2014–15 NLA season

The 2014–15 National League A season was the eighth ice hockey season of Switzerland's top hockey league, the National League A. Overall, it is the 77th season of Swiss professional hockey.^[1]

2014–15 National League A season
League	National League A
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	September 20, 2014 – 2015
Number of games	50
Number of teams	12
Regular Season
Best Record	ZSC Lions
Runners-up	SC Bern
Top scorer	Fredrik Pettersson (HC Lugano)
Playoffs
Semi-Final champions	ZSC Lions
Semi-Final runners-up	Genève-Servette HC
Semi-Final champions	HC Davos
Semi-Final runners-up	SC Bern
Swiss champion NLA
Champions	HC Davos
Runners-up	ZSC Lions

Teams

HC Ambrì-Piotta

SC Bern

EHC Biel

HC Davos

HC Fribourg-Gottéron

Genève-Servette HC

Kloten Flyers

Lausanne HC

HC Lugano

Rapperswil-Jona

EV Zug

ZSC Lions

NLA teams for the 2013–14 season

Team	City	Arena	Capacity
HC Ambrì-Piotta	Ambrì	Valascia	6,500
SC Bern	Bern	PostFinance-Arena	17,131
EHC Biel	Biel/Bienne	Eisstadion Biel	6,200
HC Davos	Davos	Vaillant Arena	6,800
HC Fribourg-Gottéron	Fribourg	BCF Arena	6,700
Genève-Servette HC	Geneva	Patinoire des Vernets	7,135
Kloten Flyers	Kloten	Kolping Arena	7,719
Lausanne HC	Lausanne	CIG de Malley	7,600
HC Lugano	Lugano	Pista La Resega	7,800
Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	Rapperswil	Diners Club Arena	6,200
EV Zug	Zug	Bossard Arena	7,015
ZSC Lions	Zurich	Hallenstadion	11,200

Regular season

Final standings.^[2]

Rank	Team	GP	W	L	OTW	OTL	SOW	SOL	Goals	Diff.	Pts
1	ZSC Lions	50	27	10	1	5	2	5	148:106	42	97
2	SC Bern	50	27	13	2	0	3	5	158:120	38	96
3	HC Lugano	50	27	13	2	3	6	2	155:127	28	93
4	EV Zug	50	27	13	2	2	5	4	166:126	40	92
5	HC Davos	50	23	15	3	1	3	5	164:132	32	87
6	Genève-Servette HC	50	16	16	3	3	3	6	154:154	0	78
7	Lausanne HC	50	24	20	1	2	4	4	105:116	-11	73
8	EHC Biel	50	22	21	4	5	3	2	142:164	-22	66
9	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	50	11	22	3	5	6	3	144:177	-33	59
10	Kloten Flyers	50	13	25	4	1	4	3	117:144	-27	59
11	HC Ambrì-Piotta	50	11	24	4	2	5	4	124:167	-43	57
12	Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	50	7	28	3	3	4	5	121:165	-44	43

Playoffs

	Quarter-Finals					Semi-Finals					Finals
	1	ZSC Lions	4
	8	EHC Biel	3
						1	ZSC Lions	4
						6	Genève-Servette HC	2
	2	SC Bern	4
	7	Lausanne HC	3
											1	ZSC Lions	1
	(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
											5	HC Davos	4
	3	HC Lugano	2
	6	Genève-Servette HC	4
						2	SC Bern	0
						5	HC Davos	4
	4	EV Zug	2
	5	HC Davos	4

Relegation playoffs – Playouts

1st round

Rank	Team	GP	W	L	OTW	OTL	SOW	SOL	Goals	Diff.	Pts
1	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	6	4	1	0	1	0	0	160:186	-26	72
2	Kloten Flyers	6	4	2	0	0	0	0	131:150	-19	71
3	HC Ambrì-Piotta	6	1	4	1	0	0	0	136:188	-52	62
4	Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	6	2	4	0	0	0	0	133:183	-50	49

2nd round

(3) Ambrì-Piotta vs. (4) Lakers

17 March 2015 20:15

Ambrì-Piotta

2–1 (2–0, 0–1, 0–0)

