2005-06 NLA season

The 2005-06 NLA season was the 68th regular season of the Nationalliga A, the main professional ice hockey league in Switzerland. 
The season started on September 9, 2005, and the last league qualification game was played on April 17, 2006. 
==Regular season==
===Final standings===
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	Team 	GP	W 	L 	T	GF 	GA 	Pts
1. 	SC Bern 	44	28	14	2	142	106	58
2. 	HC Lugano 	44	24	12	4	160	116	56
3. 	HC Davos 	44	23	16	5	136	110	51
4. 	Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	44	20	17	7	129	124	47
5. 	EV Zug 	44	20	19	5	142	146	45
6. 	EHC Basel 	44	18	17	9	107	126	45
7. 	HC Ambri-Piotta 	44	20	22	2	137	130	42
8. 	Kloten Flyers 	44	16	20	8	122	128	40
9. 	Fribourg-Gottéron 	44	17	21	6	136	154	40
10.	ZSC Lions 	44	18	23	3	131	142	39
11.	Genève-Servette HC 	44	16	21	7	132	145	39
12.	SCL Tigers 	44	10	28	6	101	148	25
===Scoring leaders===
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes
Player 	Team 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
Glen Metropolit 	HC Lugano 	44	23	42	65 	60
Hnat Domenichelli 	HC Ambri-Piotta 	44	35	24	59 	18
Jean-Guy Trudel 	HC Ambri-Piotta 	44	24	35	59 	48
Sébastien Bordeleau	SC Bern 	44	24	30	54 	56
Patrick Fischer 	EV Zug 	44	21	32	53 	72
Kimmo Rintanen 	Kloten Flyers 	44	23	26	49 	36
Ville Peltonen 	HC Lugano 	39	23	25	48 	22
Reto von Arx 	HC Davos 	44	14	34	48 	76
Petteri Nummelin 	HC Lugano 	38	13	33	46 	22
Christian Berglund 	Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	44	24	20	44 	124
==Playoffs==
===Quarterfinals===
	{| cellpadding="3" border="1" class="wikitable"	SC Bern (1) vs. Kloten Flyers (8) 	SC Bern (1) vs. Kloten Flyers (8) 	SC Bern (1) vs. Kloten Flyers (8) 	SC Bern (1) vs. Kloten Flyers (8)
Date 	Away 	Home 	 	
February 24 	Kloten Flyers 0 	3 SC Bern 	 	
February 27 	SC Bern 1 	2 Kloten Flyers 	 	
March 1 	Kloten Flyers 6 	3 SC Bern 	 	
March 3 	SC Bern 2 	3 Kloten Flyers 	 	
March 6 	Kloten Flyers 0 	3 SC Bern 	 	
March 8 	SC Bern 3 	6 Kloten Flyers 	 	
Kloten Flyers wins series 4–2	Kloten Flyers wins series 4–2	Kloten Flyers wins series 4–2	Kloten Flyers wins series 4–2	
|   
| valign="top" |
	{| cellpadding="3" border="1" class="wikitable"
	! bgcolor="#DDDDDD" colspan="4" | HC Lugano (2) vs. HC Ambri-Piotta (7)
	|-
	! Date !! Away !! Home
	|-
	| February 24 || align = "right" | HC Ambri-Piotta 4 || 3 HC Lugano
	|-
	| February 27 || align = "right" | HC Lugano 0 || 3 HC Ambri-Piotta
	|-
	| March 1 || align = "right" | HC Ambri-Piotta 5 || 4 HC Lugano
	|-
	| March 3 || align = "right" | HC Lugano 5 || 4 HC Ambri-Piotta
	|-
	| March 6 || align = "right" | HC Ambri-Piotta 1 || 2 HC Lugano 
 |-
 | March 8 || align = "right" | HC Lugano 5 || 2 HC Ambri-Piotta
	|-
	| March 10 || align = "right" | HC Ambri-Piotta 1 || 5 HC Lugano
	|- align="center"
	| colspan="4" | HC Lugano wins series 4–3
	|}
|-
| valign="top" |
	{| cellpadding="3" border="1" class="wikitable"
	! bgcolor="#DDDDDD" colspan="4" | HC Davos (3) vs. EHC Basel (6)
	|-
	! Date !! Away !! Home
	|-
	| February 24 || align = "right" | EHC Basel 2 || 5 HC Davos
