2022–23 Swiss League season

The 2022–23 Swiss League season was the 76th season of Switzerland's second tier hockey league.

2022–23 Swiss League season
LeagueSwiss League
SportIce hockey
DurationSeptember 16, 2022 – February 5, 2023
Number of games225
Number of teams10
Regular Season
Season ChampionsHC La Chaux-de-Fonds
Playoffs
Swiss League champion
ChampionsHC La Chaux-de-Fonds
  Runners-upEHC Olten
Swiss League seasons

Teams

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Team City Arena Capacity
EHC Basel Basel St. Jakob Arena 6,700
HC La Chaux-de-Fonds La Chaux-de-Fonds Patinoire des Mélèzes 7,200
GCK Lions Küsnacht Eishalle Küsnacht 2,800
SC Langenthal Langenthal Schoren Halle 4,320
EHC Olten Olten Kleinholz Stadion 6,500
HC Sierre Sierre Patinoire de Graben 4,500
Hockey Thurgau Weinfelden Güttingersreuti 3,100
HCB Ticino Rockets Biasca Pista Ghiaccio Biasca 3,800
EHC Visp Visp Lonza Arena 5,150
EHC Winterthur Winterthur Zielbau Arena 3,000

Regular season

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The regular season started on 16 September 2022 and ended on 5 February 2023.

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 HC La Chaux-de-Fonds 45 30 6 3 6 205 102 +103 105 Advance to Playoffs
2 EHC Olten 45 31 3 3 8 169 99 +70 102
3 GCK Lions 45 19 6 5 15 150 133 +17 74
4 EHC Visp 45 21 3 3 18 147 141 +6 72
5 Hockey Thurgau 45 18 8 2 17 115 125 −10 72
6 EHC Basel 45 19 4 4 18 137 125 +12 69
7 SC Langenthal 45 18 3 7 17 147 154 −7 67
8 HC Sierre 45 16 5 3 21 142 159 −17 61
9 EHC Winterthur 45 6 2 5 32 105 190 −85 27
10 HCB Ticino Rockets 45 6 1 6 32 93 182 −89 26
Source: Swiss League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) a higher number of wins in the regular time; 3) a higher number of wins in overtime and shootouts; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots.

Statistics

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Scoring leaders

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The following shows the top ten players who led the league in points, at the conclusion of the regular season.[1] 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
  Toms Andersons HC La Chaux-de-Fonds 45 18 47 65 +27 20
  Oliver Achermann HC La Chaux-de-Fonds 38 33 27 60 +35 8
  Arnaud Montandon HC Sierre 45 25 35 60 +2 30
  Sean Collins EHC Olten 44 27 30 57 +38 24
  Jakob Stukel EHC Basel 45 29 25 54 +15 30
  Felix Maegaard Scheel EHC Visp 42 18 35 53 -2 41
  Haralds Egle SC Langenthal 41 14 37 51 +7 6
  Stanislav Horanský EHC Olten 33 17 32 49 +30 24
  Matt Wilkins HC La Chaux-de-Fonds 43 17 31 48 -16 36
  Kay Schweri HC La Chaux-de-Fonds 44 9 39 48 +21 4

Leading goaltenders

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The following shows the top five goaltenders who led the league in goals against average, provided that they have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, at the conclusion of the regular season.[2]

Player Team(s) GP TOI GA Sv% GAA
  Viktor Östlund HC La Chaux-de-Fonds 33 1900:22 60 93.32 1.89
  Lucas Rötheli EHC Olten 26 1496:39 51 91.39 2.04
  Andri Henauer EHC Basel 27 1622:19 63 93.49 2.33
  Bryan Rüegger Hockey Thurgau 30 1646:44 80 90.27 2.91
  Matteo Ritz EHC Visp 21 1166:32 58 89.93 2.98

Playoffs

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Bracket

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Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals Finals
         
