2021–22 Swiss League season

The 2021–22 Swiss League season was the 75th season of Switzerland's second tier hockey league.

2021–22 Swiss League season
LeagueSwiss League
SportIce hockey
DurationSeptember 9, 2021 – March 3, 2022
Number of games275
Number of teams11
Regular Season
Season ChampionsEHC Kloten
Playoffs
Swiss League champion
ChampionsEHC Kloten (1st title)
  Runners-upEHC Olten

Teams

Team City Arena Capacity
EHC Kloten Kloten Stimo Arena 7,624
HC La Chaux-de-Fonds La Chaux-de-Fonds Patinoire des Mélèzes 7,200
GCK Lions Küsnacht Eishalle Küsnacht 2,800
SC Langenthal Langenthal Schoren Halle 4,320
EHC Olten Olten Kleinholz Stadion 6,500
HC Sierre Sierre Patinoire de Graben 4,500
Hockey Thurgau Weinfelden Güttingersreuti 3,100
HCB Ticino Rockets Biasca Pista Ghiaccio Biasca 3,800
EHC Visp Visp Lonza Arena 5,150
EHC Winterthur Winterthur Eishalle Deutweg 2,496
EVZ Academy[1] Zug Bossard Arena 1,500

Regular season

The regular season started on 9 September 2021 and ended on 5 March 2022.

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 EHC Kloten 50 40 1 4 5 217 93 +124 126 Advance to Playoffs
2 EHC Olten 50 35 1 5 9 196 94 +102 112
3 HC La Chaux-de-Fonds 50 30 4 4 12 195 119 +76 102
4 Hockey Thurgau 50 23 7 3 17 140 121 +19 86
5 SC Langenthal 50 21 10 3 16 169 151 +18 86
6 EHC Visp 50 23 3 4 20 158 134 +24 79
7 HC Sierre 50 19 5 3 23 144 151 7 70 Advance to Pre-Playoffs
8 GCK Lions 50 18 3 1 28 142 175 33 61
9 EVZ Academy 50 9 2 5 34 85 186 101 36
10 EHC Winterthur 50 8 2 6 34 95 206 111 34
11 HCB Ticino Rockets 50 7 4 4 35 117 228 111 33
Source: Swiss League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) a higher number of wins in the regular time; 3) a higher number of wins in overtime and shootouts; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots.

Playoffs

Bracket

Pre-playoffs
(best-of-3)
Quarter-finals
(best-of-7)
Semi-finals
(best-of-7)
Finals
(best-of-7)
1 EHC Kloten 4
7 HC Sierre 2 8 GCK Lions 0
10 EHC Winterthur 0 1 EHC Kloten 4
4 Hockey Thurgau 2
2 EHC Olten 4 (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round)
7 HC Sierre 1
1 EHC Kloten 4
2 EHC Olten 1
3 HC La Chaux-de-Fonds 4
8 GCK Lions 2 6 EHC Visp 1
9 EVZ Academy 0 2 EHC Olten 4
3 HC La Chaux-de-Fonds 2
4 Hockey Thurgau 4
5 SC Langenthal 1

Finals

11 April 2022
19:45 (CEST)
EHC Kloten2–1 OT2
(1–1, 0–0, 0–0)
(OT: 0–0, 1–0)
score in the series: 1–0
EHC OltenStimo Arena, Kloten
Attendance: 6,527
Game reference
Tim WolfGoaliesSimon RytzReferees:
Cedric Borga
Phillip Ströbel
Linesmen:
Nathy Burgy
Michael Stalder
Spiller (Meyer, Marchon) - 09:391–0
1–114:45 - Nunn (Scheidegger, Horansky) (PP1)
Meyer (Spiller, Altorfer) - 80:482–1
10 minPenalties12 min
50Shots33
13 April 2022
19:45 (CEST)
EHC Olten1–0 OT
(0-0, 0-0, 0-0)
(OT: 1–0)
score in the series: 1–1
EHC KlotenKleinholz Stadion, Olten
Attendance: 5,384
Game reference
Simon RytzGoaliesTim WolfReferees:
Daniel Piechaczek
Alex Dipietro
Linesmen:
Steve Wermeille
Sandro Gurtner
Lhotak (Nunn) (PP1) - 66:021–0
9 minPenalties12 min
25Shots32
16 April 2022
17:00 (CEST)
EHC Kloten4–1
(1–1, 2–0, 1–0)
score in the series: 2–1
EHC OltenStimo Arena, Kloten
Attendance: 7,600
Game reference
Tim WolfGoaliesSimon RytzReferees:
Daniel Piechaczek
Alex Dipietro
Linesmen:
Steve Wermeille
Sandro Gurtner
Figren (Marchon, Faille) (PP1) - 05:401–0
1–109:03 - Forget (Nunn, Scheidegger) (PP2)
Figren (Randegger) (SH1) - 21:432–1
Spiller - 38:263–1
Faille (Figren) - 50:124–1
33 minPenalties18 min
41Shots21
18 April 2022
17:00 (CEST)
EHC Olten1–4
(0–3, 1–1, 0–0)
score in the series: 1–3
EHC KlotenKleinholz Stadion, Olten
Attendance: 5,384
Game reference
Simon RytzGoaliesTim WolfReferees:
Cedric Borga
Phillip Ströbel
Linesmen:
Nathy Burgy
Michael Stalder
0–105:37 - Knellwolf (Figren) (PP1)
0–217:33 - Figren (Randegger, Faille)
0–318:28 - Marchon (Faille, Figren) (PP1)
0–430:29 - Meyer (Marchon)
Elsener (Smith, Leeger) - 33:481–4
10 minPenalties10 min
39Shots22
20 April 2022
19:00 (CEST)
EHC Kloten1–0
(0–0, 1–0, 0–0)
score in the series: 4–1
EHC OltenStimo Arena, Kloten
Attendance: 7,600
Game reference
Tim WolfGoaliesSimon RytzReferees:
Daniel Stricker
Michael Tscherrig
Linesmen:
Nathy Burgy
Michael Stalder
Altorfer (PP1) - 28:071–0
2 minPenalties12 min
42Shots25
EHC Kloten won the series 4–1.

References

  1. Philipp Zurfluh (2021-03-23). "Eishockey-Nachwuchs - Noch eine Saison, dann ist Schluss: Der EV Zug zieht sein Farmteam aus der Swiss League zurück" (in German). Luzerner Zeitung. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
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