2011–12 NLA season

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2011–12 National League A season
LeagueNational League A
SportIce hockey
Number of games50
Number of teams12
Regular Season
Best RecordEV Zug
Runners-upHC Davos
Top scorerDamien Brunner
(EV Zug)
Playoffs
Semi-final #1 championsZSC Lions
  Semi-final #1 runners-upEV Zug
Semi-final #2 championsSC Bern
  Semi-final #2 runners-upFribourg-Gottéron
National League A Championship
ChampionsZSC Lions
  Runners-upSC Bern
NLA seasons

The 2011–12 National League A season was the fifth ice hockey season of the National League A since the reorganization of the Swiss league. 12 teams participated in the league, which was won by EV Zug.

Regular season[]

Standings[]

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA Pts
1. EV Zug 50 24 8 10 8 173 131 98
2. HC Davos 50 27 7 3 13 155 117 98
3. Fribourg-Gottéron 50 26 6 4 14 156 120 94
4. Kloten Flyers 50 27 2 6 15 158 117 91
5. SC Bern 50 23 6 6 15 153 130 87
6. HC Lugano 50 21 5 6 21 152 150 79
7. ZSC Lions 50 19 8 4 19 136 129 77
8. EHC Biel 50 19 4 3 24 114 128 68
9. Genève-Servette HC 50 16 5 9 20 117 126 67
10. SCL Tigers 50 13 5 3 29 124 166 52
11. HC Ambrì-Piotta 50 10 6 7 27 102 153 49
12. Rapperswil-Jona Lakers 50 12 1 2 35 99 172 40

Attendance[]

Team Games Total
Attendance 		Average Stadium
Capacity
SC Bern 25 394,475 15,779 17,131
ZSC Lions 25 190,625 7,625 10,700
Genève-Servette HC 25 169,225 6,769 7,382
HC Fribourg-Gottéron 25 165,900 6,636 6,900
EV Zug 25 156,625 6,265 7,015
Kloten Flyers 25 151,025 6,041 7,719
SCL Tigers 25 132,250 5,290 6,500
EHC Biel 25 118,725 4,749 7,000
HC Davos 25 113,600 4,544 7,080
Rapperswil-Jona Lakers 25 103,375 4,135 6,200
HC Lugano 25 103,125 4,125 7,800
HC Ambri-Piotta 25 92,675 3,707 7,000
LEAGUE TOTAL 300 1,891,625 6,305 —

League Leaders[]

Scoring[]

Name Team GP G A P
Switzerland Damien Brunner EV Zug 45 24 36 60
Switzerland Julien Sprunger HC Fribourg-Gottéron 49 27 24 51
Czechoslovakia Jaroslav Bednar HC Lugano 45 16 34 50
Czechoslovakia Petr Sykora HC Davos 46 21 28 49
Canada Jeff Tambellini ZSC Lions 50 23 22 45
Canada Simon Gamache HC Fribourg-Gottéron 50 20 25 45
Finland Tommi Santala Kloten Flyers 47 9 35 44
Canada Byron Ritchie SC Bern 47 22 21 43
Switzerland HC Fribourg-Gottéron 48 15 27 42
Canada Kurtis McLean SCL Tigers 49 14 28 42

Playoffs[]

Tournament Bracket[]

Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals Finals
         
1 EV Zug 4
8 EHC Biel 1
1 EV Zug 0
7 ZSC Lions 4
2 HC Davos 0
7 ZSC Lions 4
5 SC Bern 3
(Pairings are re-seeded after the first round)
7 ZSC Lions 4
3 Fribourg 4
6 HC Lugano 2
3 Fribourg 1
5 SC Bern 4
4 Kloten Flyers 1
5 SC Bern 4

Quarter-Finals Results[]

EV Zug (1) vs. EHC Biel (8)[]