1 HC La Chaux-de-Fonds 4
8 HC Sierre 1
1 HC La Chaux-de-Fonds 4
6 HC Thurgau 5
2 EHC Olten 4
7 SC Langenthal 1
1 HC La Chaux-de-Fonds 4
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
2 EHC Olten 0
3 GCK Lions 4
6 EHC Basel 2
2 EHC Olten 4
3 GCK Lions 1
4 EHC Visp 2
5 HC Thurgau 4

Quarter-Finals

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(1) HC La Chaux-de-Fonds vs. (8) HC Sierre

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14 February HC La Chaux-de-Fonds 5-2 HC Sierre Patinoire des Mélèzes, La Chaux-de-Fonds Recap  
No scoring First period 18:05 - Bougro (Castonguay Castonguay, M. Montandon) (SH1)
Achermann (Olden, Andersons) - 7:16
Olden (Andersons, Huguenin) (PP1) - 11:59
Second period No scoring
Achermann (Andersons, Olden) - 0:21
Schweri - 13:26
Olden (Andersons, Jaquet) (EN) - 17:27
Third period 0:00 - Y. Berthoud (Heinimann, Perron)
Viktor Östlund ( 27 saves / 29 shots ) Goalie stats Remo Giovannini ( 36 saves / 40 shots )
16 February HC Sierre 1-2 OT HC La Chaux-de-Fonds Patinoire de Graben, Sierre Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Olden (Huguenin, Carbis) (PP1)- 6:41 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period Volejnicek (Bernazzi, Bonvin) - 11:41
No scoring First overtime period Achermann (Vogel, Olden))- 9:28
Remo Giovannini ( 50 saves / 52 shots ) Goalie stats Viktor Östlund ( 13 saves / 14 shots )
18 February HC La Chaux-de-Fonds 8-2 HC Sierre Patinoire des Mélèzes, La Chaux-de-Fonds Recap  
Achermann (Olden, Andersons) - 8:43 First period 10:10 - Riat (Y. Berthoud)
Achermann (Olden) (PP2) - 1:08
Petrini (Schweri, Bengtsson) (PP1) - 1:50
Olden (SH1) - 5:43
Dubois (Östlund) - 12:31
Suter (Eugster, Fuhrer) - 13:29
Olden (Huguenin, Andersons) (PP1) - 13:47
Second period No scoring
Petrini (Bengtsson, Schweri) - 9:12 Third period 10:00 - A. Montandon (Castonguay)
Viktor Östlund ( 32 saves / 34 shots ) Goalie stats Remo Giovannini ( 24 saves / 29 shots )
Noah In-Albon ( 19 saves / 22 shots )
20 February HC Sierre 4-2 HC La Chaux-de-Fonds Patinoire de Graben, Sierre Recap  
10:07 - Jobin (Riat, Maret) First period Dubois (Privet) - 11:30


S. Berthoud (Vouardoux, Bonvin) - 12:18

10:05 - Karaffa (Perrenoud, Vouardoux) Second period Achermann (Andersons, In-Albon) - 14:34
No scoring Third period Jobin (Riat, Giovannini) (EN) - 18:51
Remo Giovannini ( 42 saves / 44 shots ) Goalie stats Viktor Östlund ( 25 saves / 28 shots )
22 February HC La Chaux-de-Fonds 9-5 HC Sierre Patinoire des Mélèzes, La Chaux-de-Fonds Recap  
Olden (Andersons, Huguenin) - 0:26
Carbis (Privet, Dubois) - 4:32
Andersons (Jaquet, Achermann) - 5:06
Achermann (Carbis, Olden) (PP1) - 10:02
First period 12:21 - Dozin (Jobin, Riat)
17:44 - Castonguay (Bougro, Volejnicek) (PP1)
Andersons (Huguenin, Carbis) (PP1) - 9:03
Privet (SH1) - 14:48
Second period 9:31 - Jobin
18:43 - Perron (Castonguay)
Andersons (Achermann, Damian Gehringer) - 8:02
Dubois (Achermann) (EN) - 15:52
Olden (Matewa, Andersons) (EN) - 16:27
Third period 6:20 - Perron
Viktor Östlund ( 27 saves / 32 shots ) Goalie stats Remo Giovannini ( 19 saves / 26 shots )
HC La Chaux-de-Fonds won the series 4–1


