2005–06 Nationalliga A season

The 2005–06 Nationalliga A season was the 68th regular season of the Nationalliga A, the main professional ice hockey league in Switzerland.

2005–06 Nationalliga A Season
League	Nationalliga A
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	September 9, 2005 to April 17, 2006
Number of games	44
Number of teams	12
Regular Season
Best Record	SC Bern
Runners-up	HC Lugano
Top scorer	Glen Metropolit (HC Lugano)
Playoffs
Semi-Final #1 champions	HC Lugano
Semi-Final #1 runners-up	Kloten Flyers
Semi-Final #2 champions	HC Davos
Semi-Final #2 runners-up	Rapperswil-Jona Lakers
Nationalliga A Championship
Champions	HC Lugano
Runners-up	HC Davos

The season started on September 9, 2005, and the last league qualification game was played on April 17, 2006.

Regular season

Final standings

	Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1.	SC Bern	44	28	14	2	142	106	58
2.	HC Lugano	44	24	12	4	160	116	56
3.	HC Davos	44	23	16	5	136	110	51
4.	Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	44	20	17	7	129	124	47
5.	EV Zug	44	20	19	5	142	146	45
6.	EHC Basel	44	18	17	9	107	126	45
7.	HC Ambri-Piotta	44	20	22	2	137	130	42
8.	Kloten Flyers	44	16	20	8	122	128	40
9.	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	44	17	21	6	136	154	40
10.	ZSC Lions	44	18	23	3	131	142	39
11.	Genève-Servette HC	44	16	21	7	132	145	39
12.	SCL Tigers	44	10	28	6	101	148	25

Scoring leaders

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

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Glen Metropolit	HC Lugano	44	23	42	65	60
Hnat Domenichelli	HC Ambri-Piotta	44	35	24	59	18
Jean-Guy Trudel	HC Ambri-Piotta	44	24	35	59	48
Sébastien Bordeleau	SC Bern	44	24	30	54	56
Patrick Fischer	EV Zug	44	21	32	53	72
Kimmo Rintanen	Kloten Flyers	44	23	26	49	36
Ville Peltonen	HC Lugano	39	23	25	48	22
Reto von Arx	HC Davos	44	14	34	48	76
Petteri Nummelin	HC Lugano	38	13	33	46	22
Christian Berglund	Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	44	24	20	44	124

Playoffs

Tournament Bracket

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	1	SC Bern	2
	8	Kloten Flyers	4
						2	Lugano	4
						8	Kloten	1
	2	HC Lugano	4
	7	HC Ambri-Piotta	3
											2	Lugano	4
	(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
											3	Davos	1
	3	HC Davos	4
	6	EHC Basel	1
						3	Davos	4
						4	Lakers	1
	4	Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	4
	5	EV Zug	3

Quarterfinals Results

SC Bern (1) vs. Kloten Flyers (8) Date Away Score Home February 24 Kloten 0 3 Bern February 27 Bern 1 2 Kloten March 1 Kloten 6 3 Bern March 3 Bern 2 3 Kloten March 6 Kloten 0 3 Bern March 8 Bern 3 6 Kloten Kloten Flyers wins series 4–2		HC Lugano (2) vs. HC Ambri-Piotta (7) Date Away Score Home February 24 Ambri-Piotta 4 3 Lugano February 27 Lugano 0 3 Ambri-Piotta March 1 Ambri-Piotta 5 4 Lugano March 3 Lugano 5 4 Ambri-Piotta March 6 Ambri-Piotta 1 2 Lugano March 8 Lugano 5 2 Ambri-Piotta March 10 Ambri-Piotta 1 5 Lugano HC Lugano wins series 4–3
HC Davos (3) vs. EHC Basel (6) Date Away Score Home February 24 Basel 2 5 Davos February 27 Davos 1 3 Basel March 1 Basel 1 10 Davos March 3 Davos 5 2 Basel March 6 Basel 2 2 Davos HC Davos wins series 4–1		Rapperswil-Jona Lakers (4) vs. EV Zug (5) Date Away Score Home February 24 Zug 1 6 Lakers February 27 Lakers 0 2 Zug March 1 Zug 1 3 Lakers March 3 Lakers 3 5 Zug March 6 Zug 2 1 Lakers March 8 Lakers 5 2 Zug March 10 Zug 3 5 Lakers Rapperswil-Jona Lakers wins series 4–3

