2003-04 NLA season

The 2003-04 NLA season was the 66th regular season of the Nationalliga A, the main professional ice hockey league in Switzerland. 
== Regular season ==
=== Final standings ===
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	Team	GP	W 	L	T 	GF 	GA	Pts
1. 	HC Lugano 	48 	35	9 	4	196	127	74	
2. 	SC Bern 	48 	31	12	5	176	113	67	
3. 	Genève-Servette HC	48 	26	16	6	148	123	58	
4. 	HC Davos 	48 	24	17	7	166	132	55	
5. 	ZSC Lions 	48 	25	19	4	140	121	54	
6. 	HC Ambri-Piotta 	48 	22	20	6	153	141	50	
7. 	EV Zug 	48 	21	22	5	117	147	47	
8. 	Fribourg-Gottéron 	48 	22	23	3	152	135	47	
9. 	Kloten Flyers 	48 	22	23	3	151	131	47	
10.	SC Rapperswil-Jona	48 	16	27	5	136	163	37	
11.	HC Lausanne 	48 	15	30	3	116	171	33	
12.	SCL Tigers 	48 	13	29	6	119	175	32	
13.	EHC Basel 	48 	9 	34	5	116	207	23	
===Scoring leaders===
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes
Player 	Team 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
Ville Peltonen 	HC Lugano 	48	28	44	72 	16
Mike Maneluk 	HC Lugano 	48	30	41	71 	85
Jean-Guy Trudel 	HC Ambri-Piotta 	47	30	38	68 	66
Mikael Karlberg 	Fribourg-Gottéron 	48	18	48	66 	30
Hnat Domenichelli	HC Ambri-Piotta 	42	27	32	59 	84
Petteri Nummelin 	HC Lugano 	48	20	39	59 	59
Oleg Petrov 	Genève-Servette HC	48	24	32	56 	97
Andre Bashkirov 	HC Lausanne 	48	24	31	55 	10
Jukka Hentunen 	Fribourg-Gottéron 	47	25	28	53 	22
Jan Alston 	ZSC Lions 	45	22	31	53 	36
== Playoffs ==
===Quarterfinals===
	{| cellpadding="3" border="1" class="wikitable"	HC Lugano (1) vs. Fribourg-Gottéron (8)	HC Lugano (1) vs. Fribourg-Gottéron (8)	HC Lugano (1) vs. Fribourg-Gottéron (8)	HC Lugano (1) vs. Fribourg-Gottéron (8)
Away 	Home 	 	 	
Fribourg-Gottéron 2 	7 HC Lugano 	 	 	
HC Lugano 4 	2 Fribourg-Gottéron 	 	 	
Fribourg-Gottéron 1 	2 HC Lugano 	 	 	
HC Lugano 6 	3 Fribourg-Gottéron 	 	 	
HC Lugano wins series 4–0	HC Lugano wins series 4–0 	HC Lugano wins series 4–0 	HC Lugano wins series 4–0 	
|   
| valign="top" |
	{| cellpadding="3" border="1" class="wikitable"
	! bgcolor="#DDDDDD" colspan="4" | SC Bern (2) vs. EV Zug (7)
	|-
	! Away !! Home
	|-
	| align = "right" | EV Zug 1 || 4 SC Bern
	|-
	| align = "right" | SC Bern 2 || 5 EV Zug
	|-
	| align = "right" | EV Zug 2 || 5 SC Bern
	|-
	| align = "right" | SC Bern 2 || 1 EV Zug
	|-
	| align = "right" | EV Zug 2 || 5 SC Bern	
 |- align="center"
	| colspan="4" | SC Bern wins series 4–1
	|}
|-
| valign="top" |
	{| cellpadding="3" border="1" class="wikitable"
	! bgcolor="#DDDDDD" colspan="4" | Genève-Servette HC (3) vs. HC Ambri-Piotta (6)
	|-
	! Away !! Home
 |-
	| align = "right" | HC Ambri-Piotta 2 || 4 Genève-Servette HC
 |-
	| align = "right" | Genève-Servette HC 2 || 1 HC Ambri-Piotta
 |-
	| align = "right" | HC Ambri-Piotta 3 || 1 Genève-Servette HC
	|-
	| align = "right" | Genève-Servette HC 2 || 4 HC Ambri-Piotta
 |-
	| align = "right" | HC Ambri-Piotta 1 || 4 Genève-Servette HC
 |-
	| align = "right" | Genève-Servette HC 2 || 3 HC Ambri-Piotta
 |-
	| align = "right" | HC Ambri-Piotta 0 || 2 Genève-Servette HC
	|- align="center"
	| colspan="4" | Genève-Servette HC wins series 4–3
	|}
|   
| valign="top" |
	{| cellpadding="3" border="1" class="wikitable"
	! bgcolor="#DDDDDD" colspan="4" | HC Davos (4) vs. ZSC Lions (5)
	|-
	! Away !! Home
	|-
	| align = "right" | ZSC Lions 3 || 1 HC Davos
	|-
	| align = "right" | HC Davos 1 || 0 ZSC Lions
