC Lugano

HC Lugano won the series 2–0


Quarter-finals

(1) EV Zug vs. (9) HC Lugano

EV Zug won the series 4–0


(2) HC Fribourg-Gottéron vs. (7) Lausanne HC

HC Fribourg-Gottéron won the series 4–1


(3) ZSC Lions vs. (6) EHC Biel

ZSC Lions won the series 4–3


(4) SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers vs. (5) HC Davos

HC Davos won the series 4–3


Semi-finals

(1) EV Zug vs. (5) HC Davos

EV Zug won the series 4–0


(2) HC Fribourg-Gottéron vs. (3) ZSC Lions

ZSC Lions won the series 4–0


Finals

EV Zug won the series 4–3


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