2006–07 National League A season

2006–07 National League A Season
League National League A
Sport Ice hockey
Number of games 44
Number of teams 12
Regular Season
Best Record HC Davos
Runners-up SC Bern
Top scorer Simon Gamache
(SC Bern)
Playoffs
Semi-Final #1 champions HC Davos
  Semi-Final #1 runners-up Kloten Flyers
Semi-Final #2 champions SC Bern
  Semi-Final #2 runners-up EV Zug
National League A Championship
Champions HC Davos
  Runners-up SC Bern

The 2006-07 NLA season was the 69th regular season of the Nationalliga A (NLA), the main professional ice hockey league in Switzerland.

New Rules

There are a few changes of rules for the new season.

3-Point System

For the first time an NLA season is run with a 3-point system. A team gets now 3 points for a win after 60 minutes, instead of 2.

Overtime

A tied game after 60 minutes results in an overtime of 5 minutes, which is played 4 vs. 4 (this is not a rule change). But now, if a team scores a goal it gets two points while the other team also gets a point.

Penalty Shootout

If the game still remains tied after the overtime, there will be a penalty shootout with 3 shots per team. The winner team will get two points and the other team one point.

Regular season

Final standings

Team GP W L OTW OTL GF GA Pts
1. HC Davos 44 26 13 2 3 154 120 85
2. SC Bern 44 24 13 5 2 163 115 84
3. EV Zug 44 22 13 6 3 153 117 81
4. HC Lugano 44 25 15 1 3 143 123 80
5. Kloten Flyers 44 22 14 6 2 173 128 80
6. Rapperswil-Jona Lakers 44 19 17 5 3 149 141 70
7. Genève-Servette HC 44 19 19 2 4 147 140 65
8. ZSC Lions 44 13 19 9 3 111 127 60
9. HC Ambri-Piotta 44 14 21 1 8 128 165 52
10. HC Fribourg-Gottéron 44 12 19 1 12 134 167 50
11. SCL Tigers 44 12 26 5 1 115 160 47
12. EHC Basel 44 9 28 4 3 103 170 38

Scoring leaders

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes

Player Team GP G A Pts PIM
Simon Gamache SC Bern 44 20 46 66 40
Alexandre Daigle HC Davos 44 22 39 61 44
Kimmo Rintanen Kloten Flyers 41 24 34 58 16
Christian Dubé SC Bern 40 16 38 54 36
Jean-Guy Trudel HC Ambri-Piotta 44 27 26 53 38
Hnat Domenichelli HC Ambri-Piotta 44 21 31 52 50
Oleg Petrov EV Zug 42 12 40 52 95
Michel Riesen HC Davos 44 37 14 51 70
Domenico Pittis Kloten Flyers 40 17 34 51 75
Serge Aubin Genève-Servette HC 40 21 29 50 50

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

HC Davos (1) vs. ZSC Lions (8)
Date Away Score Home
February 24 Lions 3 2 Davos OT
February 27 Davos 1 3 Lions  
March 1 Lions 1 3 Davos  
March 3 Davos 2 5 Lions  
March 6 Lions 2 4 Davos  
March 8 Davos 3 1 Lions  
March 10 Lions 0 3 Davos  
HC Davos wins series 4–3
   
SC Bern (2) vs. Genève-Servette HC (7)
Date Away Score Home
February 24 Genève 1 2 Bern  
February 27 Bern 3 2 Genève  
March 1 Genève 2 4 Bern  
March 3 Bern 1 2 Genève  
March 6 Genève 3 7 Bern  
SC Bern wins series 4–1
EV Zug (3) vs. Rapperswil-Jona Lakers (6)
Date Away Score Home
February 24 Lakers 3 2 Zug  
February 27 Zug 3 4 Lakers OT
March 1 Lakers 4 1 Zug  
March 3 Zug 6 5 Lakers OT
March 6 Lakers 3 6 Zug  
March 8 Zug 5 1 Lakers  
March 10 Lakers 2 6 Zug  
EV Zug wins series 4–3
   
