2022–23 Swiss League season

Sports season

2022–23 Swiss League season
League	Swiss League
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	September 16, 2022 – February 5, 2023
Number of games	225
Number of teams	10
Regular Season
Season Champions	HC La Chaux-de-Fonds
Playoffs
Swiss League champion
Champions	HC La Chaux-de-Fonds
Runners-up	EHC Olten
Swiss League seasons
← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 Swiss League season was the 76th season of Switzerland's second tier hockey league.

Teams

EHC Basel

HCB Ticino Rockets

HC La Chaux-de-Fonds

GCK Lions

SC Langenthal

EHC Olten

HC Sierre

Hockey Thurgau

EHC Visp

EHC Winterthur

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Swiss League teams for the 2022–23 season

Team	City	Arena	Capacity
EHC Basel	Basel	St. Jakob Arena	6,700
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	Zielbau Arena	3,000

Regular season

The regular season started on 16 September 2022 and ended on 5 February 2023.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	HC La Chaux-de-Fonds	45	30	6	3	6	205	102	+103	105	Advance to Playoffs
2	EHC Olten	45	31	3	3	8	169	99	+70	102
3	GCK Lions	45	19	6	5	15	150	133	+17	74
4	EHC Visp	45	21	3	3	18	147	141	+6	72
5	Hockey Thurgau	45	18	8	2	17	115	125	−10	72
6	EHC Basel	45	19	4	4	18	137	125	+12	69
7	SC Langenthal	45	18	3	7	17	147	154	−7	67
8	HC Sierre	45	16	5	3	21	142	159	−17	61
9	EHC Winterthur	45	6	2	5	32	105	190	−85	27
10	HCB Ticino Rockets	45	6	1	6	32	93	182	−89	26

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.

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
Toms Andersons	HC La Chaux-de-Fonds	45	18	47	65	+27	20
Oliver Achermann	HC La Chaux-de-Fonds	38	33	27	60	+35	8
Arnaud Montandon	HC Sierre	45	25	35	60	+2	30
Sean Collins	EHC Olten	44	27	30	57	+38	24
Jakob Stukel	EHC Basel	45	29	25	54	+15	30
Felix Maegaard Scheel	EHC Visp	42	18	35	53	-2	41
Haralds Egle	SC Langenthal	41	14	37	51	+7	6
Stanislav Horanský	EHC Olten	33	17	32	49	+30	24
Matt Wilkins	HC La Chaux-de-Fonds	43	17	31	48	-16	36
Kay Schweri	HC La Chaux-de-Fonds	44	9	39	48	+21	4

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]

Player	Team(s)	GP	TOI	GA	Sv%	GAA
Viktor Östlund	HC La Chaux-de-Fonds	33	1900:22	60	93.32	1.89
Lucas Rötheli	EHC Olten	26	1496:39	51	91.39	2.04
Andri Henauer	EHC Basel	27	1622:19	63	93.49	2.33
Bryan Rüegger	Hockey Thurgau	30	1646:44	80	90.27	2.91
Matteo Ritz	EHC Visp	21	1166:32	58	89.93	2.98

Playoffs

Bracket

Quarter-Finals			Semi-Finals			Finals

1	HC La Chaux-de-Fonds	4

8	HC Sierre	1
			1	HC La Chaux-de-Fonds	4

			6	HC Thurgau	5
2	EHC Olten	4

7	SC Langenthal	1
						1	HC La Chaux-de-Fonds	4
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
						2	EHC Olten	0
3	GCK Lions	4

