2006-07 NLA season

The 2006-07 NLA season was the 69th regular season of the Nationalliga A (NLA), the main professional ice hockey league in Switzerland.

New Rules

There are a few changes of rules for the new season.

3-Point System

For the first time an NLA season is run with a 3-point system. A team gets now 3 points for a win after 60 minutes, instead of 2.

Overtime

A tied game after 60 minutes results in an overtime of 5 minutes, which is played 4 vs. 4 (this is not a rule change). But now, if a team scores a goal it gets two points while the other team also gets a point.

Penalty Shootout

If the game still remains tied after the overtime, there will be a penalty shootout with 3 shots per team. The winner team will get two points and the other team one point.

Playoffs / Playout opponents attribution

To avoid cheating during the last games of regular season, the playoff opponents will be determined by a selection procedure; the winning team of the regular season will have the advantage to choose its opponent (from ranking 5-8) for the quarterfinals first, then the team in second place can choose its favorite opponent from the remaining teams and so on. The same procedure applies to the playout series.

Regular season

Final standings

Rank	Team	GP	W	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1.	HC Davos	44	26	13	2	3	154	120	85
2.	SC Bern	44	24	13	5	2	163	115	84
3.	EV Zug	44	22	13	6	3	153	117	81
4.	HC Lugano	44	25	15	1	3	143	123	80
5.	Kloten Flyers	44	22	14	6	2	173	128	80
6.	Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	44	19	17	5	3	149	141	70
7.	Genève-Servette HC	44	19	19	2	4	147	140	65
8.	ZSC Lions	44	13	19	9	3	111	127	60
9.	HC Ambri-Piotta	44	14	21	1	8	128	165	52
10.	Fribourg-Gottéron	44	12	19	1	12	134	167	50
11.	SCL Tigers	44	12	26	5	1	115	160	47
12.	EHC Basel	44	9	28	4	3	103	170	38

Scoring leaders

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

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Simon Gamache	SC Bern	44	20	46	66	40
Alexandre Daigle	HC Davos	44	22	39	61	44
Kimmo Rintanen	Kloten Flyers	41	24	34	58	16
Christian Dubé	SC Bern	40	16	38	54	36
Jean-Guy Trudel	HC Ambri-Piotta	44	27	26	53	38
Hnat Domenichelli	HC Ambri-Piotta	44	21	31	52	50
Oleg Petrov	EV Zug	42	12	40	52	95
Michel Riesen	HC Davos	44	37	14	51	70
Domenico Pittis	Kloten Flyers	40	17	34	51	75
Serge Aubin	Genève-Servette HC	40	21	29	50	50

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

HC Davos (1) vs. ZSC Lions (8) Date Away Home February 24 ZSC Lions 3 2 HC Davos OT February 27 HC Davos 1 3 ZSC Lions   March 1 ZSC Lions 1 3 HC Davos   March 3 HC Davos 2 5 ZSC Lions   March 6 ZSC Lions 2 4 HC Davos   March 8 HC Davos 3 1 ZSC Lions   March 10 ZSC Lions 0 3 HC Davos   HC Davos wins series 4–3		SC Bern (2) vs. Genève-Servette HC (7) Date Away Home February 24 Genève-Servette HC 1 2 SC Bern February 27 SC Bern 3 2 Genève-Servette HC March 1 Genève-Servette HC 2 4 SC Bern March 3 SC Bern 1 2 Genève-Servette HC March 6 Genève-Servette HC 3 7 SC Bern SC Bern wins series 4–1
EV Zug (3) vs. Rapperswil-Jona Lakers (6) Date Away Home February 24 Rapperswil-Jona Lakers 3 2 EV Zug   February 27 EV Zug 3 4 Rapperswil-Jona Lakers OT March 1 Rapperswil-Jona Lakers 4 1 EV Zug   March 3 EV Zug 6 5 Rapperswil-Jona Lakers n.P. March 6 Rapperswil-Jona Lakers 3 6 EV Zug   March 8 EV Zug 5 1 Rapperswil-Jona Lakers   March 10 Rapperswil-Jona Lakers 2 6 EV Zug   EV Zug wins series 4–3		HC Lugano (4) vs. Kloten Flyers (5) Date Away Home February 24 Kloten Flyers 6 3 HC Lugano   February 27 HC Lugano 2 3 Kloten Flyers OT March 1 Kloten Flyers 1 8 HC Lugano   March 3 HC Lugano 1 3 Kloten Flyers   March 6 Kloten Flyers 3 5 HC Lugano   March 8 HC Lugano 1 3 Kloten Flyers   Kloten Flyers wins series 4–2

