Due to the 2019–20 league qualification series also being cancelled, the participating teams remained the same as the previous season.
The league announced changes to the format ahead of the season, meaning that 52 games rather than 50 would be played in the regular season. The playoffs would also be re-formatted, so that the top 6 teams now qualified directly for the quarter-finals, with the next four teams playing in pre-playoffs for the remaining two spots. There would also be no relegation from the season.[1] The two pre-playoffs series were played in a best-of-three, the quarter-finals in a best-of-seven and the semi-finals and final in a best-of-five. The series were shortened to allow enough time for the national team to prepare for the 2021 IIHF World Championship.
EV Zug won the regular season with 6 games remaining, having already clinched their club record points total, surpassing their previous best of 98 points from the 2011–12 season.[2] With two games remaining EV Zug broke the record for most points in a single regular season, held by HC Davos from the 2010–11 season.[3] Whilst this season was the first to be 52 games in length, EV Zug passed the milestone in the same number of games as the previous record holders.
EV Zug swept Genève-Servette HC 3-0 in the final to win its first NL title since 1998.
Due to coronavirus cases in both EHC Biel and SC Bern forcing late season stoppages to training, not all regular season games could be completed, and the league would use points per game to determine the final regular season standings.[4]
Source: NLA 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
Player statistics
Scoring leaders
The following players led the league in points, at the conclusion of the regular season.[5] If two or more skaters were tied (i.e. same number of points, goals and played games), all of the tied skaters were shown.
The following goaltenders 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.[6]
^"League assembly: no relegation, 52 games and pre-playoffs". swisshockeynews.ch. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
^"Zug is qualification winner" (in German). SRF. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
^"Round-up National League" (in German). SRF. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
^"Jetzt zählen Punkte pro Spiel" (in German). blick.ch. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
^"Player stats" (in German). SIHF.ch. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
^"Goalie stats" (in German). SIHF.ch. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
External links
Official website(in German)
Official website(in French)
May 04, 2023
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The 2020 21 National League season was the 83rd season of Swiss professional ice hockey and the fourth season as the National League NL 2020 21 National League seasonLeagueNational LeagueSportIce hockeyDurationOctober 1 2020 March 22 2021Number of games52Number of teams12Regular seasonBest recordEV Zug Runners upHC LuganoSeason MVPJan Kovar EV Zug Top scorerJan Kovar EV Zug PlayoffsSemi Final championsEV Zug Semi Final runners upSC Rapperswil Jona LakersSemi Final