6	EHC Basel	2
			2	EHC Olten	4

			3	GCK Lions	1
4	EHC Visp	2

5	HC Thurgau	4

Quarter-Finals

(1) HC La Chaux-de-Fonds vs. (8) HC Sierre

14 February	HC La Chaux-de-Fonds		5-2	HC Sierre	Patinoire des Mélèzes, La Chaux-de-Fonds	Recap
No scoring		First period		18:05 - Bougro (Castonguay Castonguay, M. Montandon) (SH1)
Achermann (Olden, Andersons) - 7:16 Olden (Andersons, Huguenin) (PP1) - 11:59		Second period		No scoring
Achermann (Andersons, Olden) - 0:21 Schweri - 13:26 Olden (Andersons, Jaquet) (EN) - 17:27		Third period		0:00 - Y. Berthoud (Heinimann, Perron)
Viktor Östlund ( 27 saves / 29 shots )		Goalie stats		Remo Giovannini ( 36 saves / 40 shots )

16 February	HC Sierre		1-2	OT	HC La Chaux-de-Fonds	Patinoire de Graben, Sierre	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Olden (Huguenin, Carbis) (PP1)- 6:41		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			Volejnicek (Bernazzi, Bonvin) - 11:41
No scoring		First overtime period			Achermann (Vogel, Olden))- 9:28
Remo Giovannini ( 50 saves / 52 shots )		Goalie stats			Viktor Östlund ( 13 saves / 14 shots )

18 February	HC La Chaux-de-Fonds		8-2	HC Sierre	Patinoire des Mélèzes, La Chaux-de-Fonds	Recap
Achermann (Olden, Andersons) - 8:43		First period		10:10 - Riat (Y. Berthoud)
Achermann (Olden) (PP2) - 1:08 Petrini (Schweri, Bengtsson) (PP1) - 1:50 Olden (SH1) - 5:43 Dubois (Östlund) - 12:31 Suter (Eugster, Fuhrer) - 13:29 Olden (Huguenin, Andersons) (PP1) - 13:47		Second period		No scoring
Petrini (Bengtsson, Schweri) - 9:12		Third period		10:00 - A. Montandon (Castonguay)
Viktor Östlund ( 32 saves / 34 shots )		Goalie stats		Remo Giovannini ( 24 saves / 29 shots ) Noah In-Albon ( 19 saves / 22 shots )

20 February	HC Sierre		4-2	HC La Chaux-de-Fonds	Patinoire de Graben, Sierre	Recap
10:07 - Jobin (Riat, Maret)		First period		Dubois (Privet) - 11:30 S. Berthoud (Vouardoux, Bonvin) - 12:18
10:05 - Karaffa (Perrenoud, Vouardoux)		Second period		Achermann (Andersons, In-Albon) - 14:34
No scoring		Third period		Jobin (Riat, Giovannini) (EN) - 18:51
Remo Giovannini ( 42 saves / 44 shots )		Goalie stats		Viktor Östlund ( 25 saves / 28 shots )

22 February	HC La Chaux-de-Fonds		9-5	HC Sierre	Patinoire des Mélèzes, La Chaux-de-Fonds	Recap
Olden (Andersons, Huguenin) - 0:26 Carbis (Privet, Dubois) - 4:32 Andersons (Jaquet, Achermann) - 5:06 Achermann (Carbis, Olden) (PP1) - 10:02		First period		12:21 - Dozin (Jobin, Riat) 17:44 - Castonguay (Bougro, Volejnicek) (PP1)
Andersons (Huguenin, Carbis) (PP1) - 9:03 Privet (SH1) - 14:48		Second period		9:31 - Jobin 18:43 - Perron (Castonguay)
Andersons (Achermann, Damian Gehringer) - 8:02 Dubois (Achermann) (EN) - 15:52 Olden (Matewa, Andersons) (EN) - 16:27		Third period		6:20 - Perron
Viktor Östlund ( 27 saves / 32 shots )		Goalie stats		Remo Giovannini ( 19 saves / 26 shots )

