National League (ice hockey)
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Current season, competition or edition: Genève-Servette HC (2022–23) | |
Most titles | HC Davos (31 titles) |
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TV partner(s) | MySports SRG |
Relegation to | Swiss League |
International cup(s) | Champions Hockey League |
Related competitions | Swiss League |
Official website | National League |
The National League (NL) is a professional
Teams from the NL participate in the IIHF's annual Champions Hockey League (CHL), competing for the European Trophy. Participation is based on the strength of the various leagues in Europe (excluding the European/Asian Kontinental Hockey League). Going into the 2022–23 CHL season, the NL was ranked the No. 2 league in Europe, allowing it to send its top five teams to compete in the CHL.
Season structure
During the regular season, each of the 14 teams play 52 games. The top eight teams after the
Current teams
Team | Location | Arena | Capacity | Founded | Joined league | |
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City | Canton | |||||
HC Ajoie | Porrentruy | Jura | Raiffeisen Arena | 5,078 | 1973 | 2021 |
HC Ambrì-Piotta | Ambrì | Ticino | Gottardo Arena | 6,775 | 1937 | 1985 |
SC Bern | Bern | Bern | PostFinance Arena | 17,031 | 1931 | 1986 |
EHC Biel | Biel/Bienne | Bern | Tissot Arena | 6,562 | 1939 | 2008 |
HC Davos | Davos | Grisons | Eisstadion Davos | 6,800 | 1921 | 1993 |
Fribourg-Gottéron | Fribourg | Fribourg | BCF Arena | 9,075 | 1938 | 1980 |
Genève-Servette HC
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Geneva | Geneva | Patinoire des Vernets | 7,135 | 1905 | 2001 |
EHC Kloten | Kloten | Zürich | Stimo Arena
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7,600 | 1934 | 2022 |
Lausanne HC | Lausanne | Vaud | Vaudoise Aréna | 9,600 | 1922 | 2013 |
HC Lugano | Lugano | Ticino | Cornèr Arena
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7,800 | 1941 | 1981 |
SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers | Rapperswil-Jona | St. Gallen | St. Galler Kantonalbank Arena
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6,100 | 1945 | 2018 |
SCL Tigers | Langnau im Emmental | Bern | Emmental Versicherung Arena | 6,000 | 1946 | 2015 |
ZSC Lions | Zürich | Zürich | Swiss Life Arena | 12,000 | 1930 | 1989 |
EV Zug | Zug | Zug | Bossard Arena | 7,200 | 1967 | 1987 |
Import players
The current
The subject of import players has been and still is a huge subject of debates among team owners and GMs. Some of them wish to allow more import players per game in order to reduce the salaries of star Swiss players and the others want to keep that limit lower to allow more Swiss players to play on special units and have top roles on their teams.[4][5]
Media coverage
NL games are only available in Switzerland and MySports is the league's official broadcaster, airing all regular season and playoffs games. MySports pays CHF 35 million per year to broadcast NL games and selected SL games.[6] Games are available with German, French and Italian commentaries.
Starting with the 2022/23 season, one game will be broadcast live and for free every week on local TVs on Sunday night with a puck drop set to 8pm.
The SRG SSR airs regular season games highlights after each round and two selected games per playoff night in all three languages. Additionally, talk-shows are broadcast live on all 3 channels after each game night, featuring former Swiss players like Gil Montandon, Marco Bührer or Mark Streit.
Past champions
- 1938 – HC Davos
- 1939 – HC Davos
- 1940 – no winner
- 1941 – HC Davos
- 1942 – HC Davos
- 1943 – HC Davos
- 1944 – HC Davos
- 1945 – HC Davos
- 1946 – HC Davos
- 1947 – HC Davos
- 1948 – HC Davos
- 1949 – ZSC Lions
- 1950 – HC Davos
- 1951 – EHC Arosa
- 1952 – EHC Arosa
- 1953 – EHC Arosa
- 1954 – EHC Arosa
- 1955 – EHC Arosa
- 1956 – EHC Arosa
- 1957 – EHC Arosa
- 1958 – HC Davos
- 1959 – SC Bern
- 1960 – HC Davos
- 1961 – ZSC Lions
- 1962 – EHC Visp
- 1963 – HC Villars
- 1964 – HC Villars
- 1965 – SC Bern
- 1966 – Grasshopper-Club Zürich
- 1967 – EHC Kloten
- 1968 – HC La Chaux-de-Fonds
- 1969 – HC La Chaux-de-Fonds
- 1970 – HC La Chaux-de-Fonds
- 1971 – HC La Chaux-de-Fonds
- 1972 – HC La Chaux-de-Fonds
- 1973 – HC La Chaux-de-Fonds
- 1974 – SC Bern
- 1975 – SC Bern
- 1976 – SC Langnau
- 1977 – SC Bern
- 1978 – EHC Biel
- 1979 – SC Bern