(2) EHC Olten vs. (7) SC Langenthal

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14 February EHC Olten 2-5 SC Langenthal Kleinholz Stadion, Olten Recap  
No scoring First period 4:00 - Higgins (Whitney, Aeschlimann)
11:16 - Kläy (Füglister, Řehák)
Sterchi (Kast, Spiller) - 6:31
Kast (Sterchi, Antonietti) - 8:23
Second period 8:49 - Hess (Whitney, Aeschlimann)
No scoring Third period 9:48 - Whitney (PP1)
19:43 - Kämpf (Kummer) (EN)
Lucas Rötheli ( 24 saves / 28 shots ) Goalie stats Elien Paupe ( 33 saves / 35 shots )
16 February SC Langenthal 2-3 OT EHC Olten Schoren Halle, Langenthal Recap  
No scoring First period Oejdemark (Sterchi, Spiller) - 15:48
12:36 - Aeschlimann (Egle, Whitney) Second period Kast (Spiller, Scheidegger) - 17:44
16:41 - Whitney (Kummer, Müller) (PP1) Third period No scoring
No scoring First overtime period Sterchi (Kast, Spiller) - 4:33
Elien Paupe ( 24 saves / 27 shots ) Goalie stats Lucas Rötheli ( 31 saves / 33 shots )
18 February EHC Olten 4-1 SC Langenthal Kleinholz Stadion, Olten Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Puide (Scheidegger, Antonietti) - 8:31
Lhoták (Rapuzzi, Hächler) - 10:05
Second period No scoring
Spiller (Sterchi, Kast) - 18:26
Mosimann (Weder) (EN) - 18:50
Third period Aeschbach (Kummer) (SH1)- 6:43
Lucas Rötheli ( 30 saves / 31 shots ) Goalie stats Elien Paupe ( 24 saves / 27 shots )
20 February SC Langenthal 2-5 EHC Olten Schoren Halle, Langenthal Recap  
15:56 - Spiller (Kast, Sterchi) First period No scoring
11:27 - Lhoták (Collins, Scheidegger)
19:09 - Wyss (Weder, Mosimann)
Second period No scoring
1:10 - Whitney (Küng, Müller)
7:26 - Kämpf (Aeschlimann, Egle)
Third period Lhoták (Leeger, Oejdemark) - 9:46
Mosimann (Collins) (EN) - 19:44
Elien Paupe ( 31 saves / 35 shots ) Goalie stats Lucas Rötheli ( 30 saves / 32 shots )
22 February EHC Olten 5-2 SC Langenthal Kleinholz Stadion, Olten Recap  
Collins (Nunn, Scheidegger) (PP1)- 18:27 First period 7:18 - Salzgeber
15:30 - Kämpf (Kummer) (PP1)
Hüsler (Antonietti) - 5:39 Second period No scoring
Nunn (Scheidegger, Collins) (PP1)- 5:01
Schmuckli (Kast, Hüsler) - 5:43
Hüsler (SH1, EN)- 17:14
Third period No scoring
Lucas Rötheli ( 27 saves / 29 shots ) Goalie stats Elien Paupe ( 30 saves / 34 shots )
EHC Olten won the series 4–1


(3) GCK Lions vs. (6) EHC Basel

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14 February GCK Lions 3-1 EHC Basel Eishalle Küsnacht, Küsnacht Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Baechler (Henry, Backman) - 10:32 Second period No scoring
Kärki (Meier, Blaser) - 13:56
Henry (Mettler) (EN) - 18:45
Third period 0:25 - Büsser (Supinski, Stukel)
Robin Zumbühl ( 30 saves / 31 shots ) Goalie stats Andri Henauer ( 36 saves / 38 shots )
16 February EHC Basel 6-1 GCK Lions St. Jakob Arena, Basel Recap  
5:01 - Muller (Kiss, Zubler) (PP1)

