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 are 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==
Pos	Team 	Pld	W 	OTW	OTL	L 	GF 	GA 	GD 	Pts	Qualification
1 	Genève-Servette HC 	52 	27	6 	8 	11	185	140	+45	101	Advance to Playoffs
2 	EHC Biel 	52 	29	5 	4 	14	174	132	+42	101	Advance to Playoffs
3 	SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	52 	25	6 	5 	16	183	133	+50	92 	Advance to Playoffs
4 	ZSC Lions 	52 	24	6 	4 	18	150	123	+27	88 	Advance to Playoffs
5 	HC Davos 	52 	18	9 	11 	14	149	138	+11	83 	Advance to Playoffs
6 	EV Zug 	52 	21	6 	7 	18	165	154	+11	82 	Advance to Playoffs
7 	Fribourg-Gottéron 	52 	23	2 	8 	19	155	136	+19	81 	Advance to Pre-playoffs
8 	SC Bern 	52 	16	9 	8 	19	150	158	−8 	74 	Advance to Pre-playoffs
9 	EHC Kloten 	52 	19	5 	6 	22	140	173	−33	73 	Advance to Pre-playoffs
10 	HC Lugano 	52 	20	5 	2 	25	147	163	−16	72 	Advance to Pre-playoffs
11 	Lausanne HC 	52 	17	7 	6 	22	139	160	−21	71 	
12 	HC Ambrì-Piotta 	52 	13	11 	5 	23	151	163	−12	66 	
13 	SCL Tigers 	52 	15	4 	7 	26	124	167	−43	60 	Advance to Playout
14 	HC Ajoie 	52 	10	6 	6 	30	120	192	−72	48 	Advance to Playout
==Playoffs==
===Bracket===
=== Pre-Playoffs ===
 	Series	1 	2 	3 	[RS]
Fribourg-Gottéron – HC Lugano	0:2 	1:2	0:2	– 	[4:0]
SC Bern – EHC Kloten 	2:1 	5:1	1:4	5:0	[2:2]
=== Quarterfinals ===
 	Series	1 	2 	3 	4 	5 	6 	7	[RS]
Genève-Servette HC – HC Lugano 	4:2 	6:3	0:2	3:2 OT	1:2 OT	5:1	5:2	–	[2:2]
EHC Biel – SC Bern 	4:2 	3:0	4:2	3:5 	2:3 	3:1	4:3	–	[2:2]
SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers – EV Zug	2:4 	2:5	3:4	4:1 	0:3 	4:1	1:4	–	[2:2]
ZSC Lions – HC Davos 	4:1 	4:1	1:2	3:2 	3:2 OT	1:0	– 	–	[4:0]
=== Semifinals ===
 	Series	1 	2 	3 	4 	5 	6	7	[RS]
Genève-Servette HC – EV Zug	4:1 	3:1	1:3	2:1	3:2 OT	3:2	–	–	[2:2]
EHC Biel – ZSC Lions 	4:0 	1:0	4:0	5:3	5:3 	– 	–	–	[2:2]
=== Final ===
*Genève-Servette HC - EHC Biel 4:3 on series (2:1, 2:3, 1:2 OT, 3:2, 7:1, 2:4, 4:1)
==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).
 	Series	1 	2 	3 	4 	5 	6 	7	[RS]
SCL Tigers – HC Ajoie	4:2 	4:0	2:0	1:3	1:2	3:2 OT	5:4 OT	–	[1:3]
===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).
 	Series	1 	2 	3 	4 	5 	6 	7
HC Ajoie – HC La Chaux-de-Fonds	4:2 	2:3	1:4	3:2 OT	4:1	2:1	3:2	–
==References==
==External links==
* 
* NL on eurohockey.com
* NL on eliteprospects.com
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