2023–24 National League (ice hockey) season

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2023–24 National League season
LeagueNational League
SportIce hockey
DurationSeptember 13, 2023 – March 4, 2024
Number of games52
Number of teams14
Regular season
Best recordZSC Lions
  Runners-upFribourg-Gottéron
Season MVPCalvin Thürkauf (HC Lugano)
Top scorerMarcus Sörensen (Fribourg-Gottéron)
Playoffs
Swiss champion NL
ChampionsTBD
  Runners-upTBD
National League seasons
2024–25 →

The 2023–24 National League season is the 86th season of Swiss professional ice hockey and the seventh season as the National League (NL).

Genève-Servette HC is the defending champion.

Teams[edit]

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 9,075
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 Cornèr 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[edit]

Standings[edit]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 ZSC Lions 52 31 4 8 9 167 110 +57 109 Advance to Playoffs
2 Fribourg-Gottéron 52 28 7 4 13 175 124 +51 102
3 Lausanne HC 52 25 5 6 16 158 126 +32 91
4 EV Zug 52 21 9 6 16 161 135 +26 87
5 SC Bern 52 20 8 9 15 145 144 +1 85
6 HC Davos 52 23 5 6 18 156 126 +30 85
7 HC Lugano 52 23 4 2 23 162 151 +11 79 Advance to Play-In
8 HC Ambrì-Piotta 52 20 8 3 21 153 151 +2 79
9 EHC Biel 52 16 9 8 19 139 140 −1 74
10 Genève-Servette HC 52 19 6 5 22 140 155 −15 74
11 SCL Tigers 52 17 6 8 21 123 159 −36 71
12 SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers 52 18 3 5 26 126 151 −25 65
13 EHC Kloten 52 12 5 6 29 108 177 −69 52 Advance to Playout
14 HC Ajoie 52 8 4 7 33 111 175 −64 39
Source: [1]
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[edit]

Scoring leaders[edit]

The following shows the top ten players leading the league in points.[1] 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
Sweden Marcus Sörensen Fribourg-Gottéron 52 31 32 63 +30 30
Switzerland Calvin Thürkauf HC Lugano 52 28 32 60 +26 34
Germany Dominik Kahun SC Bern 47 15 35 50 +5 6
Czech Republic Michael Spacek HC Ambrì-Piotta 48 17 33 50 +11 10
Canada Michael Joly HC Lugano 48 20 28 48 +22 10
Sweden Lucas Wallmark Fribourg-Gottéron 49 20 27 47 +23 43
Switzerland Denis Malgin ZSC Lions 48 18 29 46 +14 26
Canada Daniel Carr HC Lugano 39 17 29 46 +21 63
Finland Sakari Manninen Genève-Servette HC 50 18 23 41 -7 26
Finland Aleksi Saarela SC Langnau 50 18 23 41 -13 8

Leading goaltenders[edit]

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.[2]

Player Team(s) GP TOI GA Sv% GAA
Czech Republic Simon Hrubec ZSC Lions 31 1879:53 61 92.96 1.95
Switzerland Reto Berra Fribourg-Gottéron 33 1993:41 65 92.85 1.96
Switzerland Luca Hollenstein EV Zug 18 1090:49 37 92.66 2.04
Switzerland Sandro Aeschlimann HC Davos 26 1567:57 54 92.62 2.07
Switzerland Leonardo Genoni EV Zug 21 1266:15 44 92.68 2.08

Postseason[edit]

Play-In[edit]

Bracket[edit]

Round 1Round 2Final Seeds
7HC Lugano43HC LuganoNo. 7 Seed
8HC Ambrì-Piotta41EHC BienneNo. 8 Seed
8HC Ambrì-Piotta12
9EHC Bienne14
9EHC Bienne32
10Genève-Servette HC22

Rules[edit]

