2019–20 Swiss League season | |
League: | Swiss League |
Sport: | Ice hockey |
Duration: | September 13, 2019 – February 15, 2020 |
No Of Games: | 264 |
No Of Teams: | 12 |
Season: | Regular Season |
Season Champ Name: | Season Champions |
Season Champs: | EHC Kloten |
Playoffs: | Playoffs |
Conf1: | Semi-Final |
Conf2: | Semi-Final |
Finals: | Swiss League champion |
Seasonslistnames: | Swiss League |
Prevseason Link: | 2018–19 Swiss League season |
Prevseason Year: | 2018–19 |
Nextseason Link: | 2020–21 Swiss League season |
Nextseason Year: | 2020–21 |
The 2019–20 Swiss League season was the 73th season of Switzerland's second tier hockey league.
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 |
The regular season started on 13 September 2019 and ended on 15 February 2020.
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 | |||||||
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![]() | HC Ajoie | 44 | 30 | 68 | 98 | +56 | 2 | |
![]() | HC Ajoie | 38 | 39 | 44 | 83 | +54 | 32 | |
![]() | EHC Kloten | 41 | 19 | 50 | 69 | +35 | 8 | |
![]() | EHC Olten | 42 | 27 | 33 | 60 | +35 | 51 | |
![]() | EHC Visp | 41 | 21 | 36 | 57 | +23 | 101 | |
![]() | HC La Chaux-de-Fonds | 43 | 18 | 38 | 56 | +8 | 37 | |
![]() | HC Sierre | 43 | 24 | 29 | 53 | -11 | 43 | |
![]() | EHC Olten | 40 | 30 | 22 | 52 | +40 | 12 | |
![]() | GCK Lions | 44 | 27 | 25 | 52 | +2 | 30 | |
![]() | EHC Visp | 41 | 31 | 20 | 51 | +25 | 22 |
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) | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
EHC Kloten | 40 | 2412:16 | 75 | 91.91 | 1.87 | ||
HC Thurgau | 26 | 1516:55 | 50 | 91.68 | 1.98 | ||
EHC Olten | 20 | 1180:10 | 39 | 92.26 | 1.98 | ||
EHC Visp | 36 | 2126:52 | 76 | 92.13 | 2.14 | ||
HC Ajoie | 33 | 1918:48 | 73 | 90.68 | 2.28 |
On March 13, 2020, the league decided to cancel the playoffs due to the coronavirus pandemic and the measures put in place by the Swiss government.[3] Only the quarter-finals have been played before this decision.
Due to the interruption by the league, no team is relegated.
The regular season started on 13 September 2019 and ended on 15 February 2020.