2023–24 National League (ice hockey) season

2023–24 National League season
2023–24 National League season
League	National League
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	September 13, 2023 – March 4, 2024
Number of games	52
Number of teams	14
Regular season
Best record	ZSC Lions
Runners-up	Fribourg-Gottéron
Season MVP	Calvin Thürkauf (HC Lugano)
Top scorer	Marcus Sörensen (Fribourg-Gottéron)
Playoffs
Swiss champion NL
Champions	ZSC Lions
Runners-up	Lausanne HC
National League seasons
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →

The 2023–24 National League season is the 86th season of Swiss professional ice hockey and the seventh season as the National League (NL).

Genève-Servette HC is the defending champion.

Teams

SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers

ZSC Lions

EV Zug

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NL teams for the 2023–24 season

Team	City	Arena	Capacity
HC Ajoie	Porrentruy	Raiffeisen Arena	5,078
HC Ambrì-Piotta	Ambrì	Gottardo Arena	6,775
SC Bern	Bern	PostFinance Arena	17,031
EHC Biel	Biel/Bienne	Tissot Arena	6,562
HC Davos	Davos	Eisstadion Davos	6,547
Fribourg-Gottéron	Fribourg	BCF Arena	9,075
Genève-Servette HC	Geneva	Patinoire des Vernets	7,135
EHC Kloten	Kloten	Stimo Arena	7,624
Lausanne HC	Lausanne	Vaudoise Aréna	9,600
HC Lugano	Lugano	Cornèr Arena	7,800
SCL Tigers	Langnau im Emmental	Ilfis Stadium	6,000
SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	Rapperswil	St. Galler Kantonalbank Arena	6,100
ZSC Lions	Zürich	Swiss Life Arena	12,000
EV Zug	Zug	Bossard Arena	7,200

Regular season

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	ZSC Lions	52	31	4	8	9	167	110	+57	109	Advance to Playoffs
2	Fribourg-Gottéron	52	28	7	4	13	175	124	+51	102
3	Lausanne HC	52	25	5	6	16	158	126	+32	91
4	EV Zug	52	21	9	6	16	161	135	+26	87
5	SC Bern	52	20	8	9	15	145	144	+1	85
6	HC Davos	52	23	5	6	18	156	126	+30	85
7	HC Lugano	52	23	4	2	23	162	151	+11	79	Advance to Play-In
8	HC Ambrì-Piotta	52	20	8	3	21	153	151	+2	79
9	EHC Biel	52	16	9	8	19	139	140	−1	74
10	Genève-Servette HC	52	19	6	5	22	140	155	−15	74
11	SCL Tigers	52	17	6	8	21	123	159	−36	71
12	SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	52	18	3	5	26	126	151	−25	65
13	EHC Kloten	52	12	5	6	29	108	177	−69	52	Advance to Playout
14	HC Ajoie	52	8	4	7	33	111	175	−64	39	Advance to Playout

Source: [1]
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

Statistics

Scoring leaders

The following shows the top ten players leading the league in points.^[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
Marcus Sörensen	Fribourg-Gottéron	52	31	32	63	+30	30
Calvin Thürkauf	HC Lugano	52	28	32	60	+26	34
Dominik Kahun	SC Bern	47	15	35	50	+5	6
Michael Spacek	HC Ambrì-Piotta	48	17	33	50	+11	10
Michael Joly	HC Lugano	48	20	28	48	+22	10
Lucas Wallmark	Fribourg-Gottéron	49	20	27	47	+23	43
Denis Malgin	ZSC Lions	48	18	29	46	+14	26
Daniel Carr	HC Lugano	39	17	29	46	+21	63
Sakari Manninen	Genève-Servette HC	50	18	23	41	-7	26
Aleksi Saarela	SC Langnau	50	18	23	41	-13	8

Leading goaltenders

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
Simon Hrubec	ZSC Lions	31	1879:53	61	92.96	1.95
Reto Berra	Fribourg-Gottéron	33	1993:41	65	92.85	1.96
Luca Hollenstein	EV Zug	18	1090:49	37	92.66	2.04
Sandro Aeschlimann	HC Davos	26	1567:57	54	92.62	2.07
Leonardo Genoni	EV Zug	21	1266:15	44	92.68	2.08

