2016–17 NLA season

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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

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.[1][2]

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

References

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