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| 2015–16 National League A season | |
|---|---|
| League | National League A |
| Sport | Ice hockey |
| Duration | September 9, 2015 – February 27, 2016 |
| Games | 50 |
| Teams | 12 |
| Regular season | |
| Best Record | ZSC Lions |
| Runners-up | HC Davos |
| Top scorer | Pierre-Marc Bouchard (EV Zug) |
| Playoffs | |
| Semi-Final champions | SC Bern |
| Semi-Final runners-up | HC Davos |
| Semi-Final champions | HC Lugano |
| Semi-Final runners-up | Genève-Servette HC |
| Swiss champion NLA | |
| Champions | SC Bern |
| Runners-up | HC Lugano |
| NLA seasons | |
The2015–16 National League A season was the ninthice hockey season ofSwitzerland's top hockey league, theNational League A. Overall, it was the 78th season of Swiss professional hockey.[1]
SC Bern went on to win the championship by defeatingHC Lugano. This title is the team's 14th in its history at the top division of Switzerland's ice hockey championship.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ZSC Lions | 50 | 29 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 173 | 125 | +48 | 98 | Advance to Playoffs |
| 2 | HC Davos | 50 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 181 | 142 | +39 | 91 | |
| 3 | Genève-Servette HC | 50 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 160 | 138 | +22 | 89 | |
| 4 | EV Zug | 50 | 24 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 161 | 138 | +23 | 88 | |
| 5 | HC Lugano | 50 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 157 | 150 | +7 | 80 | |
| 6 | Fribourg-Gottéron | 50 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 148 | 154 | −6 | 75 | |
| 7 | Kloten Flyers | 50 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 154 | 150 | +4 | 72 | |
| 8 | SC Bern | 50 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 152 | 162 | −10 | 67 | |
| 9 | Lausanne HC | 50 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 123 | 143 | −20 | 67 | Advance to Playouts[a] |
| 10 | HC Ambrì-Piotta | 50 | 18 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 144 | 166 | −22 | 66 | |
| 11 | SCL Tigers | 50 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 27 | 135 | 173 | −38 | 57 | |
| 12 | EHC Biel | 50 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 128 | 175 | −47 | 50 |
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pierre-Marc Bouchard | EV Zug | 49 | 12 | 55 | 67 | +6 | 20 |
| Perttu Lindgren | HC Davos | 50 | 22 | 40 | 62 | +34 | 20 |
| Lino Martschini | EV Zug | 50 | 26 | 28 | 54 | +6 | 6 |
| Cory Conacher | SC Bern | 48 | 22 | 30 | 52 | 0 | 68 |
| Robert Nilsson | ZSC Lions | 48 | 12 | 40 | 52 | +22 | 16 |
| Marc Wieser | HC Davos | 50 | 24 | 25 | 49 | +24 | 20 |
| Linus Klasen | HC Lugano | 49 | 14 | 35 | 49 | +7 | 18 |
| Fredrik Pettersson | HC Lugano | 50 | 26 | 22 | 48 | +4 | 52 |
| Josh Holden | EV Zug | 48 | 18 | 30 | 48 | +7 | 20 |
| Auston Matthews | ZSC Lions | 36 | 24 | 22 | 46 | +16 | 6 |
| Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| 1 | ZSC Lions | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | SC Bern | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | HC Davos | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | SC Bern | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | HC Davos | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Kloten Flyers | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | SC Bern | 4 | ||||||||||||
| (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | ||||||||||||||
| 5 | HC Lugano | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Genève-Servette HC | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Fribourg-Gottéron | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Genève-Servette HC | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | HC Lugano | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | EV Zug | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | HC Lugano | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lausanne HC | 56 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 140 | 155 | −15 | 76 |
| 2 | HC Ambrì-Piotta | 56 | 21 | 2 | 8 | 25 | 164 | 188 | −24 | 75 |
| 3 | EHC Biel | 56 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 143 | 185 | −42 | 65 |
| 4 | SCL Tigers | 56 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 32 | 153 | 199 | −46 | 60 |
| 19 March 2016 19:45 | EHC Biel | 6–1 (1–1, 3–0, 2–0) | SCL Tigers | Tissot Arena,Biel/Bienne Attendance: 5,454 |
| Game reference | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S. Rytz,L. Meili | Goalies | D. Ciaccio | Referees: Andreas Fischer Marcus Vinnerborg Linesmen: Balazs Kovacs Michael Tscherrig | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 34 min | Penalties | 44 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 33 | Shots | 33 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 22 March 2016 19:45 | SCL Tigers | 1–0 (1–0, 0–0, 0–0) | EHC Biel | Ilfis Stadium,Langnau im Emmental Attendance: 5,377 |
| Game reference | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D. Ciaccio | Goalies | L. Meili | Referees: Andreas Koch Daniel Stricker Linesmen: Nicolas Fluri Peter Küng | ||
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| 4 min | Penalties | 20 min | |||
| 35 | Shots | 43 | |||
| 24 March 2016 19:45 | EHC Biel | 3–0 (1–0, 1–0, 1–0) | SCL Tigers | Tissot Arena,Biel/Bienne Attendance: 6,238 |
| Game reference | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L. Meili | Goalies | D. Ciaccio | Referees: Didier Massy Marco Prugger Linesmen: Nicolas Fluri Peter Küng | ||||||||
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| 12 min | Penalties | 28 min | |||||||||
| 46 | Shots | 15 | |||||||||
| 26 March 2016 19:45 | SCL Tigers | 6–5 (0–0, 3–1, 3–4) | EHC Biel | Ilfis Stadium,Langnau im Emmental Attendance: 6,000 |
| Game reference | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D. Ciaccio | Goalies | L. Meili | Referees: Tobias Wehrli Marc Wiegand Linesmen: Roger Bürgi Simon Wüst | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 16 min | Penalties | 16 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 42 | Shots | 39 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 28 March 2016 16:30 | EHC Biel | 1–3 (0–1, 1–1, 0–1) | SCL Tigers | Tissot Arena,Biel/Bienne Attendance: 6,319 |
| Game reference | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L. Meili | Goalies | D. Ciaccio | Referees: Danny Kurmann Didier Massy Linesmen: Balazs Kovacs Michael Tscherrig | |||||||||||
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| 12 min | Penalties | 16 min | ||||||||||||
| 49 | Shots | 27 | ||||||||||||
| 31 March 2016 19:45 | SCL Tigers | 4–3OT (2–0, 1–1, 0–2, 1–0) | EHC Biel | Ilfis Stadium,Langnau im Emmental Attendance: 6,000 |
| Game reference | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D. Ciaccio | Goalies | L. Meili | Referees: Stefan Eichmann Daniel Stricker Linesmen: Roger Bürgi Simon Wüst | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 8 min | Penalties | 10 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 38 | Shots | 45 | |||||||||||||||||||||
In League Qualification seriesEHC Biel were supposed to play againstHC Ajoie, who won the2015–16 National League B playoffs, but the series were cancelled after HC Ajoie have not handed in their application for a promotion to next year'sNLA season.[2][3][4]