2014–15 NLA season
The 2014–15 National League A season was the eighth ice hockey season of Switzerland's top hockey league, the National League A. Overall, it is the 77th season of Swiss professional hockey.[1]
| 2014–15 National League A season | |
|---|---|
| League | National League A |
| Sport | Ice hockey |
| Duration | September 20, 2014 – 2015 |
| Number of games | 50 |
| Number of teams | 12 |
| Regular Season | |
| Best Record | ZSC Lions |
| Runners-up | SC Bern |
| Top scorer | Fredrik Pettersson (HC Lugano) |
| Playoffs | |
| Semi-Final champions | ZSC Lions |
| Semi-Final runners-up | Genève-Servette HC |
| Semi-Final champions | HC Davos |
| Semi-Final runners-up | SC Bern |
| Swiss champion NLA | |
| Champions | HC Davos |
| Runners-up | ZSC Lions |
Teams
| Team | City | Arena | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| HC Ambrì-Piotta | Ambrì | Valascia | 6,500 |
| SC Bern | Bern | PostFinance-Arena | 17,131 |
| EHC Biel | Biel/Bienne | Eisstadion Biel | 6,200 |
| HC Davos | Davos | Vaillant Arena | 6,800 |
| HC Fribourg-Gottéron | Fribourg | BCF Arena | 6,700 |
| Genève-Servette HC | Geneva | Patinoire des Vernets | 7,135 |
| Kloten Flyers | Kloten | Kolping Arena | 7,719 |
| Lausanne HC | Lausanne | CIG de Malley | 7,600 |
| HC Lugano | Lugano | Pista La Resega | 7,800 |
| Rapperswil-Jona Lakers | Rapperswil | Diners Club Arena | 6,200 |
| EV Zug | Zug | Bossard Arena | 7,015 |
| ZSC Lions | Zurich | Hallenstadion | 11,200 |
Regular season
Final standings.[2]
| Rank | Team | GP | W | L | OTW | OTL | SOW | SOL | Goals | Diff. | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ZSC Lions | 50 | 27 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 148:106 | 42 | 97 |
| 2 | SC Bern | 50 | 27 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 158:120 | 38 | 96 |
| 3 | HC Lugano | 50 | 27 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 155:127 | 28 | 93 |
| 4 | EV Zug | 50 | 27 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 166:126 | 40 | 92 |
| 5 | HC Davos | 50 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 164:132 | 32 | 87 |
| 6 | Genève-Servette HC | 50 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 154:154 | 0 | 78 |
| 7 | Lausanne HC | 50 | 24 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 105:116 | -11 | 73 |
| 8 | EHC Biel | 50 | 22 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 142:164 | -22 | 66 |
| 9 | HC Fribourg-Gottéron | 50 | 11 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 144:177 | -33 | 59 |
| 10 | Kloten Flyers | 50 | 13 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 117:144 | -27 | 59 |
| 11 | HC Ambrì-Piotta | 50 | 11 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 124:167 | -43 | 57 |
| 12 | Rapperswil-Jona Lakers | 50 | 7 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 121:165 | -44 | 43 |
Playoffs
| Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Finals | |||||||||||
| 1 | ZSC Lions | 4 | |||||||||||
| 8 | EHC Biel | 3 | |||||||||||
| 1 | ZSC Lions | 4 | |||||||||||
| 6 | Genève-Servette HC | 2 | |||||||||||
| 2 | SC Bern | 4 | |||||||||||
| 7 | Lausanne HC | 3 | |||||||||||
| (Pairings are re-seeded after the first round) | 1 | ZSC Lions | 1 | ||||||||||
| 5 | HC Davos | 4 | |||||||||||
| 3 | HC Lugano | 2 | |||||||||||
| 6 | Genève-Servette HC | 4 | |||||||||||
| 2 | SC Bern | 0 | |||||||||||
| 5 | HC Davos | 4 | |||||||||||
| 4 | EV Zug | 2 | |||||||||||
| 5 | HC Davos | 4 | |||||||||||
Relegation playoffs – Playouts
1st round
| Rank | Team | GP | W | L | OTW | OTL | SOW | SOL | Goals | Diff. | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HC Fribourg-Gottéron | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 160:186 | -26 | 72 |
| 2 | Kloten Flyers | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 131:150 | -19 | 71 |
| 3 | HC Ambrì-Piotta | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 136:188 | -52 | 62 |
| 4 | Rapperswil-Jona Lakers | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 133:183 | -50 | 49 |
(3) Ambrì-Piotta vs. (4) Lakers
| 17 March 2015 20:15 | Ambrì-Piotta | 2–1 (2–0, 0–1, 0–0) | Lakers | Valascia, Ambrì Attendance: 4,216 |
| Game reference | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandro Zurkirchen | Goalies | Tim Wolf | Referees: Marcus Vinnerborg Tobias Wehrli Linesmen: Roger Bürgi Peter Küng | ||||||||
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| 6 min | Penalties | 20 min | |||||||||
| 34 | Shots | 35 | |||||||||
| 19 March 2015 19:45 | Lakers | 3–2 (0–1, 2–1, 1–0) | Ambrì-Piotta | Diners Club Arena, Rapperswil Attendance: 4,511 |
| Game reference | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Wolf | Goalies | Sandro Zurkirchen | Referees: Andreas Koch Marc Wiegand Linesmen: Roger Bürgi Andreas Kohler | ||||||||||||||
