2017-18 NL season

The 2017–18 National League season is the 80th season of Swiss professional ice hockey and the first season as the National League (NL). The change from National League A to National League was made at the end of the 2016–17 season.
ZSC Lions won their 9th NL title, defeating HC Lugano in game 7 of the finals. SC Bern won the regular season for the second consecutive year. EHC Kloten were relegated to the Swiss League, while Rapperswil-Jona Lakers won promotion to the NL for 2018–19.
==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
EHC Kloten 	Kloten 	Swiss Arena 	7,719
Lausanne HC 	Lausanne 	Temporary Arena 	6,700
HC Lugano 	Lugano 	Pista La Resega 	7,800
SCL Tigers 	Langnau im Emmental	Ilfis Stadium 	6,000
ZSC Lions 	Zürich 	Hallenstadion 	11,200
EV Zug 	Zug 	Bossard Arena 	7,200
==Regular season==
Rank	Team 	GP	W 	OTW	SOW	OTL	SOL	L 	Goals 	Diff.	Pts
1 	SC Bern 	50	27	7 	1 	4 	1 	10	167:112	+55 	102
2 	EV Zug 	50	23	3 	7 	1 	1 	15	153:122	+31 	91
3 	EHC Biel 	50	24	2 	3 	4 	3 	14	150:124	+26 	89
4 	HC Lugano 	50	26	0 	3 	1 	1 	19	159:130	+29 	86
5 	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	50	20	1 	4 	3 	4 	18	133:139	−6 	77
6 	HC Davos 	50	21	1 	2 	4 	2 	20	134:156	−22 	75
7 	ZSC Lions 	50	19	4 	2 	4 	2 	19	144:133	+11 	75
8 	Genève-Servette HC 	50	16	3 	5 	3 	4 	19	132:153	−21 	71
9 	SCL Tigers 	50	17	4 	2 	2 	2 	23	120:134	−14 	67
10 	Lausanne HC 	50	15	1 	3 	3 	7 	21	149:169	−20 	63
11 	HC Ambrì-Piotta 	50	14	4 	1 	2 	3 	26	136:168	−32 	57
12 	EHC Kloten 	50	9 	1 	5 	7 	1 	27	120:157	−37 	47
==Playoffs==
==Relegation playoffs – Playouts==
===1st round===
Rank	Team 	GP	W	OTW	SOW	OTL	SOL	L	Goals 	Diff.	Pts
1 	SCL Tigers 	6 	4	0 	0 	0 	0 	2	142:150	−7 	79
2 	Lausanne HC 	6 	4	0 	0 	0 	0 	2	174:185	−12 	75
3 	HC Ambrì-Piotta	6 	3	0 	0 	0 	0 	3	155:186	−34 	66
4 	EHC Kloten 	6 	1	0 	0 	0 	0 	5	132:185	−50 	50
===Playout-Final===
 	Series	1 	2 	3 	4 	5 	6	7	[HR]
HC Ambrì-Piotta – EHC Kloten	4:1 	4:0	1:3	4:2	3:2 OT	2:1	–	–	[6:0]
===League-Qualification===
 	Series	1 	2 	3 	4 	5 	6 	7
EHC Kloten – Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	3:4 	1:4	0:4	3:2 OT	4:0	4:3 OT	1:2	1:2 OT.
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