2003–04 Nationalliga A season explained
The 2003–04 NLA season was the 66th regular season of the Nationalliga A, the main professional ice hockey league in Switzerland.
Regular season
Final standings
Scoring leaders
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
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| Ville Peltonen | | 48 | 28 | 44 | 72 | 16 |
| | 48 | 30 | 41 | 71 | 85 |
| | 47 | 30 | 38 | 68 | 66 |
| | 48 | 18 | 48 | 66 | 30 |
| HC Ambri-Piotta | 42 | 27 | 32 | 59 | 84 |
| | 48 | 20 | 39 | 59 | 59 |
| | 48 | 24 | 32 | 56 | 97 |
| | 48 | 24 | 31 | 55 | 10 |
| | 47 | 25 | 28 | 53 | 22 |
| | 45 | 22 | 31 | 53 | 36 | |
Playoffs
Quarterfinals
| HC Lugano (1) vs. Fribourg-Gottéron (8) | - ! Away | Home | - | Fribourg-Gottéron 2 | 7 HC Lugano | - | HC Lugano 4 | 2 Fribourg-Gottéron | - | Fribourg-Gottéron 1 | 2 HC Lugano | - | HC Lugano 6 | 3 Fribourg-Gottéron | - align="center" | HC Lugano wins series 4 - 0 | |
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| | | SC Bern (2) vs. EV Zug (7) | - ! Away | Home | - | EV Zug 1 | 4 SC Bern | - | SC Bern 2 | 5 EV Zug | - | EV Zug 2 | 5 SC Bern | - | SC Bern 2 | 1 EV Zug | - | EV Zug 2 | 5 SC Bern | - align="center" | SC Bern wins series 4 - 1 | |
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| Genève-Servette HC (3) vs. HC Ambri-Piotta (6) | - ! Away | Home | - | HC Ambri-Piotta 2 | 4 Genève-Servette HC | - | Genève-Servette HC 2 | 1 HC Ambri-Piotta | - | HC Ambri-Piotta 3 | 1 Genève-Servette HC | - | Genève-Servette HC 2 | 4 HC Ambri-Piotta | - | HC Ambri-Piotta 1 | 4 Genève-Servette HC | - | Genève-Servette HC 2 | 3 HC Ambri-Piotta | - | HC Ambri-Piotta 0 | 2 Genève-Servette HC | - align="center" | Genève-Servette HC wins series 4 - 3 | |
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| | | HC Davos (4) vs. ZSC Lions (5) | - ! Away | Home | - | ZSC Lions 3 | 1 HC Davos | - | HC Davos 1 | 0 ZSC Lions | - | ZSC Lions 2 | 3 HC Davos | - | HC Davos 3 | 4 ZSC Lions | - | ZSC Lions 2 | 0 HC Davos | - | HC Davos 1 | 2 ZSC Lions | - align="center" | ZSC Lions wins series 4 - 2 | |
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Semifinals
| HC Lugano vs. ZSC Lions | - ! Away | Home | - | ZSC Lions 1 | 5 HC Lugano | - | HC Lugano 2 | 5 ZSC Lions | - | ZSC Lions 3 | 2 HC Lugano | - | HC Lugano 1 | 2 ZSC Lions | - | ZSC Lions 0 | 4 HC Lugano | - | HC Lugano 4 | 3 ZSC Lions | - | ZSC Lions 2 | 4 HC Lugano | - align="center" | HC Lugano wins series 4 - 3 | |
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| | | SC Bern vs. Genève-Servette HC | - ! Away | Home | - | Genève-Servette HC 2 | 4 SC Bern | - | SC Bern 4 | 1 Genève-Servette HC | - | Genève-Servette HC 3 | 5 SC Bern | - | SC Bern 1 | 3 Genève-Servette HC | - | Genève-Servette HC 1 | 2 SC Bern | - align="center" | SC Bern wins series 4 - 1 | |
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Finals
| HC Lugano vs. SC Bern | - ! Away | Home | | - | SC Bern 3 | 1 HC Lugano | | - | HC Lugano 1 | 2 SC Bern | | - | SC Bern 1 | 5 HC Lugano | | - | HC Lugano 4 | 3 SC Bern | | - | SC Bern 4 | 3 HC Lugano | OT | - align="center" | SC Bern wins series 3 - 2 | |
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Scoring leaders
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
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| Petteri Nummelin | | 16 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 4 |
| | 15 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 8 |
| | 13 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 70 |
| | 15 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 4 |
| | 14 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 14 |
| | 16 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 8 |
| | 15 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 36 |
| | 16 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 2 |
| | 16 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 12 |
| | 16 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 12 | |
Playout round
Teams ranked from 9 - 13 after regular season, played 2 games against each other.
Final standings
EHC Basel is relegated to Nationalliga B.
League qualification
| EHC Biel vs. HC Lausanne | - ! Away | Home | - | HC Lausanne 3 | 2 EHC Biel | OT | - | EHC Biel 1 | 5 HC Lausanne | | - | HC Lausanne 4 | 3 EHC Biel | | - | EHC Biel 1 | 5 HC Lausanne | | - align="center" | HC Lausanne wins series 4 - 0 | |
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HC Lausanne stays in Nationalliga A.
References
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