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| 37 min | Penalties | 35 min | |||||||||||||||
| 50 | Shots | 25 | |||||||||||||||
| 21 March 2015 19:45 | Ambrì-Piotta | SO 4–3 (1–1, 2–2, 0–0) (OT 0–0) (SO: 1–0) | Lakers | Valascia, Ambrì Attendance: 5,372 |
| Game reference | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandro Zurkirchen | Goalies | Tim Wolf | Referees: Ken Mollard Daniel Stricker Linesmen: Balazs Kovacs Marc-Henri Progin | |||||||||||||||||
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A. Hall  A. Giroux K. Aucoin  I. Pestoni | Shootout | A. Rizzello N. Persson P. Obrist J. Fransson | ||||||||||||||||||
| 8 min | Penalties | 12 min | ||||||||||||||||||
| 45 | Shots | 44 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 24 March 2015 19:45 | Lakers | 0–4 (0–3, 0–1, 0–0) | Ambrì-Piotta | Diners Club Arena, Rapperswil Attendance: 4,323 |
| Game reference | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Wolf | Goalies | Sandro Zurkirchen | Referees: Stefan Eichmann Tobias Wehrli Linesmen: Roger Bürgi Andreas Kohler | |||||||||||
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| 8 min | Penalties | 10 min | ||||||||||||
| 40 | Shots | 27 | ||||||||||||
| 26 March 2015 19:45 | Ambrì-Piotta | 3–4 OT (1–1, 1–1, 1–1) (OT 0–1) | Lakers | Valascia, Ambrì Attendance: 5,384 |
| Game reference | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sandro Zurkirchen | Goalies | Tim Wolf | Referees: Andreas Koch Didier Massy Linesmen: Marc-Henri Progin Simon Wüst | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 16 min | Penalties | 12 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 26 | Shots | 51 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 28 March 2015 19:45 | Lakers | 3–6 (2–1, 0–2, 1–3) | Ambrì-Piotta | Diners Club Arena, Rapperswil Attendance: 5,306 |
| Game reference | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Tim Wolf | Goalies | Sandro Zurkirchen | Referees: Stefan Eichmann Daniel Stricker Linesmen: Franco Espinoza Peter Küng | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 10 min | Penalties | 14 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 30 | Shots | 37 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lakers vs. SCL Tigers
| 2 April 2015 19:45 | Lakers | 2–4 (0–0, 2–2, 0–2) | SCL Tigers | Diners Club Arena, Rapperswil Attendance: 5,191 |
| Game reference | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Tim Wolf | Goalies | Damiano Ciaccio | Referees: Didier Massy Marc Wiegand Linesmen: Franco Espinoza Peter Küng | |||||||||||||||||
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| 8 min | Penalties | 31 min | ||||||||||||||||||
| 25 | Shots | 33 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 April 2015 19:45 | SCL Tigers | 4–3 OT (2–0, 0–2, 1–1) (OT 1–0) | Lakers | Ilfis Stadium, Langnau im Emmental Attendance: 6,050 |
| Game reference | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Damiano Ciaccio | Goalies | Tim Wolf | Referees: Stefan Eichmann Daniel Stricker Linesmen: Nicolas Fluri Michael Tscherrig | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 6 min | Penalties | 18 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 43 | Shots | 32 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 April 2015 16:30 | Lakers | 3–4 OT (1–0, 0–3, 2–0) (OT 0–1) | SCL Tigers | Diners Club Arena, Rapperswil Attendance: 6,017 |
| Game reference | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Tim Wolf | Goalies | Damiano Ciaccio | Referees: Danny Kurmann Marcus Vinnerborg Linesmen: Roman Kaderli Simon Wüst | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 30 min | Penalties | 40 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | Shots | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 April 2015 19:45 | SCL Tigers | 5–1 (2–0, 0–1, 3–0) | Lakers | Ilfis Stadium, Langnau im Emmental Attendance: 6,050 |
| Game reference | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Damiano Ciaccio | Goalies | Ivars Punnenovs | Referees: Didier Massy Marc Wiegand Linesmen: Franco Espinoza Peter Küng | |||||||||||||||||
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| 8 min | Penalties | 31 min | ||||||||||||||||||
| 28 | Shots | 38 | ||||||||||||||||||
SCL Tigers won the series and were promoted to NLA and will play there in 2015–16 season. Rapperswil-Jona Lakers were relegated to National League B and will play there in 2015–16 season.
References
- SET YOUR CALENDARS - THE 2014/15 NLA REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE IS HERE- Swiss Hockey News
- "QUALIFIKATION". nationalleague.ch. February 24, 2015. Retrieved March 13, 2015.
External links
- Official League Website (in German)
- Official League Website (in French)
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