2023–24 National League (ice hockey) season

The 2023–24 National League season is the 86th season of Swiss professional ice hockey and the seventh season as the National League (NL).
Genève-Servette HC is the defending 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 	9,075
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 	Cornèr 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 leading the league in points. 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 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	Fribourg-Gottéron 	52	31	32	63	+30	30
 	HC Lugano 	52	28	32	60	+26	34
 	SC Bern 	47	15	35	50	+5 	6
 	HC Ambrì-Piotta 	48	17	33	50	+11	10
 	HC Lugano 	48	20	28	48	+22	10
 	Fribourg-Gottéron 	49	20	27	47	+23	43
 	ZSC Lions 	48	18	29	46	+14	26
 	HC Lugano 	39	17	29	46	+21	63
 	Genève-Servette HC	50	18	23	41	-7 	26
 	SC Langnau 	50	18	23	41	-13	8
====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 	31	1879:53	61	92.96	1.95
 	Fribourg-Gottéron	33	1993:41	65	92.85	1.96
 	EV Zug 	18	1090:49	37	92.66	2.04
 	HC Davos 	26	1567:57	54	92.62	2.07
 	EV Zug 	21	1266:15	44	92.68	2.08
== Postseason ==
=== Play-In ===
==== Bracket ====
==== Rules ====
The teams ranked 7th to 10th at the end of the National League regular season compete in the play-in, with a view to obtaining one of the two qualifying places for the playoffs. The 7th faces the 8th and the 9th faces the 10th in a series of 2 matches with the higher ranked team starting away. The winner of the series is the one with the most points. In the event of a tie at the end of the two matches, the teams decide on overtime. This translates as follows: a team wins 1-0 the first match and loses 8-1 the second match, can qualify thanks to an overtime goal, with a goal difference of -5. If the higher ranked team starts away, it is to have the advantage in the decisive match.
The winner of the match between the 7th and 8th qualifies for the playoffs and faces the 2nd in the general ranking. The loser will face the winner of the match between the 9th and the 10th in a second round. The winner of this confrontation qualifies for the playoffs and faces the winner of the regular season. The two eliminated teams see their seasons end.
==== Round 1 ====
===== (7) HC Lugano vs (8) HC Ambrì-Piotta =====
===== (9) EHC Biel vs (10) Genève-Servette HC =====
==== Round 2 ====
===== (8) HC Ambrì-Piotta vs (9) EHC Bienne =====
=== Playoffs ===
==== Bracket ====
==== Quarter-Finals ====
===== (1) ZSC Lions vs (9) EHC Biel =====
===== (2) HC Fribourg-Gottéron vs (7) HC Lugano =====
===== (3) Lausanne HC vs (6) HC Davos =====
===== (4) EV Zug vs (5) SC Bern =====
==== Semi-Finals ====
===== (1) ZSC Lions vs (4) EV Zug =====
===== (2) HC Fribourg-Gottéron vs (3) Lausanne HC =====
==== Finals ====
===Team of Swiss champions===
Goalkeepers: Šimon Hrubec, Robin Zumbühl
Defense: Phil Baltisberger, Patrick Geering, Scott Harrington, Dean Kukan, Mikko Lehtonen, Christian Marti, Dario Trutmann, Yannick Weber
Offense: Sven Andrighetto, Rūdolfs Balcers, Chris Baltisberger, Simon Bodenmann, Jesper Frödén, Derek Grant, Denis Hollenstein, Juho Lammikko, Denis Malgin, Willy Riedi, Vinzenz Rohrer, Reto Schäppi, Justin Sigrist, Yannick Zehnder
Coaching: Marc Crawford, Rob Cookson, Fabio Schwarz
==References==
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