Postseason

Play-In

Bracket


Round 1				Round 2				Final Seeds



7	HC Lugano	4	3					HC Lugano	No. 7 Seed

8	HC Ambrì-Piotta	4	1					EHC Bienne	No. 8 Seed

				8	HC Ambrì-Piotta	1	2

				9	EHC Bienne	1	4

9	EHC Bienne	3	2

10	Genève-Servette HC	2	2

Rules

The teams ranked 7th to 10th at the end of the National League regular season compete in the play-in, with a view to obtaining one of the two qualifying places for the playoffs. The 7th faces the 8th and the 9th faces the 10th in a series of 2 matches with the higher ranked team starting away. The winner of the series is the one with the most points. In the event of a tie at the end of the two matches, the teams decide on overtime. This translates as follows: a team wins 1-0 the first match and loses 8-1 the second match, can qualify thanks to an overtime goal, with a goal difference of -5. If the higher ranked team starts away, it is to have the advantage in the decisive match.^[3]

The winner of the match between the 7th and 8th qualifies for the playoffs and faces the 2nd in the general ranking. The loser will face the winner of the match between the 9th and the 10th in a second round. The winner of this confrontation qualifies for the playoffs and faces the winner of the regular season. The two eliminated teams see their seasons end.^[4]

Round 1

(7) HC Lugano vs (8) HC Ambrì-Piotta

	HC Ambrì-Piotta		4-4	HC Lugano	Gottardo Arena, Ambrì	Recap
8:08 - Lilja (Fohrler) 8:33 - Heed (Kostner, Douay) 12:08 - Kneubuehler (Fohrler, Heim)		First period		No scoring
25:08 - Pestoni (Heed, Bürgler) (PP1)		Second period		Fazzini (Mi. Müller, Verboon) - 26:18
No scoring		Third period		Ma. Müller (Mi. Müller, Arcobello) (SH1) - 41:17 Joly (Thürkauf, Mi. Müller) - 53:23 Alatalo (Thürkauf, J. Peltonen) - 54:54
Juvonen ( 20 saves / 24 shots )		Goalie stats		Mikko Koskinen ( 28 saves / 32 shots )

	HC Lugano		3-1	HC Ambrì-Piotta	Cornèr Arena, HC Lugano	Recap
Alatalo (Arcobello, Fazzini) - 19:46		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
Carr - 54:26 Ruotsalainen (Mi. Müller) (EN) - 59:37		Third period		58:29 - Bürgler (Heed, Virtanen) (PP1)
Mikko Koskinen ( 33 saves / 34 shots )		Goalie stats		Juvonen ( 18 saves / 20 shots )

HC Lugano won with 4 pts

(9) EHC Biel vs (10) Genève-Servette HC

	Genève-Servette HC		3-2	EHC Biel	Patinoire des Vernets, Genève	Recap
10:48 - Lennström (Miranda, Winnik)		First period		No scoring
22:18 - Miranda (Jooris, Winnik)		Second period		Haas (Lööv, Bärtschi) - 20:17 Forster (Tanner) - 29:17
No scoring		Third period		Hofer (Lööv, Bärtschi) - 55:52
Gauthier Descloux ( 29 saves / 32 shots )		Goalie stats		Harri Säteri ( 28 saves / 30 shots )

	EHC Biel		2-2	Genève-Servette HC	Tissot Arena, Biel/Bienne	Recap
Hofer (Haas, Bärtschi) - 19:39		First period		0:36 - Manninen (Berni, Miranda) 12:44 - Hartikainen (Manninen, Filppula) (PP2)
Sallinen (Kessler, Heponiemi) (PP1) - 27:38		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Harri Säteri ( 35 saves / 37 shots )		Goalie stats		Robert Mayer (ice hockey) ( 18 saves / 20 shots )

EHC Biel won with 4 pts

Round 2

(8) HC Ambrì-Piotta vs (9) EHC Bienne

2	EHC Biel		1-1	HC Ambrì-Piotta	Tissot Arena, Biel/Bienne	Recap
No scoring		First period		Landry (Virtanen, Lilja) - 2:56
29:08 - Kessler (Brunner, Rathgeb)		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Harri Säteri ( 23 saves / 24 shots )		Goalie stats		Conz ( 32 saves / 33 shots )

