2003–04 Nationalliga A season

The 2003–04 NLA season was the 66th regular season of the Nationalliga A, the main professional ice hockey league in Switzerland.

Regular season

Final standings

		Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1.	HC Lugano	48	35	9	4	196	127	74
2.	SC Bern	48	31	12	5	176	113	67
3.	Genève-Servette HC	48	26	16	6	148	123	58
4.	HC Davos	48	24	17	7	166	132	55
5.	ZSC Lions	48	25	19	4	140	121	54
6.	HC Ambri-Piotta	48	22	20	6	153	141	50
7.	EV Zug	48	21	22	5	117	147	47
8.	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	48	22	23	3	152	135	47
9.	Kloten Flyers	48	22	23	3	151	131	47
10.	SC Rapperswil-Jona	48	16	27	5	136	163	37
11.	HC Lausanne	48	15	30	3	116	171	33
12.	SCL Tigers	48	13	29	6	119	175	32
13.	EHC Basel	48	9	34	5	116	207	23

Scoring leaders

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

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Ville Peltonen	HC Lugano	48	28	44	72	16
Mike Maneluk	HC Lugano	48	30	41	71	85
Jean-Guy Trudel	HC Ambri-Piotta	47	30	38	68	66
Mikael Karlberg	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	48	18	48	66	30
Hnat Domenichelli	HC Ambri-Piotta	42	27	32	59	84
Petteri Nummelin	HC Lugano	48	20	39	59	59
Oleg Petrov	Genève-Servette HC	48	24	32	56	97
Andre Bashkirov	HC Lausanne	48	24	31	55	10
Jukka Hentunen	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	47	25	28	53	22
Jan Alston	ZSC Lions	45	22	31	53	36

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

HC Lugano (1) vs. Fribourg-Gottéron (8) Away Home Fribourg-Gottéron 2 7 HC Lugano HC Lugano 4 2 Fribourg-Gottéron Fribourg-Gottéron 1 2 HC Lugano HC Lugano 6 3 Fribourg-Gottéron HC Lugano wins series 4–0		SC Bern (2) vs. EV Zug (7) Away Home EV Zug 1 4 SC Bern SC Bern 2 5 EV Zug EV Zug 2 5 SC Bern SC Bern 2 1 EV Zug EV Zug 2 5 SC Bern SC Bern wins series 4–1
Genève-Servette HC (3) vs. HC Ambri-Piotta (6) Away Home HC Ambri-Piotta 2 4 Genève-Servette HC Genève-Servette HC 2 1 HC Ambri-Piotta HC Ambri-Piotta 3 1 Genève-Servette HC Genève-Servette HC 2 4 HC Ambri-Piotta HC Ambri-Piotta 1 4 Genève-Servette HC Genève-Servette HC 2 3 HC Ambri-Piotta HC Ambri-Piotta 0 2 Genève-Servette HC Genève-Servette HC wins series 4–3		HC Davos (4) vs. ZSC Lions (5) Away Home ZSC Lions 3 1 HC Davos HC Davos 1 0 ZSC Lions ZSC Lions 2 3 HC Davos HC Davos 3 4 ZSC Lions ZSC Lions 2 0 HC Davos HC Davos 1 2 ZSC Lions ZSC Lions wins series 4–2

Semifinals

HC Lugano vs. ZSC Lions Away Home ZSC Lions 1 5 HC Lugano HC Lugano 2 5 ZSC Lions ZSC Lions 3 2 HC Lugano HC Lugano 1 2 ZSC Lions ZSC Lions 0 4 HC Lugano HC Lugano 4 3 ZSC Lions ZSC Lions 2 4 HC Lugano HC Lugano wins series 4–3

SC Bern vs. Genève-Servette HC Away Home Genève-Servette HC 2 4 SC Bern SC Bern 4 1 Genève-Servette HC Genève-Servette HC 3 5 SC Bern SC Bern 1 3 Genève-Servette HC Genève-Servette HC 1 2 SC Bern SC Bern wins series 4–1

Finals

HC Lugano vs. SC Bern Away Home SC Bern 3 1 HC Lugano   HC Lugano 1 2 SC Bern   SC Bern 1 5 HC Lugano   HC Lugano 4 3 SC Bern   SC Bern 4 3 HC Lugano OT SC Bern wins series 3–2

Scoring leaders

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

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Petteri Nummelin	HC Lugano	16	7	20	27	4
Christian Dubé	SC Bern	15	3	16	19	8
Mike Maneluk	HC Lugano	13	10	6	16	70
Ivo Rüthemann	SC Bern	15	5	10	15	4
Sébastien Bordeleau	SC Bern	14	10	4	14	14
Ville Peltonen	HC Lugano	16	4	10	14	8
Yves Sarault	SC Bern	15	6	7	13	36
Adrian Wichser	HC Lugano	16	6	7	13	2
Flavien Conne	HC Lugano	16	8	4	12	12
Ryan Gardner	HC Lugano	16	5	7	12	12

Playout round

Teams ranked from 9 - 13 after regular season, played 2 games against each other.

Final standings

	Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
9.	Kloten Flyers	56	25	28	3	187	164	53
10.	SC Rapperswil-Jona	56	20	31	5	158	182	45
11.	SCL Tigers	56	19	31	6	153	204	44
12.	HC Lausanne	56	17	36	3	132	195	37
13.	EHC Basel	56	14	37	5	138	232	33

EHC Basel is relegated to Nationalliga B.

League qualification

EHC Biel vs. HC Lausanne Away Home HC Lausanne 3 2 EHC Biel OT EHC Biel 1 5 HC Lausanne   HC Lausanne 4 3 EHC Biel   EHC Biel 1 5 HC Lausanne   HC Lausanne wins series 4–0

HC Lausanne stays in Nationalliga A.

References

• sehv.ch
• hockeystats.ch

Results from Puck.ch

• LNA Regular Season 2003-2004
• Playoff 2003-2004
• Playout 2003-2004
• LNA/LNB promotion/relegation

External links

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