The teams ranked 7th to 10th at the end of the National League regular season compete in the play-in, with a view to obtaining one of the two qualifying places for the playoffs. The 7th faces the 8th and the 9th faces the 10th in a series of 2 matches with the higher ranked team starting away. The winner of the series is the one with the most points. In the event of a tie at the end of the two matches, the teams decide on overtime. This translates as follows: a team wins 1-0 the first match and loses 8-1 the second match, can qualify thanks to an overtime goal, with a goal difference of -5. If the higher ranked team starts away, it is to have the advantage in the decisive match.[3]

The winner of the match between the 7th and 8th qualifies for the playoffs and faces the 2nd in the general ranking. The loser will face the winner of the match between the 9th and the 10th in a second round. The winner of this confrontation qualifies for the playoffs and faces the winner of the regular season. The two eliminated teams see their seasons end.[4]

Round 1[edit]

(7) HC Lugano vs (8) HC Ambrì-Piotta[edit]
HC Ambrì-Piotta 4-4 HC Lugano Gottardo Arena, Ambrì Recap  
8:08 - Lilja (Fohrler)
8:33 - Heed (Kostner, Douay)
12:08 - Kneubuehler (Fohrler, Heim)
First period No scoring
25:08 - Pestoni (Heed, Bürgler) (PP1) Second period Fazzini (Mi. Müller, Verboon) - 26:18
No scoring Third period Ma. Müller (Mi. Müller, Arcobello) (SH1) - 41:17
Joly (Thürkauf, Mi. Müller) - 53:23
Alatalo (Thürkauf, J. Peltonen) - 54:54
Juvonen ( 20 saves / 24 shots ) Goalie stats Mikko Koskinen ( 28 saves / 32 shots )
HC Lugano 3-1 HC Ambrì-Piotta Cornèr Arena, HC Lugano Recap  
Alatalo (Arcobello, Fazzini) - 19:46 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
Carr - 54:26
Ruotsalainen (Mi. Müller) (EN) - 59:37
Third period 58:29 - Bürgler (Heed, Virtanen) (PP1)
Mikko Koskinen ( 33 saves / 34 shots ) Goalie stats Juvonen ( 18 saves / 20 shots )
HC Lugano won with 4 pts


(9) EHC Biel vs (10) Genève-Servette HC[edit]
Genève-Servette HC 3-2 EHC Biel Patinoire des Vernets, Genève Recap  
10:48 - Lennström (Miranda, Winnik) First period No scoring
22:18 - Miranda (Jooris, Winnik) Second period Haas (Lööv, Bärtschi) - 20:17
Forster (Tanner) - 29:17
No scoring Third period Hofer (Lööv, Bärtschi) - 55:52
Gauthier Descloux ( 29 saves / 32 shots ) Goalie stats Harri Säteri ( 28 saves / 30 shots )
EHC Biel 2-2 Genève-Servette HC Tissot Arena, Biel/Bienne Recap  
Hofer (Haas, Bärtschi) - 19:39 First period 0:36 - Manninen (Berni, Miranda)
12:44 - Hartikainen (Manninen, Filppula) (PP2)
Sallinen (Kessler, Heponiemi) (PP1) - 27:38 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Harri Säteri ( 35 saves / 37 shots ) Goalie stats Robert Mayer (ice hockey) ( 18 saves / 20 shots )
EHC Biel won with 4 pts


Round 2[edit]

(8) HC Ambrì-Piotta vs (9) EHC Bienne[edit]
2 EHC Biel 1-1 HC Ambrì-Piotta Tissot Arena, Biel/Bienne Recap  
No scoring First period Landry (Virtanen, Lilja) - 2:56
29:08 - Kessler (Brunner, Rathgeb) Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Harri Säteri ( 23 saves / 24 shots ) Goalie stats Conz ( 32 saves / 33 shots )
1 HC Ambrì-Piotta 2-4 EHC Biel Gottardo Arena, Ambrì Recap  
No scoring First period 8:36 - Kessler (Bachofner, Rathgeb)
9:17 - Schläpfer (Sallinen, Rajala)
Landry (Heed, Z. Dotti) (SH1) - 24:11 Second period 33:29 - Haas (Yakovenko, Hofer)
Dauphin (Heed, De Luca) - 53:09 Third period 59:17 - Künzle (Sallinen, Forster) (EN)
Juvonen ( 24 saves / 27 shots ) Goalie stats Harri Säteri ( 19 saves / 21 shots )
EHC Biel won with 4 pts


