2019–20 SWHL A season

2019–20 SWHL A season
League	Swiss Women's League A
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	September 14, 2019 – February 16, 2020
Number of games	60
Number of teams	6
Regular Season
Season Champions	ZSC Lions Frauen
Top scorer	Dominique Rüegg
Playoffs
Women's League champion

The 2019–20 Swiss League season was the 34th season of the Swiss Women's League A. Shortly before the third playoff final match between the ZSC Lions Women and the Neuchâtel Hockey Academy, the season was cancelled on March 12, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]

Teams

Ladies Team Lugano

HC Université Neuchâtel Dames

SC Reinach Damen

EV Bomo Thun

SC Weinfelden Ladies

ZSC Lions Frauen

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Swiss League teams for the 2019–20 season

Team	Trainer	City	Arena	Capacity
Ladies Team Lugano	Massimo Fedrizzi	Lugano	La Resega	7,200
HC Université Neuchâtel Dames	Yan Gigon, Charly Oppliger	Neuchâtel	Patinoire du Littoral	7,000
SC Reinach Damen	Christian Ruth, Stefanie Marty	Reinach	Kunsteisbahn Oberwynental	-
EV Bomo Thun	Jakob Kölliker	Thun	Kunsteisbahn Grabengut	4,000
SC Weinfelden Ladies	Andrea Kröni	Weinfelden	Güttingersreuti	3,100
ZSC Lions Frauen	Diane Michaud	Zürich	Kunsteisbahn Oerlikon	1,700

Regular season

The regular season started on 14 September 2019 and ended on 16 February 2020. The SWHL A game mode provides a preliminary round (phase 1) with 10 matches per team and a Masterround with 10 additional matches per team. The top 4 teams qualify for the playoffs and the bottom two compete for a play-off against relegation. The loser must face the SWHLB champion.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	ZSC Lions Frauen	20	14	3	0	3	85	44	+41	48	Advance to Playoffs
2	Ladies Team Lugano	20	14	1	1	4	72	41	+31	45
3	HC Université Neuchâtel Dames	20	10	0	1	9	44	57	−13	31
4	SC Reinach Damen	20	8	1	3	8	62	53	+9	29
5	EV Bomo Thun	20	6	1	0	13	61	66	−5	20
6	SC Weinfelden Ladies	20	2	0	1	17	34	97	−63	7

Source: [1]
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.

Statistics

Scoring leaders

The following shows the top ten players who led the league in points, at the conclusion of the regular season.[2] 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
Dominique Rüegg	ZSC Lions Frauen	19	28	17	45	22
Nina Waidacher	ZSC Lions Frauen	18	12	29	41	77
Phoebe Stänz	Ladies Team Lugano	15	15	22	37	30
Romy Eggimann	Ladies Team Lugano	20	25	10	35	12
Rahel Enzler	SC Reinach Damen	17	8	21	29	6
Viktoria Maskalova	EV Bomo Thun	20	12	14	26	10
Simona Grascher	HC Université Neuchâtel Dames	20	16	8	24	12
Kamila Wieczorek	EV Bomo Thun	19	14	8	22	49
Jessica Ujcik	EV Bomo Thun	19	8	14	22	36
Laura Zimmermann	EV Bomo Thun	14	14	6	20	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.[3]

Player	Team(s)	GP	TOI	GA	GAA
Giulia Mazzocchi	Ladies Team Lugano	14	833	28	2,02
Caroline Baldin	ZSC Lions Frauen	19	1106	41	2,23
Laura De Bastiani	SC Reinach Damen	20	1209	50	2,48
Nina Paiva	HC Université Neuchâtel Dames	13	751	36	2,88
Saskia Maurer	EV Bomo Thun	18	933	46	2,96