14:11 - Schwab (Alihodzic, Bachofner)

First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
2:52 - Supinski (Stukel, Bachofner)
10:47 - Muller (Warmbrodt)
13:02 - Schwab (Rexha)
16:23 - Stukel (Muller, Supinski) (PP1)
Third period Graf (Truog, Meier) (PP1) - 1:46
Andri Henauer ( 33 saves / 34 shots ) Goalie stats Robin Zumbühl ( 19 saves / 25 shots )
18 February GCK Lions 1-2 EHC Basel Eishalle Küsnacht, Küsnacht Recap  
No scoring First period 15:57 - Supinski (Stukel, Kiss) (PP1)
Diem (Büsser, Backman) - 14:26 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 17:13 - Stukel (PP1)
Robin Zumbühl ( 20 saves / 22 shots ) Goalie stats Andri Henauer ( 25 saves / 26 shots )
20 February EHC Basel 3-4 GCK Lions St. Jakob Arena, Basel Recap  
No scoring First period Henry (Büsser, Backman) - 16:03
Henry (Reichle, Burger) - 18:00
Diem (Backman, Burger) - 19:47
7:35 - Supinski (Schwab)
9:46 - Rexha (Brügger, Nater) (PP1)
Second period Truog (Melnalksnis, Sējējs) - 19:52
13:39 - Stukel (Zubler, Brügger) (PP1) Third period No scoring
Andri Henauer ( 10 saves / 13 shots )
Fabio Haller ( 19 saves / 20 shots )
Goalie stats Robin Zumbühl ( 25 saves / 28 shots )
22 February GCK Lions 4-3 OT EHC Basel Eishalle Küsnacht, Küsnacht Recap  
Blaser (Backman, Truog) (PP1) - 2:34 First period 15:38 - Brügger (Schwab, Büsser)
Diem (Backman, Hinterkircher) - 0:52
Henry (Diem) - 3:33
Second period 7:10 - Schwarzenbach (Schwab, Warmbrodt) (PP1)
No scoring Third period 14:32 - Schwab (Rexha)
Henry - 18:43 First overtime period No scoring
Robin Zumbühl ( 30 saves / 33 shots ) Goalie stats Andri Henauer ( 54 saves / 58 shots )
24 February EHC Basel 4-5 OT GCK Lions St. Jakob Arena, Basel Recap  
10:10 - Nater (PP1) First period Blaser (Henry, Backman) (PP1) - 4:22
Büsser (Melnalksnis) - 11:56
Backman (Diem, Guebey) - 18:37
2:32 - Cavalleri
11:08 - Supinski (Schwarzenbach, Muller)
Second period No scoring
18:57 - Alihodzic (Stukel, Zubler) (PP1) Third period Backman (Schlagenhauf, Reichle) (PP1) - 7:37
No scoring First overtime period Kärki (Truog, Melnalksnis) - 3:31
Andri Henauer ( 36 saves / 41 shots ) Goalie stats Robin Zumbühl ( 16 saves / 20 shots )
GCK Lions won the series 4–2


(4) EHC Visp vs. (5) Hockey Thurgau

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14 February EHC Visp 3-4 Hockey Thurgau Lonza Arena, Visp Recap  
No scoring First period 19:21 - Binias (Rundqvist, Lehmann) (PP1)
Forget (Merola, Heinen) - 9:14
Forget (Chiriaev, Gähler) (PP1) - 14:41
Second period 17:26 - Christensen (Spannring, Kühni)
Bogdanoff - 40:57 Third period 10:43 - Lehmann (Rundqvist)
17:57 - Forrer (Spannring, Christensen)
Alex Caffi ( 26 saves / 30 shots ) Goalie stats Luis Janett ( 24 saves / 27 shots )
16 February Hockey Thurgau 1-4 EHC Visp Güttingersreuti, Weinfelden Recap  
No scoring First period Wüest (Merola, Gähler) (PP1) - 5:38