Playoffs[edit]

Bracket[edit]

Quarterfinals (best-of-7) Semifinals (best-of-7) Finals (best-of-7)
         
1 ZSC Lions 4
9 EHC Biel 0
1 ZSC Lions 4
4 EV Zug 0
4 EV Zug 4
5 SC Bern 3
1 ZSC Lions 3
3 Lausanne HC 3
2 HC Fribourg-Gottéron 4
7 HC Lugano 3
2 HC Fribourg-Gottéron 1
3 Lausanne HC 4
3 Lausanne HC 4
6 HC Davos 3

Quarter-Finals[edit]

(1) ZSC Lions vs (9) EHC Biel[edit]
16 March ZSC Lions 4-3 EHC Biel Swiss Life Arena, Zürich Recap  
Grant (Andrighetto, Balcers) (PP1) - 9:11 First period No scoring
Riedi (C. Baltisberger, Geering) - 25:59 Second period 24:10 - Heponiemi (Olofsson, Rathgeb) (PP1)
35:34 - Rajala (Sallinen, Schläpfer)
Malgin (Andrighetto, Kukan) (PP1) - 45:07
Malgin (Balcers, Andrighetto) - 47:25
Third period 43:52 - Cunti (Hofer, Burren)
Šimon Hrubec ( 31 saves / 34 shots ) Goalie stats Joren van Pottelberghe ( 32 saves / 36 shots )
18 March EHC Biel 1-3 ZSC Lions Tissot Arena, Biel/Bienne Recap  
No scoring First period Kukan (Balcers, Malgin) - 10:45
No scoring Second period No scoring
43:16 - Bärtschi (Grossmann, Yakovenko) Third period Balcers (Grant, Andrighetto) (PP1) - 51:11
Frödén (Hollenstein) - 52:11
Harri Säteri ( 27 saves / 30 shots ) Goalie stats Šimon Hrubec ( 21 saves / 22 shots )
20 March ZSC Lions 3-2 2OT EHC Biel Swiss Life Arena, Zürich Recap  
No scoring First period 16:42 - Lööv
Weber (Malgin, Kukan) - 34:23 Second period No scoring
Hollenstein (Weber, Geering) - 59:09 Third period 54:48 - Brunner (Cunti, Künzle)
Zehnder (Geering, Sigrist) - 87:03 Second overtime period No scoring
Šimon Hrubec ( 29 saves / 31 shots ) Goalie stats Harri Säteri ( 41 saves / 44 shots )
22 March EHC Biel 0-4 ZSC Lions Tissot Arena, Biel/Bienne Recap  
No scoring First period Grant (Andrighetto, Kukan) (PP1) - 3:50
Grant (Hollenstein, Weber) - 14:05
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period Hollenstein (Frödén) - 44:23
Grant (EN) - 59:28
Harri Säteri ( 23 saves / 26 shots ) Goalie stats Šimon Hrubec ( 25 saves / 25 shots )
ZSC Lions won the series 4–0


