2020–21 Swiss League season Sports season
The 2020–21 Swiss League season was the 74th season of Switzerland 's second tier hockey league.
Teams
Swiss League teams for the 2020–21 season
Team
City
Arena
Capacity
HC Ajoie
Porrentruy
Patinoire de Porrentruy
4,300
Bellinzona Rockets
Biasca
Pista Ghiaccio Biasca
3,800
HC La Chaux-de-Fonds
La Chaux-de-Fonds
Patinoire des Mélèzes
7,200
GCK Lions
Küsnacht
Eishalle Küsnacht
2,800
EHC Kloten
Kloten
Stimo Arena
7,624
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
EHC Visp
Visp
Lonza Arena
5,150
EHC Winterthur
Winterthur
Zielbau Arena
3,000
EVZ Academy
Zug
Bossard Arena
1,500
Regular season
The regular season started on 2 October 2020 and ended on 7 March 2021.
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.
Statistics
Scoring leaders
The following shows the top ten players who led the league in points, at the conclusion of the regular season.[ 1] If two or more skaters are tied (i.e. same number of points, goals and played games), all of the tied skaters are shown.
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.[ 2]
Playoffs
Bracket
Pre-playoffs
(7) EHC Visp vs. (10) Bellinzona Rockets
EHC Visp won the series 2–0
(8) HC La Chaux-de-Fonds vs. (9) GCK Lions
12 March
GCK Lions
7-3
HC La Chaux-de-Fonds
Eishalle Küsnacht , Küsnacht
Recap
1:59 - Simic (Büsser , Landolt ) 17:10 - Rautiainen (Capaul , Mettler ) (PP1)
First period
No scoring
1:01 - Schlagenhauf (Hayes , Büsser) (PP1) 5:22 - Brüschweiler (Andersson , Casutt ) 13:49 - Riedi (Hayes) 15:26 - Brüschweiler (Rautiainen, Mettler) (PP1)
Second period
No scoring
5:27 - Casutt (Büsser, Simic) (PP1)
Third period
Volejnicek (Kohler , Kühni ) - 1:51Bogdanoff (Iglesias , Delémont ) - 6:02Carbis (Stampfli , Sointu ) (PP1) - 15:22
Robin Zumbühl ( 39 saves / 42 shots )
Goalie stats
Matteo Ritz ( 23 saves / 27 shots )Stéphane Charlin ( 10 saves / 13 shots )
HC La Chaux-de-Fonds won the series 2–1
Quarter-Finals
(1) EHC Kloten vs. (8) HC La Chaux-de-Fonds
EHC Kloten won the series 4–1
(2) HC Ajoie vs. (7) EHC Visp
HC Ajoie won the series 4–0
(3) SC Langenthal vs. (6) Hockey Thurgau
SC Langenthal won the series 4–2
(4) HC Sierre vs. (5) EHC Olten
EHC Olten won the series 4–0
Semi-Finals
(1) EHC Kloten vs. (5) EHC Olten
EHC Kloten won the series 4–2
(2) HC Ajoie vs. (3) SC Langenthal
HC Ajoie won the series 4–2
Finals
EHC Kloten won the series 4–2
References
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