Chiriaev (Gähler, Forget) (PP1) - 18:36

26:49 - Elo (Lehmann, Rundqvist) Second period Ritz (Heinen, Bogdanoff) - 28:07
No scoring Third period Wüthrich (PP1) - 18:40
Luis Janett ( 32 saves / 36 shots ) Goalie stats Alex Caffi ( 35 saves / 36 shots )
18 February EHC Visp 5-2 Hockey Thurgau Lonza Arena, Visp Recap  
No scoring First period 2:56 - Hobi (Christensen, Rundqvist)
9:55 - Binias (Jolliet, Etter)
Riatsch (Ritz) - 7:23
Wüest (Furrer, Heinen) - 12:12
Eigenmann (Wüthrich) - 12:42
Second period No scoring
Mäder (Kuonen, Burke) (PP1) - 17:15
Burke (Maegaard Scheel) (EN) - 18:06
Third period No scoring
Alex Caffi ( 33 saves / 35 shots ) Goalie stats Luis Janett ( 32 saves / 36 shots )
20 February Hockey Thurgau 2-1 EHC Visp Güttingersreuti, Weinfelden Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
12:21 - Berri


14:06 - Elo (Schmutz, Lehmann)

Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period Wüthrich (Eigenmann, Langenegger) - 2:50
Luis Janett ( 29 saves / 30 shots ) Goalie stats Alex Caffi ( 23 saves / 25 shots )
22 February EHC Visp 1-5 Hockey Thurgau Lonza Arena, Visp Recap  
No scoring First period 1:41 - Hollenstein (Loosli, Döpfner)
No scoring Second period 2:27 - Lehmann (Stehli, Elo)
14:18 - Berri (Jolliet, Schmutz)
Eigenmann (Maegaard Scheel, Mäder) (PP1) - 15:55 Third period 6:35 - Lehmann (Döpfner) (SH1)
14:59 - Hollenstein (Elo)
Alex Caffi ( 18 saves / 23 shots ) Goalie stats Luis Janett ( 38 saves / 39 shots )
24 February Hockey Thurgau 5-0 EHC Visp Güttingersreuti, Weinfelden Recap  
9:08 - Berri (Pelletier, Parati)
19:16 - Hollenstein (Döpfner) (SH1)
First period No scoring
15:14 - Elo (Rundqvist, Hobi) (PP1) Second period No scoring
0:35 - Spannring (Hobi, Rundqvist) (PP1)
11:32 - Forrer (SH1, EN)
Third period No scoring
Luis Janett ( 30 saves / 30 shots ) Goalie stats Alex Caffi ( 24 saves / 28 shots )
Hockey Thurgau won the series 4–2


Semi-Finals

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(1) HC La Chaux-de-Fonds vs. (5) HC Thurgau