HC La Chaux-de-Fonds won the series 4–1

(2) EHC Olten vs. (7) SC Langenthal

14 February	EHC Olten		2-5	SC Langenthal	Kleinholz Stadion, Olten	Recap
No scoring		First period		4:00 - Higgins (Whitney, Aeschlimann) 11:16 - Kläy (Füglister, Řehák)
Sterchi (Kast, Spiller) - 6:31 Kast (Sterchi, Antonietti) - 8:23		Second period		8:49 - Hess (Whitney, Aeschlimann)
No scoring		Third period		9:48 - Whitney (PP1) 19:43 - Kämpf (Kummer) (EN)
Lucas Rötheli ( 24 saves / 28 shots )		Goalie stats		Elien Paupe ( 33 saves / 35 shots )

16 February	SC Langenthal		2-3	OT	EHC Olten	Schoren Halle, Langenthal	Recap
No scoring		First period			Oejdemark (Sterchi, Spiller) - 15:48
12:36 - Aeschlimann (Egle, Whitney)		Second period			Kast (Spiller, Scheidegger) - 17:44
16:41 - Whitney (Kummer, Müller) (PP1)		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			Sterchi (Kast, Spiller) - 4:33
Elien Paupe ( 24 saves / 27 shots )		Goalie stats			Lucas Rötheli ( 31 saves / 33 shots )

18 February	EHC Olten		4-1	SC Langenthal	Kleinholz Stadion, Olten	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Puide (Scheidegger, Antonietti) - 8:31 Lhoták (Rapuzzi, Hächler) - 10:05		Second period		No scoring
Spiller (Sterchi, Kast) - 18:26 Mosimann (Weder) (EN) - 18:50		Third period		Aeschbach (Kummer) (SH1)- 6:43
Lucas Rötheli ( 30 saves / 31 shots )		Goalie stats		Elien Paupe ( 24 saves / 27 shots )

20 February	SC Langenthal		2-5	EHC Olten	Schoren Halle, Langenthal	Recap
15:56 - Spiller (Kast, Sterchi)		First period		No scoring
11:27 - Lhoták (Collins, Scheidegger) 19:09 - Wyss (Weder, Mosimann)		Second period		No scoring
1:10 - Whitney (Küng, Müller) 7:26 - Kämpf (Aeschlimann, Egle)		Third period		Lhoták (Leeger, Oejdemark) - 9:46 Mosimann (Collins) (EN) - 19:44
Elien Paupe ( 31 saves / 35 shots )		Goalie stats		Lucas Rötheli ( 30 saves / 32 shots )

22 February	EHC Olten		5-2	SC Langenthal	Kleinholz Stadion, Olten	Recap
Collins (Nunn, Scheidegger) (PP1)- 18:27		First period		7:18 - Salzgeber 15:30 - Kämpf (Kummer) (PP1)
Hüsler (Antonietti) - 5:39		Second period		No scoring
Nunn (Scheidegger, Collins) (PP1)- 5:01 Schmuckli (Kast, Hüsler) - 5:43 Hüsler (SH1, EN)- 17:14		Third period		No scoring
Lucas Rötheli ( 27 saves / 29 shots )		Goalie stats		Elien Paupe ( 30 saves / 34 shots )

EHC Olten won the series 4–1

(3) GCK Lions vs. (6) EHC Basel

14 February	GCK Lions		3-1	EHC Basel	Eishalle Küsnacht, Küsnacht	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Baechler (Henry, Backman) - 10:32		Second period		No scoring
Kärki (Meier, Blaser) - 13:56 Henry (Mettler) (EN) - 18:45		Third period		0:25 - Büsser (Supinski, Stukel)
Robin Zumbühl ( 30 saves / 31 shots )		Goalie stats		Andri Henauer ( 36 saves / 38 shots )

