2022–23 NL season

	2022–23 National League season
League	National League
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	September 14, 2022 – March 4, 2023
Number of games	52
Number of teams	14
Regular season
Best record	Genève-Servette HC
Runners-up	EHC Biel
Top scorer	Roman Červenka
Playoffs

The 2022–23 National League season was the 85th season of Swiss professional ice hockey and the sixth season as the National League (NL).

With a 52-game regular season remaining intact, 14 teams were announced to be participating in the campaign, marking the return of EHC Kloten after four years, following promotion from the Swiss League.^[1]^[2] The 2022–23 season begin the new league sponsorship partnership with Yuh Financial.^[3]^[4]

In the postseason, the quarterfinals and semifinals of the NL playoffs ere split and featured on alternative days and in the NL playout finals, four foreign player licenses were allowed to participate on each team in the series against the playout loser and Swiss League champion.^[5]

Teams[]

Team	City	Arena	Capacity
HC Ajoie	Porrentruy	Raiffeisen Arena	5,078
HC Ambrì-Piotta	Ambrì	Gottardo Arena	6,775
SC Bern	Bern	PostFinance Arena	17,031
EHC Biel	Biel/Bienne	Tissot Arena	6,562
HC Davos	Davos	Eisstadion Davos	6,547
Fribourg-Gottéron	Fribourg	BCF Arena	9,009
Genève-Servette HC	Geneva	Patinoire des Vernets	7,135
EHC Kloten	Kloten	Stimo Arena	7,624
Lausanne HC	Lausanne	Vaudoise Aréna	9,600
HC Lugano	Lugano	Cornér Arena	7,800
SCL Tigers	Langnau im Emmental	Ilfis Stadium	6,000
SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	Rapperswil	St. Galler Kantonalbank Arena	6,100
ZSC Lions	Zürich	Swiss Life Arena	12,000
EV Zug	Zug	Bossard Arena	7,200

Regular season[]

Standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Genève-Servette HC	52	27	6	8	11	185	140	+45	101	Advance to Playoffs
2	EHC Biel	52	29	5	4	14	174	132	+42	101
3	SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	52	25	6	5	16	183	133	+50	92
4	ZSC Lions	52	24	6	4	18	150	123	+27	88
5	HC Davos	52	18	9	11	14	149	138	+11	83
6	EV Zug	52	21	6	7	18	165	154	+11	82
7	Fribourg-Gottéron	52	23	2	8	19	155	136	+19	81	Advance to Pre-playoffs
8	SC Bern	52	16	9	8	19	150	158	−8	74
9	EHC Kloten	52	19	5	6	22	140	173	−33	73
10	HC Lugano	52	20	5	2	25	147	163	−16	72
11	Lausanne HC	52	17	7	6	22	139	160	−21	71
12	HC Ambrì-Piotta	52	13	11	5	23	151	163	−12	66
13	SCL Tigers	52	15	4	7	26	124	167	−43	60	Advance to Playout
14	HC Ajoie	52	10	6	6	30	120	192	−72	48	Advance to Playout

Source: NL
Rules for classification: 1) points per game 2) greater number of games played 3) greater number of away games played 4) head-to-head points

Statistics[]

Scoring leaders[]

The following shows the top ten players who led the league in points, at the conclusion of the regular season.^[6] If two or more skaters are tied (i.e. same number of points, goals and played games), all of the tied skaters are shown.

