1990-91 NLA season

The 1990-91 NLA season was the 53rd 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. 	SC Bern 	36	28	2 	6	177	81 	62
2. 	HC Lugano 	36	26	6 	4	172	94 	56
3. 	EHC Kloten 	36	22	11	3	180	128	47
4. 	Fribourg-Gottéron	36	19	15	2	167	147	40
5. 	HC Ambri-Piotta 	36	15	19	2	155	175	32
6. 	Zürcher SC 	36	12	19	5	138	165	29
7. 	EHC Biel 	36	10	18	8	151	173	28
8. 	EV Zug 	36	10	18	5	136	179	25
9. 	HC Sierre 	36	9 	21	6	133	189	24
10.	EHC Olten 	36	8 	27	1	111	189	17
===Scoring leaders===
Note: G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points
Player 	Team 	G 	A 	Pts
Vyacheslav Bykov	Fribourg-Gottéron	32	51	83
Andrei Khomutov 	Fribourg-Gottéron	42	39	81
Kent Nilsson 	EHC Kloten 	36	38	74
Peter Jaks 	HC Ambri-Piotta 	35	34	69
Mike Bullard 	HC Ambri-Piotta 	37	30	67
Mats Näslund 	HC Lugano 	27	28	55
Kelly Glowa 	HC Sierre 	33	18	51
Mike Richard 	Zürcher SC 	28	23	51
Normand Dupont 	EHC Biel 	23	26	49
Jörg Eberle 	HC Lugano 	28	17	45
==Playoffs==
===Quarterfinals===
	{| cellpadding="3" border="1" class="wikitable"	SC Bern (1) vs. EV Zug (8) 	SC Bern (1) vs. EV Zug (8) 	SC Bern (1) vs. EV Zug (8) 	SC Bern (1) vs. EV Zug (8)
Away 	Home 	 	 	
EV Zug 1 	4 SC Bern 	 	 	
SC Bern 4 	2 EV Zug 	 	 	
EV Zug 2 	7 SC Bern 	 	 	
SC Bern wins series 3–0	SC Bern wins series 3–0	SC Bern wins series 3–0	SC Bern wins series 3–0	
|   
| valign="top" |
	{| cellpadding="3" border="1" class="wikitable"
	! bgcolor="#DDDDDD" colspan="4" | HC Lugano (2) vs. EHC Biel (7)
	|-
	! Away !! Home
	|-
	| align = "right" | EHC Biel 3 || 4 HC Lugano 
	|-
	| align = "right" | HC Lugano 3 || 1 EHC Biel
	|-
	| align = "right" | EHC Biel 3 || 4 HC Lugano
 |- align="center"
	| colspan="4" | HC Lugano wins series 3–0
	|}
|-
| valign="top" |
	{| cellpadding="3" border="1" class="wikitable"
	! bgcolor="#DDDDDD" colspan="4" | EHC Kloten (3) vs. Zürcher SC (6)
	|-
	! Away !! Home
 |-
	| align = "right" | Zürcher SC 0 || 7 EHC Kloten 
 |-
	| align = "right" | EHC Kloten 4 || 6 Zürcher SC 
 |-
	| align = "right" | Zürcher SC 3 || 9 EHC Kloten
 |-
	| align = "right" | EHC Kloten 7 || 6 Zürcher SC 
	|- align="center"
	| colspan="4" | EHC Kloten wins series 3–1
	|}
|   
| valign="top" |
	{| cellpadding="3" border="1" class="wikitable"
	! bgcolor="#DDDDDD" colspan="4" | Fribourg-Gottéron (4) vs. HC Ambri-Piotta (5)
	|-
	! Away !! Home
	|-
	| align = "right" | HC Ambri-Piotta 6 || 5 Fribourg-Gottéron
	|-
	| align = "right" | Fribourg-Gottéron 4 || 7 HC Ambri-Piotta 
	|-
	| align = "right" | HC Ambri-Piotta 2 || 10 Fribourg-Gottéron 
	|-
	| align = "right" | Fribourg-Gottéron 9 || 8 HC Ambri-Piotta
	|-
	| align = "right" | HC Ambri-Piotta 2 || 7 Fribourg-Gottéron 
	|- align="center"
	| colspan="4" | Fribourg-Gottéron wins series 3–2
	|}
|}
===Semifinals===
	{| cellpadding="3" border="1" class="wikitable"	SC Bern vs. Fribourg-Gottéron	SC Bern vs. Fribourg-Gottéron	SC Bern vs. Fribourg-Gottéron	SC Bern vs. Fribourg-Gottéron
Away 	Home 	 	 	
Fribourg-Gottéron 2 	5 SC Bern 	 	 	
SC Bern 5 	2 Fribourg-Gottéron 	 	 	
Fribourg-Gottéron 5 	6 SC Bern 	 	 	
SC Bern wins series 3–0	SC Bern wins series 3–0	SC Bern wins series 3–0	SC Bern wins series 3–0	
|   
| valign="top" |
	{| cellpadding="3" border="1" class="wikitable"
	! bgcolor="#DDDDDD" colspan="4" | HC Lugano vs. EHC Kloten
	|-
	! Away !! Home
 |-
	| align = "right" | EHC Kloten 1 || 5 HC Lugano || 
 |-
	| align = "right" | HC Lugano 2 || 3 EHC Kloten || OT
 |-
	| align = "right" | EHC Kloten 3 || 6 HC Lugano || 
 |-
	| align = "right" | HC Lugano 7 || 6 EHC Kloten || OT
	|- align="center"
	| colspan="4" | HC Lugano wins series 3–1
	|}
|}
===Finals===
	{| cellpadding="3" border="1" class="wikitable"	SC Bern vs. HC Lugano 	SC Bern vs. HC Lugano 	SC Bern vs. HC Lugano 	SC Bern vs. HC Lugano
Away 	Home 	 	 	
HC Lugano 2 	3 SC Bern 	  	 	
SC Bern 4 	3 HC Lugano 	OT 	 	
HC Lugano 4 	2 SC Bern 	  	 	
SC Bern 2 	1 HC Lugano 	OT 	 	
SC Bern wins series 3–1	SC Bern wins series 3–1	SC Bern wins series 3–1	SC Bern wins series 3–1	
|}
===Scoring leaders===
Note: G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points
Player 	Team 	G 	A 	Pts
Andrei Khomutov 	Fribourg-Gottéron	13	12	25
Vyacheslav Bykov 	Fribourg-Gottéron	8 	14	22
Patrick Howald 	SC Bern 	7 	6 	13
Reijo Ruotsalainen	SC Bern 	5 	8 	13
Alfred Lüthi 	HC Lugano 	6 	6 	12
==References==
*sehv.ch
*hockeyarchives.info
==External links==
*hockeyfans.ch
*eishockeyforum.ch
*spoor.ch
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