(2) HC Fribourg-Gottéron vs (7) HC Lugano[edit]
16 March HC Fribourg-Gottéron 6-2 HC Lugano BCF Arena, Fribourg Recap  
Streule (DiDomenico, de la Rose) - 14:19
Wallmark (Mottet) - 19:46
First period 19:27 - Fazzini (Quenneville, Alatalo)
Sörensen (Mottet) - 27:56
Wallmark (Sörensen, DiDomenico) (PP1) - 32:48
Second period No scoring
Sörensen (Wallmark, Mottet) - 47:09
Walser (Jörg) (SH1, EN) - 57:02
Third period 51:41 - Ma. Müller (Mi. Müller, Quenneville)
Reto Berra ( 16 saves / 18 shots ) Goalie stats Mikko Koskinen ( 24 saves / 29 shots )
18 March HC Lugano 1-4 HC Fribourg-Gottéron Cornèr Arena, Lugano Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period Wallmark (Sörensen, Gunderson) (PP1) - 23:32
Schmid (DiDomenico) - 30:58
Schmid (Borgman, Marchon) (SH1) - 35:19
59:42 - Joly (Arcobello, Alatalo) (PP1) Third period Marchon (Diaz, Walser) (EN) - 59:47
Mikko Koskinen ( 18 saves / 21 shots ) Goalie stats Reto Berra ( 22 saves / 23 shots )
20 March HC Fribourg-Gottéron 1-2 OT HC Lugano BCF Arena, Fribourg Recap  
No scoring First period 9:43 - Fazzini (PP1)
DiDomenico (Sörensen, Wallmark) (PP1) - 28:30 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
No scoring First overtime period 62:49 - Ruotsalainen (Zanetti, Wolf)
Reto Berra ( 26 saves / 28 shots ) Goalie stats Niklas Schlegel ( 38 saves / 39 shots )
22 March HC Lugano 3-2 OT HC Fribourg-Gottéron Cornèr Arena, Lugano Recap  
6:42 - Carr (Thürkauf, Alatalo)
13:24 - Carr (Thürkauf, Alatalo) (PP1)
First period 17:50 - Borgman (Bertschy, de la Rose)
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 50:43 - Gunderson (DiDomenico, Bertschy) (PP1)
No scoring First overtime period Carr (Joly, Arcobello) (PP1) - 60:33
Niklas Schlegel ( 24 saves / 26 shots ) Goalie stats Reto Berra ( 30 saves / 33 shots )
24 March HC Fribourg-Gottéron 1-0 HC Lugano BCF Arena, Fribourg Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
DiDomenico (Gunderson, Bertschy) (PP1) - 23:42 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Reto Berra ( 30 saves / 30 shots ) Goalie stats Niklas Schlegel ( 28 saves / 29 shots )
26 March HC Lugano 4-2 HC Fribourg-Gottéron Cornèr Arena, Lugano Recap  
7:44 - Joly (Thürkauf, Carr) (PP1) First period No scoring
24:29 - Alatalo (Carr, Arcobello) (PP1)
25:36 - Patry (Zanetti)
Second period Diaz (Walser) - 22:13
Mottet (Wallmark, Sörensen) - 31:04
59:43 - Mario Kempe (Thürkauf) (EN) Third period No scoring
Niklas Schlegel ( 22 saves / 24 shots ) Goalie stats Reto Berra ( 25 saves / 28 shots )
28 March HC Fribourg-Gottéron 4-2 HC Lugano BCF Arena, Fribourg Recap  
Mottet (Sörensen, Jecker) - 17:35 First period No scoring
Bertschy (Schmid, Jecker) - 21:37
DiDomenico (Gunderson, Sörensen) (PP1) - 30:28
Second period 24:28 - Carr (Thürkauf, Mi. Müller) (SH1)
39:26 - Thürkauf (Alatalo, Carr)
Bertschy (de la Rose) (EN) - 58:42 Third period No scoring
Reto Berra ( 31 saves / 33 shots ) Goalie stats Niklas Schlegel ( 26 saves / 29 shots )
HC Fribourg-Gottéron won the series 4–3


