2004-05 NLA season

The 2004-05 NLA season was the 67th regular season of the Nationalliga A, the main professional ice hockey league in Switzerland. 
The season started on September 17, 2004, the last League Qualification game was played on April 14, 2005. 
==Regular season==
===Final standings===
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	Team 	GP	W 	L 	T	GF 	GA 	Pts
1. 	HC Lugano 	44	29	8 	7	148	99 	65
2. 	HC Davos 	44	27	13	4	156	102	58
3. 	ZSC Lions 	44	23	17	4	146	118	50
4. 	EV Zug 	44	20	16	8	140	142	48
5. 	Genève-Servette HC	44	20	19	5	126	131	45
6. 	HC Ambri-Piotta 	44	19	18	7	133	137	45
7. 	SC Rapperswil-Jona	44	20	19	5	140	130	45
8. 	SC Bern 	44	18	18	8	143	121	44
9. 	Kloten Flyers 	44	19	20	5	122	128	43
10.	Fribourg-Gottéron 	44	13	24	7	115	145	33
11.	SCL Tigers 	44	12	26	6	96 	154	30
12.	HC Lausanne 	44	8 	30	6	111	169	22
===Scoring leaders===
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes
Player 	Team 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
Randy Robitaille 	ZSC Lions 	36	22	45	67 	56
Hnat Domenichelli	HC Ambri-Piotta 	41	23	36	59 	30
Jean-Guy Trudel 	HC Ambri-Piotta 	42	24	33	57 	105
Ville Peltonen 	HC Lugano 	44	24	32	56 	16
Stacy Roest 	SC Rapperswil-Jona	41	17	38	55 	10
Joe Thornton 	HC Davos 	40	10	44	54 	80
Oleg Petrov 	EV Zug 	44	30	23	53 	85
Dale McTavish 	SC Rapperswil-Jona	44	24	29	53 	36
Robert Petrovicky	ZSC Lions 	44	21	29	50 	48
Kimmo Rintanen 	Kloten Flyers 	44	21	29	50 	12
==Playoffs==
===Quarterfinals===
	{| cellpadding="3" border="1" class="wikitable"	HC Lugano (1) vs. SC Bern (8)	HC Lugano (1) vs. SC Bern (8)	HC Lugano (1) vs. SC Bern (8)	HC Lugano (1) vs. SC Bern (8)
Date 	Away 	Home 	 	
February 26 	SC Bern 2 	0 HC Lugano 	  	
March 1 	HC Lugano 5 	2 SC Bern 	  	
March 3 	SC Bern 2 	0 HC Lugano 	  	
March 5 	HC Lugano 2 	4 SC Bern 	  	
March 7 	SC Bern 5 	4 HC Lugano 	OT 	
SC Bern wins series 4–1	SC Bern wins series 4–1	SC Bern wins series 4–1	SC Bern wins series 4–1	
|   
| valign="top" |
	{| cellpadding="3" border="1" class="wikitable"
	! bgcolor="#DDDDDD" colspan="4" | HC Davos (2) vs. SC Rapperswil-Jona (7) 
	|-
	! Date !! Away !! Home
	|-
	| February 26|| align = "right" | SC Rapperswil-Jona 2 || 6 HC Davos || 
	|-
	| March 1 || align = "right" | HC Davos 2 || 1 SC Rapperswil-Jona || OT
	|-
	| March 3 || align = "right" | SC Rapperswil-Jona 3 || 6 HC Davos || 
	|-
	| March 5 || align = "right" | HC Davos 2 || 1 SC Rapperswil-Jona || OT
	|- align="center"
	| colspan="4" | HC Davos wins series 4–0
	|}
|-
| valign="top" |
	{| cellpadding="3" border="1" class="wikitable"
	! bgcolor="#DDDDDD" colspan="4" | ZSC Lions (3) vs. HC-Ambri-Piotta (6) 
	|-
	! Date !! Away !! Home
	|-
	| February 26 || align = "right" | HC-Ambri-Piotta 3 || 5 ZSC Lions 