championsGeneve Servette HC Semi Final runners upZSC LionsSwiss champion NLChampionsEV Zug Runners upGeneve Servette HCNational League seasons 2019 202021 22 ZSC Lions were the defending regular season winners Due to the 2020 coronavirus outbreak in Switzerland there was no defending champion as the previous season s playoffs were cancelled Due to the 2019 20 league qualification series also being cancelled the participating teams remained the same as the previous season The league announced changes to the format ahead of the season meaning that 52 games rather than 50 would be played in the regular season The playoffs would also be re formatted so that the top 6 teams now qualified directly for the quarter finals with the next four teams playing in pre playoffs for the remaining two spots There would also be no relegation from the season 1 The two pre playoffs series were played in a best of three the quarter finals in a best of seven and the semi finals and final in a best of five The series were shortened to allow enough time for the national team to prepare for the 2021 IIHF World Championship EV Zug won the regular season with 6 games remaining having already clinched their club record points total surpassing their previous best of 98 points from the 2011 12 season 2 With two games remaining EV Zug broke the record for most points in a single regular season held by HC Davos from the 2010 11 season 3 Whilst this season was the first to be 52 games in length EV Zug passed the milestone in the same number of games as the previous record holders EV Zug swept Geneve Servette HC 3 0 in the final to win its first NL title since 1998 Contents 1 Teams 2 Regular season 3 Player statistics 3 1 Scoring leaders 3 2 Leading goaltenders 4 Playoffs 4 1 Bracket 4 2 Pre playoffs 4 2 1 7 EHC Biel vs 10 SC Rapperswil Jona Lakers 4 2 2 8 HC Davos vs 9 SC Bern 4 3 Quarter finals 4 3 1 1 EV Zug vs 9 SC Bern 4 3 2 2 HC Lugano vs 10 SC Rapperswil Jona Lakers 4 3 3 3 HC Fribourg Gotteron vs 6 Geneve Servette HC 4 3 4 4 Lausanne HC vs 5 ZSC Lions 4 4 Semi finals 4 4 1 1 EV Zug vs 10 SC Rapperswil Jona Lakers 4 4 2 5 ZSC Lions vs 6 Geneve Servette HC 4 5 Final 1 EV Zug vs 6 Geneve Servette HC 5 References 6 External linksTeams Edit HC Ambri Piotta SC Bern EHC Biel HC Davos Fribourg Gotteron Geneve Servette HC Lausanne HC HC Lugano SCL Tigers SC Rapperswil Jona Lakers ZSC Lions EV Zugclass notpageimage NL teams for the 2020 21 season Team City Arena Capacity COVID 19 CapacityHC Ambri Piotta Ambri Valascia 6 500 0SC Bern Bern PostFinance Arena 17 031 0EHC Biel Biel Bienne Tissot Arena 6 521 0HC Davos Davos Eisstadion Davos 6 800 0Fribourg Gotteron Fribourg BCF Arena 8 934 0Geneve Servette HC Geneva Patinoire des Vernets 7 135 0Lausanne HC Lausanne Vaudoise Arena 9 600 0HC Lugano Lugano Corner Arena 7 800 0SCL Tigers Langnau im Emmental Ilfis Stadium 6 000 0SC Rapperswil Jona Lakers Rapperswil St Galler Kantonalbank Arena 6 200 0ZSC Lions Zurich Hallenstadion 11 200 0EV Zug Zug Bossard Arena 7 200 0Regular season EditDue to coronavirus cases in both EHC Biel and SC Bern forcing late season stoppages to training not all regular season games could be completed and the league