1	HC Ambrì-Piotta		2-4	EHC Biel	Gottardo Arena, Ambrì	Recap
No scoring		First period		8:36 - Kessler (Bachofner, Rathgeb) 9:17 - Schläpfer (Sallinen, Rajala)
Landry (Heed, Z. Dotti) (SH1) - 24:11		Second period		33:29 - Haas (Yakovenko, Hofer)
Dauphin (Heed, De Luca) - 53:09		Third period		59:17 - Künzle (Sallinen, Forster) (EN)
Juvonen ( 24 saves / 27 shots )		Goalie stats		Harri Säteri ( 19 saves / 21 shots )

EHC Biel won with 4 pts

Playoffs

Bracket

Quarterfinals (best-of-7)			Semifinals (best-of-7)			Finals (best-of-7)

1	ZSC Lions	4

9	EHC Biel	0
			1	ZSC Lions	4

			4	EV Zug	0
4	EV Zug	4

5	SC Bern	3
						1	ZSC Lions	4

						3	Lausanne HC	3
2	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	4

7	HC Lugano	3
			2	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	1

			3	Lausanne HC	4
3	Lausanne HC	4

6	HC Davos	3

Quarter-Finals

(1) ZSC Lions vs (9) EHC Biel

16 March	ZSC Lions		4-3	EHC Biel	Swiss Life Arena, Zürich	Recap
Grant (Andrighetto, Balcers) (PP1) - 9:11		First period		No scoring
Riedi (C. Baltisberger, Geering) - 25:59		Second period		24:10 - Heponiemi (Olofsson, Rathgeb) (PP1) 35:34 - Rajala (Sallinen, Schläpfer)
Malgin (Andrighetto, Kukan) (PP1) - 45:07 Malgin (Balcers, Andrighetto) - 47:25		Third period		43:52 - Cunti (Hofer, Burren)
Šimon Hrubec ( 31 saves / 34 shots )		Goalie stats		Joren van Pottelberghe ( 32 saves / 36 shots )

18 March	EHC Biel		1-3	ZSC Lions	Tissot Arena, Biel/Bienne	Recap
No scoring		First period		Kukan (Balcers, Malgin) - 10:45
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
43:16 - Bärtschi (Grossmann, Yakovenko)		Third period		Balcers (Grant, Andrighetto) (PP1) - 51:11 Frödén (Hollenstein) - 52:11
Harri Säteri ( 27 saves / 30 shots )		Goalie stats		Šimon Hrubec ( 21 saves / 22 shots )

20 March	ZSC Lions		3-2	2OT	EHC Biel	Swiss Life Arena, Zürich	Recap
No scoring		First period			16:42 - Lööv
Weber (Malgin, Kukan) - 34:23		Second period			No scoring
Hollenstein (Weber, Geering) - 59:09		Third period			54:48 - Brunner (Cunti, Künzle)
Zehnder (Geering, Sigrist) - 87:03		Second overtime period			No scoring
Šimon Hrubec ( 29 saves / 31 shots )		Goalie stats			Harri Säteri ( 41 saves / 44 shots )

22 March	EHC Biel		0-4	ZSC Lions	Tissot Arena, Biel/Bienne	Recap
No scoring		First period		Grant (Andrighetto, Kukan) (PP1) - 3:50 Grant (Hollenstein, Weber) - 14:05
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		Hollenstein (Frödén) - 44:23 Grant (EN) - 59:28
Harri Säteri ( 23 saves / 26 shots )		Goalie stats		Šimon Hrubec ( 25 saves / 25 shots )

ZSC Lions won the series 4–0

(2) HC Fribourg-Gottéron vs (7) HC Lugano

16 March	HC Fribourg-Gottéron		6-2	HC Lugano	BCF Arena, Fribourg	Recap
Streule (DiDomenico, de la Rose) - 14:19 Wallmark (Mottet) - 19:46		First period		19:27 - Fazzini (Quenneville, Alatalo)
Sörensen (Mottet) - 27:56 Wallmark (Sörensen, DiDomenico) (PP1) - 32:48		Second period		No scoring
Sörensen (Wallmark, Mottet) - 47:09 Walser (Jörg) (SH1, EN) - 57:02		Third period		51:41 - Ma. Müller (Mi. Müller, Quenneville)
Reto Berra ( 16 saves / 18 shots )		Goalie stats		Mikko Koskinen ( 24 saves / 29 shots )

