2005–06 Nationalliga A season explained

2005–06 Nationalliga A Season
League:Nationalliga A
Sport:Ice hockey
Duration:September 9, 2005 to
April 17, 2006
Season:Regular Season
Season Champ Name:Best Record
Season Champs:SC Bern
Second Place:HC Lugano
Top Scorer:Glen Metropolit
(HC Lugano)
Playoffs:Playoffs
Conf1:Semi-Final #1
Conf1 Champ:HC Lugano
Conf1 Runner-Up:Kloten Flyers
Conf2:Semi-Final #2
Conf2 Champ:HC Davos
Conf2 Runner-Up:Rapperswil-Jona Lakers
Finals:Nationalliga A Championship
Finals Champ:HC Lugano
Finals Runner-Up:HC Davos
Prevseason Link:2004–05 Nationalliga A season
Prevseason Year:2004–05
Nextseason Link:2006–07 National League A season
Nextseason Year:2006–07
Seasonslistnames:NLA
No Of Games:44
No Of Teams:12

The 2005–06 Nationalliga A season was the 68th regular season of the Nationalliga A, the main professional ice hockey league in Switzerland.

The season started on September 9, 2005, and the last league qualification game was played on April 17, 2006.

Regular season

Final standings

Team GP WLTGFGAPts
1.SC Bern442814214210658
2.HC Lugano442412416011656
3.HC Davos442316513611051
4.Rapperswil-Jona Lakers442017712912447
5.EV Zug442019514214645
6.EHC Basel441817910712645
7.HC Ambri-Piotta442022213713042
8.Kloten Flyers441620812212840
9.HC Fribourg-Gottéron441721613615440
10.ZSC Lions441823313114239
11.Genève-Servette HC441621713214539
12.SCL Tigers441028610114825

Scoring leaders

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes

PlayerTeamGPGAPtsPIM
Glen Metropolit44 23 42 65 60
44 35 24 59 18
44 24 35 59 48
44 24 30 54 56
EV Zug44 21 32 53 72
44 23 26 49 36
39 23 25 48 22
44 14 34 48 76
38 13 33 46 22
44 24 20 44 124

Playoffs

Quarterfinals Results

SC Bern (1) vs. Kloten Flyers (8) - ! Date Away Score Home - February 24 Kloten 0 3 Bern - February 27 Bern 1 2 Kloten - March 1 Kloten 6 3 Bern - March 3 Bern 2 3 Kloten - March 6 Kloten 0 3 Bern - March 8 Bern 3 6 Kloten - style="text-align:center;" Kloten Flyers wins series 4 - 2
  
HC Lugano (2) vs. HC Ambri-Piotta (7) - ! Date Away Score Home - February 24 Ambri-Piotta 4 3 Lugano - February 27 Lugano 0 3 Ambri-Piotta - March 1 Ambri-Piotta 5 4 Lugano - March 3 Lugano 5 4 Ambri-Piotta - March 6 Ambri-Piotta 1 2 Lugano - March 8 Lugano 5 2 Ambri-Piotta - March 10 Ambri-Piotta 1 5 Lugano - style="text-align:center;" HC Lugano wins series 4 - 3
HC Davos (3) vs. EHC Basel (6) - ! Date Away Score Home - February 24 Basel 2 5 Davos - February 27 Davos 1 3 Basel - March 1 Basel 1 10 Davos - March 3 Davos 5 2 Basel - March 6 Basel 2 2 Davos - style="text-align:center;" HC Davos wins series 4 - 1
  
Rapperswil-Jona Lakers (4) vs. EV Zug (5) - ! Date Away Score Home - February 24 Zug 1 6 Lakers - February 27 Lakers 0 2 Zug - March 1 Zug 1 3 Lakers - March 3 Lakers 3 5 Zug - March 6 Zug 2 1 Lakers - March 8 Lakers 5 2 Zug - March 10 Zug 3 5 Lakers - style="text-align:center;" Rapperswil-Jona Lakers wins series 4 - 3

Semifinals Results

HC Lugano (2) vs. Kloten Flyers (8) - ! Date Away Score Home - March 13 Kloten 3 2 Lugano - March 15 Lugano 6 4 Kloten - March 17 Lugano 3 0 Kloten - March 20 Kloten 2 3 Lugano - March 22 Lugano 5 0 Kloten - style="text-align:center;" HC Lugano wins series 4 - 1
  
HC Davos (3) vs. Rapperswil-Jona Lakers (4) - ! Date Away Score Home - March 13 Lakers 2 4 Davos - March 15 Davos 5 2 Lakers - March 17 Lakers 4 2 Davos - March 20 Davos 3 1 Lakers - March 22 Lakers 0 5 Davos - style="text-align:center;" HC Davos wins series 4 - 1

Finals Results

HC Lugano (2) vs. HC Davos (3) - ! Date Away Score Home - March 29 Davos 0 5 Lugano - March 31 Lugano 3 5 Davos - April 3 Davos 3 7 Lugano - April 5 Lugano 8 2 Davos - April 7 Davos 1 3 Lugano - style="text-align:center;" HC Lugano wins series 4 - 1

Scoring leaders

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes

PlayerTeamGPGAPtsPIM
17 8 25 33 10
HC Lugano17 12 14 26 8
17 9 17 26 8
HC Lugano16 8 12 20 4
12 10 7 17 16
15 6 11 17 14
17 8 7 15 18
17 7 6 13 6
17 5 8 13 16
15 9 3 12 8

Playout

Semifinals

Fribourg-Gottéron (9) vs. SCL Tigers (12) - ! Date Away Home - February 24 SCL Tigers 6 5 Fribourg-Gottéron - February 27 Fribourg-Gottéron 4 5 SCL Tigers - March 1 SCL Tigers 3 5 Fribourg-Gottéron - March 3 Fribourg-Gottéron 1 5 SCL Tigers - March 6 SCL Tigers 3 4 Fribourg-Gottéron - March 8 Fribourg-Gottéron 3 6 SCL Tigers - align="center" SCL Tigers wins series 4 - 2
  
ZSC Lions (10) vs. Genève-Servette HC (11) - ! Date Away Home - February 24 Genève-Servette HC 5 2 ZSC Lions - February 27 ZSC Lions 3 4 Genève-Servette HC - March 1 Genève-Servette HC 3 4 ZSC Lions - March 3 ZSC Lions 3 0 Genève-Servette HC - March 6 Genève-Servette HC 3 2 ZSC Lions - March 8 ZSC Lions 4 5 Genève-Servette HC - align="center" Genève-Servette HC wins series 4 - 2

Finals

Fribourg-Gottéron vs. ZSC Lions - ! Date Away Home - March 13 ZSC Lions 20 Fribourg-Gottéron - March 15 Fribourg-Gottéron 2 3 ZSC Lions - March 17 ZSC Lions 5 2 Fribourg-Gottéron - March 20 Fribourg-Gottéron 1 5 ZSC Lions - align="center" ZSC Lions wins series 4 - 0

League qualification

Fribourg-Gottéron vs. EHC Biel - ! Date Away Home - March 29 EHC Biel 3 6 Fribourg-Gottéron - March 31 Fribourg-Gottéron 3 2 EHC Biel - April 3 EHC Biel 5 1 Fribourg-Gottéron - April 5 Fribourg-Gottéron 7 2 EHC Biel - April 7 EHC Biel 3 1 Fribourg-Gottéron - April 12 Fribourg-Gottéron 5 3 EHC Biel - align="center" Fribourg-Gottéron wins series 4 - 2

References

Results from Puck.ch

External links