# 2022–23 Swiss League season

The 2022–23 Swiss League season was the 76th season of Switzerland's second tier hockey league.

## Teams

| Team | City | Arena | Capacity |
| EHC Basel | Basel | St. Jakob Arena | 6,700 |
| HC La Chaux-de-Fonds | La Chaux-de-Fonds | Patinoire des Mélèzes | 7,200 |
| GCK Lions | Küsnacht | Eishalle Küsnacht | 2,800 |
| SC Langenthal | Langenthal | Schoren Halle | 4,320 |
| EHC Olten | Olten | Kleinholz Stadion | 6,500 |
| HC Sierre | Sierre | Patinoire de Graben | 4,500 |
| Hockey Thurgau | Weinfelden | Güttingersreuti | 3,100 |
| HCB Ticino Rockets | Biasca | Pista Ghiaccio Biasca | 3,800 |
| EHC Visp | Visp | Lonza Arena | 5,150 |
| EHC Winterthur | Winterthur | Zielbau Arena | 3,000 |

## Regular season

The regular season started on 16 September 2022 and ended on 5 February 2023.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | HC La Chaux-de-Fonds | 45 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 205 | 102 | +103 | 105 | Advance to Playoffs |
| 2 | EHC Olten | 45 | 31 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 169 | 99 | +70 | 102 | Advance to Playoffs |
| 3 | GCK Lions | 45 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 150 | 133 | +17 | 74 | Advance to Playoffs |
| 4 | EHC Visp | 45 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 147 | 141 | +6 | 72 | Advance to Playoffs |
| 5 | Hockey Thurgau | 45 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 17 | 115 | 125 | −10 | 72 | Advance to Playoffs |
| 6 | EHC Basel | 45 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 137 | 125 | +12 | 69 | Advance to Playoffs |
| 7 | SC Langenthal | 45 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 147 | 154 | −7 | 67 | Advance to Playoffs |
| 8 | HC Sierre | 45 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 142 | 159 | −17 | 61 | Advance to Playoffs |
| 9 | EHC Winterthur | 45 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 32 | 105 | 190 | −85 | 27 | |
| 10 | HCB Ticino Rockets | 45 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 32 | 93 | 182 | −89 | 26 | |

### Statistics
#### Scoring leaders

The following shows the top ten players who led the league in points, at the conclusion of the regular season. 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 | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM |
| Toms Andersons | HC La Chaux-de-Fonds | 45 | 18 | 47 | 65 | +27 | 20 |
| Oliver Achermann | HC La Chaux-de-Fonds | 38 | 33 | 27 | 60 | +35 | 8 |
| Arnaud Montandon | HC Sierre | 45 | 25 | 35 | 60 | +2 | 30 |
| Sean Collins | EHC Olten | 44 | 27 | 30 | 57 | +38 | 24 |
| Jakob Stukel | EHC Basel | 45 | 29 | 25 | 54 | +15 | 30 |
| Felix Maegaard Scheel | EHC Visp | 42 | 18 | 35 | 53 | -2 | 41 |
| Haralds Egle | SC Langenthal | 41 | 14 | 37 | 51 | +7 | 6 |
| Stanislav Horanský | EHC Olten | 33 | 17 | 32 | 49 | +30 | 24 |
| Matt Wilkins | HC La Chaux-de-Fonds | 43 | 17 | 31 | 48 | -16 | 36 |
| Kay Schweri | HC La Chaux-de-Fonds | 44 | 9 | 39 | 48 | +21 | 4 |

#### 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.
| Player | Team(s) | GP | TOI | GA | Sv% | GAA |
| Viktor Östlund | HC La Chaux-de-Fonds | 33 | 1900:22 | 60 | 93.32 | 1.89 |
| Lucas Rötheli | EHC Olten | 26 | 1496:39 | 51 | 91.39 | 2.04 |
| Andri Henauer | EHC Basel | 27 | 1622:19 | 63 | 93.49 | 2.33 |
| Bryan Rüegger | Hockey Thurgau | 30 | 1646:44 | 80 | 90.27 | 2.91 |
| Matteo Ritz | EHC Visp | 21 | 1166:32 | 58 | 89.93 | 2.98 |

## Playoffs
### Bracket

| Quarter-Finals | Quarter-Finals | Quarter-Finals | | | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | HC La Chaux-de-Fonds | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | HC Sierre | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | HC Sierre | 1 | | | 1 | HC La Chaux-de-Fonds | 4 | | | |
| | | | | | 6 | HC Thurgau | 5 | | | |
| 2 | EHC Olten | 4 | | | 6 | HC Thurgau | 5 | | | |
| 7 | SC Langenthal | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | SC Langenthal | 1 | | | | | | 1 | HC La Chaux-de-Fonds | 4 |
| (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | 1 | HC La Chaux-de-Fonds | 4 |
| (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | 2 | EHC Olten | 0 |
| 3 | GCK Lions | 4 | | | | | | | | | 2 | EHC Olten | 0 |
| 6 | EHC Basel | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | EHC Basel | 2 | | | 2 | EHC Olten | 4 | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | GCK Lions | 1 | | | |
| 4 | EHC Visp | 2 | | | 3 | GCK Lions | 1 | | | |
| 5 | HC Thurgau | 4 | | | | | | | | |

### Quarter-Finals
#### (1) HC La Chaux-de-Fonds vs. (8) HC Sierre

* HC La Chaux-de-Fonds won the series 4–1

#### (2) EHC Olten vs. (7) SC Langenthal

* EHC Olten won the series 4–1

#### (3) GCK Lions vs. (6) EHC Basel

* GCK Lions won the series 4–2

#### (4) EHC Visp vs. (5) Hockey Thurgau

* Hockey Thurgau won the series 4–2

### Semi-Finals
#### (1) HC La Chaux-de-Fonds vs. (5) HC Thurgau

* HC La Chaux-de-Fonds won the series 4–1

#### (2) EHC Olten vs. (3) GCK Lions

* EHC Olten won the series 4–1

### Finals

* HC La Chaux-de-Fonds won the series 4–0

## Leagues Qualification

* HC Ajoie won the series 4–2 and save his place in the National League