18 March	HC Lugano		1-4	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	Cornèr Arena, Lugano	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		Wallmark (Sörensen, Gunderson) (PP1) - 23:32 Schmid (DiDomenico) - 30:58 Schmid (Borgman, Marchon) (SH1) - 35:19
59:42 - Joly (Arcobello, Alatalo) (PP1)		Third period		Marchon (Diaz, Walser) (EN) - 59:47
Mikko Koskinen ( 18 saves / 21 shots )		Goalie stats		Reto Berra ( 22 saves / 23 shots )

20 March	HC Fribourg-Gottéron		1-2	OT	HC Lugano	BCF Arena, Fribourg	Recap
No scoring		First period			9:43 - Fazzini (PP1)
DiDomenico (Sörensen, Wallmark) (PP1) - 28:30		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			62:49 - Ruotsalainen (Zanetti, Wolf)
Reto Berra ( 26 saves / 28 shots )		Goalie stats			Niklas Schlegel ( 38 saves / 39 shots )

22 March	HC Lugano		3-2	OT	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	Cornèr Arena, Lugano	Recap
6:42 - Carr (Thürkauf, Alatalo) 13:24 - Carr (Thürkauf, Alatalo) (PP1)		First period			17:50 - Borgman (Bertschy, de la Rose)
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			50:43 - Gunderson (DiDomenico, Bertschy) (PP1)
No scoring		First overtime period			Carr (Joly, Arcobello) (PP1) - 60:33
Niklas Schlegel ( 24 saves / 26 shots )		Goalie stats			Reto Berra ( 30 saves / 33 shots )

24 March	HC Fribourg-Gottéron		1-0	HC Lugano	BCF Arena, Fribourg	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
DiDomenico (Gunderson, Bertschy) (PP1) - 23:42		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Reto Berra ( 30 saves / 30 shots )		Goalie stats		Niklas Schlegel ( 28 saves / 29 shots )

26 March	HC Lugano		4-2	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	Cornèr Arena, Lugano	Recap
7:44 - Joly (Thürkauf, Carr) (PP1)		First period		No scoring
24:29 - Alatalo (Carr, Arcobello) (PP1) 25:36 - Patry (Zanetti)		Second period		Diaz (Walser) - 22:13 Mottet (Wallmark, Sörensen) - 31:04
59:43 - Mario Kempe (Thürkauf) (EN)		Third period		No scoring
Niklas Schlegel ( 22 saves / 24 shots )		Goalie stats		Reto Berra ( 25 saves / 28 shots )

28 March	HC Fribourg-Gottéron		4-2	HC Lugano	BCF Arena, Fribourg	Recap
Mottet (Sörensen, Jecker) - 17:35		First period		No scoring
Bertschy (Schmid, Jecker) - 21:37 DiDomenico (Gunderson, Sörensen) (PP1) - 30:28		Second period		24:28 - Carr (Thürkauf, Mi. Müller) (SH1) 39:26 - Thürkauf (Alatalo, Carr)
Bertschy (de la Rose) (EN) - 58:42		Third period		No scoring
Reto Berra ( 31 saves / 33 shots )		Goalie stats		Niklas Schlegel ( 26 saves / 29 shots )

HC Fribourg-Gottéron won the series 4–3

(3) Lausanne HC vs (6) HC Davos

17 March	Lausanne HC		2-3	2OT	HC Davos	Vaudoise Aréna, Lausanne	Recap
Glauser (Suomela, Genazzi) - 15:54		First period			6:45 - Bristedt (Rasmussen, Frehner)
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
Frick (Fuchs, Salomäki) - 50:01		Third period			51:10 - Mustonen (Bristedt, Nussbaumer) (PP1)
No scoring		Second overtime period			80:29 - D. Egli (Corvi, Stránský)
Connor Hughes ( 41 saves / 44 shots )		Goalie stats			Sandro Aeschlimann ( 47 saves / 49 shots )

19 March	HC Davos		2-3	Lausanne HC	Eisstadion Davos, Davos	Recap
7:42 - Näkyvä (Bristedt, Rasmussen)		First period		Raffl (Riat, Pilut) (PP1) - 7:02
37:15 - Bristedt (Rasmussen, Nussbaumer) (PP1)		Second period		Suomela (Djoos, Rochette) (PP1) - 31:43
No scoring		Third period		Jäger (Genazzi, Pilut) - 46:04
Sandro Aeschlimann ( 34 saves / 37 shots )		Goalie stats		Connor Hughes ( 20 saves / 22 shots )