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28 February HC La Chaux-de-Fonds 2-1 HC Thurgau Patinoire des Mélèzes, La Chaux-de-Fonds Recap  
Fuhrer (Wilkins, Schweri) (PP1) - 3:39 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 19:22 - Elo (Forrer, Rundqvist)
Fuhrer (Schweri, In-Albon) (PP1) - 9:23 Third period No scoring
Viktor Östlund ( 25 saves / 26 shots ) Goalie stats Luis Janett ( 34 saves / 36 shots )
2 March HC Thurgau 6-5 HC La Chaux-de-Fonds Güttingersreuti, Weinfelden Recap  
11:30 - Hollenstein (Loosli, Döpfner) First period Wilkins (Schweri) - 0:57
Olden (Achermann, Jaquet) - 10:27
1:47 - Hobi (Pelletier, Elo) (PP1)
17:05 - Wilkins (Olden, Schweri)
Second period Stehli (Pelletier, Rundqvist) - 15:09
14:44 - Schmutz (Elo, Stehli)
15:43 - Hobi (Spannring, Rundqvist) (PP1)
18:58 - Kühni (Hobi) (EN)
Third period Achermann (Andersons, In-Albon) - 5:14
Rüegsegger (Petrini, Carbis) - 19:27
Luis Janett ( 28 saves / 33 shots ) Goalie stats Viktor Östlund ( 22 saves / 27 shots )
4 March HC La Chaux-de-Fonds 7-0 HC Thurgau Patinoire des Mélèzes, La Chaux-de-Fonds Recap  
Huguenin (Andersons, Olden) - 2:15
Olden (Andersons, Huguenin) (PP1) - 10:03
Fuhrer (Suter, Eugster) - 11:08
Olden (Andersons, Huguenin) (PP1) - 17:58
First period No scoring
Dubois (Colin Fontana) - 8:45
Fuhrer (Wilkins, In-Albon) (PP1) - 14:04
Andersons (Achermann, Matewa) - 15:43
Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Viktor Östlund ( 19 saves / 19 shots ) Goalie stats Luis Janett ( 11 saves / 15 shots )
Bryan Rüegger ( 23 saves / 26 shots )
7 March HC Thurgau 2-4 HC La Chaux-de-Fonds Güttingersreuti, Weinfelden Recap  
No scoring First period Wilkins (Dubois) - 10:03
Olden (Huguenin, Andersons) (PP1) - 19:54
No scoring Second period No scoring
2:23 - Binias (Hobi, Schmutz)
16:28 - Stehli (Ganz, Elo)
Third period Eugster (SH1) - 6:57
Achermann (Andersons, Olden) (EN) - 18:52
Luis Janett ( 31 saves / 34 shots ) Goalie stats Viktor Östlund ( 30 saves / 32 shots )
9 March HC La Chaux-de-Fonds 5-1 HC Thurgau Patinoire des Mélèzes, La Chaux-de-Fonds Recap  
Andersons (Olden, Achermann) - 8:12
Achermann (Olden, Huguenin) - 11:56
First period No scoring
Huguenin (Wilkins, Rüegsegger) - 9:12
Petrini (Olden, In-Albon) (PP1) - 17:11
Second period No scoring
Fuhrer (Eugster, Dubois) - 14:20 Third period 16:34 - Janett (Hobi, Kühni)
Viktor Östlund ( 29 saves / 30 shots ) Goalie stats Bryan Rüegger ( 45 saves / 48 shots )
HC La Chaux-de-Fonds won the series 4–1