- 1980 – EHC Arosa
- 1981 – EHC Biel
- 1982 – EHC Arosa
- 1983 – EHC Biel
- 1984 – HC Davos
- 1985 – HC Davos
- 1986 – HC Lugano
- 1987 – HC Lugano
- 1988 – HC Lugano
- 1989 – SC Bern
- 1990 – HC Lugano
- 1991 – SC Bern
- 1992 – SC Bern
- 1993 – EHC Kloten
- 1994 – EHC Kloten
- 1995 – EHC Kloten
- 1996 – EHC Kloten
- 1997 – SC Bern
- 1998 – EV Zug
- 1999 – HC Lugano
- 2000 – ZSC Lions
- 2001 – ZSC Lions
- 2002 – HC Davos
- 2003 – HC Lugano
- 2004 – SC Bern
- 2005 – HC Davos
- 2006 – HC Lugano
- 2007 – HC Davos
- 2008 – ZSC Lions
- 2009 – HC Davos
- 2010 – SC Bern
- 2011 – HC Davos
- 2012 – ZSC Lions
- 2013 – SC Bern
- 2014 – ZSC Lions
- 2015 – HC Davos
- 2016 – SC Bern
- 2017 – SC Bern
- 2018 – ZSC Lions
- 2019 – SC Bern
- 2020 – no winner
- 2021 – EV Zug
- 2022 – EV Zug
- 2023 – Genève-Servette HC
Swiss National Championship Serie A (1909–1937)
- 1909: HC Bellerive Vevey
- 1910: HC La Villa Lausanne
- 1911: Club des patineurs de Lausanne
- 1912: HC Les Avants
- 1913: HC Les Avants
- 1914: not played
- 1915: not played
- 1916: HC Bern
- 1917: HC Bern
- 1918: HC Bern
- 1919: HC Bellerive Vevey
- 1920: HC Bellerive Vevey
- 1921: HC Rosey-Gstaad
- 1922: EHC St. Moritz
- 1923: EHC St. Moritz
- 1924: HC Château-d'Œx
- 1925: HC Rosey-Gstaad
- 1926: HC Davos
- 1927: HC Davos
- 1928: EHC St. Moritz
- 1929: HC Davos
- 1930: HC Davos
- 1931: HC Davos
- 1932: HC Davos
- 1933: HC Davos
- 1934: HC Davos
- 1935: HC Davos
- 1936: Zürcher SC
- 1937: HC Davos
Swiss International Championship Serie A (1916–1933)
- 1916: Akademischer EHC Zürich
- 1917: HC Les Avants
- 1918: HC Bellerive Vevey
- 1919: HC Rosey-Gstaad
- 1920: HC Rosey-Gstaad
- 1921: HC Rosey-Gstaad
- 1922: HC Château-d'Œx
- 1923: EHC St. Moritz
- 1924: HC Château-d'Œx
- 1925: HC Rosey-Gstaad
- 1926: no winner
- 1927: HC Davos
- 1928: HC Rosey-Gstaad
- 1929: HC Davos
- 1930: HC Davos
- 1931: HC Davos
- 1932: HC Davos
- 1933: Grasshopper-Club Zürich
Titles by club
Club | Winners | Winning years |
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HC Davos | 31 | 1926, 1927, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1958, 1960, 1984, 1985, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2015 |
SC Bern | 16 | 1959, 1965, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1997, 2004, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2019 |
ZSC Lions | 9 | 1936, 1949, 1961, 2000, 2001, 2008, 2012, 2014, 2018 |
EHC Arosa | 9 | 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1980, 1982 |
HC Lugano | 7 | 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1999, 2003, 2006 |
HC La Chaux-de-Fonds | 6 | 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973 |
EHC Kloten | 5 | 1967, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996 |
HC Bellerive Vevey | 3 | 1909, 1919, 1920 |
HC Bern | 3 | 1916, 1917, 1918 |
EHC St. Moritz | 3 | 1922, 1923, 1928 |
EHC Biel | 3 | 1978, 1981, 1983 |
EV Zug | 3 | 1998, 2021, 2022 |
HC Les Avants | 2 | 1912, 1913 |
HC Rosey-Gstaad | 2 | 1921, 1925 |
HC Villars | 2 | 1963, 1964 |
HC La Villa Lausanne | 1 | 1910 |
Club des patineurs de Lausanne | 1 | 1911 |
HC Château-d’Œx | 1 | 1924 |
EHC Visp | 1 | 1962 |
Grasshopper-Club Zürich | 1 | 1966 |
SC Langnau | 1 | 1976 |
Genève-Servette HC
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1 | 2023 |
See also
References
- ^ "Resolutions of the National League Assembly regarding the 2017–18 season" (in German). Swiss Ice Hockey Federation. 21 June 2017. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
- ^ "Swiss lead attendance study". www.iihf.com. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
- ^ Lovis, Frédéric (14 June 2013). "Les play-out de LNA seront modifiés". Le Matin. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
- ^ "Future of Swiss hockey - Same objective, different recipes". swisshockeynews.ch. 15 June 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
- ^ "Will a salary cap be introduced into the National League in 2024?". swisshockeynews.ch. 14 May 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
- ^ "Legal situation between league and MySports still in discussion". swisshockeynews.ch. 6 March 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
External links
- Official website (in German, French, and Italian)
- Puck.ch Results of Swiss Ice Hockey – in English, French, German and Italian
- An Analysis Of The Swiss NLA
- All-time standings 1909–2008