would use points per game to determine the final regular season standings 4 Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 EV Zug 52 33 7 6 6 197 128 69 119 Advance to Playoffs2 HC Lugano 52 24 9 2 17 160 137 23 923 Fribourg Gotteron 51 26 4 4 17 159 151 8 904 Lausanne HC 51 23 7 6 15 159 125 34 895 ZSC Lions 52 24 6 6 16 170 143 27 906 Geneve Servette HC 50 22 7 4 17 167 129 38 847 EHC Biel 48 20 6 6 16 149 137 12 78 Advance to Pre playoffs8 HC Davos 51 20 5 4 22 174 177 3 749 SC Bern 48 15 3 5 25 129 156 27 5610 SC Rapperswil Jona Lakers 50 15 3 5 27 141 180 39 5611 HC Ambri Piotta 51 12 3 8 28 107 158 51 5012 SCL Tigers 52 8 2 6 36 107 198 91 34Source NLARules for classification 1 points per game 2 greater number of games played 3 greater number of away games played 4 head to head pointsPlayer statistics EditScoring leaders Edit The following players led the league in points at the conclusion of the regular season 5 If two or more skaters were tied i e same number of points goals and played games all of the tied skaters were shown Player Team GP G A Pts PIMJan Kovar EV Zug 52 16 47 63 24 58Linus Omark Geneve Servette HC 49 22 39 61 8 55Sven Andrighetto ZSC Lions 52 27 28 55 10 18Enzo Corvi HC Davos 44 15 37 52 0 16Roman Cervenka SC Rapperswil Jona Lakers 49 16 35 51 1 63Killian Mottet Fribourg Gotteron 50 23 25 48 1 34Mark Arcobello HC Lugano 52 13 35 48 12 58Chris DiDomenico Fribourg Gotteron 48 15 31 46 5 48Daniel Winnik Geneve Servette HC 49 15 31 46 8 46Dario Simion EV Zug 50 24 21 45 24 6Ryan Gunderson Fribourg Gotteron 51 9 36 45 11 8Leading goaltenders Edit The following goaltenders 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 6 Player Team GP TOI W WO LO L GA SO Sv GAATobias Stephan Lausanne HC 29 1719 12 2 2 9 65 4 928 2 27Niklas Schlegel HC Lugano 42 2359 21 5 2 12 92 6 928 2 34Gauthier Descloux Geneve Servette HC 42 2526 19 4 2 11 100 5 927 2 38Luca Boltshauser Lausanne HC 23 1359 11 2 2 5 54 1 920 2 38Ludovic Waeber ZSC Lions 37 2204 20 4 1 10 88 4 918 2 40Playoffs EditBracket Edit Pre playoffs best of 3 Quarter finals best of 7 Semi finals best of 5 Finals best of 5 1Zug47Biel09Bern210Rapperswil Jona21Zug310Rapperswil Jona12Lugano1 Pairings are re seeded after the first and second round 10Rapperswil Jona41Zug36Geneve Servette03Fribourg Gotteron18Davos16Geneve Servette49Bern25ZSC Lions06Geneve Servette34Lausanne25ZSC Lions4 Pre playoffs Edit 7 EHC Biel vs 10 SC Rapperswil Jona Lakers Edit 7 April EHC Biel 1 2 OT SC Rapperswil Jona Lakers Tissot Arena Biel Bienne Recap Fabio Hofer 1 6 41 First period 15 17 Dominik Egli 1 No scoring Second period No scoringNo scoring Third period No scoringNo scoring First overtime period 16 31 Dominik Egli 2 Joren van Pottelberghe 31 shots 29 saves Goalie stats Melvin Nyffeler 37 shots 36 saves 9 April SC Rapperswil Jona Lakers 3 1 EHC Biel St Galler Kantonalbank Arena Rapperswil Recap No scoring First period 1 37 Damien Brunner 1 Andrew Rowe 1 PPG 6 04 Second period No scoringMichael Loosli 1 2 17Kevin Clark 1 19 13 Third period No scoringMelvin Nyffeler 35 shots 34 saves Goalie stats Joren van Pottelberghe 22 shots 20 saves SC Rapperswil Jona Lakers win series 2 0 8 HC Davos vs 9 SC