1952-53 Nationalliga B season

The 1952-53 Nationalliga B season was the sixth season of the league as the second-level of Swiss ice hockey. HC Ambri-Piotta won the championship and qualified for the National League A's relegation round.
==Regular season==
=== Group I (East) ===
;Scores
*EHC Chur - Thalwil 10:1 (2:1, 2:0, 6:0)
*EHC St. Moritz - Thalwil 1:0 - match was stopped after 15 minutes due to heavy snowfall and anulled
*EHC St. Moritz - EHC Chur 8:1 (2:1, 3:0, 3:0)
*EHC Chur - EHC Kloten 3:1 (1:0, 2:1, 0:0)
*EHC St. Moritz - EHC Kloten 6:3 (4:1, 1:1, 1:1)
*EHC Kloten - Thalwil 9:0 (5:0, 0:0, 4:0)
*EHC St. Moritz - EHC Chur 6:4 
*EHC Chur - Thalwil 8:0 (3:0, 2:0, 3:0)
*EHC Kloten - EHC Chur 3:3 (0:2, 1:1, 2:0)
*EHC St. Moritz - Thalwil 11:2 (2:2, 2:0, 7:0)
*EHC St. Moritz - EHC Kloten 5:2 (1:1, 2:0, 2:1)
*Thalwil - EHC Kloten not played
;Table
Pl.	Team 	GP	W	T	L	Goals	Pts
1. 	EHC St. Moritz	5 	5	0	0	36:12	10
2. 	EHC Chur 	6 	3	1	2	29:19	7
3. 	EHC Kloten 	5 	1	1	3	18:17	3
4. 	EHC Thalwil 	4 	0	0	4	3:38 	0
=== Group II (Central) ===
;Scores
*HC Ambri-Piotta - Grindelwald 13:3 (2:1, 6:2, 5:0)
*Zurcher SC II - Grindelwald 2:1 (0:1, 0:0, 2:0)
*Zurcher SC II - EHC Bulach 2:2 (1:0, 0:1, 1:1)
*HC Ambri-Piotta - Zurcher SC II 10:1 (1:0, 3:1, 6:0)
*EHC Bulach - Grindelwald 4:3 (0:1, 3:1, 1:1)
*HC Ambri-Piotta - Grindelwald 8:3 (3:1, 3:2, 2:0)
*HC Ambri-Piotta - Zurcher SC II 8:0 (3:0, 2:0, 3:0)
*Grindelwald - EHC Bulach 6:3 (0:0, 4:2, 2:1)
*HC Ambri-Piotta - EHC Bulach 11:2 (4:1, 2:1, 5:0)
*Zurcher SC II - Grindelwald 4:4 (1:2, 1:1, 2:1)
*HC Ambri-Piotta - EHC Bulach 6:2 (2:1, 1:0, 3:1)
*EHC Bulach - Zurcher SC II 5:0 Forfeit
;Table
Pl.	Team 	GP	W	T	L	Goals	Pts
1. 	HC Ambrì-Piotta	6 	6	0	0	56:11	12
2. 	EHC Bülach 	6 	2	1	3	18:28	5
3. 	Zürcher SC II 	6 	1	2	3	9:30 	4
4. 	Grindelwald 	6 	1	1	4	20:34	3
=== Group III (West) ===
;Scores
*HC La Chaux-de-Fonds - Rotblau Bern 5:2 (2:2, 2:0, 1:0)
*HC Gstaad - Rotblau Bern 3:1 (0:0, 2:0, 1:1)
*HC La Chaux-de-Fonds - HC Gstaad 11:2 (2:1, 5:0, 4:1)
*EHC Visp - Rotblau Bern 4:0 (3:0, 1:0, 0:0)
*HC Gstaad - Rotblau Bern 7:1 (1:0, 3:1, 3:0)
*EHC Visp - HC La Chaux-de-Fonds 1:1 (0:0, 1:0, 0:1)
*EHC Visp - Rotblau Bern 7:1 (2:1, 2:0, 3:0)
*EHC Visp - HC Gstaad 6:0 (1:0, 1:0, 4:0)
*HC La Chaux-de-Fonds - EHC Visp 1:1 (0:1, 1:0, 0:0)
*HC La Chaux-de-Fonds - HC Gstaad 8:1 (4:0, 3:0, 1:1)
*EHC Visp - HC Gstaad 7:3 (1:0, 3:1, 3:2)
*HC La Chaux-de-Fonds - Rotblau Bern 17:0 (4:0, 4:0, 9:0) 
;Table
Pl.	Team 	GP	W	T	L	Goals	Pts
1. 	HC La Chaux-de-Fonds	6 	4	2	0	43:7 	10
2. 	EHC Visp 	6 	4	2	0	26:6 	10
3. 	HC Gstaad 	6 	2	0	4	16:34	4
4. 	Rot-Blau Bern 	6 	0	0	6	5:43 	0
==== Group tiebreaker ====
* HC La Chaux-de-Fonds - EHC Visp 0:4 (0:2, 0:0, 0:2)
== Final round ==
;Scores
*HC Ambri-Piotta - EHC St. Moritz 7:3 (2:1, 3:0, 2:2)
*EHC Visp - EHC St. Moritz 3:0 (0:0, 2:0, 1:0)
*EHC Visp - HC Ambri-Piotta 1:0 (0:0, 0:0, 1:0)
*HC Ambri-Piotta - EHC St. Moritz 4:2 (0:1, 2:0, 2:1)
*HC Ambri-Piotta - EHC Visp 4:0 (1:0, 1:0, 2:0)
*EHC St. Moritz - EHC Visp 5:3 (0:0, 2:2, 3:1) 
;Table
Pl.	Team 	Pts
1. 	HC Ambrì-Piotta	6
2. 	EHC Visp 	4
3. 	EHC St. Moritz 	2
==Qualification round==
*Rotblau Bern - Thalwil 10:1 (2:0, 3:0, 5:1)
*Grindelwald - Rotblau Bern 2:1 (0:0, 2:0, 0:1)
*Rotblau Bern - Thalwil 7:2 (4:1, 1:1, 2:0)
*Grindelwald - Rotblau Bern 7:1
*Grindelwald - Thalwil 21:0 (6:0, 4:0, 11:0)
*Grindelwald - Thalwil 17:1 (6:0, 1:1, 7:0)
1. Grindelwald, 2. Rotblau Bern, 3. Thalwil. 
==Promotion/Relegation==
*HC Gottéron - Thalwil 12:2 (3:0, 4:2, 5:0)
Thalwil was going to be relegated to the Serie A, but as the NLB expanded for 1953-54, they remained in the league.
==External links==
*Season on hockeyarchives.info
Category:1952 in ice hockey
Category:1953 in ice hockey