16 February	EHC Basel		6-1	GCK Lions	St. Jakob Arena, Basel	Recap
5:01 - Muller (Kiss, Zubler) (PP1) 14:11 - Schwab (Alihodzic, Bachofner)		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
2:52 - Supinski (Stukel, Bachofner) 10:47 - Muller (Warmbrodt) 13:02 - Schwab (Rexha) 16:23 - Stukel (Muller, Supinski) (PP1)		Third period		Graf (Truog, Meier) (PP1) - 1:46
Andri Henauer ( 33 saves / 34 shots )		Goalie stats		Robin Zumbühl ( 19 saves / 25 shots )

18 February	GCK Lions		1-2	EHC Basel	Eishalle Küsnacht, Küsnacht	Recap
No scoring		First period		15:57 - Supinski (Stukel, Kiss) (PP1)
Diem (Büsser, Backman) - 14:26		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		17:13 - Stukel (PP1)
Robin Zumbühl ( 20 saves / 22 shots )		Goalie stats		Andri Henauer ( 25 saves / 26 shots )

20 February	EHC Basel		3-4	GCK Lions	St. Jakob Arena, Basel	Recap
No scoring		First period		Henry (Büsser, Backman) - 16:03 Henry (Reichle, Burger) - 18:00 Diem (Backman, Burger) - 19:47
7:35 - Supinski (Schwab) 9:46 - Rexha (Brügger, Nater) (PP1)		Second period		Truog (Melnalksnis, Sējējs) - 19:52
13:39 - Stukel (Zubler, Brügger) (PP1)		Third period		No scoring
Andri Henauer ( 10 saves / 13 shots ) Fabio Haller ( 19 saves / 20 shots )		Goalie stats		Robin Zumbühl ( 25 saves / 28 shots )

22 February	GCK Lions		4-3	OT	EHC Basel	Eishalle Küsnacht, Küsnacht	Recap
Blaser (Backman, Truog) (PP1) - 2:34		First period			15:38 - Brügger (Schwab, Büsser)
Diem (Backman, Hinterkircher) - 0:52 Henry (Diem) - 3:33		Second period			7:10 - Schwarzenbach (Schwab, Warmbrodt) (PP1)
No scoring		Third period			14:32 - Schwab (Rexha)
Henry - 18:43		First overtime period			No scoring
Robin Zumbühl ( 30 saves / 33 shots )		Goalie stats			Andri Henauer ( 54 saves / 58 shots )

24 February	EHC Basel		4-5	OT	GCK Lions	St. Jakob Arena, Basel	Recap
10:10 - Nater (PP1)		First period			Blaser (Henry, Backman) (PP1) - 4:22 Büsser (Melnalksnis) - 11:56 Backman (Diem, Guebey) - 18:37
2:32 - Cavalleri 11:08 - Supinski (Schwarzenbach, Muller)		Second period			No scoring
18:57 - Alihodzic (Stukel, Zubler) (PP1)		Third period			Backman (Schlagenhauf, Reichle) (PP1) - 7:37
No scoring		First overtime period			Kärki (Truog, Melnalksnis) - 3:31
Andri Henauer ( 36 saves / 41 shots )		Goalie stats			Robin Zumbühl ( 16 saves / 20 shots )

GCK Lions won the series 4–2

(4) EHC Visp vs. (5) Hockey Thurgau

14 February	EHC Visp		3-4	Hockey Thurgau	Lonza Arena, Visp	Recap
No scoring		First period		19:21 - Binias (Rundqvist, Lehmann) (PP1)
Forget (Merola, Heinen) - 9:14 Forget (Chiriaev, Gähler) (PP1) - 14:41		Second period		17:26 - Christensen (Spannring, Kühni)
Bogdanoff - 40:57		Third period		10:43 - Lehmann (Rundqvist) 17:57 - Forrer (Spannring, Christensen)
Alex Caffi ( 26 saves / 30 shots )		Goalie stats		Luis Janett ( 24 saves / 27 shots )