	|-
	| align = "right" | ZSC Lions 2 || 3 HC Davos
	|-
	| align = "right" | HC Davos 3 || 4 ZSC Lions
	|-
	| align = "right" | ZSC Lions 2 || 0 HC Davos
 |-
 | align = "right" | HC Davos 1 || 2 ZSC Lions
	|- align="center"
	| colspan="4" | ZSC Lions wins series 4–2
	|}
|}
===Semifinals===
	{| cellpadding="3" border="1" class="wikitable"	HC Lugano vs. ZSC Lions 	HC Lugano vs. ZSC Lions 	HC Lugano vs. ZSC Lions 	HC Lugano vs. ZSC Lions
Away 	Home 	 	 	
ZSC Lions 1 	5 HC Lugano 	 	 	
HC Lugano 2 	5 ZSC Lions 	 	 	
ZSC Lions 3 	2 HC Lugano 	 	 	
HC Lugano 1 	2 ZSC Lions 	 	 	
ZSC Lions 0 	4 HC Lugano 	 	 	
HC Lugano 4 	3 ZSC Lions 	 	 	
ZSC Lions 2 	4 HC Lugano 	 	 	
HC Lugano wins series 4–3	HC Lugano wins series 4–3	HC Lugano wins series 4–3	HC Lugano wins series 4–3	
|   
| valign="top" |
	{| cellpadding="3" border="1" class="wikitable"
	! bgcolor="#DDDDDD" colspan="4" | SC Bern vs. Genève-Servette HC
	|-
	! Away !! Home
 |-
	| align = "right" | Genève-Servette HC 2 || 4 SC Bern
 |-
	| align = "right" | SC Bern 4 || 1 Genève-Servette HC
 |-
	| align = "right" | Genève-Servette HC 3 || 5 SC Bern
	|-
	| align = "right" | SC Bern 1 || 3 Genève-Servette HC
 |-
	| align = "right" | Genève-Servette HC 1 || 2 SC Bern 
	|- align="center"
	| colspan="4" | SC Bern wins series 4–1
	|}
|}
===Finals===
	{| cellpadding="3" border="1" class="wikitable"	HC Lugano vs. SC Bern 	HC Lugano vs. SC Bern 	HC Lugano vs. SC Bern 	HC Lugano vs. SC Bern
Away 	Home 	 	 	
SC Bern 3 	1 HC Lugano 	  	 	
HC Lugano 1 	2 SC Bern 	  	 	
SC Bern 1 	5 HC Lugano 	  	 	
HC Lugano 4 	3 SC Bern 	  	 	
SC Bern 4 	3 HC Lugano 	OT 	 	
SC Bern wins series 3–2	SC Bern wins series 3–2	SC Bern wins series 3–2	SC Bern wins series 3–2	
|}
===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	16	7 	20	27 	4
Christian Dubé 	SC Bern 	15	3 	16	19 	8
Mike Maneluk 	HC Lugano	13	10	6 	16 	70
Ivo Rüthemann 	SC Bern 	15	5 	10	15 	4
Sébastien Bordeleau	SC Bern 	14	10	4 	14 	14
Ville Peltonen 	HC Lugano	16	4 	10	14 	8
Yves Sarault 	SC Bern 	15	6 	7 	13 	36
Adrian Wichser 	HC Lugano	16	6 	7 	13 	2
Flavien Conne 	HC Lugano	16	8 	4 	12 	12
Ryan Gardner 	HC Lugano	16	5 	7 	12 	12
== Playout round ==
Teams ranked from 9 - 13 after regular season, played 2 games against each other.
=== Final standings ===
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	Team 	GP	W 	L 	T	GF 	GA 	Pts
9. 	Kloten Flyers 	56	25	28	3	187	164	53
10.	SC Rapperswil-Jona	56	20	31	5	158	182	45
11.	SCL Tigers 	56	19	31	6	153	204	44
12.	HC Lausanne 	56	17	36	3	132	195	37
13.	EHC Basel 	56	14	37	5	138	232	33
EHC Basel is relegated to Nationalliga B.
== League qualification ==
	{| cellpadding="3" border="1" class="wikitable"	EHC Biel vs. HC Lausanne 	EHC Biel vs. HC Lausanne 	EHC Biel vs. HC Lausanne 	EHC Biel vs. HC Lausanne
Away 	Home 	 	 	
HC Lausanne 3 	2 EHC Biel 	OT 	 	
EHC Biel 1 	5 HC Lausanne 	  	 	
HC Lausanne 4 	3 EHC Biel 	  	 	
EHC Biel 1 	5 HC Lausanne 	  	 	
HC Lausanne wins series 4–0	HC Lausanne wins series 4–0	HC Lausanne wins series 4–0	HC Lausanne wins series 4–0	
|}
HC Lausanne stays in Nationalliga A.
== References ==
*sehv.ch
*hockeystats.ch
== Results from Puck.ch ==
*LNA Regular Season 2003-2004
*Playoff 2003-2004
*Playout 2003-2004
*LNA/LNB promotion/relegation
==External links==
*hockeyfans.ch
*eishockeyforum.ch
*spoor.ch
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