(3) Lausanne HC vs (6) HC Davos[edit]
17 March Lausanne HC 2-3 2OT HC Davos Vaudoise Aréna, Lausanne Recap  
Glauser (Suomela, Genazzi) - 15:54 First period 6:45 - Bristedt (Rasmussen, Frehner)
No scoring Second period No scoring
Frick (Fuchs, Salomäki) - 50:01 Third period 51:10 - Mustonen (Bristedt, Nussbaumer) (PP1)
No scoring Second overtime period 80:29 - D. Egli (Corvi, Stránský)
Connor Hughes ( 41 saves / 44 shots ) Goalie stats Sandro Aeschlimann ( 47 saves / 49 shots )
19 March HC Davos 2-3 Lausanne HC Eisstadion Davos, Davos Recap  
7:42 - Näkyvä (Bristedt, Rasmussen) First period Raffl (Riat, Pilut) (PP1) - 7:02
37:15 - Bristedt (Rasmussen, Nussbaumer) (PP1) Second period Suomela (Djoos, Rochette) (PP1) - 31:43
No scoring Third period Jäger (Genazzi, Pilut) - 46:04
Sandro Aeschlimann ( 34 saves / 37 shots ) Goalie stats Connor Hughes ( 20 saves / 22 shots )
21 March Lausanne HC 3-2 HC Davos Vaudoise Aréna, Lausanne Recap  
Glauser (Pilut, Raffl) (PP1) - 8:27
Frick (Suomela, Heldner) - 10:26
First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 37:53 - Wieser (Nordström)
Sekáč (Rochette) - 41:25 Third period 52:48 - Nussbaumer (Corvi)
Connor Hughes ( 15 saves / 17 shots ) Goalie stats Sandro Aeschlimann ( 31 saves / 34 shots )
23 March HC Davos 5-2 Lausanne HC Eisstadion Davos, Davos Recap  
12:15 - Frehner (Nordström, Wieser)
13:37 - Stránský (Fora, Nussbaumer) (PP1)
First period Salomäki (Riat, Fuchs) - 10:56
37:11 - C. Egli (D. Egli) Second period No scoring
49:12 - Ambühl (Fora, Mustonen) (PP1)
53:12 - Nussbaumer (Ambühl, C. Egli) (PP2)
Third period Pilut (Riat, Fuchs) (PP1) - 56:55
Sandro Aeschlimann ( 34 saves / 36 shots ) Goalie stats Connor Hughes ( 12 saves / 16 shots )
Kevin Pasche ( 5 saves / 6 shots )
25 March Lausanne HC 0-1 HC Davos Vaudoise Aréna, Lausanne Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 49:32 - Nussbaumer (Mustonen, Jung)
Connor Hughes ( 10 saves / 11 shots ) Goalie stats Sandro Aeschlimann ( 37 saves / 37 shots )
27 March HC Davos 2-5 Lausanne HC Eisstadion Davos, Davos Recap  
12:55 - Bristedt (Corvi, D. Egli) (PP1) First period Suomela (Sekáč, Jäger) (PP1) - 6:26
Sekáč (Rochette, Suomela) - 9:13
No scoring Second period Suomela (Rochette, Genazzi) - 23:08
Suomela (Rochette, Pilut) - 26:28
Rochette (Sekáč) - 30:05
54:32 - Bristedt (PS) Third period No scoring
Sandro Aeschlimann ( 13 saves / 18 shots )
Gilles Senn ( 17 saves / 17 shots )
Goalie stats Connor Hughes ( 25 saves / 27 shots )
30 March Lausanne HC 3-0 HC Davos Vaudoise Aréna, Lausanne Recap  
Fuchs (Pilut, Raffl) - 16:43 First period No scoring
Heldner (Fuchs, Frick) - 21:12 Second period No scoring
Raffl (Riat) (EN) - 56:53 Third period No scoring
Connor Hughes ( 32 saves / 32 shots ) Goalie stats Sandro Aeschlimann ( 31 saves / 33 shots )
Lausanne HC won the series 4–3