Bern Edit 7 April HC Davos 3 4 OT SC Bern Eisstadion Davos Davos RecapRobert Mayer 9 shots 6 saves Sandro Aeschlimann 21 shots 20 saves Goalie stats Tomi Karhunen 60 shots 57 saves 9 April SC Bern 0 3 HC Davos PostFinance Arena Bern Recap No scoring First period 8 59 Aaron Palushaj 1 No scoring Second period No scoringNo scoring Third period 16 20 Benjamin Baumgartner 1 18 25 Benjamin Baumgartner 2 Tomi Karhunen 31 shots 28 saves Goalie stats Sandro Aeschlimann 34 shots 34 saves 11 April HC Davos 0 3 SC Bern Eisstadion Davos Davos RecapSandro Aeschlimann 15 shots 13 saves Goalie stats Tomi Karhunen 53 shots 53 saves SC Bern win series 2 1 Quarter finals Edit 1 EV Zug vs 9 SC Bern Edit 13 April EV Zug 4 2 SC Bern Bossard Arena Zug Recap Dario Simion 1 0 38Dario Simion 2 PPG 07 48 First period 04 24 Jan Neuenschwander 1 Carl Klingberg 1 PPG 5 52 Second period 15 58 Colin Gerber 1 Carl Klingberg 2 9 47 Third period No scoringLeonardo Genoni 26 shots 24 saves Goalie stats Tomi Karhunen 43 shots 39 saves 15 April SC Bern 6 2 EV Zug PostFinance Arena Bern Recap Cory Conacher 1 7 14Jesper Olofsson 1 15 44Ramon Untersander 1 18 16 First period 10 29 Dario Simion 1 Andre Heim 1 PPG 6 28 Second period No scoringRamon Untersander 2 PPG 3 23Calle Andersson 1 ENG 17 20 Third period 11 53 Gregory Hofmann 1 PPG Tomi Karhunen 34 shots 32 saves Goalie stats Leonardo Genoni 29 shots 24 saves 17 April EV Zug 3 0 SC Bern Bossard Arena Zug RecapLeonardo Genoni 25 shots 25 saves Goalie stats Tomi Karhunen 31 shots 28 saves 19 April SC Bern 6 2 EV Zug PostFinance Arena Bern Recap Eero Elo 1 PPG 5 05Inti Pestoni 1 13 22Andre Heim 1 16 51 First period 1 13 Yannick Zehnder 1 No scoring Second period 12 55 Justin Abdelkader 1 Ramon Untersander 1 PPG 13 36Simon Moser 1 ENG 16 43Cory Conacher 1 ENG 19 48 Third periodTomi Karhunen 37 shots 35 saves Goalie stats Leonardo Genoni 26 shots 22 saves 21 April EV Zug 5 2 SC Bern Bossard Arena Zug Recap 14 02 Cory Conacher 1 PPG First period Livio Stadler 1 1 35Dario Simion 1 6 4518 56 Thierry Bader 1 Second period Carl Klingberg 1 12 15Lino Martschini 1 19 12Third period Geisser Tobias 1 ENG 19 56Leonardo Genoni 25 shots 23 saves Goalie stats Tomi Karhunen 24 shots 20 saves 23 April SC Bern 0 1 EV Zug PostFinance Arena Bern RecapTomi Karhunen 31 shots 30 saves Goalie stats Leonardo Genoni 15 shots 15 saves EV Zug win series 4 2 2 HC Lugano vs 10 SC Rapperswil Jona Lakers Edit 13 April HC Lugano 6 2 SC Rapperswil Jona Lakers Corner Arena Lugano Recap Reto Suri 1 3 54 First period 10 29 Kay Schweri 1 PPG Jani Lajunen 1 PPG 2 59 Second period No scoringRomain Loeffel 1 1 54Dario Burgler 1 2 43Luca Fazzini 1 12 25Sandro Zangger 1 15 40 Third period 2 03 Leandro Profico 1 Niklas Schlegel 26 shots 24 saves Goalie stats Melvin Nyffeler 40 shots 34 saves 15 April SC Rapperswil Jona Lakers 4 1 HC Lugano St Galler Kantonalbank Arena Rapperswil RecapMelvin Nyffeler 42 shots 41 saves Goalie stats Niklas Schlegel 17 shots 13 saves 17 April HC Lugano 2 3 OT SC Rapperswil Jona Lakers Corner Arena Lugano Recap Giovanni Morini 1 PPG 16 03 First period 14 05 Michael Loosli 1 Dominic Lammer 1 19 26 Second period 10 51 Jeremy Wick 1 No scoring Third period