Lakers

Valascia, Ambrì Attendance: 4,216

Game reference
	Sandro Zurkirchen	Goalies	Tim Wolf	Referees: Marcus Vinnerborg Tobias Wehrli Linesmen: Roger Bürgi Peter Küng
	A. Giroux (K. Aucoin, F. Bouillon) (PP) 11:08 1–0 I. Pestoni (A. Hall, F. Bouillon) (PP) 13:42 2–0 2–1 29:58 N. Danielsson (P. Schommer, N. Persson) (PP)
	6 min	Penalties	20 min
	34	Shots	35

19 March 2015 19:45

Lakers

3–2 (0–1, 2–1, 1–0)

Ambrì-Piotta

Diners Club Arena, Rapperswil Attendance: 4,511

Game reference
	Tim Wolf	Goalies	Sandro Zurkirchen	Referees: Andreas Koch Marc Wiegand Linesmen: Roger Bürgi Andreas Kohler
	0–1 6:32 K. Aucoin (P. Sidler, A. Trunz) N. Danielsson (D. Walser, P. Schommer) (PP) 28:00 1–1 1–2 34:20 D. Steiner (A. Dostoinov, P. Duca) (PP) S. Hürlimann (S. Ryser, P. Schommer) (PP) 35:28 2–2 M. Pedretti (R. Kuonen) 50:03 3–2
	37 min	Penalties	35 min
	50	Shots	25

21 March 2015 19:45

Ambrì-Piotta

SO 4–3 (1–1, 2–2, 0–0) (OT 0–0) (SO: 1–0)

Lakers

Valascia, Ambrì Attendance: 5,372

Game reference
	Sandro Zurkirchen	Goalies	Tim Wolf	Referees: Ken Mollard Daniel Stricker Linesmen: Balazs Kovacs Marc-Henri Progin
	0–1 3:10 L. Sieber (N. Danielsson, D. Walser) A. Hall (D. Steiner) 14:38 1–1 A. Hall (F. Bouillon, K. Aucoin) (PP) 20:56 2–1 2–2 23:18 R. Kuonen (E. Walsky) A. Giroux (I. Pestoni) (PP) 38:57 3–2 3–3 39:18 A. Rizzello (S. Hürlimann)
	A. Hall A. Giroux K. Aucoin I. Pestoni	Shootout	A. Rizzello N. Persson P. Obrist J. Fransson
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	45	Shots	44

24 March 2015 19:45

Lakers

0–4 (0–3, 0–1, 0–0)

Ambrì-Piotta

Diners Club Arena, Rapperswil Attendance: 4,323

Game reference
	Tim Wolf	Goalies	Sandro Zurkirchen	Referees: Stefan Eichmann Tobias Wehrli Linesmen: Roger Bürgi Andreas Kohler
	0–1 5:02 K. Aucoin (I. Pestoni) 0–2 13:41 I. Pestoni (K. Aucoin, A. Birbaum) 0–3 14:36 C. Stucki (F. Lüthi) 0–4 29:22 A. Dostoinov (R. Schlagenhauf, J. Zgraggen)
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	40	Shots	27

26 March 2015 19:45

Ambrì-Piotta

3–4 OT (1–1, 1–1, 1–1) (OT 0–1)

Lakers

Valascia, Ambrì Attendance: 5,384

Game reference
	Sandro Zurkirchen	Goalies	Tim Wolf	Referees: Andreas Koch Didier Massy Linesmen: Marc-Henri Progin Simon Wüst
	0–1 4:31 A. Rizzello (S. Hürlimann, N. Persson) D. Steiner (A. Dostoinov, B. Chavaillaz) (PP) 12:40 1–1 B. Chavaillaz (K. Aucoin, A. Hall) (PP) 20:58 2–1 2–2 31:58 R. Kuonen (L. Profico, F. Schmutz) (PP) 2–3 42:51 P. Obrist (J. Fransson, F. Schmutz) R. Schlagenhauf (J. Zgraggen, P. Duca) 52:23 3–3 3–4 74:17 C. Hächler (M. Pedretti)
	16 min	Penalties	12 min
	26	Shots	51

28 March 2015 19:45

Lakers

3–6 (2–1, 0–2, 1–3)

