2021–22 NL season

The 2021–22 National League season is the 84th season of Swiss professional ice hockey and the fifth season as the National League (NL).

2021–22 National League season
LeagueNational League
SportIce hockey
DurationSeptember 7, 2021 – March 14, 2022
Number of games52
Number of teams13
Regular season
Playoffs
Swiss champion NL

EV Zug are the defending champions.

13 teams are participating in the season as HC Ajoie was promoted to the National League after winning 2020–21 Swiss League.

Teams
NL teams for the 2021–22 season
Team City Arena Capacity COVID-19 Capacity
HC Ambrì-Piotta Ambrì Valascia 6,500 0
HC Ajoie Porrentruy Raiffeisen Arena 4,671 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

Standings
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Fribourg-Gottéron 21 13 0 3 5 66 51 +15 42 Advance to Playoffs
2 EHC Biel 22 12 3 0 7 63 55 +8 42
3 EV Zug 19 9 6 2 2 68 44 +24 41
4 HC Davos 19 13 0 1 5 70 47 +23 40
5 SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers 21 11 1 1 8 63 56 +7 36
6 ZSC Lions 19 10 0 3 6 61 49 +12 33
7 Lausanne HC 20 9 1 1 9 58 56 +2 30 Advance to Pre-playoffs
8 HC Ambrì-Piotta 21 8 2 1 10 51 53 −2 29
9 HC Lugano 22 7 2 1 12 56 69 −13 26
10 SC Bern 20 7 1 2 10 59 57 +2 25
11 Genève-Servette HC 21 5 2 3 11 54 73 −19 22
12 SCL Tigers 22 5 2 1 14 64 79 −15 20
13 HC Ajoie 19 3 1 2 13 37 81 −44 13
Updated to match(es) played on 2 November 2021. Source: NLA
Rules for classification: 1) points per game 2) greater number of games played 3) greater number of away games played 4) head-to-head points

Scoring leaders

The following shows the top ten players who led the league in points, at the conclusion of games played on 25 September 2021.[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
Damien Brunner EHC Biel-Bienne 9 7 6 13 +4 6
Jesper Olofsson SCL Tigers 8 9 3 12 +7 2
Toni Rajala EHC Biel-Bienne 9 1 10 11 +3 2
Alexandre Grenier SCL Tigers 8 2 8 10 +2 4
Nando Eggenberger SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers 8 6 3 9 +2 6
Cory Conacher SC Bern 8 6 3 9 0 8
Valtteri Filppula Genève-Servette HC 8 4 5 9 –3 2
Harri Pesonen SCL Tigers 8 4 5 9 –1 4
Niklas Hansson EV Zug 9 3 6 9 +4 14
Dominik Kahun SC Bern 8 3 6 9 +7 2

Leading goaltenders

The following shows the top ten 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 games played on 25 September 2021.[2]

Player Team(s) GP TOI GA Sv% GAA
Leonardo Genoni EV Zug 6 364:34 12 93.33 1.97
Lukas Flüeler ZSC Lions 3 182:29 6 93.62 1.97
Joren van Pottelberghe EHC Biel-Bienne 8 484:50 17 92.38 2.10
Philip Wüthrich SC Bern 5 303:07 11 93.45 2.18
Melvin Nyffeler SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers 5 297:29 11 92.76 2.22
Reto Berra Fribourg-Gottéron 8 475:14 19 91.91 2.40
Ludovic Waeber ZSC Lions 4 240:50 10 91.94 2.49
Tobias Stephan Lausanne HC 5 297:57 13 90.00 2.62
Benjamin Conz HC Ambri-Piotta 4 220:00 10 91.15 2.73
Gauthier Descloux Genève-Servette HC 7 411:10 20 91.80 2.92

References
  1. "Player stats". SIHF. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  2. "Goalie stats". SIHF. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
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