2020–21 National League season | |
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League | National League |
Sport | Ice hockey |
Duration | October 1, 2020 – March 22, 2021 |
Number of games | 52 |
Number of teams | 12 |
Regular season | |
Best record | EV Zug |
Runners-up | HC Lugano |
Season MVP | Jan Kovář (EV Zug) |
Top scorer | Jan Kovář (EV Zug) |
Playoffs | |
Semi-Final champions | EV Zug |
Semi-Final runners-up | SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers |
Semi-Final champions | Genève-Servette HC |
Semi-Final runners-up | ZSC Lions |
Swiss champion NL | |
Champions | EV Zug |
Runners-up | Genève-Servette HC |
The 2020–21 National League season was the 83rd season of Swiss professional ice hockey and the fourth season as the National League (NL).
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 Genève-Servette HC 3-0 in the final to win its first NL title since 1998.
Team | City | Arena | Capacity | COVID-19 Capacity |
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HC Ambrì-Piotta | Ambrì | Valascia | 6,500 | 0 |
SC Bern | Bern | PostFinance Arena | 17,031 | 0 |
EHC Biel | Biel/Bienne | Tissot Arena | 6,521 | 0 |
HC Davos | Davos | Eisstadion Davos | 6,800 | 0 |
Fribourg-Gottéron | Fribourg | BCF Arena | 8,934 | 0 |
Genève-Servette HC | Geneva | Patinoire des Vernets | 7,135 | 0 |
Lausanne HC | Lausanne | Vaudoise Aréna | 9,600 | 0 |
HC Lugano | Lugano | Cornér Arena | 7,800 | 0 |
SCL Tigers | Langnau im Emmental | Ilfis Stadium | 6,000 | 0 |
SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers | Rapperswil | St. Galler Kantonalbank Arena | 6,200 | 0 |
ZSC Lions | Zürich | Hallenstadion | 11,200 | 0 |
EV Zug | Zug | Bossard Arena | 7,200 | 0 |
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]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | EV Zug | 52 | 33 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 197 | 128 | +69 | 119 | Advance to Playoffs |
2 | HC Lugano | 52 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 17 | 160 | 137 | +23 | 92 | |
3 | Fribourg-Gottéron | 51 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 159 | 151 | +8 | 90 | |
4 | Lausanne HC | 51 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 159 | 125 | +34 | 89 | |
5 | ZSC Lions | 52 | 24 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 170 | 143 | +27 | 90 | |
6 | Genève-Servette HC | 50 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 167 | 129 | +38 | 84 | |
7 | EHC Biel | 48 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 149 | 137 | +12 | 78 | Advance to Pre-playoffs |
8 | HC Davos | 51 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 174 | 177 | −3 | 74 | |
9 | SC Bern | 48 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 129 | 156 | −27 | 56 | |
10 | SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers | 50 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 141 | 180 | −39 | 56 | |
11 | HC Ambrì-Piotta | 51 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 107 | 158 | −51 | 50 | |
12 | SCL Tigers | 52 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 36 | 107 | 198 | −91 | 34 |
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 | +/– | PIM |
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Jan Kovář | EV Zug | 52 | 16 | 47 | 63 | +24 | 58 |
Linus Omark | Genève-Servette HC | 49 | 22 | 39 | 61 | +8 | 55 |
Sven Andrighetto | ZSC Lions | 52 | 27 | 28 | 55 | +10 | 18 |
Enzo Corvi | HC Davos | 44 | 15 | 37 | 52 | 0 | 16 |
Roman Červenka | SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers | 49 | 16 | 35 | 51 | -1 | 63 |
Killian Mottet | Fribourg-Gottéron | 50 | 23 | 25 | 48 | -1 | 34 |
Mark Arcobello | HC Lugano | 52 | 13 | 35 | 48 | +12 | 58 |
Chris DiDomenico | Fribourg-Gottéron | 48 | 15 | 31 | 46 | -5 | 48 |
Daniel Winnik | Genève-Servette HC | 49 | 15 | 31 | 46 | +8 | 46 |
Dario Simion | EV Zug | 50 | 24 | 21 | 45 | +24 | 6 |
Ryan Gunderson | Fribourg-Gottéron | 51 | 9 | 36 | 45 | +11 | 8 |
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% | GAA |
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Tobias Stephan | Lausanne HC | 29 | 1719 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 65 | 4 | .928 | 2.27 |
Niklas Schlegel | HC Lugano | 42 | 2359 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 92 | 6 | .928 | 2.34 |
Gauthier Descloux | Genève-Servette HC | 42 | 2526 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 100 | 5 | .927 | 2.38 |
Luca Boltshauser | Lausanne HC | 23 | 1359 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 54 | 1 | .920 | 2.38 |
