2015–16 NLA season

2015–16 National League A season
League National League A
Sport Ice hockey
Duration September 9, 2015 – February 27, 2016
Number of games 50
Number of 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

The 2015–16 National League A season was the ninth ice hockey season of Switzerland's top hockey league, the National League A. Overall, it was the 78th season of Swiss professional hockey.[1]

SC Bern went on to win the championship by defeating HC Lugano. This title is the team's 14th in its history at the top division of Switzerland's ice hockey championship.

Teams

Team City Arena Capacity
HC Ambrì-Piotta Ambrì Valascia 6,500
SC Bern Bern PostFinance-Arena 17,031
EHC Biel Biel/Bienne Tissot Arena 6,521
HC Davos Davos Vaillant Arena 6,800
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
SCL Tigers Langnau im Emmental Ilfis Stadium 6,050
ZSC Lions Zürich Hallenstadion 11,200
EV Zug Zug Bossard Arena 7,015

Regular season

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[lower-alpha 1]
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
Updated to match(es) played on 28 February 2016. Source: NLA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) a higher number of wins in the regular time; 3) a higher number of wins in overtime and shootouts; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots.
Notes:
  1. Relegation Playoffs

Playoffs

  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  
(Pairings are re-seeded after the first round)   8  SC Bern 4
  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  

Relegation playoffs – Playouts

1st round

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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
Updated to match(es) played on 28 February 2016. Source: NLA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) a higher number of wins in the regular time; 3) a higher number of wins in overtime and shootouts; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots.

2nd round

(3) EHC Biel vs. (4) SCL Tigers

19 March 2016
19:45
EHC Biel 6–1
(1–1, 3–0, 2–0)
SCL Tigers Tissot Arena, Biel/Bienne
Attendance: 5,454
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
24 March 2016
19:45
EHC Biel 3–0
(1–0, 1–0, 1–0)
SCL Tigers Tissot Arena, Biel/Bienne
Attendance: 6,238
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
28 March 2016
16:30
EHC Biel 1–3
(0–1, 1–1, 0–1)
SCL Tigers Tissot Arena, Biel/Bienne
Attendance: 6,319
31 March 2016
19:45
SCL Tigers 4–3 OT
(2–0, 1–1, 0–2, 1–0)
EHC Biel Ilfis Stadium, Langnau im Emmental
Attendance: 6,000
SCL Tigers won series 4–2

3rd round – League Qualification

In League Qualification series EHC Biel were supposed to play against HC Ajoie, who won the 2015–16 National League B playoffs, but the series were cancelled after HC Ajoie have not handed in their application for a promotion to next year's NLA season.[2][3][4]

References

  1. "NL A und NL B: Die Spielpläne 15/16". SIHF. Retrieved June 25, 2015.
  2. "HC Ajoie claims 2016 NLB Championship title and cancels League Qualification Series". swisshockeynews.ch. April 1, 2016. Archived from the original on April 6, 2016. Retrieved April 6, 2016.
  3. "Der HC Ajoie ist NLB-Meister!" (in German). Hockeyfans.ch. April 1, 2016. Archived from the original on April 6, 2016. Retrieved April 6, 2016.
  4. "Der HC Ajoie ist NL B Meister 2016" (in German). SIHF. April 2, 2016. Archived from the original on April 6, 2016. Retrieved April 6, 2016.

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