(4) EV Zug vs (5) SC Bern[edit]
17 March EV Zug 3-4 SC Bern Bossard Arena, Zug Recap  
No scoring First period 2:16 - Nemeth (Untersander, Bader) (PP1)
Michaelis (Herzog) - 21:33
Martschini (Wingerli) - 27:59
Senteler (Wingerli, Bengtsson) - 38:11
Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 43:27 - Loeffel (Ritzmann, Sablatnig)
52:51 - Kindschi (Sceviour)
56:24 - Scherwey (Bader, Sceviour)
Leonardo Genoni ( 27 saves / 31 shots ) Goalie stats Adam Reideborn ( 25 saves / 28 shots )
19 March SC Bern 1-4 EV Zug PostFinance Arena, Bern Recap  
No scoring First period Simion (Martschini, Herzog) (PP1) - 10:24
20:48 - Luoto (Lehmann) Second period Eder (Leuenberger) - 29:59
Simion (Herzog, Kovář) - 30:57
No scoring Third period Schlumpf (Stadler, Suri) - 47:40
Adam Reideborn ( 21 saves / 25 shots ) Goalie stats Leonardo Genoni ( 40 saves / 41 shots )
21 March EV Zug 6-1 SC Bern Bossard Arena, Zug Recap  
Bengtsson (Leuenberger, Stadler) - 2:29 First period No scoring
Hansson (Michaelis, Eder) - 24:31
Simion (Martschini, Bengtsson) (PP1) - 26:41
Herzog (Leuenberger, Bengtsson) - 38:40
Second period No scoring
L. Muggli (Eder, Biasca) - 45:18
Wingerli (Simion, Herzog) - 46:27
Third period 56:09 - Nemeth (Baumgartner, Luoto) (PP1)
Leonardo Genoni ( 19 saves / 20 shots ) Goalie stats Adam Reideborn ( 7 saves / 10 shots )
Wüthrich ( 11 saves / 14 shots )
23 March SC Bern 3-2 EV Zug PostFinance Arena, Bern Recap  
16:33 - Sceviour (Bader, Honka)


18:56 - Moser (Bader, Kindschi)

First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
50:46 - Schild (Kindschi) Third period Senteler (Martschini) - 49:34


Simion (PP1) - 53:16

Philip Wüthrich ( 18 saves / 20 shots ) Goalie stats Leonardo Genoni ( 30 saves / 33 shots )
25 March EV Zug 6-2 SC Bern Bossard Arena, Zug Recap  
Schlumpf (Martschini, L. Muggli) - 6:55
Herzog (Simion, Michaelis) - 17:30
First period No scoring
Martschini (Kovář, Wingerli) - 24:17
Michaelis (Bengtsson, Martschini) - 24:48
Second period No scoring
Kovář (Wingerli, Sheen) (PP1) - 41:29


Wingerli (Senteler, Kovář) (PP1) - 56:16

Third period 46:25 - Kummer (Sablatnig, Schild)
54:39 - Scherwey (Lehmann, Honka)
Leonardo Genoni ( 34 saves / 36 shots ) Goalie stats Philip Wüthrich ( 6 saves / 8 shots )
Reideborn ( 25 saves / 29 shots )
27 March SC Bern 3-0 EV Zug PostFinance Arena, Bern Recap  
19:31 - Sceviour (Kahun, Bader) First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
42:29 - Scherwey(Nemeth, Lehmann) (PP1)
57:54 - Luoto (Untersander) (EN)
Third period No scoring
Philip Wüthrich ( 25 saves / 25 shots ) Goalie stats Leonardo Genoni ( 30 saves / 32 shots )
30 March EV Zug 3-0 SC Bern Bossard Arena, Zug Recap  
Simion (Martschini, Herzog) (PP1) - 18:35 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
Herzog (Michaelis, Bengtsson) (PP1) - 51:34
Wingerli (Leuenberger, Geisser) (EN) - 57:45
Third period No scoring
Leonardo Genoni ( 31 saves / 31 shots ) Goalie stats Adam Reideborn ( 17 saves / 19 shots )
EV Zug won the series 4–3


Semi-Finals[edit]