HC Lugano (4) vs. Kloten Flyers (5)
Date Away Score Home
February 24 Flyers 6 3 Lugano  
February 27 Lugano 2 3 Flyers OT
March 1 Flyers 1 8 Lugano  
March 3 Lugano 1 3 Flyers  
March 6 Flyers 3 5 Lugano  
March 8 Lugano 1 3 Flyers  
Kloten Flyers wins series 4–2

Semifinals

HC Davos (1) vs. Kloten Flyers (5)
Date Away Score Home
March 13 Kloten 0 5 Davos  
March 15 Davos 3 4 Kloten  
March 17 Kloten 3 4 Davos  
March 20 Davos 6 3 Kloten  
March 22 Kloten 1 3 Davos  
HC Davos wins series 4–1
   
SC Bern (2) vs. EV Zug (3)
Date Away Score Home
March 13 Zug 0 4 Bern  
March 15 Bern 1 0 Zug  
March 17 Zug 0 4 Bern  
March 20 Bern 1 3 Zug  
March 22 Zug 0 4 Bern  
SC Bern wins series 4–1

Finals

HC Davos (1) vs. SC Bern (2)
Date Away Score Home
March 27 Bern 2 3 Davos
March 29 Davos 0 4 Bern
March 31 Bern 1 3 Davos
April 3 Davos 2 3 Bern
April 5 Bern 1 3 Davos
April 7 Davos 1 2 Bern
April 9 Bern 0 1 Davos
HC Davos wins series 4–3

Scoring leaders

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes

Player Team GP G A Pts PIM
Simon Gamache SC Bern 15 7 9 16 10
Christian Dubé SC Bern 16 0 16 16 24
Josef Marha HC Davos 18 8 6 14 24
Kimmo Rintanen Kloten Flyers 11 6 7 13 2
Alexandre Daigle HC Davos 17 4 9 13 4
Zbynek Irgl HC Davos 15 8 4 12 20
Mariusz Czerkawski Rapperswil-Jona Lakers 7 6 6 12 16
Peter Guggisberg HC Davos 18 6 5 11 4
Radek Hamr Kloten Flyers 11 2 9 11 22
Marc Reichert SC Bern 16 6 4 10 4

Relegation (Playout)

After the conclusion of the regular season, the bottom 4 teams will compete in a 4-team elimation playoff, with the losing team advancing to determine which team will face the champions of the National League B. The winner of the best-of-7 series will play in the National League A next season, while the losing team will play in the National League B.

Semifinals

HC Ambri-Piotta (9) vs. EHC Basel (12)
Date Away Score Home
February 24 Basel 2 3 Ambrì-Piotta  
February 27 Ambrì-Piotta 5 4 Basel OT
March 1 Basel 2 4 Ambrì-Piotta  
March 3 Ambrì-Piotta 2 3 Basel  
March 6 Basel 5 4 Ambri-Piotta OT
March 8 Ambrì-Piotta 2 3 Basel  
March 10 Basel 1 5 Ambrì-Piotta  
HC Ambri-Piotta wins series 4–3
   
Fribourg-Gottéron HC (10) vs. SCL Tigers (11)
Date Away Score Home
February 24 Tigers 3 6 Fribourg  
February 27 Fribourg 3 2 Tigers  
March 1 Tigers 3 4 Fribourg OT
March 3 Fribourg 4 3 Tigers OT
Fribourg-Gottéron HC wins series 4–0

Finals

SCL Tigers vs. EHC Basel
Date Away Score Home
March 13 Basel 0 2 Tigers  
March 15 Tigers 3 4 Basel  
March 17 Basel 2 9 Tigers  
March 20 Tigers 0 4 Basel  
March 22 Basel 4 0 Tigers  
March 24 Tigers 2 3 Basel OT
EHC Basel wins series 4–2

League Qualification

SCL Tigers vs. EHC Biel
Date Away Score Home
March 29 EHC Biel 1 4 Tigers
March 31 Tigers 5 2 Biel
April 3 Biel 5 2 Tigers
April 5 Tigers 6 1 Biel
April 7 Biel 3 5 Tigers
SCL Tigers wins series 4–1

References

Results from Puck.ch

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