2016–17 National League B season

The 2016–17 National League B season is the 70th ice hockey season of Switzerland's second tier hockey league, the National League B.^[1]^[2]

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HC Ajoie is the defending champions as they have not handed in their application for a promotion to this year's NLA season.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Team	City	Arena	Capacity
HC Ajoie	Porrentruy	Patinoire de Porrentruy	4,300
HC La Chaux-de-Fonds	La Chaux-de-Fonds	Patinoire des Mélèzes	7,200
GCK Lions	Küsnacht	Eishalle Küsnacht	2,200
SC Langenthal	Langenthal	Schoren Halle	4,500
EHC Olten	Olten	Kleinholz Stadion	6,500
SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	Rapperswil	Diners Club Arena	6,200
Red Ice	Martigny	Forum d'Octodure	4,500
HCB Ticino Rockets	Biasca	Pista Ghiaccio Biasca	3,800
Hockey Thurgau	Weinfelden	Güttingersreuti	3,200
EHC Visp	Visp	Litternahalle	4,300
EHC Winterthur	Winterthur	Zielbau Arena	3,000
EVZ Academy	Zug	Bossard Arena	7,015

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	SC Langenthal	48	32	6	2	8	181	105	+76	110	Advance to Playoffs
2	HC La Chaux-de-Fonds	48	30	3	6	9	198	137	+61	102
3	Red Ice	48	26	6	3	13	152	115	+37	93
4	SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	48	29	1	2	16	174	139	+35	91
5	EHC Olten	48	26	4	5	13	176	130	+46	91
6	HC Ajoie	48	24	6	2	16	202	136	+66	86
7	EHC Visp	48	20	2	4	22	162	159	+3	68
8	Hockey Thurgau	48	15	5	2	26	135	161	−26	57
9	EHC Winterthur	48	14	1	2	31	121	195	−74	46
10	EVZ Academy	48	10	4	4	30	102	180	−78	42
11	HCB Ticino Rockets	48	9	3	7	29	127	195	−68	40
12	GCK Lions	48	9	3	5	31	106	184	−78	38

Quarter-Finals			Semi-Finals			Finals

1	SC Langenthal	4

8	Hockey Thurgau	0
			1	SC Langenthal	4

			6	HC Ajoie	1
2	HC La Chaux-de-Fonds	4

7	EHC Visp	1
						1	SC Langenthal	4
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
						4	SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	3
3	Red Ice	1

6	HC Ajoie	4
			2	HC La Chaux-de-Fonds	1

			4	SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	4
4	SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	4

5	EHC Olten	1

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