Ambrì-Piotta

Diners Club Arena, Rapperswil Attendance: 5,306

Game reference
	Tim Wolf	Goalies	Sandro Zurkirchen	Referees: Stefan Eichmann Daniel Stricker Linesmen: Franco Espinoza Peter Küng
	M. Pedretti (R. Kuonen, D. Walser) 1:10 1–0 M. Johansson (PP) 10:03 2–0 2–1 13:14 A. Lauper (A. Hall, A. Trunz) 2–2 28:27 R. O'Byrne (A. Hall, J. Zgraggen) 2–3 29:31 A. Birbaum (I. Pestoni, L. Lhoták) 2–4 50:06 K. Aucoin (I. Pestoni, F. Bouillon) (PP) E. Walsky (C. Geyer) 51:42 3–4 3–5 53:55 I. Pestoni (L. Lhoták) 3–6 58:56 D. Steiner (L. Poudrier
	10 min	Penalties	14 min
	30	Shots	37

Ambrì-Piotta won series 4–2

3rd round – League Qualification

Lakers vs. SCL Tigers

2 April 2015 19:45

Lakers

2–4 (0–0, 2–2, 0–2)

SCL Tigers

Diners Club Arena, Rapperswil Attendance: 5,191

Game reference
	Tim Wolf	Goalies	Damiano Ciaccio	Referees: Didier Massy Marc Wiegand Linesmen: Franco Espinoza Peter Küng
	D. Weisskopf 22:04 1–0 1–1 23:59 S. Lindemann 1–2 32:02 K. Hecquefeuille (L. Haas, C. DiDomenico) (PP) E. Walsky 33:27 2–2 2–3 57:39 S. Lindemann (K. Lindemann 2–4 59:12 A. Gerber (A. Gustafsson, L. Haas)
	8 min	Penalties	31 min
	25	Shots	33

4 April 2015 19:45

SCL Tigers

4–3 OT (2–0, 0–2, 1–1) (OT 1–0)

Lakers

Ilfis Stadium, Langnau im Emmental Attendance: 6,050

Game reference
	Damiano Ciaccio	Goalies	Tim Wolf	Referees: Stefan Eichmann Daniel Stricker Linesmen: Nicolas Fluri Michael Tscherrig
	L. Haas (S. Lindemann, C. DiDomenico) 16:28 1–0 T. Bucher (C. DiDomenico) (PP) 17:33 2–0 2–1 23:59 P. Obrist (S. Ryser, J. Murray) 2–2 30:08 J. Murray (S. Ryser, P. Obrist) S. Lindemann (C. Moggi, L. Haas) (PP) 41:38 3–2 3–3 59:52 J. Fransson (S. Ryser, M. Johansson) C. DiDomenico (PP) 66:41 4–3
	6 min	Penalties	18 min
	43	Shots	32

6 April 2015 16:30

Lakers

3–4 OT (1–0, 0–3, 2–0) (OT 0–1)

SCL Tigers

Diners Club Arena, Rapperswil Attendance: 6,017

Game reference
	Tim Wolf	Goalies	Damiano Ciaccio	Referees: Danny Kurmann Marcus Vinnerborg Linesmen: Roman Kaderli Simon Wüst
	A. Rizzelo (M. Johansson) 16:29 1–0 1–1 27:01 Y. Müller (C. DiDomenico, M. Stettler (PP) 1–2 34:49 Y. Müller (S. Lindemann, L. Haas) 1–3 39:56 T. Bucher (A. Gustafsson, C. DiDomenico) D. Weisskopf (J. Fransson, M. Johansson) (PP) 55:38 2–3 M. Johansson (S. Ryser, J. Fransson) (PP) 59:38 3–3 3–4 63:26 A. Gustafsson (C. DiDomenico, T. Bucher)
	30 min	Penalties	40 min
	18	Shots	12

9 April 2015 19:45

SCL Tigers

5–1 (2–0, 0–1, 3–0)

Lakers

Ilfis Stadium, Langnau im Emmental Attendance: 6,050

Game reference
	Damiano Ciaccio	Goalies	Ivars Punnenovs	Referees: Didier Massy Marc Wiegand Linesmen: Franco Espinoza Peter Küng
	T. Bucher (C. DiDomenico) 2:58 1–0 L. Haas 3:35 2–0 2–1 30:16 D. Walser (N. Berger, A. Rizzelo) C. DiDomenico (A. Gerber) 53:04 3–1 L. Haas (S. Lindemann, Y. Müller) 53:38 4–1 K. Hecquefeuille (PP) 57:53 5–1
	8 min	Penalties	31 min
	28	Shots	38

SCL Tigers won series 4–0

SCL Tigers won the series and were promoted to NLA and will play there in 2015–16 season. Rapperswil-Jona Lakers were relegated to National League B and will play there in 2015–16 season.