16 February	Hockey Thurgau		1-4	EHC Visp	Güttingersreuti, Weinfelden	Recap
No scoring		First period		Wüest (Merola, Gähler) (PP1) - 5:38 Chiriaev (Gähler, Forget) (PP1) - 18:36
26:49 - Elo (Lehmann, Rundqvist)		Second period		Ritz (Heinen, Bogdanoff) - 28:07
No scoring		Third period		Wüthrich (PP1) - 18:40
Luis Janett ( 32 saves / 36 shots )		Goalie stats		Alex Caffi ( 35 saves / 36 shots )

18 February	EHC Visp		5-2	Hockey Thurgau	Lonza Arena, Visp	Recap
No scoring		First period		2:56 - Hobi (Christensen, Rundqvist) 9:55 - Binias (Jolliet, Etter)
Riatsch (Ritz) - 7:23 Wüest (Furrer, Heinen) - 12:12 Eigenmann (Wüthrich) - 12:42		Second period		No scoring
Mäder (Kuonen, Burke) (PP1) - 17:15 Burke (Maegaard Scheel) (EN) - 18:06		Third period		No scoring
Alex Caffi ( 33 saves / 35 shots )		Goalie stats		Luis Janett ( 32 saves / 36 shots )

20 February	Hockey Thurgau		2-1	EHC Visp	Güttingersreuti, Weinfelden	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
12:21 - Berri 14:06 - Elo (Schmutz, Lehmann)		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		Wüthrich (Eigenmann, Langenegger) - 2:50
Luis Janett ( 29 saves / 30 shots )		Goalie stats		Alex Caffi ( 23 saves / 25 shots )

22 February	EHC Visp		1-5	Hockey Thurgau	Lonza Arena, Visp	Recap
No scoring		First period		1:41 - Hollenstein (Loosli, Döpfner)
No scoring		Second period		2:27 - Lehmann (Stehli, Elo) 14:18 - Berri (Jolliet, Schmutz)
Eigenmann (Maegaard Scheel, Mäder) (PP1) - 15:55		Third period		6:35 - Lehmann (Döpfner) (SH1) 14:59 - Hollenstein (Elo)
Alex Caffi ( 18 saves / 23 shots )		Goalie stats		Luis Janett ( 38 saves / 39 shots )

24 February	Hockey Thurgau		5-0	EHC Visp	Güttingersreuti, Weinfelden	Recap
9:08 - Berri (Pelletier, Parati) 19:16 - Hollenstein (Döpfner) (SH1)		First period		No scoring
15:14 - Elo (Rundqvist, Hobi) (PP1)		Second period		No scoring
0:35 - Spannring (Hobi, Rundqvist) (PP1) 11:32 - Forrer (SH1, EN)		Third period		No scoring
Luis Janett ( 30 saves / 30 shots )		Goalie stats		Alex Caffi ( 24 saves / 28 shots )

Hockey Thurgau won the series 4–2

Semi-Finals

(1) HC La Chaux-de-Fonds vs. (5) HC Thurgau

28 February	HC La Chaux-de-Fonds		2-1	HC Thurgau	Patinoire des Mélèzes, La Chaux-de-Fonds	Recap
Fuhrer (Wilkins, Schweri) (PP1) - 3:39		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		19:22 - Elo (Forrer, Rundqvist)
Fuhrer (Schweri, In-Albon) (PP1) - 9:23		Third period		No scoring
Viktor Östlund ( 25 saves / 26 shots )		Goalie stats		Luis Janett ( 34 saves / 36 shots )

2 March	HC Thurgau		6-5	HC La Chaux-de-Fonds	Güttingersreuti, Weinfelden	Recap
11:30 - Hollenstein (Loosli, Döpfner)		First period		Wilkins (Schweri) - 0:57 Olden (Achermann, Jaquet) - 10:27
1:47 - Hobi (Pelletier, Elo) (PP1) 17:05 - Wilkins (Olden, Schweri)		Second period		Stehli (Pelletier, Rundqvist) - 15:09
14:44 - Schmutz (Elo, Stehli) 15:43 - Hobi (Spannring, Rundqvist) (PP1) 18:58 - Kühni (Hobi) (EN)		Third period		Achermann (Andersons, In-Albon) - 5:14 Rüegsegger (Petrini, Carbis) - 19:27
Luis Janett ( 28 saves / 33 shots )		Goalie stats		Viktor Östlund ( 22 saves / 27 shots )