No scoringNo scoring First overtime period 17 21 Sandro Forrer 1 Niklas Schlegel 28 shots 25 saves Goalie stats Melvin Nyffeler 52 shots 50 saves 19 April SC Rapperswil Jona Lakers 3 1 HC Lugano St Galler Kantonalbank Arena Rapperswil RecapMelvin Nyffeler 34 shots 33 saves Goalie stats Niklas Schlegel 21 shots 19 saves 21 April HC Lugano 3 4 2OT SC Rapperswil Jona Lakers Corner Arena Lugano RecapNiklas Schlegel 48 shots 44 saves Goalie stats Melvin Nyffeler 62 shots 59 saves SC Rapperswil Jona Lakers win series 4 1 3 HC Fribourg Gotteron vs 6 Geneve Servette HC Edit 13 April HC Fribourg Gotteron 2 1 Geneve Servette HC BCF Arena Fribourg Recap Yannick Herren 1 18 59 First period No scoringDave Sutter 1 14 38 Second period No scoringNo scoring Third period 19 07 Arnaud Montandon 1 Reto Berra 24 shots 23 saves Goalie stats Gauthier Descloux 35 shots 33 saves 15 April Geneve Servette HC 3 1 HC Fribourg Gotteron Patinoire des Vernets Geneva RecapGauthier Descloux 33 shots 32 saves Goalie stats Reto Berra 33 shots 31 saves 17 April HC Fribourg Gotteron 3 8 Geneve Servette HC BCF Arena Fribourg Recap Mauro Jorg 1 8 57 First period 12 05 Eric Fehr 1 PPG No scoring Second period 1 07 Eliot Berthon 1 6 51 Tyler Moy 1 18 40 Noah Rod 1 Benoit Jecker 1 12 48Killian Mottet 2 PPG 17 42 Third period 5 02 Tyler Moy 2 10 41 Eric Fehr 2 PPG 11 05 Joel Vermin 2 PPG 11 33 Tyler Moy 3 Reto Berra 36 shots 28 saves Goalie stats Gauthier Descloux 45 shots 42 saves 19 April Geneve Servette HC 4 0 HC Fribourg Gotteron Patinoire des Vernets Geneva RecapGauthier Descloux 4 shots 4 saves Daniel Manzato 34 shots 34 saves Goalie stats Reto Berra 23 shots 20 saves 21 April HC Fribourg Gotteron 0 5 Geneve Servette HC BCF Arena Fribourg RecapReto Berra 42 shots 47 saves Goalie stats Daniel Manzato 29 shots 29 saves Geneve Servette HC win series 4 1 4 Lausanne HC vs 5 ZSC Lions Edit 13 April Lausanne HC 3 2 OT ZSC Lions Vaudoise Arena Lausanne Recap Charles Hudon 1 PPG 18 22 First period 8 48 Justin Sigrist 1 Ronalds Kenins 1 11 50 Second period 16 55 Raphael Prassl 1 No scoring Third period No scoringDenis Malgin 1 6 32 First overtime period No scoringTobias Stephan 39 shots 37 saves Goalie stats Ludovic Waeber 27 shots 24 saves 15 April ZSC Lions 5 0 Lausanne HC Hallenstadion Zurich RecapLudovic Waeber 26 shots 26 saves Goalie stats Tobias Stephan 32 shots 28 saves 17 April Lausanne HC 0 3 ZSC Lions Vaudoise Arena Lausanne RecapTobias Stephan 27 shots 25 saves Goalie stats Ludovic Waeber 39 shots 39 saves 19 April ZSC Lions 3 1 Lausanne HC Hallenstadion Zurich RecapLudovic Waeber 33 shots 32 saves Goalie stats Luca Boltshauser 30 shots 27 saves 21 April Lausanne HC 5 2 ZSC Lions Vaudoise Arena Lausanne Recap Charles Hudon 1 PPG 15 17 First period 3 28 Raphael Prassl 1 Denis Malgin 1 PPG 19 21 Second period 12 40 Sven Andrighetto 1 Christoph Bertschy 1 0 31Lukas Frick 1 PPGCory Emmerton 1 ENG 19 38 Third periodTobias Stephan 40 shots 38 saves Goalie stats Ludovic Waeber 32 shots 28 saves 23 April ZSC Lions 3 0 Lausanne HC Hallenstadion Zurich RecapLudovic Waeber 29 shots 29 saves Goalie stats Tobias Stephan 17 shots 15 saves ZSC Lions win series 4 2 Semi finals Edit 1 EV Zug vs 10 