Sports season
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
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
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League Leaders
Scoring
Playoffs
Tournament Bracket
Quarter-Finals Results
EV Zug (1) vs. EHC Biel (8)
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 %)
HC Davos (2) vs. ZSC Lions (7)
HC Fribourg-Gottéron (3) vs. HC Lugano (6)
HC Fribourg-Gottéron win series 4–2
Kloten Flyers (4) vs. SC Bern (5)
Semi-finals results
EV Zug (1) vs. ZSC Lions (7)
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)
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 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 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)
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 results
Genève-Servette HC (9) vs. Rapperswil-Jona Lakers (12)
Rapperswil-Jona Lakers win series 4–1
SCL Tigers (10) vs. HC Ambrì-Piotta (11)
SCL Tigers win series 4–0
Finals Results
Genève-Servette HC (9) vs. HC Ambrì-Piotta (11)
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
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