	|-
	| February 27 || align = "right" | HC Davos 1 || 3 EHC Basel
	|-
	| March 1 || align = "right" | EHC Basel 1 || 10 HC Davos
	|-
	| March 3 || align = "right" | HC Davos 5 || 2 EHC Basel
	|-
	| March 6 || align = "right" | EHC Basel 2 || 2 HC Davos
	|- align="center"
	| colspan="4" | HC Davos wins series 4–1
	|}
|   
| valign="top" |
	{| cellpadding="3" border="1" class="wikitable"
	! bgcolor="#DDDDDD" colspan="4" | Rapperswil-Jona Lakers (4) vs. EV Zug (5)
	|-
	! Date !! Away !! Home
	|-
	| February 24 || align = "right" | EV Zug 1 || 6 Rapperswil-Jona Lakers
	|-
	| February 27 || align = "right" | Rapperswil-Jona Lakers 0 || 2 EV Zug
	|-
	| March 1 || align = "right" | EV Zug 1 || 3 Rapperswil-Jona Lakers
	|-
	| March 3 || align = "right" | Rapperswil-Jona Lakers 3 || 5 EV Zug
	|-
	| March 6 || align = "right" | EV Zug 2 || 1 Rapperswil-Jona Lakers
 |-
 | March 8 || align = "right" | Rapperswil-Jona Lakers 5 || 2 EV Zug
	|-
	| March 10 || align = "right" | EV Zug 3 || 5 Rapperswil-Jona Lakers
	|- align="center"
	| colspan="4" | Rapperswil-Jona Lakers wins series 4–3
	|}
|}
===Semifinals===
	{| cellpadding="3" border="1" class="wikitable"	HC Lugano vs. Kloten Flyers 	HC Lugano vs. Kloten Flyers 	HC Lugano vs. Kloten Flyers 	HC Lugano vs. Kloten Flyers
Date 	Away 	Home 	 	
March 13 	Kloten Flyers 3 	2 HC Lugano 	 	
March 15 	HC Lugano 6 	4 Kloten Flyers 	 	
March 17 	HC Lugano 3 	0 Kloten Flyers 	 	
March 20 	Kloten Flyers 2 	3 HC Lugano 	 	
March 22 	HC Lugano 5 	0 Kloten Flyers 	 	
HC Lugano wins series 4–1	HC Lugano wins series 4–1	HC Lugano wins series 4–1	HC Lugano wins series 4–1	
|   
| valign="top" |
	{| cellpadding="3" border="1" class="wikitable"
	! bgcolor="#DDDDDD" colspan="4" | HC Davos vs. Rapperswil-Jona Lakers
	|-
	! Date !! Away !! Home
	|-
	| March 13 || align = "right" | Rapperswil-Jona Lakers 2 || 4 HC Davos
	|-
	| March 15 || align = "right" | HC Davos 5 || 2 Rapperswil-Jona Lakers
	|-
	| March 17 || align = "right" | Rapperswil-Jona Lakers 4 || 2 HC Davos
	|-
	| March 20 || align = "right" | HC Davos 3 || 1 Rapperswil-Jona Lakers
	|-
	| March 22 || align = "right" | Rapperswil-Jona Lakers 0 || 5 HC Davos
	|- align="center"
	| colspan="4" | HC Davos wins series 4–1
	|}
|}
===Finals===
	{| cellpadding="3" border="1" class="wikitable"	HC Lugano vs. HC Davos 	HC Lugano vs. HC Davos 	HC Lugano vs. HC Davos 	HC Lugano vs. HC Davos
Date 	Away 	Home 	 	
March 29 	HC Davos 0 	5 HC Lugano 	 	
March 31 	HC Lugano 3 	5 HC Davos 	 	
April 3 	HC Davos 3 	7 HC Lugano 	 	
April 5 	HC Lugano 8 	2 HC Davos 	 	
April 7 	HC Davos 1 	3 HC Lugano 	 	
HC Lugano wins series 4–1	HC Lugano wins series 4–1	HC Lugano wins series 4–1	HC Lugano wins series 4–1	
|}
===Scoring leaders===
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes
Player 	Team 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
Petteri Nummelin	HC Lugano 	17	8 	25	33 	10
Ville Peltonen 	HC Lugano 	17	12	14	26 	8
Glen Metropolit 	HC Lugano 	17	9 	17	26 	8
Sandy Jeannin 	HC Lugano 	16	8 	12	20 	4
Claudio Micheli 	Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	12	10	7 	17 	16
