2008–09 NLA season

2008–09 National League A Season
League	National League A
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	September 5, 2008 – February 21, 2009
Number of games	50
Number of teams	12
Regular Season
Best Record	SC Bern
Runners-up	ZSC Lions
Top scorer	Juraj Kolnik (Genève-Servette HC)
Playoffs
Semi-final #1 champions	Kloten Flyers
Semi-final #1 runners-up	EV Zug
Semi-final #2 champions	HC Davos
Semi-final #2 runners-up	Fribourg-Gottéron
National League A Championship
Finals champions	HC Davos
Runners-up	Kloten Flyers
NLA seasons
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

The 2008-09 National League A season, was the third ice hockey season of the National League A since the reorganization of the Swiss league and the 71st in the history of Swiss professional hockey.

Regular season

	Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	SC Bern	50	30	4	5	11	187	136	103
2.	ZSC Lions	50	26	8	3	13	176	149	97
3.	Kloten Flyers	50	27	6	3	14	174	130	96
4.	HC Davos	50	25	6	5	14	184	135	92
5.	HC Lugano	50	19	8	7	16	175	156	80
6.	Genève-Servette HC	50	22	5	2	21	157	140	78
7.	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	50	19	7	4	20	154	143	75
8.	EV Zug	50	20	3	5	22	171	166	71
9.	SCL Tigers	50	19	5	2	24	170	180	69
10.	Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	50	14	1	5	30	143	208	49
11.	HC Ambrì-Piotta	50	12	1	8	29	129	190	46
12.	EHC Biel	50	11	2	7	30	126	213	44

Playoffs

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

Relegation

	Semifinals					Final
	9	SCL Tigers	4
	12	EHC Biel	3
						11	Ambrì-Piotta	4
						12	Biel	3
	10	Lakers	4
	11	Ambrì-Piotta	2

EHC Biel would later defeat Lausanne HC, Champions of the National League B, 4-3 to remain in the National League A