	|-
	| March 1 || align = "right" | ZSC Lions 4 || 2 HC-Ambri-Piotta 
	|-
	| March 3 || align = "right" | HC-Ambri-Piotta 2 || 1 ZSC Lions 
	|-
	| March 5 || align = "right" | ZSC Lions 2 || 1 HC-Ambri-Piotta 
	|-
	| March 7 || align = "right" | HC-Ambri-Piotta 2 || 6 ZSC Lions
	|- align="center"
	| colspan="4" | ZSC Lions wins series 4–1
	|}
|   
| valign="top" |
	{| cellpadding="3" border="1" class="wikitable"
	! bgcolor="#DDDDDD" colspan="4" | EV Zug (4) vs. Genève-Servette HC (5) 
	|-
	! Date !! Away !! Home
	|-
	| February 26 || align = "right" | Genève-Servette HC 2 || 3 EV Zug || 
	|-
	| March 1 || align = "right" | EV Zug 4 || 2 Genève-Servette HC || 
	|-
	| March 3 || align = "right" | Genève-Servette HC 1 || 3 EV Zug || 
	|-
	| March 5 || align = "right" | EV Zug 3 || 2 Genève-Servette HC || OT
	|- align="center"
	| colspan="4" | EV Zug wins series 4–0
	|}
|}
===Semifinals===
	{| 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 12 	SC Bern 1 	2 HC Davos 	 	
March 15 	HC Davos 4 	5 SC Bern 	 	
March 17 	SC Bern 1 	2 HC Davos 	 	
March 19 	HC Davos 2 	1 SC Bern 	 	
March 22 	SC Bern 2 	0 HC Davos 	 	
March 24 	HC Davos 4 	1 SC Bern 	 	
HC Davos wins series 4–2	HC Davos wins series 4–2	HC Davos wins series 4–2	HC Davos wins series 4–2	
|   
| valign="top" |
	{| cellpadding="3" border="1" class="wikitable"
	! bgcolor="#DDDDDD" colspan="4" | ZSC Lions vs. EV Zug 
	|-
	! Date !! Away !! Home
	|-
	| March 12 || align = "right" | 'EV Zug 3 || 1 ZSC Lions || 
	|-
	| March 15 || align = "right" | ZSC Lions 4 || 1 EV Zug || 
	|-
	| March 17 || align = "right" | EV Zug 1 || 4 ZSC Lions || 
	|-
	| March 19 || align = "right" | ZSC Lions 3 || 2 EV Zug || OT
	|- 
	| March 22 || align = "right" | EV Zug 2 || 4 ZSC Lions || 
	|- align="center"
	| colspan="4" | ZSC Lions wins series 4–1
	|}
|}
===Finals===
	{| cellpadding="3" border="1" class="wikitable"	HC Davos vs. ZSC Lions 	HC Davos vs. ZSC Lions 	HC Davos vs. ZSC Lions 	HC Davos vs. ZSC Lions
Date 	Away 	Home 	 	
March 31 	ZSC Lions 6 	4 HC Davos 	 	
April 2 	HC Davos 6 	3 ZSC Lions 	 	
April 4 	ZSC Lions 2 	3 HC Davos 	 	
April 7 	HC Davos 4 	3 ZSC Lions 	 	
April 9 	ZSC Lions 2 	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	
|}
===Scoring leaders===
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes
Player 	Team 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
Joe Thornton 	HC Davos 	14	4 	21	25 	29
Jan Alston 	ZSC Lions	15	11	13	24 	10
Randy Robitaille 	ZSC Lions	15	2 	17	19 	10
Niklas Hagman 	HC Davos 	15	10	7 	17 	6
Robert Petrovicky	ZSC Lions	15	6 	9 	15 	39
Mark Streit 	ZSC Lions	15	4 	11	15 	20
Tony Virta 	ZSC Lions	14	7 	6 	13 	14
Rick Nash 	HC Davos 	15	9 	2 	11 	26
Josef Marha 	HC Davos 	15	2 	8 	10 	14