March 1 EV Zug 3–1 EHC Biel Bossard Arena Recap  
Damien Brunner – 08:56
– 36:03
– 39:17 		Scoring stats 36:50 – Tom Preissing
(Save % – 96.43) Jussi Markkanen Goalie stats Reto Berra (Save % – 90.63)
March 3 EHC Biel 1–4 EV Zug Eisstadion Biel Recap  
Eric Beaudoin – 51:15 Scoring stats 11:27 – Glen Metropolit
15:59 – Damien Brunner (2)
48:59 – Josh Holden
58:23 – (2)
(Save % – 88.89) Reto Berra Goalie stats Jussi Markkanen (Save % – 97.56)
March 6 EV Zug 5–4 OT EHC Biel Bossard Arena Recap  
(2) Glen Metropolit – 03:05
– 04:34
(2) Glen Metropolit – 15:18
Björn Christen – 59:20
Andy Wozniewski – 64:42 		Scoring stats 05:58 –
23:04 – Ahren Spylo
30:58 – Ahren Spylo (2)
39:39 – Eric Beaudoin (2)
(Save % – 85.71) Jussi Markkanen Goalie stats Reto Berra (Save % – 87.18)
March 8 EHC Biel 4–3 EV Zug Eisstadion Biel Recap  
– 11:16
(3) Ahren Spylo – 12:41
– 49:04
(2) Philipp Wetzel – 51:45 		Scoring stats 19:59 – Josh Holden
35:40 – Josh Holden (2)
55:25 – Josh Holden (3)
(Save % – 91.67) Reto Berra Goalie stats Jussi Markkanen (Save % – 90.91)
March 10 EV Zug 5–2 EHC Biel Bossard Arena Recap  
(4) Josh Holden – 00:30
(3) Glen Metropolit – 13:07
(2) Fabian Sutter – 44:31
(3) Damien Brunner – 51:57
(4) Glen Metropolit – 58:12 		Scoring stats 09:36 – Eric Beaudoin (3)
22:17 – Ahren Spylo (4)
(Save % – 93.75) Jussi Markkanen Goalie stats Reto Berra (86.67 – Save %)
EV Zug wins series 4–1


HC Davos (2) vs. ZSC Lions (7)[]

March 1 HC Davos 2–4 ZSC Lions Vaillant Arena Recap  
– 09:59
– 22:59 		Scoring stats 09:46 – Domenico Pittis
45:58 – Reto Schäppi
58:38 – Juraj Kolnik
59:51 – Patrik Bärtschi
(Save % – 90.91) Leonardo Genoni Goalie stats Lukas Flüeler (Save % – 94.12)
March 3 ZSC Lions 6–1 HC Davos Hallenstadion Recap  
Jeff Tambellini – 02:08
Thibaut Monnet – 09:16
– 42:48
– 46:34
(2) Patrik Bärtschi – 50:29
(3) Patrik Bärtschi – 54:34 		Scoring stats 16:56 – Ramon Untersander
(Save % – 96.15) Lukas Flüeler Goalie stats Leonardo Genoni (Save % – 85.00)
March 6 HC Davos 1–2 ZSC Lions Vaillant Arena Recap  
Reto Von Arx – 58:53 Scoring stats 25:01 – Thibaut Monnet (2)
33:49 – Jeff Tambellini (2)
(Save % – 93.10) Leonardo Genoni Goalie stats Lukas Flüeler (Save % – 97.14)
March 8 ZSC Lions 1–0 HC Davos Hallenstadion Recap  
33:22 – Patrik Bärtschi (4) Scoring stats No Scoring
(Save % – 100) Lukas Flüeler Goalie stats Leonardo Genoni (Save % – 96.97)
ZSC Lions win series 4–0


HC Fribourg-Gottéron (3) vs. HC Lugano (6)[]

March 1 HC Fribourg-Gottéron 2–3 HC Lugano BCF Arena Recap  


Julien Sprunger – 28:26

– 57:17 		Scoring stats 04:45 –
06:34 – Brady Murray

36:02 – Kevin Romy
(Save % – 88.89) Cristobal Huet Goalie stats Benjamin Conz (Save % – 94.59)
March 3 HC Lugano 2–4 HC Fribourg-Gottéron Pista La Resega Recap  
– 34:48



(2) – 56:19 		Scoring stats
36:18 – (2)
37:15 –
45:49 –

59:08 –
(Save % – 86.67) Benjamin Conz Goalie stats Cristobal Huet (Save % – 91.67)
March 6 HC Fribourg-Gottéron 2–4 HC Lugano BCF Arena Recap  

Simon Gamache – 20:40
Dmitry Afanasenkov – 23:06 		Scoring stats 01:01 – Brady Murray (2)