(2) EHC Olten vs. (3) GCK Lions

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28 February EHC Olten 4-3 GCK Lions Kleinholz Stadion, Olten Recap  
Schmuckli (Spiller) - 16:29 First period 4:35 - Backman (Blaser)
11:18 - Diem (Backman, Hinterkircher)
Lhoták - 19:26 Second period 6:44 - Mettler (Reichle, Burger)
Oejdemark (Bircher, Haussener) - 8:39
Sterchi (Kast, Spiller) - 18:40
Third period No scoring
Lucas Rötheli ( 14 saves / 17 shots ) Goalie stats Robin Zumbühl ( 24 saves / 28 shots )
2 March GCK Lions 2-3 EHC Olten Eishalle Küsnacht, Küsnacht Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
1:16 - Kärki (Büsser, Diem) (PP1)
15:35 - Reichle (Henry, Schlagenhauf)
Second period Lhoták (Nunn, Collins) (PP1) - 0:43
Bircher (Weder) - 1:54
Sterchi (Kast, Hüsler) - 7:35
No scoring Third period No scoring
Robin Zumbühl ( 17 saves / 19 shots )
Sascha Ruppelt ( 19 saves / 20 shots )
Goalie stats Lucas Rötheli ( 11 saves / 13 shots )
4 March EHC Olten 5-4 OT GCK Lions Kleinholz Stadion, Olten  
Sterchi (Spiller, Kast) - 4:10 First period 0:31 - Kärki (Mettler, Backman)
Sterchi (Kast, Spiller) - 1:42 Second period 11:20 - Büsser (Backman, Henry) (PP1)
15:28 - Mettler (Backman, Dominic Buchli)
Spiller (Kast, Scheidegger) - 19:05
Spiller (Kast, Collins) - 19:32
Third period 5:25 - Kärki (Backman, Mettler)
Kast (Bircher) - 3:41 First overtime period No scoring
Lucas Rötheli ( 23 saves / 27 shots ) Goalie stats Sascha Ruppelt ( 34 saves / 39 shots )
7 March GCK Lions 4-3 EHC Olten Eishalle Küsnacht, Küsnacht Recap  
11:03 - Graf (Truog, Diem) First period Hüsler (Puide, Hächler) - 2:18
16:05 - Schlagenhauf (Backman, Henry) Second period Mosimann (Schmuckli, De Nisco) - 2:38
Sterchi (Leeger, Kast) - 3:56
14:38 - Graf (Henry, Kärki)
19:33 - Burger (Diem, Zumbühl)
Third period No scoring
Sascha Ruppelt ( 11 saves / 14 shots )
Robin Zumbühl ( 15 saves / 15 shots )
Goalie stats Lucas Rötheli ( 20 saves / 24 shots )
9 March EHC Olten 2-0 GCK Lions Kleinholz Stadion, Olten Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Mosimann (Wyss, De Nisco) - 17:04 Second period No scoring
Hüsler (Kast) (EN) - 19:49 Third period No scoring
Lucas Rötheli ( 22 saves / 22 shots ) Goalie stats Robin Zumbühl ( 26 saves / 27 shots )
EHC Olten won the series 4–1


Finals

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15 March HC La Chaux-de-Fonds 3-2 OT EHC Olten Patinoire des Mélèzes, La Chaux-de-Fonds Recap  
No scoring First period 4:47 - Weder (Hüsler, Lhoták)
Privet (Huguenin, Petrini) - 16:36


Olden (Achermann) - 18:01

Second period 8:20 - De Nisco (Wyss, Mosimann)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Andersons (Huguenin, Olden) (PP1) - 2:12 First overtime period No scoring
Viktor Östlund ( 26 saves / 28 shots ) Goalie stats Lucas Rötheli ( 29 saves / 32 shots )
17 March EHC Olten 1-3 HC La Chaux-de-Fonds Kleinholz Stadion, Olten Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
4:07 - Kast (Spiller, Leeger) Second period Olden (Achermann, Andersons) - 8:39
Fuhrer (In-Albon) (PP1) - 14:38
Achermann (Huguenin, Andersons) (PP1) - 16:56
No scoring Third period No scoring
Lucas Rötheli ( 21 saves / 24 shots ) Goalie stats Viktor Östlund ( 24 saves / 25 shots )
19 March HC La Chaux-de-Fonds 3-2 OT EHC Olten Patinoire des Mélèzes, La Chaux-de-Fonds Recap  
Olden (Boss) - 6:14 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 14:33 - Lhoták (Collins)
Achermann (Carbis, Olden) (PP1) - 11:03 Third period 19:17 - Kast (Rapuzzi, Sterchi) (PP1)
Rüegsegger (Wilkins) - 5:10 First overtime period No scoring
Viktor Östlund ( 28 saves / 30 shots ) Goalie stats Dominic Nyffeler ( 33 saves / 36 shots )
21 March EHC Olten 0-2 HC La Chaux-de-Fonds Kleinholz Stadion, Olten Recap  
No scoring First period Carbis (Andersons, Olden) (PP1) - 17:40
No scoring Second period In-Albon (Schweri, Wilkins) (PP1) - 7:41
No scoring Third period No scoring
Dominic Nyffeler ( 29 saves / 31 shots ) Goalie stats Viktor Östlund ( 33 saves / 33 shots )
HC La Chaux-de-Fonds won the series 4–0


