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2020–21 National League season
LeagueNational League
SportIce hockey
DurationOctober 1, 2020 – March 22, 2021
Number of games52
Number of teams12
Regular season
Playoffs
Swiss champion NL
National League seasons

The 2020–21 National League season is the 83rd season of Swiss professional ice hockey and the fourth season as the National League (NL).

ZSC Lions are the defending regular season winners. Due to the 2020 coronavirus outbreak in Switzerland there is 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 or promotion from the season.[1]

Teams

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NL teams for the 2020–21 season
Team City Arena Capacity COVID-19 Capacity
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

Regular season

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 EV Zug 31 18 5 5 3 107 74 +33 69 Advance to Playoffs
2 ZSC Lions 33 16 4 5 8 110 86 +24 61
3 Fribourg-Gottéron 33 17 2 3 11 102 103 −1 58
4 Lausanne HC 26 14 4 1 7 87 56 +31 51
5 HC Lugano 31 13 5 1 12 85 81 +4 50
6 Genève-Servette HC 27 13 3 2 9 89 65 +24 47
7 EHC Biel 31 12 4 3 12 92 87 +5 47 Advance to Pre-playoffs
8 HC Davos 33 12 4 3 14 117 114 +3 47
9 SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers 34 9 3 3 19 88 109 −21 36
10 HC Ambrì-Piotta 32 7 3 6 16 64 94 −30 33
11 SCL Tigers 31 6 2 5 18 62 114 −52 27
12 SC Bern 24 6 1 3 14 56 76 −20 23
Updated to match(es) played on 4 February. Source: NLA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) higher number of points earned in games between the tied teams; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored; 5) goal difference in games between the tied teams; 6) number of goals scored in games between the tied teams; 7) higher number of away goals scored; 8) higher number of away goals scored in games between the tied teams; 9) NL committee decision. Rules

Player statistics

Scoring leaders

The following players led the league in points, at the conclusion of matches played on 3 February.[2] If two or more skaters are tied (i.e. same number of points, goals and played games), all of the tied skaters are shown.

Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIM
Andres Ambühl HC Davos 33 13 23 36 0 22
Denis Hollenstein ZSC Lions 32 19 15 34 +4 22
Sven Andrighetto ZSC Lions 32 15 18 33 +8 10
Grégory Hofmann EV Zug 29 13 20 33 +8 18
Roman Červenka SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers 34 12 21 33 +7 28
Jan Kovář EV Zug 31 10 23 33 +9 48
Killian Mottet Fribourg-Gottéron 32 16 15 31 +2 16
Linus Omark Genève-Servette HC 26 11 20 31 +6 37
Enzo Corvi HC Davos 30 5 25 30 -1 10
Chris DiDomenico Fribourg-Gottéron 30 7 22 29 -6 14

Leading goaltenders

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 matches played on 3 February.[3]

Player Team GP TOI W WO LO L GA SO Sv% GAA
Tobias Stephan Lausanne HC 16 932 8 1 0 6 31 2 .937 2.00
Gauthier Descloux Genève-Servette HC 22 1333 11 1 1 6 48 3 .935 2.16
Luca Boltshauser Lausanne HC 11 637 6 1 1 1 23 1 .930 2.17
Ludovic Waeber ZSC Lions 21 1242 12 3 0 5 45 3 .923 2.17
Joren van Pottelberghe EHC Biel 24 1441 10 3 3 7 58 2 .919 2.42

References

  1. ^ "League assembly: no relegation, 52 games and pre-playoffs". swisshockeynews.ch. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Player stats" (in German). SIHF.ch. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Goalie stats" (in German). SIHF.ch. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
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