2022–23 NL season

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2022–23 National League season
League National League
Sport Ice hockey
Duration September 14, 2022 – March 4, 2023
Number of games 52
Number of teams 14
Regular season
Best record Genève-Servette HC
Runners-up EHC Biel
Top scorer Roman Červenka
Playoffs
Swiss champion NL
Finals champions Genève-Servette HC (1st title)
  Runners-up EHC Biel
National League seasons

The 2022–23 National League season was the 85th season of Swiss professional ice hockey and the sixth season as the National League (NL).

With a 52-game regular season remaining intact, 14 teams were announced to be participating in the campaign, marking the return of EHC Kloten after four years, following promotion from the Swiss League.[1][2] The 2022–23 season begin the new league sponsorship partnership with Yuh Financial.[3][4]

In the postseason, the quarterfinals and semifinals of the NL playoffs are split and featured on alternative days and in the NL playout finals, four foreign player licenses were allowed to participate on each team in the series against the playout loser and Swiss League champion.[5]

Teams

Team City Arena Capacity
HC Ajoie Porrentruy Raiffeisen Arena 5,078
HC Ambrì-Piotta Ambrì Gottardo Arena 6,775
SC Bern Bern PostFinance Arena 17,031
EHC Biel Biel/Bienne Tissot Arena 6,562
HC Davos Davos Eisstadion Davos 6,547
Fribourg-Gottéron Fribourg BCF Arena 9,009
Genève-Servette HC Geneva Patinoire des Vernets 7,135
EHC Kloten Kloten Stimo Arena 7,624
Lausanne HC Lausanne Vaudoise Aréna 9,600
HC Lugano Lugano Cornér Arena 7,800
SCL Tigers Langnau im Emmental Ilfis Stadium 6,000
SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers Rapperswil St. Galler Kantonalbank Arena 6,100
ZSC Lions Zürich Swiss Life Arena 12,000
EV Zug Zug Bossard Arena 7,200

Regular season

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Genève-Servette HC 52 27 6 8 11 185 140 +45 101 Advance to Playoffs
2 EHC Biel 52 29 5 4 14 174 132 +42 101
3 SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers 52 25 6 5 16 183 133 +50 92
4 ZSC Lions 52 24 6 4 18 150 123 +27 88
5 HC Davos 52 18 9 11 14 149 138 +11 83
6 EV Zug 52 21 6 7 18 165 154 +11 82
7 Fribourg-Gottéron 52 23 2 8 19 155 136 +19 81 Advance to Pre-playoffs
8 SC Bern 52 16 9 8 19 150 158 −8 74
9 EHC Kloten 52 19 5 6 22 140 173 −33 73
10 HC Lugano 52 20 5 2 25 147 163 −16 72
11 Lausanne HC 52 17 7 6 22 139 160 −21 71
12 HC Ambrì-Piotta 52 13 11 5 23 151 163 −12 66
13 SCL Tigers 52 15 4 7 26 124 167 −43 60 Advance to Playout
14 HC Ajoie 52 10 6 6 30 120 192 −72 48

Playoffs

Bracket

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

Pre-Playoffs

Series 1 2 3 [RS]
Fribourg-Gottéron – HC Lugano 0:2 1:2 0:2 – [4:0]
SC Bern – EHC Kloten 2:1 5:1 1:4 5:0 [2:2]

Quarterfinals

Series 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 [RS]
Genève-Servette HC – HC Lugano 4:2 6:3 0:2 3:2 OT 1:2 OT 5:1 5:2 – [2:2]
EHC Biel – SC Bern 4:2 3:0 4:2 3:5 2:3 3:1 4:3 – [2:2]
SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers – EV Zug 2:4 2:5 3:4 4:1 0:3 4:1 1:4 – [2:2]
ZSC Lions – HC Davos 4:1 4:1 1:2 3:2 3:2 OT 1:0 – – [4:0]

Semifinals

Series 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 [RS]
Genève-Servette HC – EV Zug 4:1 3:1 1:3 2:1 3:2 OT 3:2 – – [2:2]
EHC Biel – ZSC Lions 4:0 1:0 4:0 5:3 5:3 – – – [2:2]

Final

Relegation playoffs

Playouts

SCL Tigers, who finished 13th in the regular season, and HC Ajoie, who finished 14th in the regular season, played in a best-of-seven playout series, which determined the team that would retain its place in the NL for the 2023–24 season. SCL Tigers won the series in six games (4–2).

Series 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 [RS]
SCL Tigers – HC Ajoie 4:2 4:0 2:0 1:3 1:2 3:2 OT 5:4 OT – [1:3]

League qualification

After losing in the playout series, HC Ajoie played in a best-of-seven league qualification series against HC La Chaux-de-Fonds, who won the Swiss League in the 2022–23 season. HC Ajoie won the series in six games (4–2).

Series 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
HC Ajoie – HC La Chaux-de-Fonds 4:2 2:3 1:4 3:2 OT 4:1 2:1 3:2 –

References

  1. ↑ "On the trail of the perfect schedule" (in German). National League. 15 September 2022. https://www.nationalleague.ch/news/nl-weekly-auf-der-spur-nach-dem-perfekten-spielplan. Retrieved 15 February 2023. 
  2. ↑ "NL: Still with 14 teams" (in German). National League. 1 November 2022. https://www.nationalleague.ch/news/national-league-auch-weiterhin-mit-14-mannschaften. Retrieved 15 February 2023. 
  3. ↑ "Yuh becomes the new league sponsor" (in German). National League. 24 February 2022. https://www.nationalleague.ch/news/yuh-wird-neuer-sponsor-der-national-league. Retrieved 15 February 2023. 
  4. ↑ "52 rounds and more free TV then ever before!" (in German). National League. 16 June 2022. https://www.nationalleague.ch/news/der-spielplan-fuer-die-neue-saison-ist-bekannt. Retrieved 15 February 2023. 
  5. ↑ "NL starts in two week; what's new?" (in German). National League. 1 September 2022. https://www.nationalleague.ch/news/nl-in-zwei-wochen-geht-s-los-was-ist-neu. Retrieved 15 February 2023. 

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