2022–23 SWHL A season explained

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.

Teams

Winning the SWHL-B championship, the HC Ambrì-Piotta Girls is promoted to SWHL-A[1]

TeamTrainerCityArenaCapacity
HC Ambrì-Piotta GirlsDmitri Zygurow, Mario GendottiQuintoNuova Valascia6,675
SC Langenthal LadiesRuedi Minder, Nicola MinderLangenthalSchoren Halle4,320
Ladies Team LuganoBenjamin Rogger, Pasi KoppinenLuganoCornèr Arena7,200
HC Université Neuchâtel DamesYan Gigon, Mike Gosselin, Thierry BourquinNeuchâtelPatinoire du Littoral7,000
EV Bomo ThunThomas Zwahlen, Petra MelicherikovaThunKunsteisbahn Grabengut4,000
Hockey Team Thurgau Indien LadiesEmanuel Karrer, Monika LeuenbergerKreuzlingenBodensee-Arena4,300
ZSC Lions FrauenAngela Frautschi, Christoph ScherrerZürichKunsteisbahn Oerlikon1,700

Regular season

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]

Statistics

Scoring leaders

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.

PlayerTeam
EV Bomo Thun2426275314
EV Bomo Thun2320274737
ZSC Lions Frauen231524399
ZSC Lions Frauen2415213610
ZSC Lions Frauen2411253636
ZSC Lions Frauen2412193112
ZSC Lions Frauen241610268
EV Bomo Thun18817258
EV Bomo Thun2311132418
Hockey Team Thurgau Indien Ladies221582314

Leading goaltenders

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]

PlayerTeam(s)
EV Bomo Thun13632111,05
EV Bomo Thun16812191,41
ZSC Lions Frauen17864241,67
Ladies Team Lugano201216371,83
SC Langenthal Ladies241404592,52

Playoffs

Semi-Finals

(2) EV Bomo Thun vs. (3) Ladies Team Lugano

Team of Swiss champions

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

Awards

Ranking Round

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]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: SWHL-B : Les HCAP Girls sont championnes suisses . sihf.ch . 21 March 2022 . French . 23 April 2024 .
  2. Web site: Coup d’envoi de la saison de MyHockey League et de Women’s League . sihf.ch . 16 September 2022 . French . 23 April 2024 .
  3. Web site: Player stats . SIHF . 23 April 2024.
  4. Web site: Goalie stats . SIHF . 23 April 2024.
  5. Web site: ZSC's Sinja Leemann elected as MVP of the Women's League . swisshockeynews.ch . 25 February 2023 . 23 April 2024 .
  6. Web site: Les Thurgau Indien Ladies remportent le bronze en PostFinance Women’s League . sihf.ch . 13 March 2023 . French . 23 April 2024 .