Ludovic Waeber | ZSC Lions | 37 | 2204 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 88 | 4 | .918 | 2.40 |
Pre-playoffs (best-of-3) | Quarter-finals (best-of-7) | Semi-finals (best-of-5) | Finals (best-of-5) | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Zug | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | Biel | 0 | 9 | Bern | 2 | ||||||||||||||
10 | Rapperswil-Jona | 2 | 1 | Zug | 3 | ||||||||||||||
10 | Rapperswil-Jona | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Lugano | 1 | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | ||||||||||||||||
10 | Rapperswil-Jona | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Zug | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Genève-Servette | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Fribourg-Gottéron | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | Davos | 1 | 6 | Genève-Servette | 4 | ||||||||||||||
9 | Bern | 2 | 5 | ZSC Lions | 0 | ||||||||||||||
6 | Genève-Servette | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Lausanne | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | ZSC Lions | 4 |
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 scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
No 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 scoring | ||||||
| Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Melvin Nyffeler (35 shots / 34 saves) | Goalie stats | Joren van Pottelberghe (22 shots / 20 saves) |
SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers win series 2–0 | |
7 April | HC Davos | 3–4 | OT | SC Bern | Eisstadion Davos, Davos | Recap | ||
Robert 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 scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period |
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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 | Recap | |||
Sandro Aeschlimann (15 shots / 13 saves) | Goalie stats | Tomi Karhunen (53 shots / 53 saves) |
SC Bern win series 2–1 | |
13 April | EV Zug | 4–2 | SC Bern | Bossard Arena, Zug | Recap | |||
| 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 scoring | ||||||
Leonardo 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 | |||
| First period | 10:29 – Dario Simion (1) | ||||||
André Heim (1; PPG) – 6:28 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 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 | Recap | |||
Leonardo 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 | |||
| First period | 1:13 – Yannick Zehnder (1) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 12:55 – Justin Abdelkader (1) | ||||||
| Third period | |||||||
Tomi 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 |
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18:56 – Thierry Bader (1) | Second period |
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Third period | Geisser Tobias (1; ENG) – 19:56 | |||||||
Leonardo Genoni (25 shots / 23 saves) | Goalie stats | Tomi Karhunen (24 shots / 20 saves) |
23 April | SC Bern | 0–1 | EV Zug | PostFinance Arena, Bern | Recap | |||
Tomi Karhunen (31 shots / 30 saves) | Goalie stats | Leonardo Genoni (15 shots / 15 saves) |
EV Zug win series 4–2 | |
13 April | HC Lugano | 6–2 | SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers | Cornér 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 scoring | ||||||
| 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 | Recap | |||
Melvin Nyffeler (42 shots / 41 saves) | Goalie stats | Niklas Schlegel (17 shots / 13 saves) |
17 April | HC Lugano | 2–3 | OT | SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers | Cornér 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 scoring | ||||||
No 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 | Recap | |||
Melvin Nyffeler (34 shots / 33 saves) | Goalie stats | Niklas Schlegel (21 shots / 19 saves) |
21 April | HC Lugano | 3–4 | 2OT | SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers | Cornér Arena, Lugano | Recap | ||
Niklas Schlegel (48 shots / 44 saves) | Goalie stats | Melvin Nyffeler (62 shots / 59 saves) |
SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers win series 4–1 | |
13 April | HC Fribourg-Gottéron | 2–1 | Genève-Servette HC | BCF Arena, Fribourg | Recap | |||
Yannick Herren (1) – 18:59 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Dave Sutter (1) – 14:38 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 19:07 – Arnaud Montandon (1) | ||||||
Reto Berra (24 shots / 23 saves) | Goalie stats | Gauthier Descloux (35 shots / 33 saves) |
15 April | Genève-Servette HC | 3–1 | HC Fribourg-Gottéron | Patinoire des Vernets, Geneva | Recap | |||