Playoffs

Bracket

	Semi-finals (best-of-5)					Finals (best-of-5)
	1	ZSC Lions Frauen	3
	4	SC Reinach Damen	1
						1	ZSC Lions Frauen	2
						3	HC Université Neuchâtel Dames	0
	2	Ladies Team Lugano	1
	3	HC Université Neuchâtel Dames	3			Game for 3rd place (best-of-1)
						2	Ladies Team Lugano	2
						4	SC Reinach Damen	7

Semi-Finals

(1) ZSC Lions Frauen vs. (4) SC Reinach Damen

22 February	ZSC Lions Frauen		0-3		SC Reinach Damen	Kunsteisbahn Oerlikon, Zürich	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			25:32 - Marty (Enzler) 30:19 - Waser (Thalmann) (PP1) 36:13 - Lutz (Hofstetter, Thalmann) (PP1)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Caroline Baldin		Goalie stats			Laura De Bastiani

23 February	SC Reinach Damen		1-3		ZSC Lions Frauen	Kunsteisbahn Oberwynental, Reinach	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
46:39 - Enzler		Third period			N. Waidacher - 48:26 Rüedi - 51:06 N. Waidacher - 58:56 (EN)
Laura De Bastiani		Goalie stats			Caroline Baldin

29 February	ZSC Lions Frauen		2-1	3OT	SC Reinach Damen	Kunsteisbahn Oerlikon, Zürich	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Rüedi (Zimmermann) - 24:36		Second period			34:20 - Marty (Enzler) (SH1)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
N. Waidacher (PS)		Third overtime period			No scoring
Caroline Baldin		Goalie stats			Laura De Bastiani

1 March	SC Reinach Damen		1-2		ZSC Lions Frauen	Kunsteisbahn Oberwynental, Reinach	Recap
No scoring		First period			I. Waidacher (Rüegg) (SH1) - 17:02
38:02 - Enzler		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			N. Waidacher - 54:24
Laura De Bastiani		Goalie stats			Caroline Baldin

ZSC Lions Frauen won the series 3–1.

(2) Ladies Team Lugano vs. (3) HC Université Neuchâtel Dames

22 February	Ladies Team Lugano		2-1		HC Université Neuchâtel Dames	La Resega, Lugano	Recap
Eggimann (Ryser) (PP1) - 9:43		First period			No scoring
Eggimann - 24:06		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			49:20 - Pélissou (Joray)
Giulia Mazzocchi		Goalie stats			Nina Paiva

23 February	HC Université Neuchâtel Dames		1-0		Ladies Team Lugano	Patinoire du Littoral, Neuchâtel	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
44:26 - Desvignes (Grascher, Joray)		Third period			No scoring
Nina Paiva		Goalie stats			Giulia Mazzocchi

29 February	Ladies Team Lugano		0-3		HC Université Neuchâtel Dames	La Resega, Lugano	Recap
12:30 - Grascher (Gendarme) 14:39 - Gremaud (Desvignes, Dale) (PP1)		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			24:15 - Huwiler (Desvignes, Dale)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Giulia Mazzocchi		Goalie stats			Nina Paiva

1 March	HC Université Neuchâtel Dames		4-3	3OT	Ladies Team Lugano	Patinoire du Littoral, Neuchâtel	Recap
18:34 - Joray (Pélissou) (PP1)		First period			Muraro (Stocker, Desboeufs) - 14:39
33:15 - Gendarme (E. Ingold, Joray) 38:21 - Huwiler (E. Ingold)		Second period			Stocker (Bullo, Vallario) (PP1) - 27:08
No scoring		Third period			Ryser (Vallario) - 51:45
Grascher (PS)		Third overtime period			No scoring
Nina Paiva		Goalie stats			Giulia Mazzocchi

HC Université Neuchâtel Dames won the series 3–1.

