2023–24 SWHL A season

The 2022–23 Swiss League season was the 37th season of the Swiss Women's League A.
==Teams==
Winning the SWHL-B championship, the HC Fribourg-Gottéron Ladies is promoted to SWHL-A
The major Swiss hockey clubs are showing more and more interest in women's hockey. The EV Zug created a women's team with an impressive budget of 1.2 million CHF. The League authorizes them to take part in the SWHL-B championship. In response, SC Bern took EV Bomo Thun under its wing. SC Bern Frauen will now play at the PostFinance Arena. The HC Davos also agrees with the HC Thurgau to move its team from the Indians to the Eisstadion Davos, under the name HC Davos Ladies.
Team 	Trainer 	City 	Arena 	Capacity
HC Ambrì-Piotta Girls 	Benjamin Rogger, Christian Agustoni 	Quinto 	Nuova Valascia 	6,675
SC Bern Frauen 	Thomas Zwahlen, Petra Melicherikova 	Bern 	PostFinance Arena 	17,031
HC Davos Ladies 	Andrea Kröni, Marc Kröni, Emanuel Karrer	Davos 	Eisstadion Davos 	7,080
HC Fribourg-Gottéron Ladies 	Valentin Dufour, Fabrice Vadi 	Fribourg 	BCF Arena 	9,075
SC Langenthal Ladies 	Jürg Langenegger, Nicola Minder 	Langenthal	Schoren Halle 	4,320
Ladies Team Lugano 	Massimo Fedrizzi 	Lugano 	Cornèr Arena 	7,200
HC Université Neuchâtel Dames	Yan Gigon 	Neuchâtel 	Patinoire du Littoral	7,000
ZSC Lions Frauen 	Angela Frautschi, Cyndy Kenyon 	Zürich 	Kunsteisbahn Oerlikon	1,700
==Regular season==
The regular season started on 16 September 2023 and ended on 25 February 2024. The regular season is played at the national level in the form of a round of five matches, that is to say that each of the eight teams plays 28 matches. The first four in the ranking in the regular season compete in the playoffs (best of 5), the four last team compete in a ranking round. The Swiss SWHL-B champions will be promoted directly to the WL for the 2024/25 season. The SWHL-B runner-up plays a league qualifier against the loser of the WL ranking round. If the SWHL-B champion does not wish to be promoted, the runner-up will be promoted directly and no WL member will be relegated. If SWHL-B champions and runners-up do not wish to be promoted, there will be no promotion or relegation from WL to SWHL-B.
===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 	 	 	 	 	
 	SC Bern Frauen 	28	35	32	67	18
 	SC Bern Frauen 	28	22	36	58	8
 	HC Ambrì-Piotta Girls 	28	18	37	55	34
 	ZSC Lions Frauen 	28	25	27	52	8
 	HC Ambrì-Piotta Girls 	28	30	19	49	6
 	HC Fribourg-Gottéron Ladies	28	19	21	40	6
 	SC Bern Frauen 	28	15	21	36	8
 	HC Ambrì-Piotta Girls 	27	19	16	35	34
 	SC Bern Frauen 	27	16	16	32	37
 	HC Ambrì-Piotta Girls 	25	21	10	31	12
====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) 	 	 	 	
 	ZSC Lions Frauen 	16	824 	17	1,24
 	SC Bern Frauen 	14	787 	18	1,37
 	ZSC Lions Frauen 	17	864 	27	1,88
 	SC Bern Frauen 	15	864 	27	1,88
 	HC Ambrì-Piotta Girls	23	1363	46	2,03
==Playoffs==
===Bracket===
===Semi-Finals===
====(1) SC Bern Frauen vs. (4) HC Université Neuchâtel Dames====
====(2) ZSC Lions Frauen vs. (3) HC Ambrì-Piotta Girls====
===Game for 3rd place===
===Finals===
===Team of Swiss champions===
Goalkeepers: Laura De Bastiani, Sandy Heim
Defense: Alessia Baechler, Christine Deaudelin, Skylar Fontaine, Zoé Mächler, Jana Peter, Shannon Sigrist, Aurela Thalmann
Offense: Jil Aschwanden, Sara Bachmann, Mara Frey, Nora Harju, Kristina Kontny, Tereza Lahova, Sinja Leemann, Renee Lendi, Alina Marti, Lisa Rüedi, Vanessa Schaefer, Dominique Scheurer
Coaching: Angela Frautschi, Cyndy Kenyon
==Awards==
* Most Valuable Player : Estelle Duvin (SC Bern Frauen)
* Best forward : Estelle Duvin (SC Bern Frauen) and Fanny Rask (HC Ambrì-Piotta Girls)
* Best defender : Josefine Holmgren (HC Ambrì-Piotta Girls)
* Best goalkeeper : Saskia Maurer (SC Bern Frauen)
* Best rookie : Leoni Balzer (HC Davos Ladies)
* Best coach : Thomas Zwahlen (SC Bern Frauen)
==Ranking Round==
The Ladies Team Lugano, after having recorded numerous departures at the start of this season, has experienced a lot of difficulty during this season. Finishing last in the championship with a very limited contingent, the leaders preferred to give up playing in the relegation round and accepted being relegated to the green carpet. The champion of the SWHL-B, the EV Zug Women therefore advances to the SWHL-A.
==References==
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Category:2023–24 in Swiss ice hockey
Category:2023–24 in European ice hockey leagues
Category:Swiss Women's League seasons