21 March	Lausanne HC		3-2	HC Davos	Vaudoise Aréna, Lausanne	Recap
Glauser (Pilut, Raffl) (PP1) - 8:27 Frick (Suomela, Heldner) - 10:26		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		37:53 - Wieser (Nordström)
Sekáč (Rochette) - 41:25		Third period		52:48 - Nussbaumer (Corvi)
Connor Hughes ( 15 saves / 17 shots )		Goalie stats		Sandro Aeschlimann ( 31 saves / 34 shots )

23 March	HC Davos		5-2	Lausanne HC	Eisstadion Davos, Davos	Recap
12:15 - Frehner (Nordström, Wieser) 13:37 - Stránský (Fora, Nussbaumer) (PP1)		First period		Salomäki (Riat, Fuchs) - 10:56
37:11 - C. Egli (D. Egli)		Second period		No scoring
49:12 - Ambühl (Fora, Mustonen) (PP1) 53:12 - Nussbaumer (Ambühl, C. Egli) (PP2)		Third period		Pilut (Riat, Fuchs) (PP1) - 56:55
Sandro Aeschlimann ( 34 saves / 36 shots )		Goalie stats		Connor Hughes ( 12 saves / 16 shots ) Kevin Pasche ( 5 saves / 6 shots )

25 March	Lausanne HC		0-1	HC Davos	Vaudoise Aréna, Lausanne	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		49:32 - Nussbaumer (Mustonen, Jung)
Connor Hughes ( 10 saves / 11 shots )		Goalie stats		Sandro Aeschlimann ( 37 saves / 37 shots )

27 March	HC Davos		2-5	Lausanne HC	Eisstadion Davos, Davos	Recap
12:55 - Bristedt (Corvi, D. Egli) (PP1)		First period		Suomela (Sekáč, Jäger) (PP1) - 6:26 Sekáč (Rochette, Suomela) - 9:13
No scoring		Second period		Suomela (Rochette, Genazzi) - 23:08 Suomela (Rochette, Pilut) - 26:28 Rochette (Sekáč) - 30:05
54:32 - Bristedt (PS)		Third period		No scoring
Sandro Aeschlimann ( 13 saves / 18 shots ) Gilles Senn ( 17 saves / 17 shots )		Goalie stats		Connor Hughes ( 25 saves / 27 shots )

30 March	Lausanne HC		3-0	HC Davos	Vaudoise Aréna, Lausanne	Recap
Fuchs (Pilut, Raffl) - 16:43		First period		No scoring
Heldner (Fuchs, Frick) - 21:12		Second period		No scoring
Raffl (Riat) (EN) - 56:53		Third period		No scoring
Connor Hughes ( 32 saves / 32 shots )		Goalie stats		Sandro Aeschlimann ( 31 saves / 33 shots )

Lausanne HC won the series 4–3

(4) EV Zug vs (5) SC Bern

17 March	EV Zug		3-4	SC Bern	Bossard Arena, Zug	Recap
No scoring		First period		2:16 - Nemeth (Untersander, Bader) (PP1)
Michaelis (Herzog) - 21:33 Martschini (Wingerli) - 27:59 Senteler (Wingerli, Bengtsson) - 38:11		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		43:27 - Loeffel (Ritzmann, Sablatnig) 52:51 - Kindschi (Sceviour) 56:24 - Scherwey (Bader, Sceviour)
Leonardo Genoni ( 27 saves / 31 shots )		Goalie stats		Adam Reideborn ( 25 saves / 28 shots )

19 March	SC Bern		1-4	EV Zug	PostFinance Arena, Bern	Recap
No scoring		First period		Simion (Martschini, Herzog) (PP1) - 10:24
20:48 - Luoto (Lehmann)		Second period		Eder (Leuenberger) - 29:59 Simion (Herzog, Kovář) - 30:57
No scoring		Third period		Schlumpf (Stadler, Suri) - 47:40
Adam Reideborn ( 21 saves / 25 shots )		Goalie stats		Leonardo Genoni ( 40 saves / 41 shots )