31:56 – Jaroslav Bednar
32:25 – Stefan Ulmer
59:56 – Julien Vauclair
(Save % – 87.50) Cristobal Huet Goalie stats Benjamin Conz (Save % – 93.75)
March 8 HC Lugano 0–2 HC Fribourg-Gottéron Pista La Resega Recap  
No Scoring Scoring stats 19:05 – Simon Gamache (2)
22:26 – Pavel Rosa
(Save % – 90.00) Benjamin Conz Goalie stats Cristobal Huet (Save % – 100.00)
March 10 HC Fribourg-Gottéron 6–2 HC Lugano BCF Arena Recap  

Sandy Jeannin – 22:45
Christian Dubé – 24:31
(2) Simon Gamache – 27:27
(2) Pavel Rosa – 31:44
Adam Hasani – 32:41
Julien Sprunger – 38:12 		Scoring stats 05:28 –






45:28 – Leandro Profico (2)
(Save % – 92.00) Cristobal Huet
(Save % – 100.00) 		Goalie stats Benjamin Conz (Save % – 73.91)
(Save % – 100.00)
March 13 HC Lugano 4–5 OT HC Fribourg-Gottéron Pista La Resega Recap  
(2) Brady Murray – 08:28
Kimmo Rintanen – 08:58



(3) – 41:31
– 46:19 		Scoring stats

22:55 – (2)
31:26 –
31:37 – Pavel Rosa (3)


55:24 – Romain Loeffel
66:52 – (2)
(Save % – 87.50) Benjamin Conz
(Save % – 92.00) 		Goalie stats Cristobal Huet (Save % – 87.88)
HC Fribourg-Gottéron win series 4–2


Kloten Flyers (4) vs. SC Bern (5)[]

March 1 Kloten Flyers 2–3 SC Bern Kolping Arena Recap  
Tommi Santala – 08:12

Victor Stancescu – 23:49 		Scoring stats
10:59 – Thomas Deruns

48:06 – Jean-Pierre Dumont
56:40 – Thomas Deruns (2)
(Save % – 88.00) Goalie stats Marco Bührer (Save % – 93.10)
March 3 SC Bern 6–3 Kloten Flyers PostFinance Arena Recap  
Ivo Rüthemann – 02:21
Martin Plüss – 14:09



Ryan Gardner – 24:50
(2) Ryan Gardner – 29:52
Marc Reichert – 42:48
(2) Jean-Pierre Dumont – 48:40 		Scoring stats

15:16 – Roman Wick
17:25 – Marcel Jenni
19:06 – Michael Liniger
(Save % – 88.89) Marco Bührer Goalie stats (Save % – 80.00)
March 6 Kloten Flyers 3–0 SC Bern Kolping Arena Recap  
Victor Stancescu – 04:27
(2) Victor Stancescu – 47:44
Felicien Du Bois – 59:27 		Scoring stats No Scoring
(Save % – 100.00) Goalie stats Marco Bührer (Save % – 90.62)
March 8 SC Bern 4–1 Kloten Flyers PostFinance Arena Recap  
David Jobin – 07:26
(2) David Jobin – 16:13
(2) Martin Plüss – 38:46

(3) Martin Plüss – 52:30 		Scoring stats


43:36 – Micki Dupont
(Save % – 94.45) Marco Bührer Goalie stats (Save % – 87.50)
March 10 Kloten Flyers 2–3 SC Bern Kolping Arena Recap  


Niklas Nordgren – 22:54

(2) – 51:19 		Scoring stats 10:10 – Marc Reichert (2)
13:17 – Joel Kwiatkowski

38:27 – Pascal Berger
(Save % – 86.36) Goalie stats Marco Bührer (Save % – 93.10)
SC Bern win series 4–1


Semi-Finals Results[]

EV Zug (1) vs. ZSC Lions (7)[]

March 17 EV Zug 1–7 ZSC Lions Bossard Arena Recap  

(2) Björn Christen – 11:58 		Scoring stats 09:56 – (2)

