1955-56 NLA season

The 1955-56 NLA season was the seventeenth season of the Nationalliga A.

Standings
No Championship Playoffs.

EHC Arosa won their sixth straight title.

Seventh place playoff
Sudden death

Grasshopper Club 5 SC Berne 2

Relegation Playoff
Sudden death

SC Berne played EHC Basel (the champions of the Nationalliga B) for a spot in the 1956-57 Nationalliga A.

EHC Basel 10 SC Berne 9

HC Basle joined the Nationalliga A for 1956-57.