21 March	EV Zug		6-1	SC Bern	Bossard Arena, Zug	Recap
Bengtsson (Leuenberger, Stadler) - 2:29		First period		No scoring
Hansson (Michaelis, Eder) - 24:31 Simion (Martschini, Bengtsson) (PP1) - 26:41 Herzog (Leuenberger, Bengtsson) - 38:40		Second period		No scoring
L. Muggli (Eder, Biasca) - 45:18 Wingerli (Simion, Herzog) - 46:27		Third period		56:09 - Nemeth (Baumgartner, Luoto) (PP1)
Leonardo Genoni ( 19 saves / 20 shots )		Goalie stats		Adam Reideborn ( 7 saves / 10 shots ) Wüthrich ( 11 saves / 14 shots )

23 March	SC Bern		3-2	EV Zug	PostFinance Arena, Bern	Recap
16:33 - Sceviour (Bader, Honka) 18:56 - Moser (Bader, Kindschi)		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
50:46 - Schild (Kindschi)		Third period		Senteler (Martschini) - 49:34 Simion (PP1) - 53:16
Philip Wüthrich ( 18 saves / 20 shots )		Goalie stats		Leonardo Genoni ( 30 saves / 33 shots )

25 March	EV Zug		6-2	SC Bern	Bossard Arena, Zug	Recap
Schlumpf (Martschini, L. Muggli) - 6:55 Herzog (Simion, Michaelis) - 17:30		First period		No scoring
Martschini (Kovář, Wingerli) - 24:17 Michaelis (Bengtsson, Martschini) - 24:48		Second period		No scoring
Kovář (Wingerli, Sheen) (PP1) - 41:29 Wingerli (Senteler, Kovář) (PP1) - 56:16		Third period		46:25 - Kummer (Sablatnig, Schild) 54:39 - Scherwey (Lehmann, Honka)
Leonardo Genoni ( 34 saves / 36 shots )		Goalie stats		Philip Wüthrich ( 6 saves / 8 shots ) Reideborn ( 25 saves / 29 shots )

27 March	SC Bern		3-0	EV Zug	PostFinance Arena, Bern	Recap
19:31 - Sceviour (Kahun, Bader)		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
42:29 - Scherwey(Nemeth, Lehmann) (PP1) 57:54 - Luoto (Untersander) (EN)		Third period		No scoring
Philip Wüthrich ( 25 saves / 25 shots )		Goalie stats		Leonardo Genoni ( 30 saves / 32 shots )

30 March	EV Zug		3-0	SC Bern	Bossard Arena, Zug	Recap
Simion (Martschini, Herzog) (PP1) - 18:35		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
Herzog (Michaelis, Bengtsson) (PP1) - 51:34 Wingerli (Leuenberger, Geisser) (EN) - 57:45		Third period		No scoring
Leonardo Genoni ( 31 saves / 31 shots )		Goalie stats		Adam Reideborn ( 17 saves / 19 shots )

EV Zug won the series 4–3

Semi-Finals

(1) ZSC Lions vs (4) EV Zug

1 April	ZSC Lions		5-2	EV Zug	Swiss Life Arena, Zürich	Recap
No scoring		First period		14:39 - Hansson (Kovář, Wingerli) (PP1)
Balcers (Malgin, C. Baltisberger) - 31:27 Grant (Andrighetto) (PP1) - 34:16 Malgin (Andrighetto, Kukan) (PP1) - 35:56 Grant (Kukan, Andrighetto) (PP1) - 37:35		Second period		39:54 - Bengtsson (Senteler, Biasca)
Grant (Hollenstein, Geering) - 41:27		Third period		No scoring
Šimon Hrubec ( 19 saves / 21 shots )		Goalie stats		Leonardo Genoni ( 13 saves / 17 shots )

3 April	EV Zug		0-1	ZSC Lions	Bossard Arena, Zug	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		Andrighetto (Grant, Malgin) - 53:36
Leonardo Genoni ( 39 saves / 40 shots )		Goalie stats		Šimon Hrubec ( 35 saves / 35 shots )

6 April	ZSC Lions		5-2	EV Zug	Swiss Life Arena, Zürich	Recap
Lammikko (Lehtonen, Rohrer) (PP1) - 1:31		First period		No scoring
Marti (Bodenmann) - 24:32 Balcers (Andrighetto, Weber) - 39:32		Second period		37:34 - Hansson (Simion, Michaelis)
Rohrer (EN) - 58:55 Lammikko (Sigrist, Weber) (EN) - 59:31		Third period		58:18 - Herzog (Kovář, Martschini)
Šimon Hrubec ( 26 saves / 28 shots )		Goalie stats		Leonardo Genoni ( 32 saves / 35 shots )