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
Červenka, RomanRoman Červenka	SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	43	16	43	59	+21	60
Omark, LinusLinus Omark	Genève-Servette HC	52	16	40	56	+3	40
DiDomenico, ChrisChris DiDomenico	SC Bern	46	23	30	53	+7	65
Moy, TylerTyler Moy	SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	52	24	27	51	+10	30
Filppula, ValtteriValtteri Filppula	Genève-Servette HC	46	17	34	51	+19	62
Kovář, JanJan Kovář	EV Zug	52	20	30	50	+4	26
Špaček, MichaelMichael Špaček	HC Ambri-Piotta	50	14	36	50	-1	8
Ang, JonathanJonathan Ang	EHC Kloten	52	20	29	49	-5	44
Aaltonen, MiroMiro Aaltonen	EHC Kloten	51	19	30	49	+1	20
Winnik, DanielDaniel Winnik	Genève-Servette HC	47	18	28	46	+24	32

Leading goaltenders[]

The following shows the top five goaltenders who led the league in goals against average, provided that they have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, at the conclusion of the regular season.^[7]

Player	Team(s)	GP	TOI	GA	Sv%	GAA
Hrubec, ŠimonŠimon Hrubec	ZSC Lions	33	1936:31	72	92.65	2.23
Nyffeler, MelvinMelvin Nyffeler	SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	42	2472:27	94	91.49	2.28
Säteri, HarriHarri Säteri	EHC Biel	35	2019:05	77	92.27	2.29
Mayer, RobertRobert Mayer	Genève-Servette HC	25	1455:33	56	91.32	2.31
Hughes, ConnorConnor Hughes	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	36	1967:20	76	90.74	2.32

Playoffs[]

Bracket[]

Pre-Playoffs (best-of-3)			Quarter-finals (best-of-7)			Semi-finals (best-of-7)			Finals (best-of-7)

			1	Genève-Servette HC	4
7	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	0	10	HC Lugano	2
						1	Genève-Servette HC	4
10	HC Lugano	2
						6	EV Zug	1
			2	EHC Biel	4

			8	SC Bern	2
									1	Genève-Servette HC	4
									2	EHC Biel	3
			3	SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	2
			6	EV Zug	4
						2	EHC Biel	4
8	SC Bern	2
						4	ZSC Lions	0
9	EHC Kloten	1	4	ZSC Lions	4

			5	HC Davos	1

Relegation playoffs[]

Playouts[]

SCL Tigers, who finished 13th in the regular season, and HC Ajoie, who finished 14th in the regular season, played in a best-of-seven playout series, which determined the team that would retain its place in the NL for the 2023–24 season. SCL Tigers won the series in six games (4–2).

League qualification[]

After losing in the playout series, HC Ajoie played in a best-of-seven league qualification series against HC La Chaux-de-Fonds, who won the Swiss League in the 2022–23 season. HC Ajoie won the series in six games (4–2).

References[]

↑ On the trail of the perfect schedule (German). National League (15 September 2022). Retrieved on 15 February 2023.
↑ NL: Still with 14 teams (German). National League (1 November 2022). Retrieved on 15 February 2023.
↑ Yuh becomes the new league sponsor (German). National League (24 February 2022). Retrieved on 15 February 2023.
↑ 52 rounds and more free TV then ever before! (German). National League (16 June 2022). Retrieved on 15 February 2023.
↑ NL starts in two week; what's new? (German). National League (1 September 2022). Retrieved on 15 February 2023.
↑ Player stats. SIHF. Retrieved on 25 September 2022.
↑ Goalie stats. SIHF. Retrieved on 14 September 2022.

External links[]

Official website (in German, French, and Italian)
NL on eurohockey.com
NL on eliteprospects.com

National League A Seasons

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[1] On the trail of the perfect schedule (German). National League (15 September 2022). Retrieved on 15 February 2023.

[2] NL: Still with 14 teams (German). National League (1 November 2022). Retrieved on 15 February 2023.

[3] Yuh becomes the new league sponsor (German). National League (24 February 2022). Retrieved on 15 February 2023.

[4] 52 rounds and more free TV then ever before! (German). National League (16 June 2022). Retrieved on 15 February 2023.

[5] NL starts in two week; what's new? (German). National League (1 September 2022). Retrieved on 15 February 2023.

[6] Player stats. SIHF. Retrieved on 25 September 2022.

[7] Goalie stats. SIHF. Retrieved on 14 September 2022.

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