25:19 – Thibaut Monnet (3)
25:48 – Luca Cunti
26:28 – (2)
31:00 – Domenico Pittis (2)
41:46 – Patrik Bärtschi (5)
56:05 – Patrik Bärtschi (6)
(Save % – 77.42) Jussi Markkanen Goalie stats Lukas Flüeler (Save % – 96.88)
Ari Sulander (Save % – 100.00)
March 20 ZSC Lions 2–1 EV Zug Hallenstadion Recap  
(3) Domenico Pittis – 10:29

(3) – 48:00 		Scoring stats
34:19 –
(Save % – 97.06) Lukas Flüeler Goalie stats Jussi Markkanen (Save % – 95.00)
March 22 EV Zug 2–3 OT ZSC Lions Bossard Arena Recap  


– 37:20
Patrick Fischer – 39:36 		Scoring stats 23:43 –
31:35 – Patrik Bärtschi (7)


63:52 – Andreas Ambühl (2)
(Save % – 88.46) Jussi Markkanen Goalie stats Lukas Flüeler (Save % – 94.59)
March 24 ZSC Lions 5–1 EV Zug Hallenstadion Recap  
(8) Patrik Bärtschi – 10:31
(3) – 28:53
Reto Schäppi – 32:36
(2) Reto Schäppi – 34:38
(2) Jeff Tambellini – 46:51 		Scoring stats




48:34 –
(Save % – 96.00) Lukas Flüeler Goalie stats Jussi Markkanen (Save % – 82.14)
ZSC Lions win series 4–0


Fribourg-Gottéron HC (3) vs. SC Bern (5)[]

March 17 Fribourg-Gottéron HC 2–4 SC Bern BCF Arena Recap  
(3) Andrey Bykov – 01:28



Tristan Vauclair – 38:55 		Scoring stats
09:15 – Byron Ritchie
24:20 – Ivo Rüthemann
28:54 – Jean-Pierre Dumont (3)

59:47 – Ivo Rüthemann (2)
(Save % – 83.33) Cristobal Huet Goalie stats Marco Bührer (Save % – 91.30)
March 20 SC Bern 3–2 SO Fribourg-Gottéron HC PostFinance Arena Recap  
(2) Pascal Berger – 06:52


Beat Gerber – 47:56 		Scoring stats
26:02 – Christian Dubé (2)
33:39 – Christian Dubé (3)
(Save % – 92.86) Marco Bührer Goalie stats Cristobal Huet (Save % – 95.24)
March 22 Fribourg-Gottéron HC 1–6 SC Bern BCF Arena Recap  





(2) Michael Knoepfli – 58:15 		Scoring stats 02:34 – Joel Kwiatkowski (2)
04:22 – Byron Ritchie (2)
27:34 – Caryl Neuenschwander
43:07 – Etienne Froidevaux
47:49 – Joël Vermin

59:02 – Ivo Rüthemann (3)
(Save % – 64.71) Cristobal Huet Goalie stats Marco Bührer (Save % – 96.55)
March 24 SC Bern 1–2 SO Fribourg-Gottéron HC PostFinance Arena Recap  
(4) Jean-Pierre Dumont – 06:23 Scoring stats
08:05 – Tristan Vauclair (2)
80:00 – [SO] Simon Gamache
(Save % – 97.22) Marco Bührer Goalie stats Cristobal Huet (Save % – 97.83)
March 27 Fribourg-Gottéron HC 0–3 SC Bern BCF Arena Recap  
No Scoring Scoring stats 29:49 – Pascal Berger (3)
50:43 – Pascal Berger (4)
57:55 – Christoph Bertschy
(Save % – 93.33) Cristobal Huet Goalie stats Marco Bührer (Save % – 100.00)
SC Bern win series 4–1


Finals Results[]

SC Bern (5) vs. ZSC Lions (7)[]

April 3 SC Bern 4–2 ZSC Lions Kolping Arena Recap  
(5) Jean-Pierre Dumont – 19:34

(6) Jean-Pierre Dumont – 37:29
Philipp Furrer – 46:14
(4) Martin Plüss – 50:56 		Scoring stats
31:52 – Reto Schäppi (3)



56:23 – Andreas Ambühl (4)
(Save % – 92.31) Marco Bührer Goalie stats Lukas Flüeler (Save % – 81.82)
April 5 ZSC Lions 2–1 SC Bern Hallenstadion Recap  