8 April	EV Zug		0-2	ZSC Lions	Bossard Arena, Zug	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		21:49 - Grant (Frödén, Hollenstein) 33:45 - Malgin (Andrighetto, Kukan) (PP1)
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Leonardo Genoni ( 24 saves / 26 shots )		Goalie stats		Šimon Hrubec ( 26 saves / 26 shots )

ZSC Lions won the series 4–0

(2) HC Fribourg-Gottéron vs (3) Lausanne HC

1 April	Fribourg-Gottéron		2-1	Lausanne HC	BCF Arena, Fribourg	Recap
No scoring		First period		7:55 - Pilut (Bozon, Jäger)
Gunderson (DiDomenico, Sörensen) (PP1) - 21:29		Second period		No scoring
Bykov (Dufner, Schmid) - 43:44		Third period		No scoring
Reto Berra ( 23 saves / 24 shots )		Goalie stats		Kevin Pasche ( 22 saves / 24 shots )

3 April	Lausanne HC		3-2	3OT	Fribourg-Gottéron	Vaudoise Aréna, Lausanne	Recap
=10:48 - Raffl (Djoos, Heldner) (SH1)		First period			No scoring
=24:05 - Sekáč (Jäger) (PP1)		Second period			Sörensen (Gunderson, Wallmark) (PP1) - 31:15 Gunderson (Sörensen, Bykov) - 35:43
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
106:44 - Fuchs (Kovacs)		Third overtime period			No scoring
Connor Hughes ( 47 saves / 49 shots )		Goalie stats			Reto Berra ( 54 saves / 57 shots )

6 April	Fribourg-Gottéron		0-2	Lausanne HC	BCF Arena, Fribourg	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		44:09 - Riat (Fuchs, Djoos) 54:24 - Rochette (Raffl) (SH1)
Reto Berra ( 14 saves / 16 shots )		Goalie stats		Connor Hughes ( 39 saves / 39 shots )

8 April	Lausanne HC		3-1	Fribourg-Gottéron	Vaudoise Aréna, Lausanne	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
38:58 - Raffl (Bozon, Jäger)		Second period		No scoring
46:34 - Bozon (Jäger, Frick) 59:47 - Rochette (Holdener, Djoos)		Third period		DiDomenico (Bykov) - 42:10
Connor Hughes ( 33 saves / 34 shots )		Goalie stats		Reto Berra ( 27 saves / 29 shots )

10 April	Fribourg-Gottéron		2-4	Lausanne HC	BCF Arena, Fribourg	Recap
Mottet (Sprunger, Diaz) - 2:34		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		21:34 - Pilut (Frick, Suomela) 30:13 - Riat (Fuchs, Sekáč)
Sörensen (Wallmark, Gunderson) (PP1) - 48:16		Third period		40:52 - Sekáč (Suomela, Djoos) (PP1) 58:49 - Sekáč (Bozon, Glauser) (EN)
Reto Berra ( 19 saves / 22 shots )		Goalie stats		Connor Hughes ( 27 saves / 29 shots )

Lausanne HC won the series 4–1

Finals

16 April	ZSC Lions		2-1	Lausanne HC	Swiss Life Arena, Zürich	Recap
No scoring		First period		14:40 - Riat (Fuchs, Hughes) (PP1)
No scoring		Second period		Weber (Lammikko) - 28:34 Grant (Marti) - 31:37
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Šimon Hrubec ( 34 saves / 35 shots )		Goalie stats		Connor Hughes ( 26 saves / 28 shots )

18 April	Lausanne HC		4-2	ZSC Lions	Vaudoise Aréna, Lausanne	Recap
9:16 - Andrighetto (Malgin )		First period		Raffl (Jäger, Bozon) - 3:23
37:24 - Bozon (Ķēniņš, Almond)		Second period		No scoring
50:11 - Riat (Kovacs) 58:08 - Raffl (Pilut, Fuchs) (PP1)		Third period		Andrighetto (Malgin, Kukan) (PP1) - 42:20
Connor Hughes ( 25 saves / 27 shots )		Goalie stats		Šimon Hrubec ( 17 saves / 21 shots )