Gauthier Descloux (33 shots / 32 saves) | Goalie stats | Reto Berra (33 shots / 31 saves) |
17 April | HC Fribourg-Gottéron | 3–8 | Genève-Servette HC | BCF Arena, Fribourg | Recap | |||
Mauro Jörg (1) – 8:57 | First period | 12:05 – Eric Fehr (1; PPG) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period |
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Reto Berra (36 shots / 28 saves) | Goalie stats | Gauthier Descloux (45 shots / 42 saves) |
19 April | Genève-Servette HC | 4–0 | HC Fribourg-Gottéron | Patinoire des Vernets, Geneva | Recap | |||
Gauthier Descloux (4 shots / 4 saves) Daniel Manzato (34 shots / 34 saves) | Goalie stats | Reto Berra (23 shots / 20 saves) |
21 April | HC Fribourg-Gottéron | 0–5 | Genève-Servette HC | BCF Arena, Fribourg | Recap | |||
Reto Berra (42 shots / 47 saves) | Goalie stats | Daniel Manzato (29 shots / 29 saves) |
Genève-Servette HC win series 4–1 | |
13 April | Lausanne HC | 3–2 | OT | ZSC Lions | Vaudoise Aréna, 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 scoring | ||||||
Denis Malgin (1) – 6:32 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
Tobias Stephan (39 shots / 37 saves) | Goalie stats | Ludovic Waeber (27 shots / 24 saves) |
15 April | ZSC Lions | 5–0 | Lausanne HC | Hallenstadion, Zürich | Recap | |||
Ludovic Waeber (26 shots / 26 saves) | Goalie stats | Tobias Stephan (32 shots / 28 saves) |
17 April | Lausanne HC | 0–3 | ZSC Lions | Vaudoise Aréna, Lausanne | Recap | |||
Tobias Stephan (27 shots / 25 saves) | Goalie stats | Ludovic Waeber (39 shots / 39 saves) |
19 April | ZSC Lions | 3–1 | Lausanne HC | Hallenstadion, Zürich | Recap | |||
Ludovic Waeber (33 shots / 32 saves) | Goalie stats | Luca Boltshauser (30 shots / 27 saves) |
21 April | Lausanne HC | 5–2 | ZSC Lions | Vaudoise Aréna, 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) | ||||||
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Tobias Stephan (40 shots / 38 saves) | Goalie stats | Ludovic Waeber (32 shots / 28 saves) |
23 April | ZSC Lions | 3–0 | Lausanne HC | Hallenstadion, Zürich | Recap | |||
Ludovic Waeber (29 shots / 29 saves) | Goalie stats | Tobias Stephan (17 shots / 15 saves) |
ZSC Lions win series 4–2 | |
25 April | EV Zug | 6–1 | SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers | Bossard Arena, Zug | Recap | |||
| First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Second period | 10:54 – Kevin Clark (1) | ||||||
Justin Abdelkader (2) – 13:34 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Leonardo Genoni (30 shots / 29 saves) | Goalie stats | Melvin Nyffeler (28 shots / 23 saves) Noël Bader (19 shots / 18 saves) |
27 April | SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers | 2–4 | EV Zug | St. Galler Kantonalbank Arena, Rapperswil | Recap | |||
Melvin 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 |
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No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Leonardo 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 |
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| Second period | 12:57 – Jan Kovář (1) | ||||||
Nando Eggenberger (1) – 13:11 | Third period |
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Melvin Nyffeler (34 shots / 29 saves) | Goalie stats | Leonardo Genoni (37 shots / 34 saves) |
EV Zug win series 3–1 | |
25 April | ZSC Lions | 1–2 | Genève-Servette HC | Hallenstadion, Zürich | Recap | |||
Ludovic Waeber (30 shots / 28 saves) | Goalie stats | Daniel Manzato (22 shots / 21 saves) |
27 April | Genève-Servette HC | 4–1 | ZSC Lions | Patinoire des Vernets, Geneva | Recap | |||
Daniel Manzato (36 shots / 35 saves) | Goalie stats | Ludovic Waeber (20 shots / 16 saves) |
29 April | ZSC Lions | 1–4 | Genève-Servette HC | Hallenstadion, Zürich | 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 |
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Ludovic Waeber (23 shots / 20 saves) | Goalie stats | Daniel Manzato (21 shots / 20 saves) |
Genève-Servette HC win series 3–0 | |
3 May | EV Zug | 1–0 | Genève-Servette HC | Bossard Arena, Zug | Recap | |||
Leonardo Genoni (35 shots / 35 saves) | Goalie stats | Daniel Manzato (30 shots / 29 saves) |
5 May | Genève-Servette HC | 1–2 | EV Zug | Patinoire des Vernets, Geneva | Recap | |||
Daniel Manzato (28 shots / 26 saves) | Goalie stats | Leonardo Genoni (23 shots / 22 saves) |
7 May | EV Zug | 5–1 | Genève-Servette HC | Bossard Arena, Zug | Recap | |||
Leonardo Genoni (35 shots / 34 saves) | Goalie stats | Daniel Manzato (37 shots / 33 saves) |
EV Zug win series 3–0 | |
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