# 2019–20 Swiss League season

The 2019–20 Swiss League season was the 73th 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 13 September 2019 and ended on 15 February 2020.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | EHC Kloten | 44 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 173 | 81 | +92 | 95 | Advance to Playoffs |
| 2 | HC Ajoie | 44 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 185 | 105 | +80 | 95 | Advance to Playoffs |
| 3 | EHC Olten | 44 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 179 | 106 | +73 | 93 | Advance to Playoffs |
| 4 | EHC Visp | 44 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 144 | 102 | +42 | 84 | Advance to Playoffs |
| 5 | Hockey Thurgau | 44 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 112 | 104 | +8 | 80 | Advance to Playoffs |
| 6 | SC Langenthal | 44 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 144 | 122 | +22 | 76 | Advance to Playoffs |
| 7 | HC La Chaux-de-Fonds | 44 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 146 | 141 | +5 | 64 | Advance to Pre-Playoffs |
| 8 | GCK Lions | 44 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 136 | 144 | −8 | 59 | Advance to Pre-Playoffs |
| 9 | HC Sierre | 44 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 109 | 158 | −49 | 45 | Advance to Pre-Playoffs |
| 10 | EVZ Academy | 44 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 103 | 170 | −67 | 43 | Advance to Pre-Playoffs |
| 11 | EHC Winterthur | 44 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 101 | 207 | −106 | 31 | |
| 12 | Bellinzona Rockets | 44 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 30 | 100 | 192 | −92 | 27 | |

### 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 |
| Philip-Michaël Devos | HC Ajoie | 44 | 30 | 68 | 98 | +56 | 2 |
| Jonathan Hazen | HC Ajoie | 38 | 39 | 44 | 83 | +54 | 32 |
| Éric Faille | EHC Kloten | 41 | 19 | 50 | 69 | +35 | 8 |
| Dion Knelsen | EHC Olten | 42 | 27 | 33 | 60 | +35 | 51 |
| Troy Josephs | EHC Visp | 41 | 21 | 36 | 57 | +23 | 101 |
| Tim Coffman | HC La Chaux-de-Fonds | 43 | 18 | 38 | 56 | +8 | 37 |
| Guillaume Asselin | HC Sierre | 43 | 24 | 29 | 53 | -11 | 43 |
| Garry Nunn | EHC Olten | 40 | 30 | 22 | 52 | +40 | 12 |
| Ryan Hayes | GCK Lions | 44 | 27 | 25 | 52 | +2 | 30 |
| Mark Van Guilder | EHC Visp | 41 | 31 | 20 | 51 | +25 | 22 |

#### 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 | 40 | 2412:16 | 75 | 91.91 | 1.87 |
| Janick Schwendener | HC Thurgau | 26 | 1516:55 | 50 | 91.68 | 1.98 |
| Silas Matthys | EHC Olten | 20 | 1180:10 | 39 | 92.26 | 1.98 |
| Reto Lory | EHC Visp | 36 | 2126:52 | 76 | 92.13 | 2.14 |
| Tim Wolf | HC Ajoie | 33 | 1918:48 | 73 | 90.68 | 2.28 |

## Playoffs

On March 13, 2020, the league decided to cancel the playoffs due to the coronavirus pandemic and the measures put in place by the Swiss government. Only the quarter-finals have been played before this decision.

### Bracket

| Quarter-Finals | Quarter-Finals | Quarter-Finals | | | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals |
| 1 | EHC Kloten | 4 | | | | | |
| 8 | GCK Lions | 1 | | | | | |
| 8 | GCK Lions | 1 | | | 1 | EHC Kloten | |
| | | | | | 6 | SC Langenthal | |
| 2 | HC Ajoie | 4 | | | 6 | SC Langenthal | |
| 7 | HC La Chaux-de-Fonds | 1 | | | | | |
| (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) |
| 3 | EHC Olten | 1 | | | | | |
| 6 | SC Langenthal | 4 | | | | | |
| 6 | SC Langenthal | 4 | | | 2 | HC Ajoie | |
| | | | | | 4 | EHC Visp | |
| 4 | EHC Visp | 4 | | | 4 | EHC Visp | |
| 5 | Hockey Thurgau | 1 | | | | | |

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

* EHC Kloten won the series 4–1

#### (2) HC Ajoie vs. (7) HC La Chaux-de-Fonds

* HC Ajoie won the series 4–1

#### (3) EHC Olten vs. (6) SC Langenthal

* SC Langenthal won the series 4–1

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

* EHC Visp won the series 4–1

## Playouts

Due to the interruption by the league, no team is relegated.

### Ranking

The regular season started on 13 September 2019 and ended on 15 February 2020.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | HC Sierre | 48 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 125 | 168 | −43 | 54 | Officially saved from relegation |
| 2 | EVZ Academy | 48 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 28 | 119 | 188 | −69 | 47 | Officially saved from relegation |
| 3 | EHC Winterthur | 48 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 112 | 222 | −110 | 37 | Potentially saved from relegation |
| 4 | Bellinzona Rockets | 48 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 32 | 116 | 208 | −92 | 32 | Potentially relegated |