2019–20 NL season

The 2019–20 National League season was the 82nd season of Swiss professional ice hockey and the third season as the National League (NL).
ZSC Lions won the regular season, defeating EV Zug in the final round of matches.
SC Bern were the defending champions and three-time defending regular season winners, however for the second consecutive year the defending champion failed to make the playoffs.
Due to the 2018–19 league qualification series not being contested, the participating teams remained the same as the previous season.
The season was affected by the 2020 coronavirus outbreak in Switzerland, with the final two rounds of regular season games taking place without crowds, and the start of the playoffs postponed. On March 12, the National League committee announced that the playoffs would be cancelled, due to the ban on sporting events in the canton of Ticino.
==Teams==
Team 	City 	Arena 	Capacity
HC Ambrì-Piotta 	Ambrì 	Valascia 	6,500
SC Bern 	Bern 	PostFinance-Arena 	17,031
EHC Biel 	Biel/Bienne 	Tissot Arena 	6,521
HC Davos 	Davos 	Vaillant Arena 	6,800
Fribourg-Gottéron 	Fribourg 	BCF Arena 	6,500
Genève-Servette HC 	Geneva 	Patinoire des Vernets	7,135
Lausanne HC 	Lausanne 	Vaudoise Aréna 	10,000
HC Lugano 	Lugano 	Pista La Resega 	7,800
SCL Tigers 	Langnau im Emmental	Ilfis Stadium 	6,000
SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	Rapperswil 	Diners Club Arena 	6,200
ZSC Lions 	Zürich 	Hallenstadion 	11,200
EV Zug 	Zug 	Bossard Arena 	7,200
==Regular season==
==Player statistics==
===Scoring leaders===
The following players 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 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	ZSC Lions 	50	30	23	53	+23	16
 	SC Bern 	50	15	33	48	0 	22
 	ZSC Lions 	44	13	35	48	+15	20
 	EV Zug 	50	24	23	47	+14	40
 	EHC Biel 	50	23	23	46	+7 	10
 	EV Zug 	50	14	31	45	+19	48
 	SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	48	23	21	44	-8 	34
 	Genève-Servette HC 	49	22	22	44	+19	48
 	HC Ambrì-Piotta 	46	20	22	42	-4 	26
 	SCL Tigers 	48	18	24	42	+13	44
===Leading goaltenders===
The following goaltenders 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 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	Lausanne HC 	40	2284	17	2	4	10	82 	4	.924	2.15
 	SC Bern 	27	1634	10	4	2	8 	60 	2	.926	2.20
 	EV Zug 	39	2306	17	3	3	10	87 	5	.917	2.26
 	Fribourg-Gottéron 	44	2616	15	5	2	19	103	2	.924	2.36
 	Genève-Servette HC	32	1875	12	3	4	10	74 	1	.914	2.37
==Playoffs==
==Relegation playoffs – Playouts==
===Ranking round===
==Venues==
This is Lausanne HC's first season in the Vaudoise Aréna, replacing Patinoire de Malley where they played from 1984 to 2017 and two seasons from 2017 to 2019 in the temporary 6,700-seat Malley 2.0. The team played its first regular-season game in the new venue on September 24, 2019, against Genève-Servette HC.
This is HC Fribourg-Gottéron's final season in the under-renovation BCF Arena. Starting with the 2020–21 season, the arena will have been completely renovated and the seating capacity will have shifted from 6,500 to 8,500.
==References==
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