Björn Christen 	HC Davos 	15	7 	2 	9 	4
==Playout==
===Semifinals===
	{| cellpadding="3" border="1" class="wikitable"	Kloten Flyers (9) vs. HC Lausanne (12)	Kloten Flyers (9) vs. HC Lausanne (12)	Kloten Flyers (9) vs. HC Lausanne (12)	Kloten Flyers (9) vs. HC Lausanne (12)
Date 	Away 	Home 	 	
February 26 	HC Lausanne 2 	4 Kloten Flyers 	  	
March 1 	Kloten Flyers 2 	1 HC Lausanne 	  	
March 3 	HC Lausanne 4 	8 Kloten Flyers 	  	
March 5 	Kloten Flyers 2 	3 HC Lausanne 	OT 	
March 7 	HC Lausanne 1 	6 Kloten Flyers 	  	
Kloten Flyers wins series 4–1	Kloten Flyers wins series 4–1 	Kloten Flyers wins series 4–1 	Kloten Flyers wins series 4–1 	
|   
| valign="top" |
	{| cellpadding="3" border="1" class="wikitable"
	! bgcolor="#DDDDDD" colspan="4" | Fribourg-Gottéron (10) vs. SCL Tigers (11) 
	|-
	! Date !! Away !! Home
	|-
	| February 26 || align = "right" | SCL Tigers 5 || 7 Fribourg-Gottéron
	|-
	| March 1 || align = "right" | Fribourg-Gottéron 2 || 5 SCL Tigers
	|-
	| March 3 || align = "right" | SCL Tigers 2 || 0 Fribourg-Gottéron 
	|-
	| March 5 || align = "right" | Fribourg-Gottéron 2 || 3 SCL Tigers 
 |-
	| March 7 || align = "right" | SCL Tigers 1 || 8 Fribourg-Gottéron
	|-
	| March 10 || align = "right" | Fribourg-Gottéron 2 || 5 SCL Tigers 
	|- align="center"
	| colspan="4" | SCL Tigers wins series 4–2
	|}
|}
===Finals===
	{| cellpadding="3" border="1" class="wikitable"	HC Lausanne vs. Fribourg-Gottéron 	HC Lausanne vs. Fribourg-Gottéron 	HC Lausanne vs. Fribourg-Gottéron 	HC Lausanne vs. Fribourg-Gottéron
Date 	Away 	Home 	 	
March 15 	HC Lausanne 4 	5 Fribourg-Gottéron 	 	
March 17 	Fribourg-Gottéron 7 	9 HC Lausanne 	 	
March 19 	HC Lausanne 3 	7 Fribourg-Gottéron 	 	
March 22 	Fribourg-Gottéron 4 	3 HC Lausanne 	 	
March 24 	HC Lausanne 2 	5 Fribourg-Gottéron 	 	
Fribourg-Gottéron wins series 4–1	Fribourg-Gottéron wins series 4–1	Fribourg-Gottéron wins series 4–1	Fribourg-Gottéron wins series 4–1	
|}
==League Qualification==
	{| cellpadding="3" border="1" class="wikitable"	HC Lausanne vs. EHC Basel 	HC Lausanne vs. EHC Basel 	HC Lausanne vs. EHC Basel 	HC Lausanne vs. EHC Basel
Date 	Away 	Home 	 	
March 31 	EHC Basel 5 	4 HC Lausanne 	 	
April 2 	HC Lausanne 3 	1 EHC Basel 	 	
April 4 	EHC Basel 3 	4 HC Lausanne 	 	
April 7 	HC Lausanne 1 	5 EHC Basel 	 	
April 9 	EHC Basel 2 	0 HC Lausanne 	 	
April 11 	HC Lausanne 4 	2 EHC Basel 	 	
April 14 	EHC Basel 4 	0 HC Lausanne 	 	
EHC Basel wins series 4–3	EHC Basel wins series 4–3	EHC Basel wins series 4–3	EHC Basel wins series 4–3	
|}
==Results from Puck.ch==
*Regular Season 2004-2005
*Playoff 2004-2005
*Playout 2004-2005
*League Qualification 2004-2005
Category:2004 in hockey
Category:2005 in hockey
Category:Nationalliga A seasons