2006-07 NLA season

The 2006-07 NLA season was the 69th regular season of the Nationalliga A (NLA), the main professional ice hockey league in Switzerland. 
==New Rules==
There are a few changes of rules for the new season.
===3-Point System===
For the first time an NLA season is run with a 3-point system. A team gets now 3 points for a win after 60 minutes, instead of 2.
====Overtime====
A tied game after 60 minutes results in an overtime of 5 minutes, which is played 4 vs. 4 (this is not a rule change). But now, if a team scores a goal it gets two points while the other team also gets a point.
====Penalty Shootout====
If the game still remains tied after the overtime, there will be a penalty shootout with 3 shots per team. The winner team will get two points and the other team one point.
===Playoffs / Playout opponents attribution===
To avoid cheating during the last games of regular season, the playoff opponents will be determined by a selection procedure; the winning team of the regular season will have the advantage to choose its opponent (from ranking 5-8) for the quarterfinals first, then the team in second place can choose its favorite opponent from the remaining teams and so on. The same procedure applies to the playout series.
==Regular season==
===Final standings===
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Rank	Team 	GP	W 	L 	OTW	OTL	GF 	GA 	Pts
1. 	HC Davos 	44	26	13	2 	3 	154	120	85
2. 	SC Bern 	44	24	13	5 	2 	163	115	84
3. 	EV Zug 	44	22	13	6 	3 	153	117	81
4. 	HC Lugano 	44	25	15	1 	3 	143	123	80
5. 	Kloten Flyers 	44	22	14	6 	2 	173	128	80
6. 	Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	44	19	17	5 	3 	149	141	70
7. 	Genève-Servette HC 	44	19	19	2 	4 	147	140	65
8. 	ZSC Lions 	44	13	19	9 	3 	111	127	60
9. 	HC Ambri-Piotta 	44	14	21	1 	8 	128	165	52
10. 	Fribourg-Gottéron 	44	12	19	1 	12 	134	167	50
11. 	SCL Tigers 	44	12	26	5 	1 	115	160	47
12. 	EHC Basel 	44	9 	28	4 	3 	103	170	38
===Scoring leaders===
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes
Player 	Team 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
Simon Gamache 	SC Bern 	44	20	46	66 	40
Alexandre Daigle 	HC Davos 	44	22	39	61 	44
Kimmo Rintanen 	Kloten Flyers 	41	24	34	58 	16
Christian Dubé 	SC Bern 	40	16	38	54 	36
Jean-Guy Trudel 	HC Ambri-Piotta 	44	27	26	53 	38
Hnat Domenichelli	HC Ambri-Piotta 	44	21	31	52 	50
Oleg Petrov 	EV Zug 	42	12	40	52 	95
Michel Riesen 	HC Davos 	44	37	14	51 	70
Domenico Pittis 	Kloten Flyers 	40	17	34	51 	75
Serge Aubin 	Genève-Servette HC	40	21	29	50 	50
==Playoffs==
===Quarterfinals===
	{| cellpadding="3" border="1" class="wikitable"	HC Davos (1) vs. ZSC Lions (8)	HC Davos (1) vs. ZSC Lions (8)	HC Davos (1) vs. ZSC Lions (8)	HC Davos (1) vs. ZSC Lions (8)
Date 	Away 	Home 	 	
February 24 	ZSC Lions 3 	2 HC Davos 	OT 	
February 27 	HC Davos 1 	3 ZSC Lions 	  	
March 1 	ZSC Lions 1 	3 HC Davos 	  	
March 3 	HC Davos 2 	5 ZSC Lions 	  	
March 6 	ZSC Lions 2 	4 HC Davos 	  	
March 8 	HC Davos 3 	1 ZSC Lions 	  	
March 10 	ZSC Lions 0 	3 HC Davos 	  	
HC Davos wins series 4–3	HC Davos wins series 4–3	HC Davos wins series 4–3	HC Davos wins series 4–3	
|   
| valign="top" |
	{| cellpadding="3" border="1" class="wikitable"
	! bgcolor="#DDDDDD" colspan="4" | SC Bern (2) vs. Genève-Servette HC (7)
	|-
	! Date !! Away !! Home
	|-
	| February 24|| align = "right" | Genève-Servette HC 1 || 2 SC Bern
	|-
	| February 27 || align = "right" | SC Bern 3 || 2 Genève-Servette HC
	|-
	| March 1 || align = "right" | Genève-Servette HC 2 || 4 SC Bern
	|-
	| March 3 || align = "right" | SC Bern 1 || 2 Genève-Servette HC
	|-
	| March 6 || align = "right" | Genève-Servette HC 3 || 7 SC Bern
	|- align="center"
	| colspan="4" | SC Bern wins series 4–1
	|}
|-
| valign="top" |
	{| cellpadding="3" border="1" class="wikitable"
	! bgcolor="#DDDDDD" colspan="4" | EV Zug (3) vs. Rapperswil-Jona Lakers (6)
	|-
	! Date !! Away !! Home
	|-
	| February 24 || align = "right" | Rapperswil-Jona Lakers 3 || 2 EV Zug || 
	|-
	| February 27 || align = "right" | EV Zug 3 || 4 Rapperswil-Jona Lakers || OT
	|-
	| March 1 || align = "right" | Rapperswil-Jona Lakers 4 || 1 EV Zug || 
	|-
	| March 3 || align = "right" | EV Zug 6 || 5 Rapperswil-Jona Lakers || n.P.