Semifinals

HC Davos vs. Kloten Flyers Date Away Home March 13 Kloten Flyers 0 5 HC Davos March 15 HC Davos 3 4 Kloten Flyers March 17 Kloten Flyers 3 4 HC Davos March 20 HC Davos 6 3 Kloten Flyers March 22 Kloten Flyers 1 3 HC Davos HC Davos wins series 4–1

SC Bern vs. EV Zug Date Away Home March 13 EV Zug 0 4 SC Bern March 15 SC Bern 1 0 EV Zug March 17 EV Zug 0 4 SC Bern March 20 SC Bern 1 3 EV Zug March 22 EV Zug 0 4 SC Bern SC Bern wins series 4–1

Finals

HC Davos vs. SC Bern Date Away Home March 27 SC Bern 2 3 HC Davos March 29 HC Davos 0 4 SC Bern March 31 SC Bern 1 3 HC Davos April 3 HC Davos 2 3 SC Bern April 5 SC Bern 1 3 HC Davos April 7 HC Davos 1 2 SC Bern April 9 SC Bern 0 HC Davos 1 HC Davos wins series 4–3

Scoring leaders

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

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Simon Gamache	SC Bern	15	7	9	16	10
Christian Dubé	SC Bern	16	0	16	16	24
Josef Marha	HC Davos	18	8	6	14	24
Kimmo Rintanen	Kloten Flyers	11	6	7	13	2
Alexandre Daigle	HC Davos	17	4	9	13	4
Zbynek Irgl	HC Davos	15	8	4	12	20
Mariusz Czerkawski	Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	7	6	6	12	16
Peter Guggisberg	HC Davos	18	6	5	11	4
Radek Hamr	Kloten Flyers	11	2	9	11	22
Marc Reichert	SC Bern	16	6	4	10	4

Playout

Semifinals

HC Ambri-Piotta (9) vs. EHC Basel (12) Date Away Home February 24 EHC Basel 2 3 HC Ambri-Piotta   February 27 HC Ambri-Piotta 5 4 EHC Basel OT March 1 EHC Basel 2 4 HC Ambri-Piotta   March 3 HC Ambri-Piotta 2 3 EHC Basel   March 6 EHC Basel 5 4 HC Ambri-Piotta OT March 8 HC Ambri-Piotta 2 3 EHC Basel   March 10 EHC Basel 1 5 HC Ambri-Piotta   HC Ambri-Piotta wins series 4–3

Fribourg-Gottéron (10) vs. SCL Tigers (11) Date Away Home February 24 SCL Tigers 3 6 Fribourg-Gottéron   February 27 Fribourg-Gottéron 3 2 SCL Tigers   March 1 SCL Tigers 3 4 Fribourg-Gottéron OT March 3 Fribourg-Gottéron 4 3 SCL Tigers n.P. Fribourg-Gottéron wins series 4–0

Finals

SCL Tigers vs. EHC Basel Date Away Home March 13 EHC Basel 0 2 SCL Tigers   March 15 SCL Tigers 3 4 EHC Basel   March 17 EHC Basel 2 9 SCL Tigers   March 20 SCL Tigers 0 4 EHC Basel   March 22 EHC Basel 4 0 SCL Tigers   March 24 SCL Tigers 2 3 EHC Basel OT EHC Basel wins series 4–2

League Qualification

SCL Tigers vs. EHC Biel Date Away Home March 29 EHC Biel 1 4 SCL Tigers March 31 SCL Tigers 5 2 EHC Biel April 3 EHC Biel 5 2 SCL Tigers April 5 SCL Tigers 6 1 EHC Biel April 7 EHC Biel 3 5 SCL Tigers SCL Tigers wins series 4–1

References

• sehv.ch

Results from Puck.ch

• LNA Regular Season 2006-2007

External links

• hockeyfans.ch