2014–15 NLA season

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

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]

Teams

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
	(Pairings are re-seeded after the first round)					1	ZSC Lions	1
						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	Goals	Diff.	Pts
1	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	6	4	1	0	1	160:186	-26	72
2	Kloten Flyers	6	4	2	0	0	131:150	-19	71
3	HC Ambrì-Piotta	6	1	4	1	0	136:188	-52	62
4	Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	6	2	4	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


Sandro Zurkirchen	Goalies	Tim Wolf	Referees: Marcus Vinnerborg Tobias Wehrli Linesmen: Roger Bürgi Peter Küng
A. Giroux (K. Aucoin, F. Bouillon) (PP) 11:08 I. Pestoni (A. Hall, F. Bouillon) (PP) 13:42	1–0 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


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


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


Tim Wolf	Goalies	Sandro Zurkirchen	Referees: Stefan Eichmann Tobias Wehrli Linesmen: Roger Bürgi Andreas Kohler
	0–1 0–2 0–3 0–4	5:02 K. Aucoin (I. Pestoni) 13:41 I. Pestoni (K. Aucoin, A. Birbaum) 14:36 C. Stucki (F. Lüthi) 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


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


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


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


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


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


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

References

↑ SET YOUR CALENDARS - THE 2014/15 NLA REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE IS HERE- Swiss Hockey News
↑ "QUALIFIKATION". nationalleague.ch. February 24, 2015. Retrieved March 13, 2015.

External links

Official League Website (German)
Official League Website (French)

2014–15 in men's ice hockey

International

Leagues

International	Asia League Austrian Hockey League Belarusian Extraliga Kontinental Hockey League MOL Liga National Hockey League

Domestic	Australia '14 '15 Bosnia and Herzegovina Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Hungary Iceland Israel Italy Kazakhstan Latvia Lithuania Netherlands Norway Poland Romania Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom

NLA seasons

2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20

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