Blaine Down – 46:45
(4) Thibaut Monnet – 54:29 		Scoring stats 21:48 – Joël Vermin (2)
(Save % – 95.83) Lukas Flüeler Goalie stats Marco Bührer (Save % – 93.55)
April 7 SC Bern 3–0 ZSC Lions Kolping Arena Recap  
(2) Etienne Froidevaux – 29:36
Tristan Scherwey – 48:12
(4) Ivo Rüthemann – 56:51 		Scoring stats No Scoring
(Save % – 100.00) Marco Bührer Goalie stats Lukas Flüeler (Save % – 86.36)
April 9 ZSC Lions 0–2 SC Bern Hallenstadion Recap  
No Scoring Scoring stats 28:52 – Ivo Rüthemann (5)
59:23 – Martin Plüss (5)
(Save % – 96.43) Lukas Flüeler Goalie stats Marco Bührer (Save % – 100.00)
April 12 SC Bern 1–2 OT ZSC Lions Kolping Arena Recap  

(3) Etienne Froidevaux – 32:23 		Scoring stats 28:44 – Domenico Pittis (4)

69:18 – Mathias Seger
(Save % – 90.91) Marco Bührer Goalie stats Lukas Flüeler (Save % – 97.06)
April 14 ZSC Lions 6–3 SC Bern Hallenstadion Recap  
(5) Thibaut Monnet – 24:13
(5) Andreas Ambühl – 24:43
(2) Mathias Seger – 26:37


(5) Domenico Pittis – 38:38

(10) Patrik Bärtschi – 45:36
(3) Jeff Tambellini – 58:17 		Scoring stats


34:43 – Ryan Gardner (3)
35:59 – Ryan Gardner (4)

41:12 – Martin Plüss (6)
(Save % – 90.63) Lukas Flüeler Goalie stats Marco Bührer (Save % – 84.38)
April 17 SC Bern 1–2 ZSC Lions Kolping Arena Recap  

(6) Ivo Rüthemann – 21:49 		Scoring stats 19:18 – Mark Bastl (4)

59:58 – Steve McCarthy
(Save % – 90.91) Marco Bührer Goalie stats Lukas Flüeler (Save % – 95.83)
ZSC Lions win series 4–3


Playout[]

The bottom 4 teams of the National League A will compete in a losing team advances tournament to determine if they should stay in the League. The loser of this tournament will compete against the champions of the National League B to determine which league they will play in next season.

Tournament Bracket[]

Semi-Finals Finals
      
9 Genève 1
12 Lakers 4
11 Genève 4
12 Ambrì-Piotta 0
10 SCL Tigers 4
11 Ambrì-Piotta 0

Semi-Finals Results[]

Genève-Servette HC (9) vs. Rapperswil-Jona Lakers (12)[]

March 1 Genève-Servette HC 2–3 Rapperswil-Jona Lakers Patinoire des Vernets Recap  
Daniel Rubin – 07:07

– 39:07 		Scoring stats
10:06 – Reto Suri

47:23 – Stacy Roest
59:13 –
(Save % – 90.63) Tobias Stephan Goalie stats Daniel Manzato (Save % – 95.00)
March 3 Rapperswil-Jona Lakers 5–3 Genève-Servette HC Diners Club Arena Recap  
Pavel Brendl – 03:00
(2) Pavel Brendl – 06:00
– 16:48


(2) Reto Suri – 41:54

– 56:41 		Scoring stats


19:41 –
32:45 – Morris Trachsler

44:41 – Goran Bezina
(Save % – 92.11) Daniel Manzato Goalie stats Tobias Stephan (Save % – 83.87)
March 6 Genève-Servette HC 4–3 Rapperswil-Jona Lakers Patinoire des Vernets Recap  
Roland Gerber – 04:49


Petr Vampola – 24:50
(2) Roland Gerber – 32:08
Dan Fritsche – 45:50 		Scoring stats
11:51 – Derrick Walser
20:47 – Brandon Reid



48:12 – Reto Suri (3)
(Save % – 92.11) Tobias Stephan Goalie stats Daniel Manzato (Save % – 84.62)
March 8 Rapperswil-Jona Lakers 2–1 Genève-Servette HC Diners Club Arena Recap  
Antonio Rizzello – 11:24
Lukas Grauwiler – 55:40 		Scoring stats