	|-
	| March 6 || align = "right" | Rapperswil-Jona Lakers 3 || 6 EV Zug || 
 |-
 | March 8 || align = "right" | EV Zug 5 || 1 Rapperswil-Jona Lakers || 
	|-
	| March 10 || align = "right" | Rapperswil-Jona Lakers 2 || 6 EV Zug || 
	|- align="center"
	| colspan="4" | EV Zug wins series 4–3
	|}
|   
| valign="top" |
	{| cellpadding="3" border="1" class="wikitable"
	! bgcolor="#DDDDDD" colspan="4" | HC Lugano (4) vs. Kloten Flyers (5)
	|-
	! Date !! Away !! Home
	|-
	| February 24 || align = "right" | Kloten Flyers 6 || 3 HC Lugano || 
	|-
	| February 27 || align = "right" | HC Lugano 2 || 3 Kloten Flyers || OT
	|-
	| March 1 || align = "right" | Kloten Flyers 1 || 8 HC Lugano || 
	|-
	| March 3 || align = "right" | HC Lugano 1 || 3 Kloten Flyers || 
	|-
	| March 6 || align = "right" | Kloten Flyers 3 || 5 HC Lugano || 
 |-
 | March 8 || align = "right" | HC Lugano 1 || 3 Kloten Flyers || 
	|- align="center"
	| colspan="4" | Kloten Flyers wins series 4–2
	|}
|}
===Semifinals===
	{| cellpadding="3" border="1" class="wikitable"	HC Davos vs. Kloten Flyers 	HC Davos vs. Kloten Flyers 	HC Davos vs. Kloten Flyers 	HC Davos vs. Kloten Flyers
Date 	Away 	Home 	 	
March 13 	Kloten Flyers 0 	5 HC Davos 	 	
March 15 	HC Davos 3 	4 Kloten Flyers 	 	
March 17 	Kloten Flyers 3 	4 HC Davos 	 	
March 20 	HC Davos 6 	3 Kloten Flyers 	 	
March 22 	Kloten Flyers 1 	3 HC Davos 	 	
HC Davos wins series 4–1	HC Davos wins series 4–1	HC Davos wins series 4–1	HC Davos wins series 4–1	
|   
| valign="top" |
	{| cellpadding="3" border="1" class="wikitable"
	! bgcolor="#DDDDDD" colspan="4" | SC Bern vs. EV Zug
	|-
	! Date !! Away !! Home
	|-
	| March 13 || align = "right" | EV Zug 0 || 4 SC Bern
	|-
	| March 15 || align = "right" | SC Bern 1 || 0 EV Zug
	|-
	| March 17 || align = "right" | EV Zug 0 || 4 SC Bern
	|-
	| March 20 || align = "right" | SC Bern 1 || 3 EV Zug
	|-
	| March 22 || align = "right" | EV Zug 0 || 4 SC Bern
	|- align="center"
	| colspan="4" | SC Bern wins series 4–1
	|}
|}
===Finals===
	{| cellpadding="3" border="1" class="wikitable"	HC Davos vs. SC Bern 	HC Davos vs. SC Bern 	HC Davos vs. SC Bern 	HC Davos vs. SC Bern
Date 	Away 	Home 	 	
March 27 	SC Bern 2 	3 HC Davos 	 	
March 29 	HC Davos 0 	4 SC Bern 	 	
March 31 	SC Bern 1 	3 HC Davos 	 	
April 3 	HC Davos 2 	3 SC Bern 	 	
April 5 	SC Bern 1 	3 HC Davos 	 	
April 7 	HC Davos 1 	2 SC Bern 	 	
April 9 	SC Bern 0 	HC Davos 1 	 	
HC Davos wins series 4–3	HC Davos wins series 4–3	HC Davos wins series 4–3	HC Davos wins series 4–3	
|}
===Scoring leaders===
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes
Player 	Team 	GP	G	A 	Pts	PIM
Simon Gamache 	SC Bern 	15	7	9 	16 	10
Christian Dubé 	SC Bern 	16	0	16	16 	24
Josef Marha 	HC Davos 	18	8	6 	14 	24
Kimmo Rintanen 	Kloten Flyers 	11	6	7 	13 	2