Reto von Arx 	HC Davos 	15	6 	11	17 	14
Ryan Gardner 	HC Lugano 	17	8 	7 	15 	18
Jukka Hentunen 	HC Lugano 	17	7 	6 	13 	6
Rafaele Sannitz 	HC Lugano 	17	5 	8 	13 	16
Michel Riesen 	HC Davos 	15	9 	3 	12 	8
== Playout ==
===Semifinals===
	{| cellpadding="3" border="1" class="wikitable"	Fribourg-Gottéron (9) vs. SCL Tigers (12)	Fribourg-Gottéron (9) vs. SCL Tigers (12)	Fribourg-Gottéron (9) vs. SCL Tigers (12)	Fribourg-Gottéron (9) vs. SCL Tigers (12)
Date 	Away 	Home 	 	
February 24 	SCL Tigers 6 	5 Fribourg-Gottéron 	 	
February 27 	Fribourg-Gottéron 4 	5 SCL Tigers 	 	
March 1 	SCL Tigers 3 	5 Fribourg-Gottéron 	 	
March 3 	Fribourg-Gottéron 1 	5 SCL Tigers 	 	
March 6 	SCL Tigers 3 	4 Fribourg-Gottéron 	 	
March 8 	Fribourg-Gottéron 3 	6 SCL Tigers 	 	
SCL Tigers wins series 4–2	SCL Tigers wins series 4–2 	SCL Tigers wins series 4–2 	SCL Tigers wins series 4–2 	
|   
| valign="top" |
	{| cellpadding="3" border="1" class="wikitable"
	! bgcolor="#DDDDDD" colspan="4" | ZSC Lions (10) vs. Genève-Servette HC (11)
	|-
	! Date !! Away !! Home
	|-
	| February 24 || align = "right" | Genève-Servette HC 5 || 2 ZSC Lions
	|-
	| February 27 || align = "right" | ZSC Lions 3 || 4 Genève-Servette HC
	|-
	| March 1 || align = "right" | Genève-Servette HC 3 || 4 ZSC Lions
	|-
	| March 3 || align = "right" | ZSC Lions 3 || 0 Genève-Servette HC
	|-
	| March 6 || align = "right" | Genève-Servette HC 3 || 2 ZSC Lions
 |-
 | March 8 || align = "right" | ZSC Lions 4 || 5 Genève-Servette HC
	|- align="center"
	| colspan="4" | Genève-Servette HC wins series 4–2
	|}
|}
===Finals===
	{| cellpadding="3" border="1" class="wikitable"	Fribourg-Gottéron vs. ZSC Lions	Fribourg-Gottéron vs. ZSC Lions	Fribourg-Gottéron vs. ZSC Lions	Fribourg-Gottéron vs. ZSC Lions
Date 	Away 	Home 	 	
March 13 	ZSC Lions 2 	0 Fribourg-Gottéron 	 	
March 15 	Fribourg-Gottéron 2 	3 ZSC Lions 	 	
March 17 	ZSC Lions 5 	2 Fribourg-Gottéron 	 	
March 20 	Fribourg-Gottéron 1 	5 ZSC Lions 	 	
ZSC Lions wins series 4–0	ZSC Lions wins series 4–0	ZSC Lions wins series 4–0	ZSC Lions wins series 4–0	
|}
== League qualification ==
	{| cellpadding="3" border="1" class="wikitable"	Fribourg-Gottéron vs. EHC Biel 	Fribourg-Gottéron vs. EHC Biel 	Fribourg-Gottéron vs. EHC Biel 	Fribourg-Gottéron vs. EHC Biel
Date 	Away 	Home 	 	
March 29 	EHC Biel 3 	6 Fribourg-Gottéron 	 	
March 31 	Fribourg-Gottéron 3 	2 EHC Biel 	 	
April 3 	EHC Biel 5 	1 Fribourg-Gottéron 	 	
April 5 	Fribourg-Gottéron 7 	2 EHC Biel 	 	
April 7 	EHC Biel 3 	1 Fribourg-Gottéron 	 	
April 12 	Fribourg-Gottéron 5 	3 EHC Biel 	 	
Fribourg-Gottéron wins series 4–2	Fribourg-Gottéron wins series 4–2	Fribourg-Gottéron wins series 4–2	Fribourg-Gottéron wins series 4–2	
|}
== References ==
*sehv.ch
*hockeystats.ch
== Results from Puck.ch ==
*LNA Regular Season 2005-2006
*Playoff 2005-2006
*Playout 2005-2006
*LNA/LNB League Qualification 2005-2006
== External links ==
*hockeyfans.ch
*spoor.ch
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Category:2006 in hockey
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