2022–23_NL_season

2022–23 National League (ice hockey) season

2022–23 National League (ice hockey) season

Sports season

The 2022–23 National League season was the 85th season of Swiss professional ice hockey and the sixth season as the National League (NL).

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With a 52-game regular season remaining intact, 14 teams were announced to be participating in the campaign, marking the return of EHC Kloten after four years, following promotion from the Swiss League.[1][2] The 2022–23 season begin the new league sponsorship partnership with Yuh Financial.[3][4]

In the postseason, the quarterfinals and semifinals of the NL playoffs are split and featured on alternative days and in the NL playout finals, four foreign player licenses were allowed to participate on each team in the series against the playout loser and Swiss League champion.[5]

Teams

NL teams for the 2022–23 season
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Regular season

Standings

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Source: NL
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 who led the league in points, at the conclusion of the regular season.[6] If two or more skaters are tied (i.e. same number of points, goals and played games), all of the tied skaters are shown.

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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.[7]

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Playoffs

Bracket

Pre-Playoffs
(best-of-3) 		Quarter-finals
(best-of-7) 		Semi-finals
(best-of-7) 		Finals
(best-of-7)
1 Genève-Servette HC 4
7 HC Fribourg-Gottéron 0 10 HC Lugano 2
10 HC Lugano 2 1 Genève-Servette HC 4
6 EV Zug 1
2 EHC Biel 4 (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second rounds)
8 SC Bern 2
1 Genève-Servette HC 4
2 EHC Biel 3
3 SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers 2
8 SC Bern 2 6 EV Zug 4
9 EHC Kloten 1 2 EHC Biel 4
4 ZSC Lions 0
4 ZSC Lions 4
5 HC Davos 1

Relegation playoffs

Playouts

SCL Tigers, who finished 13th in the regular season, and HC Ajoie, who finished 14th in the regular season, played in a best-of-seven playout series, which determined the team that would retain its place in the NL for the 2023–24 season. SCL Tigers won the series in six games (4–2).

League qualification

After losing in the playout series, HC Ajoie played in a best-of-seven league qualification series against HC La Chaux-de-Fonds, who won the Swiss League in the 2022–23 season. HC Ajoie won the series in six games (4–2).

References

  1. [1]
    "On the trail of the perfect schedule" (in German). National League. 15 September 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  2. [2]
    "NL: Still with 14 teams" (in German). National League. 1 November 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  3. [3]
    "Yuh becomes the new league sponsor" (in German). National League. 24 February 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  4. [4]
    "52 rounds and more free TV then ever before!" (in German). National League. 16 June 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  5. [5]
    "NL starts in two week; what's new?" (in German). National League. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  6. [6]
    "Player stats". SIHF. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  7. [7]
    "Goalie stats". SIHF. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
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