20 April	ZSC Lions		4-2	Lausanne HC	Swiss Life Arena, Zürich	Recap
Lammikko (Frödén, Lehtonen) (PP1) - 2:08		First period		18:56 - Rochette (Glauser, Sekáč)
Weber (Schäppi, Sigrist) - 30:59 Malgin (Balcers, Weber) - 32:23		Second period		21:46 - Pilut (Ķēniņš, Djoos)
Sigrist		Third period		No scoring
Šimon Hrubec ( 26 saves / 28 shots )		Goalie stats		Connor Hughes ( 21 saves / 25 shots )

23 April	Lausanne HC		5-2	ZSC Lions	Vaudoise Aréna, Lausanne	Recap
13:28 - Glauser (Ķēniņš, Holdener)		First period		No scoring
24:58 - Kovacs (Fuchs, Frick) 33:21 - Bozon (Raffl, Pilut)		Second period		Balcers (Malgin, Andrighetto) - 31:13
50:35 - Sekáč (Jäger, Suomela) (PP1) 58:35 - Almond (EN)		Third period		Hollenstein (Bodenmann, Schäppi) - 57:54
Connor Hughes ( 23 saves / 25 shots )		Goalie stats		Šimon Hrubec ( 25 saves / 29 shots )

25 April	ZSC Lions		3-0	Lausanne HC	Swiss Life Arena, Zürich	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Lammikko (Frödén, Kukan) - 37:27 Rohrer (Grant, Riedi) - 38:18		Second period		No scoring
Sigrist (EN) - 59:01		Third period		No scoring
Šimon Hrubec ( 25 saves / 25 shots )		Goalie stats		Connor Hughes ( 34 saves / 36 shots )

27 April	Lausanne HC		5-3	ZSC Lions	Vaudoise Aréna, Lausanne	Recap
4:18 - Suomela (Sekáč) (PP1)		First period		No scoring
26:22 - Riat (Fuchs, Kovacs) 32:10 - Almond (Holdener, Ķēniņš) 34:03 - Fuchs (Kovacs, Riat) 38:59 - Riat (Kovacs, Pilut)		Second period		C. Baltisberger (Schäppi) - 39:38
No scoring		Third period		Kukan (Harrington, Malgin) - 42:59 Malgin (Grant, Kukan) (PP1) - 48:28
Connor Hughes ( 29 saves / 32 shots )		Goalie stats		Šimon Hrubec ( 19 saves / 23 shots ) Robin Zumbühl ( 8 saves / 9 shots )

30 April	ZSC Lions		2-0	Lausanne HC	Swiss Life Arena, Zürich	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Frödén (Lammikko, Harrington) - 39:16		Second period		No scoring
Lammikko (Sigrist, Rohrer) - 46:57		Third period		No scoring
Šimon Hrubec ( 26 saves / 26 shots )		Goalie stats		Connor Hughes ( 40 saves / 42 shots )

ZSC Lions won the series 4–3

Team of Swiss champions

Goalkeepers: Šimon Hrubec, Robin Zumbühl

Defense: Phil Baltisberger, Patrick Geering, Scott Harrington, Dean Kukan, Mikko Lehtonen, Christian Marti, Dario Trutmann, Yannick Weber

Offense: Sven Andrighetto, Rūdolfs Balcers, Chris Baltisberger, Simon Bodenmann, Jesper Frödén, Derek Grant, Denis Hollenstein, Juho Lammikko, Denis Malgin, Willy Riedi, Vinzenz Rohrer, Reto Schäppi, Justin Sigrist, Yannick Zehnder

Coaching: Marc Crawford, Rob Cookson, Fabio Schwarz

References

^ "Player stats". Retrieved 9 October 2023.
^ "Goalie stats". SIHF. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
^ "Genève et Bienne face au casse-tête des play-in". Watson (in French). 26 March 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
^ "Modus & Spielplan". nationalleague.ch (in German). 26 March 2024.

[1] "Player stats". Retrieved 9 October 2023.

[2] "Goalie stats". SIHF. Retrieved 22 January 2024.

[3] "Genève et Bienne face au casse-tête des play-in". Watson (in French). 26 March 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2024.

[4] "Modus & Spielplan". nationalleague.ch (in German). 26 March 2024.

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