# 2021–22 Swiss League season

The 2021–22 Swiss League season was the 75th season of Switzerland's second tier hockey league.

## Teams

| Team | City | Arena | Capacity |
| EHC Kloten | Kloten | Stimo Arena | 7,624 |
| 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 |
| EVZ Academy | Zug | Bossard Arena | 1,500 |

## Regular season

The regular season started on 9 September 2021 and ended on 5 March 2022.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | EHC Kloten | 50 | 40 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 217 | 93 | +124 | 126 | Advance to Playoffs |
| 2 | EHC Olten | 50 | 35 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 196 | 94 | +102 | 112 | Advance to Playoffs |
| 3 | HC La Chaux-de-Fonds | 50 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 195 | 119 | +76 | 102 | Advance to Playoffs |
| 4 | Hockey Thurgau | 50 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 140 | 121 | +19 | 86 | Advance to Playoffs |
| 5 | SC Langenthal | 50 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 16 | 169 | 151 | +18 | 86 | Advance to Playoffs |
| 6 | EHC Visp | 50 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 158 | 134 | +24 | 79 | Advance to Playoffs |
| 7 | HC Sierre | 50 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 144 | 151 | −7 | 70 | Advance to Pre-Playoffs |
| 8 | GCK Lions | 50 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 142 | 175 | −33 | 61 | Advance to Pre-Playoffs |
| 9 | EVZ Academy | 50 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 34 | 85 | 186 | −101 | 36 | Advance to Pre-Playoffs |
| 10 | EHC Winterthur | 50 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 34 | 95 | 206 | −111 | 34 | Advance to Pre-Playoffs |
| 11 | HCB Ticino Rockets | 50 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 117 | 228 | −111 | 33 | |

### 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 |
| Éric Faille | EHC Kloten | 48 | 24 | 49 | 73 | +43 | 18 |
| Garry Nunn | EHC Olten | 45 | 32 | 37 | 69 | +52 | 10 |
| Jonathan Ang | Hockey Thurgau | 50 | 27 | 37 | 64 | +28 | 44 |
| Sondre Olden | HC La Chaux-de-Fonds | 44 | 22 | 42 | 64 | +33 | 13 |
| Marc Marchon | EHC Kloten | 45 | 26 | 36 | 62 | +38 | 86 |
| Dion Knelsen | EHC Olten | 41 | 17 | 45 | 62 | +36 | 8 |
| Robin Figren | EHC Kloten | 47 | 26 | 34 | 60 | +36 | 18 |
| Tim Coffman | SC Langenthal | 50 | 19 | 39 | 58 | +10 | 44 |
| Ian Derungs | Hockey Thurgau | 50 | 37 | 20 | 57 | +24 | 12 |
| Stanislav Horanský | EHC Olten | 47 | 21 | 36 | 57 | +42 | 12 |

#### 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 |
| Silas Matthys | EHC Olten | 22 | 1230:29 | 34 | 93.06 | 1.66 |
| Simon Rytz | EHC Olten | 31 | 1779:40 | 53 | 93.29 | 1.79 |
| Sandro Zurkirchen | EHC Kloten | 31 | 1851:59 | 58 | 92.35 | 1.88 |
| Bryan Rüegger | Hockey Thurgau | 25 | 1383:46 | 48 | 91.24 | 2.08 |
| Nicola Aeberhard | HC La Chaux-de-Fonds | 27 | 1411:54 | 52 | 91.73 | 2.21 |

## Playoffs
### Bracket

| Pre-playoffs (best-of-3) | Pre-playoffs (best-of-3) | Pre-playoffs (best-of-3) | Quarter-finals (best-of-7) | Quarter-finals (best-of-7) | Quarter-finals (best-of-7) | Semi-finals (best-of-7) | Semi-finals (best-of-7) | Semi-finals (best-of-7) | Finals (best-of-7) | Finals (best-of-7) | Finals (best-of-7) |
| | | | 1 | EHC Kloten | 4 | | | | | | |
| 7 | HC Sierre | 2 | 8 | GCK Lions | 0 | | | | | | |
| 10 | EHC Winterthur | 0 | | | | 1 | EHC Kloten | 4 | | | |
| | | | | | | 4 | Hockey Thurgau | 2 | | | |
| | | | 2 | EHC Olten | 4 | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | | | |
| | | | 7 | HC Sierre | 1 | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | | | |
| | | | | | | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | 1 | EHC Kloten | 4 |
| | | | | | | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | 2 | EHC Olten | 1 |
| | | | 3 | HC La Chaux-de-Fonds | 4 | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | | | |
| 8 | GCK Lions | 2 | 6 | EHC Visp | 1 | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | | | |
| 9 | EVZ Academy | 0 | | | | 2 | EHC Olten | 4 | | | |
| | | | | | | 3 | HC La Chaux-de-Fonds | 2 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Hockey Thurgau | 4 | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | SC Langenthal | 1 | | | | | | |

### Pre-playoffs
#### (7) HC Sierre vs. (10) EHC Winterthur

* HC Sierre won the series 2–0

#### (8) GCK Lions vs. (9) EVZ Academy

* GCK Lions won the series 2–0

### Quarter-Finals
#### (1) EHC Kloten vs. (8) GCK Lions

* EHC Kloten won the series 4–0

#### (2) EHC Olten vs. (7) HC Sierre

* EHC Olten won the series 4–1

#### (3) HC La Chaux-de-Fonds vs. (6) EHC Visp

* HC La Chaux-de-Fonds won the series 4–2

#### (4) Hockey Thurgau vs. (5) SC Langenthal

* Hockey Thurgau won the series 4–1

### Semi-Finals
#### (1) EHC Kloten vs. (4) Hockey Thurgau

* EHC Kloten won the series 4–2

#### (2) EHC Olten vs. (3) HC La Chaux-de-Fonds

* EHC Olten won the series 4–2