| 2022–23 Women's League season | |
| League: | Women's League |
| Sport: | Ice hockey |
| Duration: | – |
| 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) |
| Finals: | Women's League champion |
| Finals Champ: | ZSC Lions Frauen |
| Finals Runner-Up: | EV Bomo Thun |
| Seasonslistnames: | Women's League |
| Prevseason Link: | 2021–22 SWHL A season |
| Prevseason Year: | 2021–22 |
| Nextseason Link: | 2023–24 Women's League season |
| Nextseason Year: | 2023–24 |
The 2022–23 Women's League season was the 37th ice hockey season of the Swiss Women's League (abbreviated PFWL or SWHL A).
After winning the 2022 SWHL B championship, the HC Ambrì-Piotta Girls (HCAP Girls) were promoted to the Women's League.[1]
| Team | Coach(es) | Location | Arena | Capacity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Melicheríková | 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 was played four-cycle round-robin, that is to say that each of the seven teams played four games against each opponent for a total of 24 matches. The first four teams in the regular season ranking went on to compete in the best-of-five playoffs.
In the postseason, the three teams at the bottom of the table competed in a ranking round. Unlike previous seasons, the champion of the SWHL B was given the opportunity to be promoted directly to the Women's League for the 2023–24 season, in order to raise the number of participating teams to eight. The runner-up of the SWHL B championship played a league qualifier against the loser of the Women's League ranking round. In the event the SWHL B champion did not wish to be promoted, the runner-up would have had the option to be promoted directly and no Women's League team would be relegated. In the event both the SWHL B champion and runner-up did not wish to be promoted, there would have been no relegation from Women's League to SWHL-B.[2]
The following table shows the top-ten point scorers 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 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 table shows the five goaltenders who led the league in goals against average while playing at least 40% of their team's minutes, at the conclusion of the regular season.[4]
| Player | Team(s) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
HC Fribourg-Gottéron Ladies were crowned champions of SWHL B and, therefore, were promoted to the Women's League. The runner-up of the SWHL B finals, HC Tramelan Ladies, declined the opportunity to compete for promotion to the Women's League and, as a result, HC Ambrì-Piotta Girls kept their place in Women's League.[5]