The 2015–16 National League A season was the ninth ice hockey season of Switzerland 's top hockey league, the National League A . Overall, it was the 78th season of Swiss professional hockey.[ 1]
SC Bern went on to win the championship by defeating HC Lugano . This title is the team's 14th in its history at the top division of Switzerland's ice hockey championship.
Teams [ ]
Team
City
Arena
Capacity
HC Ambrì-Piotta Ambrì
Valascia
6,500
SC Bern Bern
PostFinance-Arena
17,031
EHC Biel Biel/Bienne
Tissot Arena
6,521
HC Davos Davos
Vaillant Arena
6,800
Fribourg-Gottéron Fribourg
BCF Arena
6,700
Genève-Servette HC Geneva
Patinoire des Vernets
7,135
Kloten Flyers Kloten
Kolping Arena
7,719
Lausanne HC Lausanne
CIG de Malley
7,600
HC Lugano Lugano
Pista La Resega
7,800
SCL Tigers Langnau im Emmental
Ilfis Stadium
6,050
ZSC Lions Zürich
Hallenstadion
11,200
EV Zug Zug
Bossard Arena
7,015
Regular season [ ] Playoffs [ ]
Quarter-Finals
Semi-Finals
Finals
1
ZSC Lions
0
8
SC Bern
4
2
HC Davos
1
8
SC Bern
4
2
HC Davos
4
7
Kloten Flyers
0
(Pairings are re-seeded after the first round)
8
SC Bern
4
5
HC Lugano
1
3
Genève-Servette HC
4
6
Fribourg-Gottéron
1
3
Genève-Servette HC
2
5
HC Lugano
4
4
EV Zug
0
5
HC Lugano
4
Relegation playoffs – Playouts [ ] 1st round [ ] 2nd round [ ] 3rd round – League Qualification [ ] In League Qualification series EHC Biel were supposed to play against HC Ajoie , who won the 2015–16 National League B playoffs , but the series were cancelled after HC Ajoie have not handed in their application for a promotion to next year's NLA season .[ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
References [ ]
↑ "NL A und NL B: Die Spielpläne 15/16" . SIHF. http://www.sihf.ch/de/results-stats/national-league/#/results/date/asc/page/1//1/1 . Retrieved June 25, 2015 . ↑ "HC Ajoie claims 2016 NLB Championship title and cancels League Qualification Series" . swisshockeynews.ch. April 1, 2016. Archived from the original on April 6, 2016. http://web.archive.org/web/20160406115007/http://swisshockeynews.ch/index.php/switzerland/nlb-new/6291-hc-ajoie-claims-the-2015-16-nlb-championship-title-and-cancels-the-league-qualification . Retrieved April 6, 2016 . ↑ "Der HC Ajoie ist NLB-Meister!" (in German). Hockeyfans.ch. April 1, 2016. Archived from the original on April 6, 2016. http://web.archive.org/web/20160406115131/http://www.hockeyfans.ch/news/datum/2016/4/1/40332 . Retrieved April 6, 2016 . ↑ "Der HC Ajoie ist NL B Meister 2016" (in German). SIHF. April 2, 2016. Archived from the original on April 6, 2016. http://web.archive.org/web/20160406115218/http://www.sihf.ch/de/national-league/news/ . Retrieved April 6, 2016 .