2002-03 NLA season

The 2002–03 NLA season was the 65th 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. 	ZSC Lions 	44	25	11	8 	154	104	58
2. 	HC Davos 	44	26	13	5 	153	99 	57
3. 	SC Bern 	44	22	14	8 	139	108	52
4. 	HC Lugano 	44	24	16	4 	159	129	52
5. 	Kloten Flyers 	44	24	17	3 	145	125	51
6. 	Genève-Servette HC	44	19	15	10	110	107	48
7. 	HC Ambri-Piotta 	44	15	19	10	102	124	40
8. 	SC Rapperswil-Jona	44	15	22	7 	122	139	37
9. 	Fribourg-Gottéron 	44	16	23	5 	118	165	37
10.	EV Zug 	44	14	25	5 	110	142	33
11.	SCL Tigers 	44	12	24	8 	115	147	32
12.	HC Lausanne 	44	13	26	5 	102	140	31
===Scoring leaders===
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes
Player 	Team 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
Petteri Nummelin 	HC Lugano 	43	18	39	57 	12
Christian Dubé 	SC Bern 	44	15	38	53 	26
Todd Elik 	SC Langnau 	39	13	36	49 	127
Sébastien Bordeleau	SC Bern 	41	22	26	48 	127
Jaroslav Hlinka 	Kloten Flyers	41	18	30	48 	16
Kimmo Rintanen 	Kloten Flyers	38	17	31	48 	8
Christian Matte 	ZSC Lions 	44	22	25	47 	49
Derek Plante 	ZSC Lions 	44	22	24	46 	34
Chris Tancill 	EV Zug 	43	22	22	44 	63
Adrian Wichser 	HC Lugano 	44	26	17	43 	4
== Playoffs ==
===Quarterfinals===
	{| cellpadding="3" border="1" class="wikitable"	ZSC Lions (1) vs. SC Rapperswil-Jona (8)	ZSC Lions (1) vs. SC Rapperswil-Jona (8)	ZSC Lions (1) vs. SC Rapperswil-Jona (8)	ZSC Lions (1) vs. SC Rapperswil-Jona (8)
Away 	Home 	 	 	
SC Rapperswil-Jona 1 	4 ZSC Lions 	 	 	
ZSC Lions 2 	0 SC Rapperswil-Jona 	 	 	
SC Rapperswil-Jona 3 	1 ZSC Lions 	 	 	
ZSC Lions 2 	4 SC Rapperswil-Jona 	 	 	
SC Rapperswil-Jona 3 	1 ZSC Lions 	 	 	
ZSC Lions 3 	2 SC Rapperswil-Jona 	 	 	
SC Rapperswil-Jona 0 	2 ZSC Lions 	 	 	
ZSC Lions wins series 4–3	ZSC Lions wins series 4–3 	ZSC Lions wins series 4–3 	ZSC Lions wins series 4–3 	
|   
| valign="top" |
	{| cellpadding="3" border="1" class="wikitable"
	! bgcolor="#DDDDDD" colspan="4" | HC Davos (2) vs. HC Ambri-Piotta (7)
	|-
	! Away !! Home
	|-
	| align = "right" | HC Ambri-Piotta 1 || 4 HC Davos
	|-
	| align = "right" | HC Davos 5 || 1 HC Ambri-Piotta
	|-
	| align = "right" | HC Ambri-Piotta 0 || 3 HC Davos
	|-
	| align = "right" | HC Davos 3 || 2 HC Ambri-Piotta	
 |- align="center"
	| colspan="4" | HC Davos wins series 4–0
	|}
|-
| valign="top" |
	{| cellpadding="3" border="1" class="wikitable"
	! bgcolor="#DDDDDD" colspan="4" | SC Bern (3) vs. Genève-Servette HC (6)
	|-
	! Away !! Home
 |-
	| align = "right" | Genève-Servette HC 0 || 7 SC Bern || 
 |-
	| align = "right" | SC Bern 5 || 2 Genève-Servette HC || 
 |-
	| align = "right" | Genève-Servette HC 2 || 1 SC Bern || OT
	|-
	| align = "right" | SC Bern 2 || 3 Genève-Servette HC || 
 |-
	| align = "right" | Genève-Servette HC 0 || 1 SC Bern || 
 |-
	| align = "right" | SC Bern 5 || 1 Genève-Servette HC || 
