2022–23 NL season

The 2022–23 National League season was the 85th season of Swiss professional ice hockey and the sixth season as the National League (NL).
With a 52-game regular season remaining intact, 14 teams were announced to be participating in the campaign, marking the return of EHC Kloten after four years, following promotion from the Swiss League. The 2022–23 season begin the new league sponsorship partnership with Yuh Financial.
In the postseason, the quarterfinals and semifinals of the NL playoffs ere split and featured on alternative days and in the NL playout finals, four foreign player licenses were allowed to participate on each team in the series against the playout loser and Swiss League champion.
==Teams==
Team 	City 	Arena 	Capacity
HC Ajoie 	Porrentruy 	Raiffeisen Arena 	5,078
HC Ambrì-Piotta 	Ambrì 	Gottardo Arena 	6,775
SC Bern 	Bern 	PostFinance Arena 	17,031
EHC Biel 	Biel/Bienne 	Tissot Arena 	6,562
HC Davos 	Davos 	Eisstadion Davos 	6,547
Fribourg-Gottéron 	Fribourg 	BCF Arena 	9,009
Genève-Servette HC 	Geneva 	Patinoire des Vernets 	7,135
EHC Kloten 	Kloten 	Stimo Arena 	7,624
Lausanne HC 	Lausanne 	Vaudoise Aréna 	9,600
HC Lugano 	Lugano 	Cornér Arena 	7,800
SCL Tigers 	Langnau im Emmental	Ilfis Stadium 	6,000
SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	Rapperswil 	St. Galler Kantonalbank Arena	6,100
ZSC Lions 	Zürich 	Swiss Life Arena 	12,000
EV Zug 	Zug 	Bossard Arena 	7,200
==Regular season==
===Standings===
===Statistics===
====Scoring leaders====
The following shows the top ten players who 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 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	43	16	43	59	+21	60
 	Genève-Servette HC 	52	16	40	56	+3 	40
 	SC Bern 	46	23	30	53	+7 	65
 	SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	52	24	27	51	+10	30
 	Genève-Servette HC 	46	17	34	51	+19	62
 	EV Zug 	52	20	30	50	+4 	26
 	HC Ambri-Piotta 	50	14	36	50	-1 	8
 	EHC Kloten 	52	20	29	49	-5 	44
 	EHC Kloten 	51	19	30	49	+1 	20
 	Genève-Servette HC 	47	18	28	46	+24	32
====Leading goaltenders====
The following shows the top five goaltenders who 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(s) 	 	 	 	 	
 	ZSC Lions 	33	1936:31	72	92.65	2.23
 	SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	42	2472:27	94	91.49	2.28
 	EHC Biel 	35	2019:05	77	92.27	2.29
 	Genève-Servette HC 	25	1455:33	56	91.32	2.31
 	HC Fribourg-Gottéron 	36	1967:20	76	90.74	2.32
==Playoffs==
===Bracket===
==Relegation playoffs==
===Playouts===
SCL Tigers, who finished 13th in the regular season, and HC Ajoie, who finished 14th in the regular season, played in a best-of-seven playout series, which determined the team that would retain its place in the NL for the 2023–24 season. SCL Tigers won the series in six games (4–2).
===League qualification===
After losing in the playout series, HC Ajoie played in a best-of-seven league qualification series against HC La Chaux-de-Fonds, who won the Swiss League in the 2022–23 season. HC Ajoie won the series in six games (4–2).
==References==
==External links==
* 
* NL on eurohockey.com
* NL on eliteprospects.com
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Category:National League (ice hockey) seasons