(1) ZSC Lions vs (4) EV Zug[edit]
1 April ZSC Lions 5-2 EV Zug Swiss Life Arena, Zürich Recap  
No scoring First period 14:39 - Hansson (Kovář, Wingerli) (PP1)
Balcers (Malgin, C. Baltisberger) - 31:27
Grant (Andrighetto) (PP1) - 34:16
Malgin (Andrighetto, Kukan) (PP1) - 35:56
Grant (Kukan, Andrighetto) (PP1) - 37:35
Second period 39:54 - Bengtsson (Senteler, Biasca)
Grant (Hollenstein, Geering) - 41:27 Third period No scoring
Šimon Hrubec ( 19 saves / 21 shots ) Goalie stats Leonardo Genoni ( 13 saves / 17 shots )
3 April EV Zug 1-0 ZSC Lions Bossard Arena, Zug Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period Andrighetto (Grant, Malgin) - 53:36
Leonardo Genoni ( 39 saves / 40 shots ) Goalie stats Šimon Hrubec ( 35 saves / 35 shots )
6 April ZSC Lions 5-2 EV Zug Swiss Life Arena, Zürich Recap  
Lammikko (Lehtonen, Rohrer) (PP1) - 1:31 First period No scoring
Marti (Bodenmann) - 24:32
Balcers (Andrighetto, Weber) - 39:32
Second period 37:34 - Hansson (Simion, Michaelis)
Rohrer (EN) - 58:55
Lammikko (Sigrist, Weber) (EN) - 59:31
Third period 58:18 - Herzog (Kovář, Martschini)
Šimon Hrubec ( 26 saves / 28 shots ) Goalie stats Leonardo Genoni ( 32 saves / 35 shots )
8 April EV Zug 0-2 ZSC Lions Bossard Arena, Zug Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 21:49 - Grant (Frödén, Hollenstein)
33:45 - Malgin (Andrighetto, Kukan) (PP1)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Leonardo Genoni ( 24 saves / 26 shots ) Goalie stats Šimon Hrubec ( 26 saves / 26 shots )
ZSC Lions won the series 4–0


(2) HC Fribourg-Gottéron vs (3) Lausanne HC[edit]
1 April Fribourg-Gottéron 2-1 Lausanne HC BCF Arena, Fribourg Recap  
No scoring First period 7:55 - Pilut (Bozon, Jäger)
Gunderson (DiDomenico, Sörensen) (PP1) - 21:29 Second period No scoring
Bykov (Dufner, Schmid) - 43:44 Third period No scoring
Reto Berra ( 23 saves / 24 shots ) Goalie stats Kevin Pasche ( 22 saves / 24 shots )
3 April Lausanne HC 3-2 3OT Fribourg-Gottéron Vaudoise Aréna, Lausanne Recap  
=10:48 - Raffl (Djoos, Heldner) (SH1) First period No scoring
=24:05 - Sekáč (Jäger) (PP1) Second period Sörensen (Gunderson, Wallmark) (PP1) - 31:15


Gunderson (Sörensen, Bykov) - 35:43

No scoring Third period No scoring
106:44 - Fuchs (Kovacs) Third overtime period No scoring
Connor Hughes ( 47 saves / 49 shots ) Goalie stats Reto Berra ( 54 saves / 57 shots )
6 April Fribourg-Gottéron 0-2 Lausanne HC BCF Arena, Fribourg Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 44:09 - Riat (Fuchs, Djoos)


54:24 - Rochette (Raffl) (SH1)

Reto Berra ( 14 saves / 16 shots ) Goalie stats Connor Hughes ( 39 saves / 39 shots )
8 April Lausanne HC 3-1 Fribourg-Gottéron Vaudoise Aréna, Lausanne Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
38:58 - Raffl (Bozon, Jäger) Second period No scoring
46:34 - Bozon (Jäger, Frick)


59:47 - Rochette (Holdener, Djoos)

Third period DiDomenico (Bykov) - 42:10
Connor Hughes ( 33 saves / 34 shots ) Goalie stats Reto Berra ( 27 saves / 29 shots )
10 April Fribourg-Gottéron 2-4 Lausanne HC BCF Arena, Fribourg Recap  
Mottet (Sprunger, Diaz) - 2:34 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 21:34 - Pilut (Frick, Suomela)


30:13 - Riat (Fuchs, Sekáč)

