1957-58 Swiss 1. Liga season

This was the 1957-58 Swiss 1. Liga season, the third level of ice hockey in Switzerland:

Regular season

Group 1

Won by EHC Chur.

Group 2

Won by Niederurnen.

Group 3

Won by SC Lugano.

• Veltheim - Effretikon 4:2 - relegation game

Group 4

Won by SC Kusnacht, EHC Basel II finished second.

Group 5

Rotblau Bern and EHC Bumpliz tied for first; Rotblau won the tiebreaker.

Group 6

Won by HC Saint-Imier.

• Tramelan - Reuchenette 6:2 - relegation game

Group 7

1. UGS
2. EHC Bienne
3. Young Sprinters II
4. HC Fleurier
5. Lausanne HC II (relegated)

Poor ice prevented all matches from being played in Group 6 and 7, so only the results from the first round were taken into account.

Group 8

1. HC Sion 15 pts
2. Zermatt 8 pts
3. Blue Star Lausanne 8 pts
4. Saas-Fee
5. Crans (relegated)

Group 9

1. HC Villars 14 pts
2. SC Leysin 11 pts
3. HC Chateaux-d'Oex 9 pts
4. HC Gstaad
5. SC Thun (relegated)

Regional finals

Group 1

• HC Lugano - Niederurnen 12:1 (6:0, 4:1, 2:0)
• EHC Chur - HC Lugano 3:2 (2:0, 1:1, 0:1)
• EHC Chur - Niederurnen 5:0 Forfeit

Group 2

• SC Kusnacht - Rotblau Bern
• HC Saint-Imier - SC Kusnacht 5:3 (1:1, 3:1, 1:1)
• HC Saint-Imier - Rotblau Bern 5:3

Group 3

• UGS - HC Villars 12:3 (3:1, 6:0, 3:2)
• HC Sion - UGS 7:4 (3:0, 2:1, 2:3)
• HC Sion - HC Villars 8:0 (4:0, 2:0, 2:0)

Final round

• HC Sion - HC Saint-Imier 14:3 (3:2, 5:0, 6:1)
• EHC Chur - HC Saint-Imier 8:3 (3:1, 3:1, 2:0)
• HC Sion - EHC Chur 4:3 (0:2, 3:1, 1:0)

Sion and Chur advanced to the promotion round to the Nationalliga B.

External links

• Season on hockeyarchives.info