1996–97 Nationalliga A season

The 1996–97 NLA season was the 59th regular season of the Nationalliga A.

Regular season

Final standings

	Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1.	SC Bern	36	23	11	2	155	108	48
2.	EV Zug	36	22	11	3	158	109	47
3.	EHC Kloten	36	18	13	5	120	101	41
4.	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	36	17	14	5	135	110	39
5.	HC Davos	36	19	16	1	147	135	39
6.	HC Lugano	36	17	15	4	137	125	38
7.	ZSC Lions	36	16	19	1	123	149	33
8.	SC Rapperswil-Jona	36	14	20	2	111	127	30
9.	HC Ambri-Piotta	36	12	22	2	119	138	26
10.	HC La Chaux-de-Fonds	36	9	26	1	103	196	19

Master Round

	Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1.	SC Bern	46	29	15	2	205	140	60
2.	EV Zug	46	26	15	5	188	142	57
3.	HC Davos	46	24	20	2	187	181	50
4.	EHC Kloten	46	21	18	7	152	131	49
5.	HC Lugano	46	22	19	5	166	153	49
6.	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	46	20	19	7	167	154	47

Qualification round

	Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
7.	SC Rapperswil-Jona	45	21	22	2	156	163	44
8.	ZSC Lions	45	19	24	2	155	188	40
9.	HC Ambri-Piotta	45	17	25	3	153	165	37
10.	HC La Chaux-de-Fonds	45	11	33	1	131	243	23

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

SC Bern (1) vs. ZSC Lions (8) Away Home ZSC Lions 5 3 SC Bern SC Bern 1 3 ZSC Lions ZSC Lions 2 7 SC Bern SC Bern 5 2 ZSC Lions ZSC Lions 2 5 SC Bern SC Bern wins series 3–2		EV Zug (2) vs. SC Rapperswil-Jona (7) Away Home SC Rapperswil-Jona 1 2 EV Zug EV Zug 2 0 SC Rapperswil-Jona SC Rapperswil-Jona 1 3 EV Zug EV Zug wins series 3–0
HC Davos (3) vs. Fribourg-Gottéron (6) Date Away Home Fribourg-Gottéron 3 4 HC Davos   HC Davos 5 4 Fribourg-Gottéron OT Fribourg-Gottéron 3 4 HC Davos   HC Davos wins series 3–0		EHC Kloten (4) vs. HC Lugano (5) Date Away Home HC Lugano 3 5 EHC Kloten   EHC Kloten 2 3 HC Lugano   HC Lugano 3 2 EHC Kloten OT EHC Kloten 1 7 HC Lugano   HC Lugano wins series 3–1

Semifinals

SC Bern vs. HC Lugano Away Home HC Lugano 0 1 SC Bern OT SC Bern 1 3 HC Lugano   HC Lugano 3 6 SC Bern   SC Bern 6 3 HC Lugano   SC Bern wins series 3–1

EV Zug vs. HC Davos Date Away Home HC Davos 1 2 EV Zug   EV Zug 4 3 HC Davos n.P. HC Davos 4 6 EV Zug   EV Zug wins series 3–0

Finals

SC Bern vs. EV Zug Away Home EV Zug 4 1 SC Bern   SC Bern 5 2 EV Zug   EV Zug 2 3 SC Bern OT SC Bern 4 0 EV Zug   SC Bern wins series 3–1

References

• sehv.ch
• hockeystats.ch
• hockeyarchives.info

External links

• hockeyfans.ch
• eishockeyforum.ch
• spoor.ch