Sörensen (Wallmark, Gunderson) (PP1) - 48:16 Third period 40:52 - Sekáč (Suomela, Djoos) (PP1)


58:49 - Sekáč (Bozon, Glauser) (EN)

Reto Berra ( 19 saves / 22 shots ) Goalie stats Connor Hughes ( 27 saves / 29 shots )
Lausanne HC won the series 4–1


Finals[edit]

16 April ZSC Lions 2-1 Lausanne HC Swiss Life Arena, Zürich Recap  
No scoring First period 14:40 - Riat (Fuchs, Hughes) (PP1)
No scoring Second period Weber (Lammikko) - 28:34
Grant (Marti) - 31:37
No scoring Third period No scoring
Šimon Hrubec ( 34 saves / 35 shots ) Goalie stats Connor Hughes ( 26 saves / 28 shots )
18 April Lausanne HC 4-2 ZSC Lions Vaudoise Aréna, Lausanne Recap  
9:16 - Andrighetto (Malgin ) First period Raffl (Jäger, Bozon) - 3:23
37:24 - Bozon (Ķēniņš, Almond) Second period No scoring
50:11 - Riat (Kovacs)
58:08 - Raffl (Pilut, Fuchs) (PP1)
Third period Andrighetto (Malgin, Kukan) (PP1) - 42:20
Connor Hughes ( 25 saves / 27 shots ) Goalie stats Šimon Hrubec ( 17 saves / 21 shots )
20 April ZSC Lions 4-2 Lausanne HC Swiss Life Arena, Zürich Recap  
Lammikko (Frödén, Lehtonen) (PP1) - 2:08 First period 18:56 - Rochette (Glauser, Sekáč)
Weber (Schäppi, Sigrist) - 30:59
Malgin (Balcers, Weber) - 32:23
Second period 21:46 - Pilut (Ķēniņš, Djoos)
Sigrist Third period No scoring
Šimon Hrubec ( 26 saves / 28 shots ) Goalie stats Connor Hughes ( 21 saves / 25 shots )
23 April Lausanne HC 5-2 ZSC Lions Vaudoise Aréna, Lausanne Recap  
13:28 - Glauser (Ķēniņš, Holdener) First period No scoring
24:58 - Kovacs (Fuchs, Frick)
33:21 - Bozon (Raffl, Pilut)
Second period Balcers (Malgin, Andrighetto) - 31:13
50:35 - Sekáč (Jäger, Suomela) (PP1)
58:35 - Almond (EN)
Third period Hollenstein (Bodenmann, Schäppi) - 57:54
Connor Hughes ( 23 saves / 25 shots ) Goalie stats Šimon Hrubec ( 25 saves / 29 shots )
25 April ZSC Lions 3-0 Lausanne HC Swiss Life Arena, Zürich Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Lammikko (Frödén, Kukan) - 37:27
Rohrer (Grant, Riedi) - 38:18
Second period No scoring
Sigrist (EN) - 59:01 Third period No scoring
Šimon Hrubec ( 25 saves / 25 shots ) Goalie stats Connor Hughes ( 34 saves / 36 shots )
27 April Lausanne HC 5-3 ZSC Lions Vaudoise Aréna, Lausanne Recap  
4:18 - Suomela (Sekáč) (PP1) First period No scoring
26:22 - Riat (Fuchs, Kovacs)
32:10 - Almond (Holdener, Ķēniņš)
34:03 - Fuchs (Kovacs, Riat)
38:59 - Riat (Kovacs, Pilut)
Second period C. Baltisberger (Schäppi) - 39:38
No scoring Third period Kukan (Harrington, Malgin) - 42:59
Malgin (Grant, Kukan) (PP1) - 48:28
Connor Hughes ( 29 saves / 32 shots ) Goalie stats Šimon Hrubec ( 19 saves / 23 shots )
Robin Zumbühl ( 8 saves / 9 shots )


References[edit]

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  2. ^ "Goalie stats". SIHF. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
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  4. ^ "Modus & Spielplan". nationalleague.ch (in German). 26 March 2024.