# 2020–21 Swiss League season

The 2020–21 Swiss League season was the 74th season of Switzerland's second tier hockey league.

## Teams

| Team | City | Arena | Capacity |
| HC Ajoie | Porrentruy | Patinoire de Porrentruy | 4,300 |
| Bellinzona Rockets | Biasca | Pista Ghiaccio Biasca | 3,800 |
| HC La Chaux-de-Fonds | La Chaux-de-Fonds | Patinoire des Mélèzes | 7,200 |
| GCK Lions | Küsnacht | Eishalle Küsnacht | 2,800 |
| EHC Kloten | Kloten | Stimo Arena | 7,624 |
| 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 |
| 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 2 October 2020 and ended on 7 March 2021.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | EHC Kloten | 46 | 31 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 199 | 100 | +99 | 102 | Advance to Playoffs |
| 2 | HC Ajoie | 46 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 202 | 102 | +100 | 102 | Advance to Playoffs |
| 3 | SC Langenthal | 46 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 167 | 127 | +40 | 93 | Advance to Playoffs |
| 4 | HC Sierre | 46 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 162 | 138 | +24 | 81 | Advance to Playoffs |
| 5 | EHC Olten | 46 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 145 | 126 | +19 | 69 | Advance to Playoffs |
| 6 | Hockey Thurgau | 46 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 120 | 130 | −10 | 68 | Advance to Playoffs |
| 7 | EHC Visp | 46 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 145 | 155 | −10 | 66 | Advance to Pre-Playoffs |
| 8 | HC La Chaux-de-Fonds | 46 | 18 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 139 | 146 | −7 | 65 | Advance to Pre-Playoffs |
| 9 | GCK Lions | 46 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 127 | 160 | −33 | 56 | Advance to Pre-Playoffs |
| 10 | Bellinzona Rockets | 46 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 23 | 100 | 145 | −45 | 51 | Advance to Pre-Playoffs |
| 11 | EVZ Academy | 46 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 104 | 172 | −68 | 43 | |
| 12 | EHC Winterthur | 46 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 31 | 99 | 208 | −109 | 32 | |

### 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 |
| Jonathan Hazen | HC Ajoie | 46 | 41 | 40 | 81 | +36 | 38 |
| Philip-Michaël Devos | HC Ajoie | 46 | 27 | 52 | 79 | +39 | 20 |
| Guillaume Asselin | HC Sierre | 43 | 25 | 41 | 66 | +33 | 76 |
| Arnaud Montandon | HC Sierre | 46 | 36 | 28 | 64 | +32 | 40 |
| Éric Faille | EHC Kloten | 46 | 16 | 46 | 62 | +26 | 12 |
| Robin Figren | EHC Kloten | 46 | 29 | 31 | 60 | +27 | 30 |
| Garry Nunn | EHC Olten | 46 | 26 | 33 | 59 | +16 | 30 |
| Tim Coffman | HC La Chaux-de-Fonds | 39 | 21 | 32 | 53 | +5 | 10 |
| Eero Elo | SC Langenthal | 46 | 23 | 28 | 51 | +17 | 38 |
| Riley Brace | EHC Winterthur | 41 | 18 | 32 | 50 | -26 | 50 |

#### 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 |
| Dominic Nyffeler | EHC Kloten | 38 | 2179:52 | 71 | 92.98 | 1.95 |
| Tim Wolf | HC Ajoie | 31 | 1864:08 | 65 | 93.04 | 2.09 |
| Pascal Caminada | SC Langenthal | 33 | 1899:32 | 78 | 91.55 | 2.46 |
| Silas Matthys | EHC Olten | 29 | 1693:46 | 77 | 90.75 | 2.73 |
| Nicola Aeberhard | Hockey Thurgau | 28 | 1604:14 | 76 | 91.01 | 2.84 |

## 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 | EHC Visp | 2 | 8 | HC La Chaux-de-Fonds | 1 | | | | | | |
| 10 | Bellinzona Rockets | 0 | | | | 1 | EHC Kloten | 4 | | | |
| | | | | | | 5 | EHC Olten | 2 | | | |
| | | | 2 | HC Ajoie | 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 | EHC Visp | 0 | (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 | 2 |
| | | | | | | (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 | HC Ajoie | 4 |
| | | | 3 | SC Langenthal | 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 | HC La Chaux-de-Fonds | 2 | 6 | Hockey Thurgau | 2 | (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 | GCK Lions | 1 | | | | 2 | HC Ajoie | 4 | | | |
| | | | | | | 3 | SC Langenthal | 2 | | | |
| | | | 4 | HC Sierre | 0 | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | EHC Olten | 4 | | | | | | |

### Pre-playoffs
#### (7) EHC Visp vs. (10) Bellinzona Rockets

* EHC Visp won the series 2–0

#### (8) HC La Chaux-de-Fonds vs. (9) GCK Lions

* HC La Chaux-de-Fonds won the series 2–1

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

* EHC Kloten won the series 4–1

#### (2) HC Ajoie vs. (7) EHC Visp

* HC Ajoie won the series 4–0

#### (3) SC Langenthal vs. (6) Hockey Thurgau

* SC Langenthal won the series 4–2

#### (4) HC Sierre vs. (5) EHC Olten

* EHC Olten won the series 4–0

### Semi-Finals
#### (1) EHC Kloten vs. (5) EHC Olten

* EHC Kloten won the series 4–2

#### (2) HC Ajoie vs. (3) SC Langenthal

* HC Ajoie won the series 4–2

### Finals

* EHC Kloten won the series 4–2