Leagues Qualification

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30 March HC Ajoie 2-3 HC La Chaux-de-Fonds Raiffeisen Arena, Porrentruy Recap  
Hazen (Devos, Rouiller) - 12:43 First period 3:20 - Schweri (Rüegsegger, In-Albon)
11:01 - Andersons (Olden, Huguenin)
No scoring Second period No scoring
Derungs (Kohler, Rouiller) - 59:41 Third period 57:15 - Olden (Achermann, Gehringer) (SH1)
Damiano Ciaccio ( 27 saves / 30 shots ) Goalie stats Viktor Östlund ( 24 saves / 26 shots )
1 April HC La Chaux-de-Fonds 4-1 HC Ajoie Patinoire des Mélèzes, La Chaux-de-Fonds Recap  
4:41 - Bengtsson (Wilkins, Schweri) First period Frossard (Bakoš, Thiry) - 16:30
1:16 - Olden (Suter, Eugster) (SH1)
7:54 - Carbis (Andersons, Olden) (PP1)
Second period No scoring
19:15 - Andersons (Bengtsson, Wilkins) (PP1, EN) Third period No scoring
Viktor Östlund ( 29 saves / 30 shots ) Goalie stats Tim Wolf ( 21 saves / 24 shots )
4 April HC Ajoie 3-2 2OT HC La Chaux-de-Fonds Raiffeisen Arena, Porrentruy Recap  
No scoring First period 4:58 - Achermann (Olden, Andersons)
Birbaum (Sciaroni, Hauert) - 16:49


Asselin (Frossard) - 19:12

Second period 11:23 - Fuhrer (Topping)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Hauert (Rundqvist, Bakoš) - 32:54 Second overtime period No scoring
Tim Wolf ( 48 saves / 50 shots ) Goalie stats Viktor Östlund ( 58 saves / 61 shots )
6 April HC La Chaux-de-Fonds 1-4 HC Ajoie Patinoire des Mélèzes, La Chaux-de-Fonds Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
15:32 - Topping (Fuhrer, Bengtsson) Second period Brennan (Rundqvist, Asselin) (PP1) - 1:13


Brennan (Arnold) - 7:58

No scoring Third period Frossard - 4:59


Romanenghi (Bozon, Rundqvist) (EN) - 17:45

Viktor Östlund ( 37 saves / 40 shots ) Goalie stats Tim Wolf ( 31 saves / 32 shots )
8 April HC Ajoie 2-1 HC La Chaux-de-Fonds Raiffeisen Arena, Porrentruy Recap  
Asselin (SH1, PS) - 1:17 First period No scoring
Frossard (Asselin, Brennan) - 4:21 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 19:30 - Bengtsson (Andersons, Achermann)
Tim Wolf ( 32 saves / 33 shots ) Goalie stats Viktor Östlund ( 37 saves / 39 shots )
10 April HC La Chaux-de-Fonds 2-3 HC Ajoie Patinoire des Mélèzes, La Chaux-de-Fonds Recap  
No scoring First period Derungs (Frossard) (PP1) - 4:32
21:49 - Rüegsegger (In-Albon, Östlund) Second period No scoring
11:52 - Topping (Huguenin, Matewa) Third period Asselin (Frossard, Wolf) - 16:36


Gauthier-Leduc (Macquat, Romanenghi) - 17:48

Viktor Östlund ( 30 saves / 33 shots ) Goalie stats Tim Wolf ( 46 saves / 48 shots )
HC Ajoie won the series 4–2 and save his place in the National League


References

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  1. ^ "Player stats". SIHF. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Goalie stats". SIHF. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
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