2011–12 NLA season

The **2011–12 National League A season** was the fifth ice hockey season of the National League A since the reorganization of the Swiss league. 12 teams participated in the league, which was won by EV Zug.

### Standings

|width="25px"||width="150px"|Team|width="25px"|GP|width="25px"|W|width="25px"|OTW|width="25px"|OTL|width="25px"|L|width="25px"|GF|width="25px"|GA|width="30px"|Pts|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1.|style="text-align: left;"|EV Zug|50|24|8|10|8|173|131|98||||||||||
|2.|style="text-align: left;"|HC Davos|50|27|7|3|13|155|117|98||||||||||
|3.|style="text-align: left;"|Fribourg-Gottéron|50|26|6|4|14|156|120|94||||||||||
|4.|style="text-align: left;"|Kloten Flyers|50|27|2|6|15|158|117|91||||||||||
|5.|style="text-align: left;"|SC Bern|50|23|6|6|15|153|130|87||||||||||
|6.|style="text-align: left;"|HC Lugano|50|21|5|6|21|152|150|79||||||||||
|7.|style="text-align: left;"|ZSC Lions|50|19|8|4|19|136|129|77||||||||||
|8.|style="text-align: left;"|EHC Biel|50|19|4|3|24|114|128|68||||||||||
|9.|style="text-align: left;"|Genève-Servette HC|50|16|5|9|20|117|126|67||||||||||
|10.|style="text-align: left;"|SCL Tigers|50|13|5|3|29|124|166|52||||||||||
|11.|style="text-align: left;"|HC Ambrì-Piotta|50|10|6|7|27|102|153|49||||||||||
|12.|style="text-align: left;"|Rapperswil-Jona Lakers|50|12|1|2|35|99|172|40||||||||||

### Attendance

|width=150px|Team|width=75px|Games|width=75px|Total Attendance|width=75px|Average|width=75px|Stadium Capacity|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|SC Bern|25|394,475|15,779|17,131||||||
|ZSC Lions|25|190,625|7,625|10,700||||||
|Genève-Servette HC|25|169,225|6,769|7,382||||||
|HC Fribourg-Gottéron|25|165,900|6,636|6,900||||||
|EV Zug|25|156,625|6,265|7,015||||||
|Kloten Flyers|25|151,025|6,041|7,719||||||
|SCL Tigers|25|132,250|5,290|6,500||||||
|EHC Biel|25|118,725|4,749|7,000||||||
|HC Davos|25|113,600|4,544|7,080||||||
|Rapperswil-Jona Lakers|25|103,375|4,135|6,200||||||
|HC Lugano|25|103,125|4,125|7,800||||||
|HC Ambri-Piotta|25|92,675|3,707|7,000||||||

#### Scoring

|width=150px|Name|width=180px class="unsortable"|Team|width=50px  class="unsortable"|GP|width=50px|G|width=50px|A|width=50px|P|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||EV Zug|45|24|**36**|**60**|||||||
||HC Fribourg-Gottéron|49|**27**|24|51|||||||
||HC Lugano|45|16|34|50|||||||
||HC Davos|46|21|28|49|||||||
||ZSC Lions|50|23|22|45|||||||
||HC Fribourg-Gottéron|50|20|25|45|||||||
||Kloten Flyers|47|9|35|44|||||||
||SC Bern|47|22|21|43|||||||
||HC Fribourg-Gottéron|48|15|27|42|||||||
||SCL Tigers|49|14|28|42|||||||

## Playout

The bottom 4 teams of the National League A will compete in a losing team advances tournament to determine if they should stay in the League. The loser of this tournament will compete against the champions of the National League B to determine which league they will play in next season.

## Playdowns

Ambrì-Piotta would later defeat SC Langenthal, Champions of the National League B, 4–1 to remain in the National League A

## Infobox (sports season)

- **title**: 2011–12 National League A season
- **league**: National League A
- **sport**: Ice hockey
- **season**: Regular Season
- **season champ name**: Best Record
- **season champs**: EV Zug
- **second place**: HC Davos
- **top scorer**: Damien Brunner
 <small>(EV Zug)</small>
- **playoffs**: Playoffs
- **conf1**: Semi-final #1
- **conf1 champ**: ZSC Lions
- **conf1 runner-up**: EV Zug
- **conf2**: Semi-final #2
- **conf2 champ**: SC Bern
- **conf2 runner-up**: Fribourg-Gottéron
- **finals**: National League A Championship
- **finals champ**: ZSC Lions
- **finals runner-up**: SC Bern
- **seasonslistnames**: National League A, NLA
- **no of games**: 50
- **no of teams**: 12
- **prevseason link**: 2010–11 NLA season
- **prevseason year**: 2010–11
- **nextseason link**: 2012–13 NLA season
- **nextseason year**: 2012–13