1956-57 NLA season

The 1956-57 NLA season was the eighteenth season of the Nationalliga A.

Standings
No Championship Playoffs.

EHC Arosa won their seventh straight title.

Relegation Playoff
Sudden death

Grasshopper Club played HC Lausanne (the champions of the Nationalliga B) for a spot in the 1957-58 Nationalliga A.

HC Lausanne 11 Grasshopper Club 3

HC Lausanne joined the Nationalliga A for 1957-58.