4 March	HC La Chaux-de-Fonds		7-0	HC Thurgau	Patinoire des Mélèzes, La Chaux-de-Fonds	Recap
Huguenin (Andersons, Olden) - 2:15 Olden (Andersons, Huguenin) (PP1) - 10:03 Fuhrer (Suter, Eugster) - 11:08 Olden (Andersons, Huguenin) (PP1) - 17:58		First period		No scoring
Dubois (Colin Fontana) - 8:45 Fuhrer (Wilkins, In-Albon) (PP1) - 14:04 Andersons (Achermann, Matewa) - 15:43		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Viktor Östlund ( 19 saves / 19 shots )		Goalie stats		Luis Janett ( 11 saves / 15 shots ) Bryan Rüegger ( 23 saves / 26 shots )

7 March	HC Thurgau		2-4	HC La Chaux-de-Fonds	Güttingersreuti, Weinfelden	Recap
No scoring		First period		Wilkins (Dubois) - 10:03 Olden (Huguenin, Andersons) (PP1) - 19:54
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
2:23 - Binias (Hobi, Schmutz) 16:28 - Stehli (Ganz, Elo)		Third period		Eugster (SH1) - 6:57 Achermann (Andersons, Olden) (EN) - 18:52
Luis Janett ( 31 saves / 34 shots )		Goalie stats		Viktor Östlund ( 30 saves / 32 shots )

9 March	HC La Chaux-de-Fonds		5-1	HC Thurgau	Patinoire des Mélèzes, La Chaux-de-Fonds	Recap
Andersons (Olden, Achermann) - 8:12 Achermann (Olden, Huguenin) - 11:56		First period		No scoring
Huguenin (Wilkins, Rüegsegger) - 9:12 Petrini (Olden, In-Albon) (PP1) - 17:11		Second period		No scoring
Fuhrer (Eugster, Dubois) - 14:20		Third period		16:34 - Janett (Hobi, Kühni)
Viktor Östlund ( 29 saves / 30 shots )		Goalie stats		Bryan Rüegger ( 45 saves / 48 shots )

HC La Chaux-de-Fonds won the series 4–1

(2) EHC Olten vs. (3) GCK Lions

28 February	EHC Olten		4-3	GCK Lions	Kleinholz Stadion, Olten	Recap
Schmuckli (Spiller) - 16:29		First period		4:35 - Backman (Blaser) 11:18 - Diem (Backman, Hinterkircher)
Lhoták - 19:26		Second period		6:44 - Mettler (Reichle, Burger)
Oejdemark (Bircher, Haussener) - 8:39 Sterchi (Kast, Spiller) - 18:40		Third period		No scoring
Lucas Rötheli ( 14 saves / 17 shots )		Goalie stats		Robin Zumbühl ( 24 saves / 28 shots )

2 March	GCK Lions		2-3	EHC Olten	Eishalle Küsnacht, Küsnacht	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
1:16 - Kärki (Büsser, Diem) (PP1) 15:35 - Reichle (Henry, Schlagenhauf)		Second period		Lhoták (Nunn, Collins) (PP1) - 0:43 Bircher (Weder) - 1:54 Sterchi (Kast, Hüsler) - 7:35
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Robin Zumbühl ( 17 saves / 19 shots ) Sascha Ruppelt ( 19 saves / 20 shots )		Goalie stats		Lucas Rötheli ( 11 saves / 13 shots )

