1988–89 Nationalliga A season

The 1988–89 NLA season was the 51st regular season of the Nationalliga A, the main professional ice hockey league in Switzerland.

Regular season

Final standings

	Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1.	HC Lugano	36	29	4	3	200	97	61
2.	EHC Kloten	36	26	6	4	218	128	56
3.	SC Bern	36	24	8	4	190	106	52
4.	HC Ambri-Piotta	36	21	10	5	178	122	47
5.	EV Zug	36	17	16	3	184	171	37
6.	EHC Biel	36	16	17	3	161	165	35
7.	EHC Olten	36	9	23	4	125	169	22
8.	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	36	9	26	1	120	246	19
9.	HC Davos	36	6	25	5	120	187	17
10.	HC Ajoie	36	5	27	4	97	202	14

Scoring leaders

Note: G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points

Player	Team	G	A	Pts
Don Laurence	EV Zug	46	27	73
Normand Dupont	EHC Biel	37	35	72
Dale McCourt	HC Ambri-Piotta	43	25	68
Ross Yates	EHC Kloten	34	32	66
Felix Hollenstein	EHC Kloten	28	36	64
Corey Millen	HC Ambri-Piotta	32	29	61
Kent Johansson	HC Lugano	25	33	58
Peter Schlagenhauf	EHC Kloten	29	28	57
Jean-François Sauvé	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	23	33	56
Chris Kontos	EHC Kloten	33	22	55

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

HC Lugano (1) vs. Fribourg-Gottéron (8) Away Home Fribourg-Gottéron 2 10 HC Lugano HC Lugano 5 1 Fribourg-Gottéron HC Lugano wins series 2–0		EHC Kloten (2) vs. EHC Olten (7) Away Home EHC Olten 5 9 EHC Kloten   EHC Kloten 6 5 EHC Olten OT EHC Kloten wins series 2–0
SC Bern (3) vs. EHC Biel (6) Away Home EHC Biel 1 4 SC Bern SC Bern 5 2 EHC Biel SC Bern wins series 2–0		HC Ambri-Piotta (4) vs. EV Zug (5) Away Home EV Zug 1 4 HC Ambri-Piotta HC Ambri-Piotta 5 6 EV Zug EV Zug 2 4 HC Ambri-Piotta HC Ambri-Piotta wins series 2–1

Semifinals

HC Lugano vs. HC Ambri-Piotta Away Home HC Ambri-Piotta 1 6 HC Lugano HC Lugano 5 2 HC Ambri-Piotta HC Ambri-Piotta 2 6 HC Lugano HC Lugano wins series 3–0

EHC Kloten vs. SC Bern Away Home SC Bern 2 5 EHC Kloten EHC Kloten 2 6 SC Bern SC Bern 6 3 EHC Kloten EHC Kloten 1 4 SC Bern SC Bern wins series 3–1

Finals

HC Lugano vs. SC Bern Away Home SC Bern 2 6 HC Lugano HC Lugano 1 5 SC Bern SC Bern 4 3 HC Lugano HC Lugano 5 1 SC Bern SC Bern 4 2 HC Lugano SC Bern wins series 3–2

Scoring leaders

Note: G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points

Player	Team	G	A	Pts
Kent Johansson	HC Lugano	7	10	17
Andy Ton	HC Lugano	9	7	16
Jörg Eberle	HC Lugano	5	7	12
Reijo Ruotsalainen	SC Bern	4	8	12
Thomas Vrabec	HC Lugano	8	3	11

References

• sehv.ch
• hockeyarchives.info

External links

• hockeyfans.ch
• eishockeyforum.ch
• spoor.ch