	|- align="center"
	| colspan="4" | SC Bern wins series 4–2
	|}
|   
| valign="top" |
	{| cellpadding="3" border="1" class="wikitable"
	! bgcolor="#DDDDDD" colspan="4" | HC Lugano (4) vs. Kloten Flyers (5)
	|-
	! Away !! Home
	|-
	| align = "right" | Kloten Flyers 1 || 4 HC Lugano || 
	|-
	| align = "right" | HC Lugano 3 || 4 Kloten Flyers || OT
	|-
	| align = "right" | Kloten Flyers 3 || 4 HC Lugano || 
	|-
	| align = "right" | HC Lugano 3 || 2 Kloten Flyers ||  
	|-
	| align = "right" | Kloten Flyers 1 || 6 HC Lugano || 
	|- align="center"
	| colspan="4" | HC Lugano wins series 4–1
	|}
|}
===Semifinals===
	{| cellpadding="3" border="1" class="wikitable"	ZSC Lions vs. HC Lugano 	ZSC Lions vs. HC Lugano 	ZSC Lions vs. HC Lugano 	ZSC Lions vs. HC Lugano
Away 	Home 	 	 	
HC Lugano 3 	1 ZSC Lions 	 	 	
ZSC Lions 3 	5 HC Lugano 	 	 	
HC Lugano 1 	3 ZSC Lions 	 	 	
ZSC Lions 2 	3 HC Lugano 	 	 	
HC Lugano 3 	1 ZSC Lions 	 	 	
HC Lugano wins series 4–1	HC Lugano wins series 4–1	HC Lugano wins series 4–1	HC Lugano wins series 4–1	
|   
| valign="top" |
	{| cellpadding="3" border="1" class="wikitable"
	! bgcolor="#DDDDDD" colspan="4" | HC Davos vs. SC Bern
	|-
	! Away !! Home
 |-
	| align = "right" | SC Bern 1 || 5 HC Davos || 
 |-
	| align = "right" | HC Davos 3 || 2 SC Bern || n.P.
 |-
	| align = "right" | SC Bern 3 || 2 HC Davos || 
	|-
	| align = "right" | HC Davos 2 || 4 SC Bern || 
 |-
	| align = "right" | SC Bern 1 || 5 HC Davos || 
	|-
	| align = "right" | HC Davos 0 || 3 SC Bern || 
 |-
	| align = "right" | SC Bern 0 || 3 HC Davos || 
	|- align="center"
	| colspan="4" | HC Davos wins series 4–3
	|}
|}
===Finals===
	{| cellpadding="3" border="1" class="wikitable"	HC Davos vs. HC Lugano 	HC Davos vs. HC Lugano 	HC Davos vs. HC Lugano 	HC Davos vs. HC Lugano
Away 	Home 	 	 	
HC Lugano 2 	3 HC Davos 	 	 	
HC Davos 3 	2 HC Lugano 	 	 	
HC Lugano 5 	3 HC Davos 	 	 	
HC Davos 3 	4 HC Lugano 	 	 	
HC Lugano 3 	0 HC Davos 	 	 	
HC Davos 0 	4 HC Lugano 	 	 	
HC Lugano wins series 4–2	HC Lugano wins series 4–2	HC Lugano wins series 4–2	HC Lugano wins series 4–2	
|}
===Scoring leaders===
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes
Player 	Team 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
Brandon Convery 	HC Lugano	16	5 	14	19 	16
Mike Maneluk 	HC Lugano	15	11	6 	17 	18
André Rötheli 	HC Lugano	15	6 	6 	12 	2
Christian Dubé 	SC Bern 	13	4 	8 	12 	12
Reto von Arx 	HC Davos 	17	4 	8 	12 	28
Kevin Miller 	HC Davos 	17	8 	3 	11 	4
Régis Fuchs 	HC Lugano	16	6 	5 	11 	2
Yves Sarault 	SC Bern 	13	4 	6 	10 	26
Josef Marha 	HC Davos 	17	4 	6 	10 	6
Petteri Nummelin	HC Lugano	8 	3 	7 	10 	2
== References ==
*sehv.ch
*hockeystats.ch
==External links==
*hockeyfans.ch
*eishockeyforum.ch
*spoor.ch
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