4 March	EHC Olten		5-4	OT	GCK Lions	Kleinholz Stadion, Olten
Sterchi (Spiller, Kast) - 4:10		First period			0:31 - Kärki (Mettler, Backman)
Sterchi (Kast, Spiller) - 1:42		Second period			11:20 - Büsser (Backman, Henry) (PP1) 15:28 - Mettler (Backman, Dominic Buchli)
Spiller (Kast, Scheidegger) - 19:05 Spiller (Kast, Collins) - 19:32		Third period			5:25 - Kärki (Backman, Mettler)
Kast (Bircher) - 3:41		First overtime period			No scoring
Lucas Rötheli ( 23 saves / 27 shots )		Goalie stats			Sascha Ruppelt ( 34 saves / 39 shots )

7 March	GCK Lions		4-3	EHC Olten	Eishalle Küsnacht, Küsnacht	Recap
11:03 - Graf (Truog, Diem)		First period		Hüsler (Puide, Hächler) - 2:18
16:05 - Schlagenhauf (Backman, Henry)		Second period		Mosimann (Schmuckli, De Nisco) - 2:38 Sterchi (Leeger, Kast) - 3:56
14:38 - Graf (Henry, Kärki) 19:33 - Burger (Diem, Zumbühl)		Third period		No scoring
Sascha Ruppelt ( 11 saves / 14 shots ) Robin Zumbühl ( 15 saves / 15 shots )		Goalie stats		Lucas Rötheli ( 20 saves / 24 shots )

9 March	EHC Olten		2-0	GCK Lions	Kleinholz Stadion, Olten	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Mosimann (Wyss, De Nisco) - 17:04		Second period		No scoring
Hüsler (Kast) (EN) - 19:49		Third period		No scoring
Lucas Rötheli ( 22 saves / 22 shots )		Goalie stats		Robin Zumbühl ( 26 saves / 27 shots )

EHC Olten won the series 4–1

Finals

15 March	HC La Chaux-de-Fonds		3-2	OT	EHC Olten	Patinoire des Mélèzes, La Chaux-de-Fonds	Recap
No scoring		First period			4:47 - Weder (Hüsler, Lhoták)
Privet (Huguenin, Petrini) - 16:36 Olden (Achermann) - 18:01		Second period			8:20 - De Nisco (Wyss, Mosimann)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Andersons (Huguenin, Olden) (PP1) - 2:12		First overtime period			No scoring
Viktor Östlund ( 26 saves / 28 shots )		Goalie stats			Lucas Rötheli ( 29 saves / 32 shots )

17 March	EHC Olten		1-3	HC La Chaux-de-Fonds	Kleinholz Stadion, Olten	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
4:07 - Kast (Spiller, Leeger)		Second period		Olden (Achermann, Andersons) - 8:39 Fuhrer (In-Albon) (PP1) - 14:38 Achermann (Huguenin, Andersons) (PP1) - 16:56
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Lucas Rötheli ( 21 saves / 24 shots )		Goalie stats		Viktor Östlund ( 24 saves / 25 shots )

19 March	HC La Chaux-de-Fonds		3-2	OT	EHC Olten	Patinoire des Mélèzes, La Chaux-de-Fonds	Recap
Olden (Boss) - 6:14		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			14:33 - Lhoták (Collins)
Achermann (Carbis, Olden) (PP1) - 11:03		Third period			19:17 - Kast (Rapuzzi, Sterchi) (PP1)
Rüegsegger (Wilkins) - 5:10		First overtime period			No scoring
Viktor Östlund ( 28 saves / 30 shots )		Goalie stats			Dominic Nyffeler ( 33 saves / 36 shots )

21 March	EHC Olten		0-2	HC La Chaux-de-Fonds	Kleinholz Stadion, Olten	Recap
No scoring		First period		Carbis (Andersons, Olden) (PP1) - 17:40
No scoring		Second period		In-Albon (Schweri, Wilkins) (PP1) - 7:41
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Dominic Nyffeler ( 29 saves / 31 shots )		Goalie stats		Viktor Östlund ( 33 saves / 33 shots )

