# 2009–10 NLA season

The 2009–10 National League A season was the third ice hockey season of the National League A since the reorganization of the Swiss league. Prior to the season, no promotion and relegation occurred between the National League A and National League B as a result of NLA club Biel's victory over Lausanne in the prior season's relegation playoff.

## Format

The regular season schedule consists of a double round-robin, each of the league's twelve teams playing the other eleven four times apiece, twice at home and twice on the road. Each team plays an additional six games against three opponents, which are schedules based upon the previous season's standings. At the conclusion of the regular season, the top eight teams are entered into the playoffs; the bottom four enter a relegation playoff, commonly called the playout. Each playoff and playout series is contested in a best-of-seven fashion. The loser of the playout plays a best-of-seven series against the National League B champion for a place in the 2010–11 National League A.

## Team overview

| Team | City | Arena | Capacity |
| HC Ambrì-Piotta | Quinto | Valascia | 7,000 |
| SC Bern | Bern | PostFinance Arena | 17,131 |
| EHC Biel | Biel | Eisstadion Biel | 7,000 |
| HC Davos | Davos | Vaillant Arena | 7,080 |
| HC Fribourg-Gottéron | Fribourg | Patinoire Saint-Léonard | 7,125 |
| Genève-Servette | Geneva | Patinoire des Vernets | 6,837 |
| Kloten Flyers | Kloten | Kolping Arena | 7,624 |
| HC Lugano | Lugano | Resega | 8,000 |
| Rapperswil-Jona Lakers | Rapperswil | Diners Club Arena | 6,000 |
| SCL Tigers | Langnau | Ilfis Stadium | 6,500 |
| ZSC Lions | Zürich | Hallenstadion | 11,700 |
| EV Zug | Zug | Eishalle Herti | 6,780 |

## Regular season
### Standings

| Team | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | P |
| SC Bern | 50 | 29 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 154 | 117 | 102 |
| Genève-Servette | 50 | 28 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 166 | 113 | 101 |
| EV Zug | 50 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 165 | 125 | 98 |
| HC Davos | 50 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 181 | 124 | 96 |
| Kloten Flyers | 50 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 16 | 163 | 138 | 87 |
| ZSC Lions | 50 | 24 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 185 | 165 | 84 |
| HC Fribourg-Gottéron | 50 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 145 | 160 | 68 |
| HC Lugano | 50 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 153 | 166 | 67 |
| EHC Biel | 50 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 134 | 182 | 59 |
| Rapperswil-Jona Lakers | 50 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 129 | 154 | 54 |
| SCL Tigers | 50 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 141 | 192 | 51 |
| HC Ambrì-Piotta | 50 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 35 | 107 | 187 | 33 |

### League leaders
#### Scoring

| Name | Team | GO | G | A | P | PIM | PPT? |
| Randy Robitaille | HC Lugano | 50 | 16 | 48 | 64 | 72 | 4 |
| Josh Holden | EV Zug | 46 | 30 | 33 | 63 | 48 | 10 |
| Hnat Domenichelli | HC Lugano | 50 | 27 | 35 | 62 | 16 | 13 |
| Damien Brunner | EV Zug | 47 | 23 | 34 | 57 | 22 | 7 |
| Patrik Bärtschi | ZSC Lions | 49 | 25 | 28 | 53 | 34 | 6 |
| Tony Salmelainen | Genève-Servette | 50 | 26 | 26 | 52 | 14 | 2 |
| Stacy Roest | Rapperswil-Jona Lakers | 49 | 15 | 37 | 52 | 26 | 5 |
| Mathias Seger | ZSC Lions | 47 | 8 | 43 | 51 | 80 | 2 |
| Thomas Déruns | Genève-Servette | 50 | 18 | 32 | 50 | 44 | 4 |
| Juraj Kolník | Genève-Servette | 46 | 26 | 22 | 48 | 83 | 5 |

#### Goaltenders

| Name | Team | G | Min | GT | GAA | Min/GT | SO | S | W |
| Tobias Stephan | Genève-Servette | 48 | 2914 | 100 | 2.1 | 29 | 3 | 34 | 14 |
| Marco Bührer | Bern | 43 | 2609 | 94 | 2.2 | 28 | 6 | 28 | 14 |
| Leonardo Genoni | Davos | 46 | 2937 | 117 | 2.4 | 25 | 2 | 33 | 16 |
| Jussi Markkanen | Zug | 44 | 2653 | 109 | 2.5 | 24 | 5 | 27 | 17 |
| Ronnie Rüeger | Kloten Flyers | 46 | 2805 | 122 | 2.6 | 23 | 1 | 28 | 18 |
| Daniel Manzato | Rapperswil-Jona Lakers | 46 | 2715 | 132 | 2.9 | 21 | 5 | 17 | 29 |
| Ari Sulander | Lions | 24 | 1451 | 69 | 2.9 | 21 | 1 | 12 | 12 |
| David Aebischer | Lugano | 46 | 2751 | 139 | 3.0 | 20 | 2 | 23 | 22 |
| Sébastien Caron | HC Fribourg-Gottéron | 45 | 2689 | 135 | 3.0 | 20 | 1 | 19 | 26 |
| Reto Berra | Biel | 37 | 2116 | 114 | 3.2 | 19 | 3 | 16 | 19 |

## Playoffs

| Quarterfinalz | Quarterfinalz | Quarterfinalz | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| 1. | SC Bern | 4 | | | | | | |
| 8. | HC Lugano | 0 | | | | | | |
| 8. | HC Lugano | 0 | 1. | SC Bern | 4 | | | |
| | | | 5. | Kloten Flyers | 0 | | | |
| 4. | HC Davos | 2 | 5. | Kloten Flyers | 0 | | | |
| 5. | Kloten Flyers | 4 | | | | | | |
| 5. | Kloten Flyers | 4 | | | | 1. | SC Bern | 4 |
| | | | | | | 2. | HC Servette Genève | 3 |
| 2. | HC Servette Genève | 4 | | | | | | | 2. | HC Servette Genève | 3 |
| 7. | HC Fribourg-Gottéron | 3 | | | | | | |
| 7. | HC Fribourg-Gottéron | 3 | 2. | HC Servette Genève | 4 | | | |
| | | | 3. | EV Zug | 2 | | | |
| 3. | EV Zug | 4 | 3. | EV Zug | 2 | | | |
| 6. | ZSC Lions | 3 | | | | | | |