SC Rapperswil Jona Lakers Edit 25 April EV Zug 6 1 SC Rapperswil Jona Lakers Bossard Arena Zug Recap Yannick Zehnder 1 7 27Justin Abdelkader 1 8 56Lino Martschini 1 11 36 First period No scoringCarl Klingberg 1 14 23Raphael Diaz 1 14 46 Second period 10 54 Kevin Clark 1 Justin Abdelkader 2 13 34 Third period No scoringLeonardo Genoni 30 shots 29 saves Goalie stats Melvin Nyffeler 28 shots 23 saves Noel Bader 19 shots 18 saves 27 April SC Rapperswil Jona Lakers 2 4 EV Zug St Galler Kantonalbank Arena Rapperswil RecapMelvin Nyffeler 28 shots 24 saves Goalie stats Leonardo Genoni 40 shots 38 saves 29 April EV Zug 1 2 SC Rapperswil Jona Lakers Bossard Arena Zug Recap Gregory Hofmann 1 13 21 First period 9 57 Daniel Vukovic 1 9 21 Nando Eggenberger 1 No scoring Second period No scoringNo scoring Third period No scoringLeonardo Genoni 17 shots 15 saves Goalie stats Melvin Nyffeler 32 shots 31 saves 1 May SC Rapperswil Jona Lakers 3 6 EV Zug St Galler Kantonalbank Arena Rapperswil Recap No scoring First period 5 08 Lino Martschini 1 15 35 Sven Senteler 1 19 27 Justin Abdelkader 1 Martin Ness 1 8 52Steve Moses 1 11 07 Second period 12 57 Jan Kovar 1 Nando Eggenberger 1 13 11 Third period 14 31 Carl Klingberg 1 18 12 Sven Leuenberger 1 ENG Melvin Nyffeler 34 shots 29 saves Goalie stats Leonardo Genoni 37 shots 34 saves EV Zug win series 3 1 5 ZSC Lions vs 6 Geneve Servette HC Edit 25 April ZSC Lions 1 2 Geneve Servette HC Hallenstadion Zurich RecapLudovic Waeber 30 shots 28 saves Goalie stats Daniel Manzato 22 shots 21 saves 27 April Geneve Servette HC 4 1 ZSC Lions Patinoire des Vernets Geneva RecapDaniel Manzato 36 shots 35 saves Goalie stats Ludovic Waeber 20 shots 16 saves 29 April ZSC Lions 1 4 Geneve Servette HC Hallenstadion Zurich Recap Dario Trutmann 1 11 38 First period 8 40 Daniel Winnik 1 PPG No scoring Second period 9 41 Daniel Winnik 2 No scoring Third period 15 58 Mathieu Vouillamoz 1 18 30 Tanner Richard 1 ENG Ludovic Waeber 23 shots 20 saves Goalie stats Daniel Manzato 21 shots 20 saves Geneve Servette HC win series 3 0 Final 1 EV Zug vs 6 Geneve Servette HC Edit 3 May EV Zug 1 0 Geneve Servette HC Bossard Arena Zug RecapLeonardo Genoni 35 shots 35 saves Goalie stats Daniel Manzato 30 shots 29 saves 5 May Geneve Servette HC 1 2 EV Zug Patinoire des Vernets Geneva RecapDaniel Manzato 28 shots 26 saves Goalie stats Leonardo Genoni 23 shots 22 saves 7 May EV Zug 5 1 Geneve Servette HC Bossard Arena Zug RecapLeonardo Genoni 35 shots 34 saves Goalie stats Daniel Manzato 37 shots 33 saves EV Zug win series 3 0References Edit League assembly no relegation 52 games and pre playoffs swisshockeynews ch Retrieved 15 October 2020 Zug is qualification winner in German SRF Retrieved 26 March 2021 Round up National League in German SRF Retrieved 1 April 2021 Jetzt zahlen Punkte pro Spiel in German blick ch Retrieved 1 April 2021 Player stats in German SIHF ch Retrieved 15 October 2020 Goalie stats in German SIHF ch Retrieved 10 October 2020 External links EditOfficial website in German Official website in French Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2020 21 NL season amp oldid 1153156620, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