Game for 3rd place

7 March	Ladies Team Lugano		2-7		SC Reinach Damen	La Resega, Lugano	Recap
Bullo - 15:53		First period			3:55 - Lutz (Fischer) 10:44 - R. Bräm (Marty)
Vallario - 36:59		Second period			29:51 - Marty (R. Bräm) 32:42 - Marty (Fischer)
No scoring		Third period			46:49 - Hofstetter (Enzler) (PP1) 49:01 - Marty 56:13 - Nienaber (Marty, Fischer) (PP1)
Giulia Mazzocchi		Goalie stats			Laura De Bastiani

SC Reinach Damen won the game and finish at the 3rd place.[4]

Finals

7 March	ZSC Lions Frauen		5-1		HC Université Neuchâtel Dames	Kunsteisbahn Oerlikon, Zürich	Recap
No scoring		First period			4:55 - Grascher (Joray, Desvignes) (PP1)
N. Waidacher (Lasis) (PP1) - 32:43 Rüedi (Zimmermann) - 33:10 Rüegg (Scheurer) - 38:28		Second period			No scoring
Christen (Rüegg) - 51:50 Rüegg (I. Waidacher) - 55:38		Third period			No scoring
Caroline Baldin		Goalie stats			Nina Paiva

8 March	HC Université Neuchâtel Dames		0-3		ZSC Lions Frauen	Patinoire du Littoral, Neuchâtel	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			Rüedi (Schlegel) - 24:12 Rüegg (I. Waidacher) (SH1) - 30:04
No scoring		Third period			Rüegg (I. Waidacher) - 40:51
Nina Paiva		Goalie stats			Caroline Baldin

The series is interrupted after two games, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]

Play-outs

22 February	EV Bomo Thun		3-1		SC Weinfelden Ladies	Kunsteisbahn Grabengut, Thun	Recap
Wieczorek (S. Minder) - 1:58 Ujcik (Zimmermann) - 11:53		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			30:43 - Leemann (Ehrbar)
Saletta (Gerber) - 48:36		Third period			No scoring
Saskia Maurer		Goalie stats			Caroline Lambert

29 February	SC Weinfelden Ladies		2-6		EV Bomo Thun	Güttingersreuti, Weinfelden	Recap
Confidenti (Michielin, Krause) - 4:25		First period			6:32 - Zimmermann (Ujcik) 16:44 - Ujcik (Schranz)
Daneel (Confidenti) - 30:47		Second period			25:31 - Ujcik (Maskalova) (PP1) 36:08 - Saletta
No scoring		Third period			47:03 - Zimmermann 56:27 - Gerber (Saletta)
Caroline Lambert		Goalie stats			Saskia Maurer

1 March	EV Bomo Thun		8-1		SC Weinfelden Ladies	Kunsteisbahn Grabengut, Thun	Recap
Saletta - 1:36 Wieczorek (S. Minder) - 4:31 Wieczorek (Maskalova) - 6:43 Wieczorek - 18:58		First period			5:17 - Sigrist (Leemann)
Brand (Wieczorek) - 23:01 Gerber (Wieczorek) (PP1) - 32:07		Second period			No scoring
Maskalova (Zimmermann, Wieczorek) (PP1) - 46:53 Zimmermann (Saletta) (SH1) - 59:53		Third period			No scoring
Saskia Maurer Nubya Aeschlimann		Goalie stats			Caroline Lambert

EV Bomo Thun won the series 3–0.

EV Bomo Thun saves its place in SWHL A by winning the Play-outs.[5]

Promotion/Relegation

The planned series between SC Weinfelden Ladies and SC Langenthal Ladies is cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]

References

1. "Saisonende im Schweizer Eishockey!". hockeyfans.ch (in German). 12 March 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
2. "Player stats". SIHF. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
3. "Goalie stats". SIHF. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
4. "Frauen: ZSC Lions vor Meistertitel". hockeyfans.ch (in German). 8 March 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
5. "Frauen: Neuenburg erstmals im Final". hockeyfans.ch (in German). 2 March 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2024.

External links

• Official website (in German)
• Official website (in French)
• Official website (in Italian)
• Swiss Women League (in French)