2022–23 SWHL A season | |
League: | Swiss Women's League A |
Sport: | Ice hockey |
Duration: | September 17, 2022 – February 19, 2023 |
No Of Games: | 83 |
No Of Teams: | 7 |
Season: | Regular Season |
Season Champ Name: | Season Champions |
Season Champs: | ZSC Lions Frauen |
Mvp: | Maija Otamo (EV Bomo Thun) |
Playoffs: | Playoffs |
Conf1: | Semi-Final |
Conf2: | Semi-Final |
Finals: | Women's League champion |
Finals Champ: | ZSC Lions Frauen |
Finals Runner-Up: | EV Bomo Thun |
Seasonslistnames: | Swiss Women's League A |
Prevseason Link: | 2021–22 SWHL A season |
Prevseason Year: | 2021–22 |
Nextseason Link: | 2023–24 SWHL A season |
Nextseason Year: | 2023–24 |
The 2022–23 Swiss League season was the 37th season of the Swiss Women's League A.
Winning the SWHL-B championship, the HC Ambrì-Piotta Girls is promoted to SWHL-A[1]
Team | Trainer | City | Arena | Capacity | |
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HC Ambrì-Piotta Girls | Dmitri Zygurow, Mario Gendotti | Quinto | Nuova Valascia | 6,675 | |
SC Langenthal Ladies | Ruedi Minder, Nicola Minder | Langenthal | Schoren Halle | 4,320 | |
Ladies Team Lugano | Benjamin Rogger, Pasi Koppinen | Lugano | Cornèr Arena | 7,200 | |
HC Université Neuchâtel Dames | Yan Gigon, Mike Gosselin, Thierry Bourquin | Neuchâtel | Patinoire du Littoral | 7,000 | |
EV Bomo Thun | Thomas Zwahlen, Petra Melicherikova | Thun | Kunsteisbahn Grabengut | 4,000 | |
Hockey Team Thurgau Indien Ladies | Emanuel Karrer, Monika Leuenberger | Kreuzlingen | Bodensee-Arena | 4,300 | |
ZSC Lions Frauen | Angela Frautschi, Christoph Scherrer | Zürich | Kunsteisbahn Oerlikon | 1,700 |
The regular season started on 17 September 2022 and ended on 19 February 2023. The regular season is played at the national level in the form of a round of five matches, that is to say that each of the seven teams plays 24 matches. The first four in the ranking in the regular season compete in the playoffs (best of 5), the three last team compete in a ranking round. The Swiss SWHL-B champions will be promoted directly to the WL for the 2023/24 season. The SWHL-B runner-up plays a league qualifier against the loser of the WL ranking round. If the SWHL-B champion does not wish to be promoted, the runner-up will be promoted directly and no WL member will be relegated. If SWHL-B champions and runners-up do not wish to be promoted, there will be no promotion or relegation from WL to SWHL-B.[2]
The following shows the top ten players who led the league in points, at the conclusion of the regular season.[3] 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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EV Bomo Thun | 24 | 26 | 27 | 53 | 14 | ||
EV Bomo Thun | 23 | 20 | 27 | 47 | 37 | ||
ZSC Lions Frauen | 23 | 15 | 24 | 39 | 9 | ||
ZSC Lions Frauen | 24 | 15 | 21 | 36 | 10 | ||
ZSC Lions Frauen | 24 | 11 | 25 | 36 | 36 | ||
ZSC Lions Frauen | 24 | 12 | 19 | 31 | 12 | ||
ZSC Lions Frauen | 24 | 16 | 10 | 26 | 8 | ||
EV Bomo Thun | 18 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 8 | ||
EV Bomo Thun | 23 | 11 | 13 | 24 | 18 | ||
Hockey Team Thurgau Indien Ladies | 22 | 15 | 8 | 23 | 14 |
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.[4]
Player | Team(s) | |||||
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EV Bomo Thun | 13 | 632 | 11 | 1,05 | ||
EV Bomo Thun | 16 | 812 | 19 | 1,41 | ||
ZSC Lions Frauen | 17 | 864 | 24 | 1,67 | ||
Ladies Team Lugano | 20 | 1216 | 37 | 1,83 | ||
SC Langenthal Ladies | 24 | 1404 | 59 | 2,52 |
Goalkeepers: Laura De Bastiani, Sandy Heim
Defense: Nele Bachmann, Alessia Baechler, Skylar Fontaine, Nina Harju, Janine Hauser, Jana Peter, Dominique Scheurer, Aurela Thalmann
Offense: Sara Bachmann, Katie Cipra, Chiara Eggli, Nora Harju, Naemi Herzig, Kristina Kontny, Sinja Leemann, Renee Lendi, Alina Marti, Lisa Rüedi, Jessica Schlegel
Coaching: Angela Frautschi, Christoph Scherrer
The HC Fribourg-Gottéron Ladies is crowned champion of SWHL-B and is therefore promoted to SWHL-A. The HC Tramelan Ladies, SWHL-B finalist, renouncing promotion, HC Ambrì-Piotta Girls saves his place in SWHL-A.[6]