Semifinals Results

HC Lugano (2) vs. Kloten Flyers (8) Date Away Score Home March 13 Kloten 3 2 Lugano March 15 Lugano 6 4 Kloten March 17 Lugano 3 0 Kloten March 20 Kloten 2 3 Lugano March 22 Lugano 5 0 Kloten HC Lugano wins series 4–1

HC Davos (3) vs. Rapperswil-Jona Lakers (4) Date Away Score Home March 13 Lakers 2 4 Davos March 15 Davos 5 2 Lakers March 17 Lakers 4 2 Davos March 20 Davos 3 1 Lakers March 22 Lakers 0 5 Davos HC Davos wins series 4–1

Finals Results

HC Lugano (2) vs. HC Davos (3) Date Away Score Home March 29 Davos 0 5 Lugano March 31 Lugano 3 5 Davos April 3 Davos 3 7 Lugano April 5 Lugano 8 2 Davos April 7 Davos 1 3 Lugano HC Lugano wins series 4–1

Scoring leaders

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

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Petteri Nummelin	HC Lugano	17	8	25	33	10
Ville Peltonen	HC Lugano	17	12	14	26	8
Glen Metropolit	HC Lugano	17	9	17	26	8
Sandy Jeannin	HC Lugano	16	8	12	20	4
Claudio Micheli	Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	12	10	7	17	16
Reto von Arx	HC Davos	15	6	11	17	14
Ryan Gardner	HC Lugano	17	8	7	15	18
Jukka Hentunen	HC Lugano	17	7	6	13	6
Rafaele Sannitz	HC Lugano	17	5	8	13	16
Michel Riesen	HC Davos	15	9	3	12	8

Playout

Semifinals

Fribourg-Gottéron (9) vs. SCL Tigers (12) Date Away Home February 24 SCL Tigers 6 5 Fribourg-Gottéron February 27 Fribourg-Gottéron 4 5 SCL Tigers March 1 SCL Tigers 3 5 Fribourg-Gottéron March 3 Fribourg-Gottéron 1 5 SCL Tigers March 6 SCL Tigers 3 4 Fribourg-Gottéron March 8 Fribourg-Gottéron 3 6 SCL Tigers SCL Tigers wins series 4–2

ZSC Lions (10) vs. Genève-Servette HC (11) Date Away Home February 24 Genève-Servette HC 5 2 ZSC Lions February 27 ZSC Lions 3 4 Genève-Servette HC March 1 Genève-Servette HC 3 4 ZSC Lions March 3 ZSC Lions 3 0 Genève-Servette HC March 6 Genève-Servette HC 3 2 ZSC Lions March 8 ZSC Lions 4 5 Genève-Servette HC Genève-Servette HC wins series 4–2

Finals

Fribourg-Gottéron vs. ZSC Lions Date Away Home March 13 ZSC Lions 2 0 Fribourg-Gottéron March 15 Fribourg-Gottéron 2 3 ZSC Lions March 17 ZSC Lions 5 2 Fribourg-Gottéron March 20 Fribourg-Gottéron 1 5 ZSC Lions ZSC Lions wins series 4–0

League qualification

Fribourg-Gottéron vs. EHC Biel Date Away Home March 29 EHC Biel 3 6 Fribourg-Gottéron March 31 Fribourg-Gottéron 3 2 EHC Biel April 3 EHC Biel 5 1 Fribourg-Gottéron April 5 Fribourg-Gottéron 7 2 EHC Biel April 7 EHC Biel 3 1 Fribourg-Gottéron April 12 Fribourg-Gottéron 5 3 EHC Biel Fribourg-Gottéron wins series 4–2

References

• sehv.ch
• hockeystats.ch

Results from Puck.ch

• LNA Regular Season 2005-2006
• Playoff 2005-2006
• Playout 2005-2006
• LNA/LNB League Qualification 2005-2006

External links

• hockeyfans.ch
• spoor.ch