57:32 – Dan Fritsche
(Save % – 96.97) Daniel Manzato Goalie stats Tobias Stephan (Save % – 95.24)
March 10 Genève-Servette HC 2–5 Rapperswil-Jona Lakers Patinoire des Vernets Recap  
Rico Fata – 07:44




(2) Rico Fata – 51:14 		Scoring stats
08:06 – Stacy Roest
12:27 –
36:01 – Pavel Brendl (3)
42:34 –

56:06 – Jordan Murray
(Save % – 83.33) Tobias Stephan Goalie stats Daniel Manzato (Save % – 93.10)
Rapperswil-Jona Lakers win series 4–1


SCL Tigers (10) vs. HC Ambrì-Piotta (11)[]

March 1 SCL Tigers 4–3 OT HC Ambrì-Piotta Valascia Recap  
Pascal Pelletier – 05:15

Simon Moser – 23:42

– 48:07

Joël Genazzi – 75:30 		Scoring stats
21:55 – Joel Perrault

45:03 – Trevor Meier

49:58 – Inti Pestoni
Robert Esche Goalie stats Nolan Schaefer (Save % – 88.24)
March 3 HC Ambrì-Piotta 1–3 SCL Tigers Ilfis Stadium Recap  


Gregory Hofmann – 44:24 		Scoring stats 27:36 – Pascal Pelletier
30:57 – Kurtis McLean

54:36 –
(Save % – 96.55) Robert Esche Goalie stats Nolan Schaefer (Save % – 84.21)
March 6 SCL Tigers 4–3 OT HC Ambrì-Piotta Valascia Recap  
– 09:43



Julian Walker – 48:36
Julian Walker – 50:11 		Scoring stats
10:59 –
30:55 –
44:36 – Kurtis McLean


63:48 –
(Save % – 90.70) Goalie stats Robert Esche
March 8 HC Ambrì-Piotta 1–4 SCL Tigers Ilfis Stadium Recap  
– 13:06
– 17:04
Lukas Haas – 30:31
Kurtis McLean – 31:50 		Scoring stats



57:25 – Trevor Meier
(Save % – 90.91) Robert Esche Goalie stats (Save % – 84.00)
SCL Tigers win series 4–0


Finals Results[]

Genève-Servette HC (9) vs. HC Ambrì-Piotta (11)[]

March 17 Genève-Servette HC 6–3 HC Ambrì-Piotta Patinoire des Vernets Recap  
Morris Trachsler – 01:57

Rico Fata – 21:15
Eliot Antonietti – 26:55
Daniel Rubin – 27:28

Rico Fata – 45:12

Petr Vampola – 52:06 		Scoring stats
17:50 – Maxim Noreau



32:06 – Inti Pestoni

47:12 –
(Save % – 78.57) Tobias Stephan Goalie stats Nolan Schaefer (Save % – 76.00)
March 20 HC Ambrì-Piotta 2–3 OT Genève-Servette HC Ilfis Stadium Recap  

Julian Walker – 21:21
– 24:39 		Scoring stats 10:00 – Petr Vampola


54:00 – Daniel Rubin
79:48 – Morris Trachsler
(Save % – 88.00) Nolan Schaefer Goalie stats Tobias Stephan (Save % – 93.75)
March 22 Genève-Servette HC 4–0 HC Ambrì-Piotta Patinoire des Vernets Recap  
Goran Bezina – 05:17
Kevin Hecquefeuille – 27:05
Rico Fata – 28:30
Kevin Hecquefeuille – 59:46 		Scoring stats No Scoring
(Save % – 100.00) Tobias Stephan Goalie stats Nolan Schaefer (Save % – 85.71)
March 24 HC Ambrì-Piotta 2–3 SO Genève-Servette HC Ilfis Stadium Recap  

30:11 – Kevin Hecquefeuille
43:50 – 		Scoring stats 27:04 – Paolo Duca


52:59 – Zdenek Kutlak
Goalie stats Tobias Stephan (Save % – 93.94)
Genève-Servette HC win series 4–0


Playdowns[]

Ambrì-Piotta would later defeat SC Langenthal, Champions of the National League B, 4–1 to remain in the National League A

External links[]

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