HC La Chaux-de-Fonds won the series 4–0

Leagues Qualification

30 March	HC Ajoie		2-3	HC La Chaux-de-Fonds	Raiffeisen Arena, Porrentruy	Recap
Hazen (Devos, Rouiller) - 12:43		First period		3:20 - Schweri (Rüegsegger, In-Albon) 11:01 - Andersons (Olden, Huguenin)
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
Derungs (Kohler, Rouiller) - 59:41		Third period		57:15 - Olden (Achermann, Gehringer) (SH1)
Damiano Ciaccio ( 27 saves / 30 shots )		Goalie stats		Viktor Östlund ( 24 saves / 26 shots )

1 April	HC La Chaux-de-Fonds		4-1	HC Ajoie	Patinoire des Mélèzes, La Chaux-de-Fonds	Recap
4:41 - Bengtsson (Wilkins, Schweri)		First period		Frossard (Bakoš, Thiry) - 16:30
1:16 - Olden (Suter, Eugster) (SH1) 7:54 - Carbis (Andersons, Olden) (PP1)		Second period		No scoring
19:15 - Andersons (Bengtsson, Wilkins) (PP1, EN)		Third period		No scoring
Viktor Östlund ( 29 saves / 30 shots )		Goalie stats		Tim Wolf ( 21 saves / 24 shots )

4 April	HC Ajoie		3-2	2OT	HC La Chaux-de-Fonds	Raiffeisen Arena, Porrentruy	Recap
No scoring		First period			4:58 - Achermann (Olden, Andersons)
Birbaum (Sciaroni, Hauert) - 16:49 Asselin (Frossard) - 19:12		Second period			11:23 - Fuhrer (Topping)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Hauert (Rundqvist, Bakoš) - 32:54		Second overtime period			No scoring
Tim Wolf ( 48 saves / 50 shots )		Goalie stats			Viktor Östlund ( 58 saves / 61 shots )

6 April	HC La Chaux-de-Fonds		1-4	HC Ajoie	Patinoire des Mélèzes, La Chaux-de-Fonds	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
15:32 - Topping (Fuhrer, Bengtsson)		Second period		Brennan (Rundqvist, Asselin) (PP1) - 1:13 Brennan (Arnold) - 7:58
No scoring		Third period		Frossard - 4:59 Romanenghi (Bozon, Rundqvist) (EN) - 17:45
Viktor Östlund ( 37 saves / 40 shots )		Goalie stats		Tim Wolf ( 31 saves / 32 shots )

8 April	HC Ajoie		2-1	HC La Chaux-de-Fonds	Raiffeisen Arena, Porrentruy	Recap
Asselin (SH1, PS) - 1:17		First period		No scoring
Frossard (Asselin, Brennan) - 4:21		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		19:30 - Bengtsson (Andersons, Achermann)
Tim Wolf ( 32 saves / 33 shots )		Goalie stats		Viktor Östlund ( 37 saves / 39 shots )

10 April	HC La Chaux-de-Fonds		2-3	HC Ajoie	Patinoire des Mélèzes, La Chaux-de-Fonds	Recap
No scoring		First period		Derungs (Frossard) (PP1) - 4:32
21:49 - Rüegsegger (In-Albon, Östlund)		Second period		No scoring
11:52 - Topping (Huguenin, Matewa)		Third period		Asselin (Frossard, Wolf) - 16:36 Gauthier-Leduc (Macquat, Romanenghi) - 17:48
Viktor Östlund ( 30 saves / 33 shots )		Goalie stats		Tim Wolf ( 46 saves / 48 shots )

HC Ajoie won the series 4–2 and save his place in the National League

References

^ "Player stats". SIHF. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
^ "Goalie stats". SIHF. Retrieved 13 January 2024.

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