2016–17 NLA season

2016–17 National League A season
League	National League A
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	September 7, 2016 – February 25, 2017
Number of games	50
Number of teams	12
Total attendance	2,064,737 (6,882 per game)
Regular season
Best record	SC Bern
Runners-up	ZSC Lions
Season MVP	Mark Arcobello (SC Bern)
Top scorer	Mark Arcobello (SC Bern)
Playoffs
Semi-Final champions	SC Bern
Semi-Final runners-up	HC Lugano
Semi-Final champions	EV Zug
Semi-Final runners-up	HC Davos
Swiss champion NLA
Finals champions	SC Bern
Runners-up	EV Zug
NLA seasons
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The 2016–17 National League A season was the tenth ice hockey season of Switzerland's top hockey league, the National League A. Overall, it was the 79th season of Swiss professional hockey.

SC Bern went on to win its 15th NLA title as the defending champions by defeating EV Zug. It was the first time since the 2000–01 season when the defending champions (ZSC Lions) won back-to-back titles.

Teams

Team	City	Arena	Capacity
HC Ambrì-Piotta	Ambrì	Valascia	6,500
SC Bern	Bern	PostFinance-Arena	17,031
EHC Biel	Biel/Bienne	Tissot Arena	6,521
HC Davos	Davos	Vaillant Arena	6,800
Fribourg-Gottéron	Fribourg	BCF Arena	6,500
Genève-Servette HC	Geneva	Patinoire des Vernets	7,135
EHC Kloten	Kloten	Swiss Arena	7,719
Lausanne HC	Lausanne	CIG de Malley	7,600
HC Lugano	Lugano	Pista La Resega	7,800
SCL Tigers	Langnau im Emmental	Ilfis Stadium	6,000
ZSC Lions	Zürich	Hallenstadion	11,200
EV Zug	Zug	Bossard Arena	7,015

Regular season

Rank	Team	GP	W	L	OTW	OTL	Goals	Diff.	Pts
1	SC Bern	50	31	9	6	4	160:114	+46	109
2	ZSC Lions	50	26	7	9	8	166:115	+51	104
3	EV Zug	50	28	13	3	6	153:122	+29	96
4	Lausanne HC	50	23	21	5	1	154:139	+16	80
5	HC Davos	50	22	20	4	4	152:135	+17	78
6	Genève-Servette HC	50	18	17	4	11	135:140	–5	73
7	HC Lugano	50	19	21	6	4	142:155	–17	73
8	EHC Biel	50	21	24	2	3	146:140	+4	70
9	EHC Kloten	50	14	21	5	10	142:162	–20	62
10	SCL Tigers	50	16	27	4	3	124:154	–30	59
11	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	50	12	31	5	2	130:177	–47	48
12	HC Ambrì-Piotta	50	9	28	8	5	113:164	–51	48

Playoffs

	Quarter-Finals					Semi-Finals					Finals
	1	SC Bern	4
	8	EHC Biel	1
						1	SC Bern	4
						7	HC Lugano	1
	2	ZSC Lions	2
	7	HC Lugano	4
		(Pairings are re-seeded after the first round)									1	SC Bern	4
											3	EV Zug	2
	3	EV Zug	4
	6	Genève-Servette HC	0
						3	EV Zug	4
						5	HC Davos	2
	4	Lausanne HC	0
	5	HC Davos	4

Relegation playoffs – Playouts

1st round

Rank	Team	GP	W	L	OTW	OTL	Goals	Diff.	Pts
1	SCL Tigers	56	19	27	4	6	137:165	–28	71
2	EHC Kloten	56	15	25	6	10	152:181	–29	67
3	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	56	15	33	6	2	146:182	–36	59
4	HC Ambrì-Piotta	56	11	31	9	5	124:179	–55	56

Playout-Final

			Series	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	[HR]
HC Fribourg-Gottéron	–	HC Ambrì-Piotta	4:1	4:0	6:1	2:1 OT	1:7	5:2	–	–	[4:2]

League-Qualification

			Series	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
HC Ambrì-Piotta	–	SC Langenthal	4:0	4:2	2:1 OT	2:1 OT	2:0	–	–	–

External links

• Official League Website

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