1988-89 NLA season

The 1988–89 NLA season was the 51st 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 	36	29	4 	3	200	97 	61
2. 	EHC Kloten 	36	26	6 	4	218	128	56
3. 	SC Bern 	36	24	8 	4	190	106	52
4. 	HC Ambri-Piotta 	36	21	10	5	178	122	47
5. 	EV Zug 	36	17	16	3	184	171	37
6. 	EHC Biel 	36	16	17	3	161	165	35
7. 	EHC Olten 	36	9 	23	4	125	169	22
8. 	Fribourg-Gottéron	36	9 	26	1	120	246	19
9. 	HC Davos 	36	6 	25	5	120	187	17
10.	HC Ajoie 	36	5 	27	4	97 	202	14
===Scoring leaders===
Note: G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points
Player 	Team 	G 	A 	Pts
Don Laurence 	EV Zug 	46	27	73
Normand Dupont 	EHC Biel 	37	35	72
Dale McCourt 	HC Ambri-Piotta 	43	25	68
Ross Yates 	EHC Kloten 	34	32	66
Felix Hollenstein 	EHC Kloten 	28	36	64
Corey Millen 	HC Ambri-Piotta 	32	29	61
Kent Johansson 	HC Lugano 	25	33	58
Peter Schlagenhauf 	EHC Kloten 	29	28	57
Jean-François Sauvé	Fribourg-Gottéron	23	33	56
Chris Kontos 	EHC Kloten 	33	22	55
== 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 	10 HC Lugano 	 	 	
HC Lugano 5 	1 Fribourg-Gottéron 	 	 	
HC Lugano wins series 2–0	HC Lugano wins series 2–0 	HC Lugano wins series 2–0 	HC Lugano wins series 2–0 	
|   
| valign="top" |
	{| cellpadding="3" border="1" class="wikitable"
	! bgcolor="#DDDDDD" colspan="4" | EHC Kloten (2) vs. EHC Olten (7)
	|-
	! Away !! Home
	|-
	| align = "right" | EHC Olten 5 || 9 EHC Kloten || 
	|-
	| align = "right" | EHC Kloten 6 || 5 EHC Olten || OT
 |- align="center"
	| colspan="4" | EHC Kloten wins series 2–0
	|}
|-
| valign="top" |
	{| cellpadding="3" border="1" class="wikitable"
	! bgcolor="#DDDDDD" colspan="4" | SC Bern (3) vs. EHC Biel (6)
	|-
	! Away !! Home
 |-
	| align = "right" | EHC Biel 1 || 4 SC Bern 
 |-
	| align = "right" | SC Bern 5 || 2 EHC Biel 
	|- align="center"
	| colspan="4" | SC Bern wins series 2–0
	|}
|   
| valign="top" |
	{| cellpadding="3" border="1" class="wikitable"
	! bgcolor="#DDDDDD" colspan="4" | HC Ambri-Piotta (4) vs. EV Zug (5)
	|-
	! Away !! Home
	|-
	| align = "right" | EV Zug 1 || 4 HC Ambri-Piotta
	|-
	| align = "right" | HC Ambri-Piotta 5 || 6 EV Zug 
	|-
	| align = "right" | EV Zug 2 || 4 HC Ambri-Piotta 
	|- align="center"
	| colspan="4" | HC Ambri-Piotta wins series 2–1
	|}
|}
===Semifinals===
	{| cellpadding="3" border="1" class="wikitable"	HC Lugano vs. HC Ambri-Piotta 	HC Lugano vs. HC Ambri-Piotta 	HC Lugano vs. HC Ambri-Piotta 	HC Lugano vs. HC Ambri-Piotta
Away 	Home 	 	 	
HC Ambri-Piotta 1 	6 HC Lugano 	 	 	
HC Lugano 5 	2 HC Ambri-Piotta 	 	 	
HC Ambri-Piotta 2 	6 HC Lugano 	 	 	
HC Lugano wins series 3–0	HC Lugano wins series 3–0	HC Lugano wins series 3–0	HC Lugano wins series 3–0	
|   
| valign="top" |
	{| cellpadding="3" border="1" class="wikitable"
	! bgcolor="#DDDDDD" colspan="4" | EHC Kloten vs. SC Bern
	|-
	! Away !! Home
 |-
	| align = "right" | SC Bern 2 || 5 EHC Kloten
 |-
	| align = "right" | EHC Kloten 2 || 6 SC Bern 
 |-
	| align = "right" | SC Bern 6 || 3 EHC Kloten 
 |-
	| align = "right" | EHC Kloten 1 || 4 SC Bern 
	|- align="center"
	| colspan="4" | SC Bern wins series 3–1
	|}
|}
===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 2 	6 HC Lugano 	 	 	
HC Lugano 1 	5 SC Bern 	 	 	
SC Bern 4 	3 HC Lugano 	 	 	
HC Lugano 5 	1 SC Bern 	 	 	
SC Bern 4 	2 HC Lugano 	 	 	
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: G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points
Player 	Team 	G	A 	Pts
Kent Johansson 	HC Lugano	7	10	17
Andy Ton 	HC Lugano	9	7 	16
Jörg Eberle 	HC Lugano	5	7 	12
Reijo Ruotsalainen	SC Bern 	4	8 	12
Thomas Vrabec 	HC Lugano	8	3 	11
== References ==
*sehv.ch
*hockeyarchives.info
==External links==
*hockeyfans.ch
*eishockeyforum.ch
*spoor.ch
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Category:Nationalliga A seasons