Alexandre Daigle 	HC Davos 	17	4	9 	13 	4
Zbynek Irgl 	HC Davos 	15	8	4 	12 	20
Mariusz Czerkawski	Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	7 	6	6 	12 	16
Peter Guggisberg 	HC Davos 	18	6	5 	11 	4
Radek Hamr 	Kloten Flyers 	11	2	9 	11 	22
Marc Reichert 	SC Bern 	16	6	4 	10 	4
==Playout==
===Semifinals===
	{| cellpadding="3" border="1" class="wikitable"	HC Ambri-Piotta (9) vs. EHC Basel (12)	HC Ambri-Piotta (9) vs. EHC Basel (12)	HC Ambri-Piotta (9) vs. EHC Basel (12)	HC Ambri-Piotta (9) vs. EHC Basel (12)
Date 	Away 	Home 	 	
February 24 	EHC Basel 2 	3 HC Ambri-Piotta 	  	
February 27 	HC Ambri-Piotta 5 	4 EHC Basel 	OT 	
March 1 	EHC Basel 2 	4 HC Ambri-Piotta 	  	
March 3 	HC Ambri-Piotta 2 	3 EHC Basel 	  	
March 6 	EHC Basel 5 	4 HC Ambri-Piotta 	OT 	
March 8 	HC Ambri-Piotta 2 	3 EHC Basel 	  	
March 10 	EHC Basel 1 	5 HC Ambri-Piotta 	  	
HC Ambri-Piotta wins series 4–3	HC Ambri-Piotta wins series 4–3 	HC Ambri-Piotta wins series 4–3 	HC Ambri-Piotta wins series 4–3 	
|   
| valign="top" |
	{| cellpadding="3" border="1" class="wikitable"
	! bgcolor="#DDDDDD" colspan="4" | Fribourg-Gottéron (10) vs. SCL Tigers (11)
	|-
	! Date !! Away !! Home
	|-
	| February 24 || align = "right" | SCL Tigers 3 || 6 Fribourg-Gottéron|| 
	|-
	| February 27 || align = "right" | Fribourg-Gottéron 3 || 2 SCL Tigers || 
	|-
	| March 1 || align = "right" | SCL Tigers 3 || 4 Fribourg-Gottéron || OT
	|-
	| March 3 || align = "right" | Fribourg-Gottéron 4 || 3 SCL Tigers || n.P.
	|- align="center"
	| colspan="4" | Fribourg-Gottéron wins series 4–0
	|}
|}
===Finals===
	{| cellpadding="3" border="1" class="wikitable"	SCL Tigers vs. EHC Basel 	SCL Tigers vs. EHC Basel 	SCL Tigers vs. EHC Basel 	SCL Tigers vs. EHC Basel
Date 	Away 	Home 	 	
March 13 	EHC Basel 0 	2 SCL Tigers 	  	
March 15 	SCL Tigers 3 	4 EHC Basel 	  	
March 17 	EHC Basel 2 	9 SCL Tigers 	  	
March 20 	SCL Tigers 0 	4 EHC Basel 	  	
March 22 	EHC Basel 4 	0 SCL Tigers 	  	
March 24 	SCL Tigers 2 	3 EHC Basel 	OT 	
EHC Basel wins series 4–2	EHC Basel wins series 4–2	EHC Basel wins series 4–2	EHC Basel wins series 4–2	
|}
==League Qualification==
	{| cellpadding="3" border="1" class="wikitable"	SCL Tigers vs. EHC Biel 	SCL Tigers vs. EHC Biel 	SCL Tigers vs. EHC Biel 	SCL Tigers vs. EHC Biel
Date 	Away 	Home 	 	
March 29 	EHC Biel 1 	4 SCL Tigers 	 	
March 31 	SCL Tigers 5 	2 EHC Biel 	 	
April 3 	EHC Biel 5 	2 SCL Tigers 	 	
April 5 	SCL Tigers 6 	1 EHC Biel 	 	
April 7 	EHC Biel 3 	5 SCL Tigers 	 	
SCL Tigers wins series 4–1	SCL Tigers wins series 4–1	SCL Tigers wins series 4–1	SCL Tigers wins series 4–1	
|}
==References==
*sehv.ch
==Results from Puck.ch==
*LNA Regular Season 2006-2007
==External links==
*hockeyfans.ch
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